Steve Nedved
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Apr 03
Hog futures continue to push higher
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day lower on technical pressure and weakness in cash and wholesale beef. Feeder cattle were pressured by the day’s firm move in corn. April live cattle closed $.50 lower at $125.77 and June contracts closed $.65 lower at $119. April feeder cattle closed $.10 lower at …
Apr 03
One dead in single vehicle crash near the James River
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a 28 year old man died in a single-vehicle crash that occurred two miles northeast of Mitchell. A 2008 Chrysler Town and County Van was eastbound on 250th Street when the vehicle eventually entered the south ditch, went through a barbed wire fence and into the James …
Apr 03
Dylan Scott plans second Bayou Stock in his “Nothing to Do Town”
CurbDylan Scott’s doing his best to give the folks in his “Nothing to Do Town” something to occupy their time. For the second year in a row, the Louisiana native will bring his Bayou Stock concert back to the place he grew up. The event is modeled on the Swampstock shows formerly put on by Tim …
Apr 03
25-year-old woman buys out Payless store to donate shoes to Nebraska flooding victims
Courtesy Addy Tritt(NEW YORK) — Addy Tritt had an idea while browsing in a Payless shoe store that was closing and selling its remaining shoes for $1. “I was just walking around and looking and I started grabbing handfuls of shoes thinking, ‘This would be great to donate and this, this and this,” Tritt, 25, …
Apr 03
17-year-old Ohio boy charged with 73 counts of delinquency in a nationwide ‘swatting’ spree that left police scrambling to phony 911 calls
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(NEW YORK) — A 17-year-old Ohio boy was charged with 140 counts of delinquency — stemming from what authorities said is the latest in the dangerous trend of “swatting” in which prank 911 calls are placed to draw a SWAT team response. The teenager, whose name was not released because he is legally underage, allegedly …
Apr 03
Soybeans down, corn up, waiting for more China news
Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling. Trade negotiations between the U.S. and China have resumed and while there have been signs of progress, nothing’s official. Big sticking points for the U.S. continue to be tech and intellectual property issues. The spread of African swine fever will have some impact on Chinese bean …
Apr 03
MOU will mean more U.S. DDGS going to Mexico
The Missouri Corn Merchandising Council, the U.S. Grains Council and the Regional Livestock Pork Producers Union of Sonora, Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding that will result in more U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) going to Mexico. The project is a joint investment between Missouri Corn and Sonoran pork producers to buy hard …
Apr 03
Milk futures mostly lower, cash dairy mixed
Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower at midweek ahead of a slightly bullish dairy products report as traders bought back oversold positions. Weekly dairy prices in the EU are higher for butter, cheese and whole milk powder and lower for other commodities. April Class III milk down a nickel at $15.80. May …
Apr 03
NATO Secretary General addresses joint session of Congress as alliance celebrates 70th anniversary
BOLDG/iStock(WASHINGTON) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivered an address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, kicking off a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers and the celebration of the alliance’s 70th anniversary. “The strength of a nation is not only measured by the size of its economy, or the number …
Apr 03
Trump’s economic advisers want to exempt commercial trade if he closes border
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision about closing the southern border, the head of the National Economic Council said on Wednesday, but he said he and other top advisers had raised serious concerns about the potential economic impact and were proposing that commercial trade be allowed to continue. …