Steve Nedved
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Mar 14
EPA urges comment on new clean water rule
The EPA urges agriculture to comment on its new Clean Water rule proposal, “We really encourage the stakeholders, particularly agriculture, to comment. Read the proposal, comment. Let us know what we got right. Let us know what we got wrong.” Dave Ross, EPA’s Assistant Administrator for Water, tells Brownfield the goal with the new rule …
Mar 14
Wind Advisory issued March 14 at 3:56PM MDT until March 14 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING… The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 10 PM CDT this evening. * WINDS…Northwest 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * TIMING…Strong winds through this evening. * IMPACTS…Damaging winds will blow …
Mar 14
Summer Zervos’ lawsuit against President Donald Trump can proceed, court rules
David McNew/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Summer Zervos, a former contestant on The Apprentice, can proceed with her defamation lawsuit against President Trump, a New York appellate court ruled Thursday, rejecting the president’s assertion he cannot be sued in state court. The decision means the president may have to sit for a sworn deposition, which is …
Mar 14
What to know about William ‘Rick’ Singer, the lynchpin of the college scam case who claimed to help nearly 800 families
Scott Eisen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The man at the center of the alleged $25 million college admissions cheating scandal seemed like a nice guy to some of his neighbors. But they say one recent move seemed unusual for him. William “Rick” Singer put his multi-million dollar home, where he had lived for years and where …
Mar 14
Hallmark Channel drops actress Lori Loughlin amid college cheating scandal
Phillip Faraone/WireImage/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The massive college admissions scam that snared 50 people in a federal indictment now appears to have cost one of the two famous actresses a major contract. Lori Loughlin, known to many as Aunt Becky from the television show “Full House,” was dropped from the Hallmark Channel where she has …
Mar 14
DNA links Navy classmate to 1984 cold case murder of 25-year-old Pamela Cahanes: Officialsc
Seminole County Sheriff’s Office(ORLANDO, Fla.) — DNA and genetic genealogy have linked a Navy man to the 1984 murder of his classmate, 25-year-old Pamela Cahanes, authorities announced Thursday. Two days after graduating from U.S. Navy basic training — which was held in the Orlando area at the time — Cahanes was found beaten and strangled …
Mar 14
Industry reacts as EPA grants more refinery waivers
The National Corn Growers Association says the EPA has taken another step to chip away at the Renewable Fuels Standard and corn demand, “hurting America’s corn farmers.” The EPA, under new administrator Andrew Wheeler, has granted five small refinery exemptions for 2017, retroactively, which Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor calls a slap in the face …
Mar 14
Proposed Michigan Ag Department budget relatively unchanged
Michigan Farm Bureau says Michigan agriculture actually fared quite well in Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s first proposed budget for the state. Matt Smego tells Brownfield key priorities for funding the Michigan Department of Agriculture include $5 million for technology upgrades, $4 million to expand Double of Food Bucks and a three-percent increase for Michigan State University …
Mar 14
Corn firm, watching weather
Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling, after another up and down day. Nothing’s official, but it looks like trade talks between the U.S. and China won’t happen this month. No date for the resumption of discussions has been announced and several potential roadblocks, including intellectual property concerns, remain. China was the big …
Mar 14
Chris Young revisits retro radio in “Raised on Country” video, coming Friday
RCA NashvilleThe video for Chris Young’s latest hit, “Raised on Country,” is set to arrive on Friday. A brief clip Chris shared on social media shows a truck driving by a radio tower, and Chris giving a knowing nod to two other men as he walks by, along with various shots of a vintage radio station. A behind-the-scenes video reveals …