Steve Nedved
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Dec 10
Upper Midwest soybean growers address Japanese non-tariff barriers
Northern U.S. growers argued the Japanese method for measuring soybean quality has created a non-tariff barrier during a USTR hearing on trade with Japan. Minnesota Soybean CEO Tom Slunecka testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission Monday, saying Japanese buyers largely procure soybeans from America’s Gulf of Mexico ports due to outdated and misleading technical …
Dec 10
Cattle feeding operation expansion denied
The Missouri Clean Water Commission upheld the recommendation of the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission to deny an expansion permit for a western Missouri cattle operation. Valley Oaks Steak applied to expand from a 999-head to a 6,999-head concentrated animal feeding operation. The application ran into opposition from neighbors like Karen Lux, who tells Brownfield the …
Dec 10
Roderick on trade, infrastructure, legal defense policy resolutions
Delegates at the recent Illinois Farm Bureau convention adopted a resolution in support of improved trade. Blake Roderick, executive director of the Pike-Scott Farm Bureau, explains, “We want Farm Bureau to continue to join with other businesses and organizations to pursue actions that allow our farmers, our members and businesses to compete in the marketplace. …
Dec 10
“Hallelujah Nights” across the pond: LANCO takes headlining tour to the U.K.
ABC/Image Group LALANCO is extending their 2019 Hallelujah Nights Tour, adding a five-show run in the United Kingdom. The British shows kick off May 1 in London and wrap May 6 in Bristol, England. Newcomer Bailey Bryan will join them on the trek. Pre-sales start Wednesday, before seats become available to the general public on Friday. Here’s the …
Dec 10
Macron addresses French nation after weeks of unrest, announces new economic measures
Chesnot/Getty Images(PARIS) — French president Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation in a recorded TV speech on Monday and announced new economic measures in response to weeks of violent protests across the country. Speaking calmly and slowly from the Elysee Palace, the 40-year-old head of state confessed that the anger of protesters was “deep, and some …
Dec 10
Mitchell Police investigate the death of a 52 year old man
Mitchell Police are investigating the death of a 52 year old man whose body was discovered mid-morning Monday.Lieutenant Don Everson says police were called to the 1600 block of South Burr at 10:22 on a report of a suspicious vehicle that was parked with its engine running. During the investigation officers found the body of …
Dec 10
Brantley Gilbert teams up with Lindsay Ell for “What Happens in a Small Town,” coming Friday
ABC/Image Group LABrantley Gilbert’s new single, “What Happens in a Small Town,” is a duet with newcomer Lindsay Ell. “This song builds and burns,” Brantley says of the tune, which he co-wrote. “It really has that want for someone you can’t have, and having to live in all the places they are.” “I wanted to have …
Dec 10
‘Darkness has tried to swallow us whole’: Mother of Charlottesville victim speaks at sentencing hearing
Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — The mother of the woman who was killed when a protester rammed his car into a crowd of people at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017 spoke about how her family has coped in the wake of her death. Heather Heyer was killed by James Alex Fields, …
Dec 10
Kind stranger gives up first class seat to mom and baby on flight
ABC News(NEW YORK) — In a random act of kindness, a man gave up his airplane seat for a mom and baby flying to a children’s hospital. On Dec. 6, Kelsey Zwick was traveling from Orlando to Philadelphia with her 11-month-old daughter Lucy when the stranger, later revealed to be Jason Kunselman, offered his first …
Dec 10
Mitchell Tenpenny notches his first #1 with “Drunk Me”
ABC/Image Group LANewcomer Mitchell Tenpenny makes it to #1 on the country chart this week with his debut single, “Drunk Me.” Ironically, Mitchell was discovered as he was trying to get another artist to cut that song, which he co-wrote. “I recorded ‘Drunk Me’ after pitching it to other artists in town for over six months,” the …