Steve Nedved
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Jan 16
Cold coming back & spring might be wet again
A meteorologist says the unusual winter weather patterns so far this winter are not likely to create spring problems. Greg Soulje says, “It happened to be marginally cold enough, and the right setup on the dynamics to get that record-setting snow in parts of Missouri while much of the upper Midwest has been basically free …
Jan 15
Rhiannon Branch
Rhiannon grew up in Iuka, Illinois and was an active member on the local, state and national levels in both 4-H and FFA. Beef cattle, poultry, public speaking and communications were a few of her projects. She graduated with an Associates of Arts degree from Kaskaskia College in 2017, where she was a member of …
Jan 15
Soil health important to large fast food chain
One of the world’s largest fast food chains considers soil health to be among its most important features of sustainability. “As a food company, we don’t have a product without soil and without the people who care for that soil.” Townsend Bailey, with McDonald’s tells Brownfield that sustainability, including healthy soil, is about doing the …
Jan 15
Wholesale values support nearby hog futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures ended the day mixed with strength in the front-month contracts. The market is waiting for some direction ahead of widespread cash trade, but firm wholesale values helped prop up some prices. Feeder cattle futures closed firm on support in the day’s lower move in corn. February live …
Jan 15
A mixed day for milk futures and cash dairy Tuesday
Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed mixed Tuesday. January milk down two cents at $14.05. February four higher at $14.34. March unchanged at $14.93. April milk steady at $15.40. May through August contracts a penny lower to two cents higher Tuesday. Barrels down $0.02 at $1.21. Six trades were made, ranging …
Jan 15
Tim McGraw’s first TRUMAV gym set to open Friday in Nashville
ABC/Image Group LATim McGraw’s new gym concept, TRUMAV Fitness, will have its grand opening Friday in Nashville. Tim realized his vision through a partnership with Snap Fitness and the gym’s owner, Wirth Campbell. Campbell played football at Auburn University and was on E!’s Very Cavallari reality show. Friday’s festivities start with a ribbon-cutting at noon, followed by an …
Jan 15
Student attendance plummets as Los Angeles teachers head into Day 2 of strike
KABC-TV(LOS ANGELES) — As scores of Los Angeles teachers formed picket lines for the second day of a massive strike, school district officials said student attendance plummeted and that the district lost $15 million on Day 1 of the classroom walkout. The United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) union reported that 30,000 public school teachers …
Jan 15
Grandfather of man suspected of kidnapping Jayme Closs: ‘Nobody had any clues’
Barron County Sheriff(BARRON, Wisc.) — The young man accused of abducting a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl, gunning down her parents and holding the child captive had been “a perfectly nice kid,” according to his grandfather. “Nobody had any clues up until this thing happened,” Jim Moyer told ABC News Tuesday, days after his 21-year-old grandson, Jake …