Steve Nedved
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Dec 18
Global Dairy Trade index makes third straight gain
The Global Dairy Trade index rose 1.7% in Tuesday morning’s event. The average price was $2,844 a metric ton. That’s the third straight gain after steadily falling from June through early November. Whole milk powder accounted for just over half of the product sold and was up three-tenths of a percent at $2,674 a …
Dec 18
Stapleton, Church, Emmylou & Buffett to sing the songs of Willie next month in Nashville
Blackbird PresentsChris Stapleton, Eric Church, Jimmy Buffett and Emmylou Harris are the latest performers now set to sing the songs of Willie Nelson at the all-star tribute Saturday, January 12 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. George Strait, John Mellencamp, Kris Kristofferson, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Alison Krauss, Lee Ann Womack and many more are already set to take the stage, along with Willie himself. The final block of tickets …
Dec 18
Scandinavian tourists found dead with ‘knife wounds’ in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains
vmargineanu/iStock(LONDON) — Two female tourists from Scandinavia have been found dead in Morocco, local police announced today. The bodies of the women, from Norway and Denmark were found near the town of Imlil in the High Atlas mountains with knife wounds to their necks. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, the Moroccan …
Dec 18
Old Dominion manages to “Make It Sweet” in 2018
ABC/Image Group LA Old Dominion finishes 2018 having played for more than one-and-a-half million fans during 136 shows over the past twelve months. In addition to sold-out European and Canadian dates on their Happy Endings World Tour, the band also opened Kenny Chesney’s Trip Around the Sun summer trek — the only country outing to make Pollstar’s ranking …
Dec 18
Growers asked if 2nd round of payments will make them whole
Will a second round of trade mitigation payments make U.S. growers whole? That question was posed at the University of Missouri Crop Conference by MU professor Scott Brown at the MU Crop Conference. None of the farmers attending this event answered. Brown says the second round of payments announced by the USDA will be $1.65 for …
Dec 18
NCGA: USDA trade aid comes up short, again
Most commodity groups are happy with the announcement of the second round of Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments. The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is not. NCGA president and Nebraska farmer Lynn Chrisp says the USDA’s payment rate of one cent per bushel is “woefully inadequate” to begin covering the losses being felt by corn …
Dec 18
NCGA announces 2018 yield contest winners
The top yield in this year’s National Corn Yield Contest is 478 bushels per acre. That irrigated yield was produced by Don Stall of Charlotte, Michigan using Pioneer hybrid P0574AM. The next highest yield came from Kevin Kalb of Dubois, Indiana—388 bushels per acre, non-irrigated—with DEKALB hybrid DKC67-44RIB. The 18 winners in six production categories …
Dec 18
Garth, Trisha, Katy and Miley join next year’s MusiCares tribute to Dolly
ABC/Lou RoccoGarth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are joining the lineup for the 2019 MusiCares tribute to Dolly Parton, along with pop stars Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry, who’ve both performed with the icon in the past. Dolly is also Miley Cyrus’ godmother. Dolly will be honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year during Grammy Week in Los Angeles on Friday, February …
Dec 18
Trump administration issues rule banning bump stocks, more than a year after Las Vegas rampage
Page Light Studios/iStock(WASHINGTON) — On Tuesday, 443 days since the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was carried out at a Las Vegas music festival with the use of rifles equipped with “bump stock” devices that allowed the weapons to essentially operate as an automatic weapon, the Trump administration made good on President Donald Trump’s …
Dec 18
Embattled Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve itself in agreement with New York AG
aluxum/iStock(NEW YORK) — President Trump’s embattled charitable foundation has agreed to dissolve itself under judicial supervision as part of a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood. The Trump Foundation had previously sought to dissolve on its own terms but has now signed a stipulation that requires it to do so with monitoring …