Steve Nedved
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Jan 14
Traveler was able to get a firearm through a TSA security checkpoint and onto an international flight
TennesseePhotographer/iStock(NEW YORK) — As concerns about the possible impacts of the government shutdown on airport screening grow, a passenger got a gun through the country’s busiest airport and onto an international flight in his carry-on bag, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The passenger was traveling through the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport earlier this …
Jan 14
Mitchell Tenpenny to make his late night debut Tuesday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
ABC/Image Group LANewcomer Mitchell Tenpenny is set to make his late night television debut Tuesday on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Mitchell will sing his platinum-certified #1 single, “Drunk Me,” as well as its follow-up, “Alcohol You Later.” You can tune in to catch his performance starting at 11:35 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, Mitchell still has one more date left …
Jan 14
U.S. & Europe have different trade goals
U.S. and European Union officials are at odds over whether agricultural issues should be included in trade talks. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office has made it clear they want to reduce or eliminate tariffs on ag goods and secure market access in the EU. The European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström told reporters they were …
Jan 14
Cooperatives Working Together offers export assistance
Cooperatives Working Together is helping provide export assistance for another 28 cheese and whole milk powder export contracts. The industry-funded program announced sales for nearly four and a half million pounds of Cheddar, Monterey Jack, and Gouda cheeses, 454-thousand pounds of butter, and more than a million pounds of whole milk powder. CWT works through …
Jan 14
Nebraska bill addresses ‘fake meat’ labeling issue
Nebraska State Senator Carol Blood A bill to prevent food products from being labeled as “meat” if they do not come from livestock or poultry has been introduced in the Nebraska legislature. The bill was introduced by Senator Carol Blood of Bellevue, who says her goal is to promote “truth in advertising”. “We aren’t going …
Jan 14
Dustin Lynch logs a career first as “Good Girl” goes to #1
ABC/Image Group LAThis week, Dustin Lynch grabs the sixth #1 of his career with “Good Girl.” But this latest chart topper is especially significant: It’s the first one he’s had a hand in writing. “I’ve never started the year with a #1 song, and I’ve got to say, this feels really good,” he reflects. “I moved to …
Jan 14
Man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin girl and killing her parents appears in court
Courtesy Lindsey Smith (BARRON, Wisc.) — The suspect charged in the kidnapping of Wisconsin girl Jayme Closs and killing her parents confessed to investigators that he targeted the 13-year-old after seeing her board her school bus and deciding “he knew that was the girl he was going to take,” according to a criminal complaint. Jake …
Jan 14
Book of the Year author’s prior ag connection was drinking cranberry juice
The American Farm Bureau Foundation’s Book of the Year winner is Lisl Detlefsen for “Right This Very Minute.” The book explains to children how every minute of every day, someone is working to bring food to their table. Detlefsen lives on a cranberry marsh near Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, with her husband and two sons. “Telling …
Jan 14
Illinois dicamba label in the hands of new Director of Agriculture
A federal dicamba label is in place, but an Illinois weed scientist says pursuing a state label will be in the hands of the newly appointed administration at the state department of agriculture. Aaron Hager with the University of Illinois says several states have already filed for 24-C status on the dicamba label. “That would …
Jan 14
Some U.S. soybeans are headed to China
The USDA says corn, soybean, and wheat export inspections for the week ending January 10th showed signs of improvement. The current marketing year runs through the end of May for wheat and the end of August for beans, corn, and sorghum. Wheat came out at 545,804 tons, up 281,886 from the week ending January 3rd …