Steve Nedved
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Dec 17
Genetics, testing cooperatives plan to merge
Two livestock genetics cooperatives plan to merge early next year. The boards of directors for Wisconsin based East Central/Select Sires and Michigan based NorthStar Cooperative unanimously agreed to pursue the merger starting May 1st if their memberships vote in favor of the move. The new business would be called CentralStar Cooperative Inc. The two businesses …
Dec 17
Green Beret’s wife welcomes President Donald Trump’s offer to review murder case
Obtained by ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The wife of a former Green Beret who is charged with murder in the death of a suspected Taliban bomb maker in Afghanistan in 2010 welcomes President Donald Trump’s tweet that he will review her husband’s case. “I think it’s great, if that’s what it takes after all of this …
Dec 17
CBS denies $120 million severance payout to former CEO Les Moonves
Tara Ziemba/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — CBS has decided to deny former CEO Leslie Moonves a $120 million payout after an investigation found there were “grounds to terminate for cause,” according to a statement from the network. Moonves was eyeing the massive payout — the amount the company put aside into a trust for his severance …
Dec 17
Green Beret’s attorney welcomes Trump offer to review murder case
Obtained by ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The attorney for a former Green Beret charged with murder in the death of a suspected Taliban bomb maker in Afghanistan in 2010 welcomed President Donald Trump’s tweet that he will review his client’s case. But the sympathetic desire to review Maj. Mathew Golsteyn’s case has military legal experts questioning …
Dec 17
USDA’s broadband program will help rural Americans
American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall says the USDA’s $600 million grant and loan program couldn’t have come at a better time. He says the USDA is bringing rural Americans one step closer to high-speed communications equality with the rest of the country. Purdue University Ag Economist Wally Tyner says internet connectivity must continue to …
Dec 17
A farm ID’d in romaine outbreak recalls other products
The FDA has traced a multi-state outbreak of E. coli in romaine lettuce to a farm in Santa Barbara, California but says other farms could still be implicated. It says a positive sample result for the outbreak strain was found in an irrigation reservoir on a farm owned and operated by Adam Brothers Farming but …
Dec 17
Fort Wayne Farm Show
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will be on the ground at the Fort Wayne Farm Show January 15 at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Continue reading Fort Wayne Farm Show at Brownfield Ag News.
Dec 17
Brett Young’s “Ticket to L.A.” is a direct flight to #1
ABC/Image Group LA The sophomore album from Brett Young, Ticket to L.A., debuts at #1 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart this week. It’s the follow-up to the California native’s platinum-selling debut, which delivered an impressive four consecutive #1 singles. This past weekend, Brett wrapped up his Here Tonight Tour, named for his current top-25 hit. Next year, he’ll …
Dec 17
UPS Store Twitter account gets heat for icy tweet on letters to Santa
alexey_ds/iStock(NEW YORK) — @TheUPSStore, the official Twitter account for retail locations of the shipping company, may have set some sort of bleak record for the most Grinch GIF (pronounced “jif”) replies after tweeting out what some users thought deserved a big lump of coal. “If your child addresses a letter to the North Pole, you …
Dec 17
Watch now: Kane Brown unveils new live performance of his latest single, “Good as You”
RCA NashvilleThe romantic “Good as You” will be Kane Brown’s second single from his #1 album, Experiment. You can check out a live performance video of “Good as You” on YouTube, as Kane becomes the first country artist ever featured on the Vevo X series. Meanwhile, the Georgia native’s triple platinum “Heaven” finishes 2018 as the overall #1 …