Steve Nedved
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Jan 06
638 Wisconsin dairy farmers left the business in 2018
The economic downturn caused many dairy farmers to get out of the business in 2018. In Wisconsin, Ag Department officials say the Dairy State lost 1.7 licensed dairy herds every day. Fifty-four more dairy operations closed in December bringing the year’s total to 638. February and March had the least number of closings with 41. …
Jan 06
CPTPP concerns Japanese meat buyers
Tamara Heim represented Iowa beef farmers on a recent meat trade mission in Japan and South Korea. An Iowa cattle producer who recently returned from a trade mission to Japan says Japanese meat buyers were very concerned about the impact of the CPTPP trade agreement, which does not include the U.S. “That was the number one …
Jan 06
PETA erects anti-meat billboard in Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska is the latest U.S. city to be targeted with an anti-meat, pro-vegan billboard sponsored by the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The billboard features a Holstein cow saying, “I’m Me, not Meat. See the Individual. Go Vegan”. PETA spokeswoman Amber Canavan says cows are “individuals”, with unique personalities. “They …
Jan 06
Massive lines at New York City airport amid worries about government shutdown, TSA callouts
Katie DenDaas/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of frustrated travelers were stuck on snaking lines inside the Delta Airlines terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York City Sunday afternoon, as a handful of airport employees tried to keep calm amid increased callouts by TSA agents during the government shutdown. The massive lines at the airport happened …
Jan 06
Family of 5, including 7-year-old girl, killed in wrong way crash on interstate
Chalabala/iStock(NEW YORK) — A family of five headed home to Michigan from a Florida vacation was killed in a head-on crash by a pickup truck driver going the wrong way on a Kentucky interstate, police said. The pickup driver, who also died, was believed to be under the influence when he struck the family’s SUV …
Jan 06
Kevin Spacey, media to descend on Nantucket for actor’s sexual assault arraignment
Chris Francescani/ABC New(NANTUCKET, Mass) — Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is facing a high-visibility arraignment on Monday on a felony charge of indecent assault and battery on an 18-year-old busboy in Massachusetts stemming from an alleged incident in July 2016 at a Nantucket bar. Spacey, 59, and his attorneys sought last month to head off an …
Jan 06
President Donald Trump confirms death of alleged USS Cole plotter killed in US airstrike
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Navy/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump confirmed that a U.S. military strike in Yemen last week killed Jamal al-Badawi, an al-Qaeda operative believed to be involved in the deadly 2000 attack on the USS Cole. Trump tweeted on Sunday that the U.S. military had “delivered justice for the heroes lost …
Jan 06
Shutdown prompts National Park Service to use money from fees for basic services
Mario Tama/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The National Park Service plans to use money collected from entrance and usage fees in previous years to help pay for trash cleanup, restroom maintenance and increase law enforcement in the parks. Even though the Interior Department is largely closed during the shutdown, open-air national parks remained open with limited …
Jan 06
Suspect charged with murder of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes in case of ‘mistaken identity’; 2nd man in custody
Harris County Sheriffs Office(HOUSTON) — A 20-year-old man has been charged with capital murder in the death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was shot in the head when a gunman opened fire on her family’s car in Houston last week in what investigators believe was a case of “mistaken identity.” Jazmine was in the back …
Jan 06
Major storm slams into West Coast with powerful winds, heavy rain and snow
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A strong Pacific storm came ashore late Saturday in the western U.S., bringing widespread strong gusty winds, very heavy rain and mountain snow. Rainfall rates of nearly eight-tenths of an inch in just 30 minutes were reported in parts of the Los Angeles metro region causing flash flooding, as well as …