Steve Nedved
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Mar 21
Floods impacting transportation of farm products
The Executive Director of the U.S. Soy Transportation Coalition says flooding is causing problems for farmers beyond delays in field work. Mike Steenhoek tells Brownfield high water is impacting barge traffic. “We’re seeing the size of the barge flotillas being constricted so you’re not having as many of them that you can lash together, so …
Mar 21
Hog futures continue their surge on demand hopes
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day higher on optimism ahead of the cash trade and spillover support from the surging lean hog futures. Cattle on Feed and Cold Storage numbers come out Friday afternoon. April live cattle closed $.32 higher at $129.90 and June contracts closed $.52 higher at $123.90. April …
Mar 21
Jennifer Nettles uses “I Can Do Hard Things” to start a movement
ABC/Randy HolmesJennifer Nettles is using her new song, “I Can Do Hard Things,” to encourage women to tell their stories — and develop communities where they can do just that. “This song took on a life quickly and unexpectedly,” Jennifer explains. “For me, in writing it, I was just writing my own Truth and story. But what I …
Mar 21
Carrie Underwood’s “Cowboy Casanova” gets his own horse
ABC/Image Group LAThere’s a new member of Carrie Underwood’s family — no, not her new baby Jacob. This time, it’s a horse named Bojangles. “Every cowboy needs a horse… and a hat,” the “Love Wins” hitmaker shared on Instagram, along with photos of her husband Mike Fisher enjoying both. “I’m still working with him on the Southern accent,” she said of …
Mar 21
Thousands await rescue in Mozambique after tropical cyclone kills hundreds
Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images(BEIRA, Mozambique) — Thousands of people, some seen clinging to rooftops and tree branches, still await rescue from rising floodwaters in Mozambique, one week after an intense tropical cyclone walloped the southeast African nation. Nearly 350,000 others are at risk of becoming trapped in the coming days as remnants of tropical cyclone Idai …
Mar 21
Parson declares state of emergency
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has declared a state of emergency because of flooding in northern Missouri and worsening conditions along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Traveling with the governor to observe the damage so far is Congressman Sam Graves. Graves says there’s a good chance they won’t be able to produce anything this year, “Because …
Mar 21
Minimum wage increase could hurt rural Illinois communities
The Illinois General Assembly recently passed a bill to gradually increase the state’s minimum wage from $8.25 to $15 dollars per hour. Representative Charlie Meier speaks for portions of Washington, Clinton, St. Clair and Madison counties at the capitol, which are mainly rural farming communities downstate. Brownfield spoke to Meier just before Governor Pritzker signed …
Mar 21
Michigan’s voluntary stewardship program sets national example
The Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Services says Michigan’s voluntary stewardship program can be a role model for other states. Chief Matt Lohr tells Brownfield NRCS and the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program share the same vision: to implement voluntary conservation practices. “I think some of these programs are really great on paper but …
Mar 21
Father and daughter who allegedly blamed panhandlers for his wife’s killing extradited back to Baltimore to face murder charges
Baltimore Police Dept.(BALTIMORE) — A father and daughter who authorities say fabricated a story of a panhandler stabbing his wife to death were extradited to Baltimore early Thursday to face murder charges as newly released documents show the husband allegedly asked his brother to help kill the victim. Keith and Valeria Smith were brought back …
Mar 21
Treasurer of NYPD charity for slain officers arrested for stealing over $400,000: Prosecutors
Onnes/iStock(NEW YORK) — When a police officer dies in the line of duty it often prompts an outpouring of generosity from within the ranks to support the officer’s family. But Lorraine Shanley, a volunteer treasurer for Survivors of the Shield, a nonprofit that helps the families of fallen New York Police Department, “monetized people’s generosity” …