Steve Nedved
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Apr 01
Animal ag provides opportunity for a young Nebraskan to return to the farm
Debbie and Hannah Borg When Hannah Borg graduates from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this spring, she will return to the family farm near Allen to manage three new pullet barns, part of the Costco/Lincoln Premium Poultry project in eastern Nebraska. At the recent open house for those new “Springbank Poultry” barns, we visited with Hannah …
Apr 01
Police investigating the death of 4 people at North Dakota business as possible homicides
Kali9/Getty Images(MANDAN, N.D.) — Police in North Dakota are investigating the death of four people whose bodies were discovered at a business Monday morning as potential homicides. The bodies of three males and one female were discovered at RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan around 7:30 a.m., according to the Mandan Police Department. The bodies …
Apr 01
Video shows journey asylum seekers take to enter US
Scott Eisen/Getty Images(EL PASO, Tex.) — The razor wire cuts the man’s face and blood trickles down his jawline. More noticeable, however, are the screams of the children. It’s a cold late December morning near Yuma, Arizona, and smugglers had led dozens of asylum seekers to a breached part of the border wall that traverses …
Apr 01
What to know about Manhattan’s congestion pricing plan
Yukinori Hasumi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — There are still some pothole-sized gaps in what’s known about the newly-approved congestion pricing charge that is slated to help curb traffic in Manhattan and raise funds for the city’s public transportation system. The congestion pricing plan, which will be the first of its kind in the U.S., was included …
Apr 01
Cold, wet start to the season for Ohio farmers
Ohio farmers are experiencing a cold and wet start to the season. Although there was less than one day suitable for fieldwork last week, there were reports of chemical and manure applications in some areas of the state. The USDA says winter wheat appeared stressed because of saturated soils, and 28 percent good of the …
Apr 01
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 1, 2019
May corn closed at $3.61 and 3/4, up 5 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $8.95 and 1/2, up 11 and 1/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $309.40, up $2.90May soybean oil closed at 28.57, up 21 pointsMay wheat closed at $4.62 and 3/4, up 5 centsApr. live cattle closed at $126.17, up 47 centsApr. …
Apr 01
Minnesota Farm Bureau thinking positive about USMCA after DC visit
A Minnesota Farm Bureau member says recent meetings with several congressmen and women have him feeling positive about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement getting ratified. Justin Crowley from Circle Pines was part of a farm bureau lobbying group that visited Washington in mid-March. He tells Brownfield USMCA was discussed frequently. “I’m pretty optimistic after our meetings. We …
Apr 01
Slain college student who got in wrong car ‘had no chance,’ her father says
Columbia Police Department(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — Grieving family and friends gathered at a vigil Sunday for University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson, who police say was killed this weekend after getting into a car she mistakenly thought was an Uber. “Samantha was by herself. She had absolutely no chance,” her father, Seymour Josephson, said at …
Apr 01
Funeral services scheduled for fifth grader who died after classroom fight in South Carolina
Family Photo(WALTERBORO, S.C.) — The family of a fifth grader who died after suffering injuries from a classroom fight with another girl announced that funeral services would be held for the 10-year-old this week. A “celebration” to honor the life of Raniya Wright was scheduled for noon Wednesday at Saints Center Ministries in Walterboro, South …
Apr 01
Female astronaut clears up why the all-female spacewalk was canceled: ‘That was my recommendation’
(ABC News) Astronauts Nick Hague, Anne McClain, center, and Christina Koch speak on board the International Space Station.(NEW YORK) — Social media users quickly reacted to NASA’s announcement last month that it would cancel the first-ever all-female spacewalk because of a lack of medium-size spacesuits on the International Space Station. Now, the female astronaut who …