winhorse/iStock(ARCADIA, Calif.) — A Southern California horse racing track canceled races indefinitely on Tuesday after another horse died this week, marking the 21st fatality since the track opened for the winter season. Santa Anita Park canceled races through the weekend with no timetable on when they would resume, just hours after a female equine suffered …
Mar 06
Georgia mom arrested in $200,000 trust fund scam; disabled son goes missing
hynci/iStock(LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.) — A Georgia mother was arrested for trying to scam her disabled son out of $200,000 in trust fund money, police said Tuesday. Yvonne Longmire, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was arrested last week on charges of false swearing, forgery and identity theft for allegedly lying in court to gain control of her missing son’s …
Mar 06
Three river otters stolen from animal sanctuary in North Carolina
pixonaut/iStock(COATS, N.C.) — Police are looking for three river otters apparently stolen from their habitat at a North Carolina animal sanctuary. Caretakers at Animal Edventures Sanctuary in Coats, North Carolina, about 30 miles south of Raleigh, awoke Monday morning to find the door to its otter enclosure wide open and its three inhabitants missing. The …
Mar 06
National Farmers Union delegates pass eight special orders of business
National Farmers Union delegates strongly supported efforts to stop climate change during their national convention, but they were split on whether to support The Green New Deal recently proposed in Washington. President Roger Johnson says, “The big debate there was there was an attempt to merge some talk about the Green New Deal. That was …
Mar 06
Iowa producer says farmers need changes to survive
An Iowa hog producer says farmers need more control and some reforms to bring farm prices and the rural economy up. Chris Peterson from Clear Lake, Iowa is semi-retired, but he is still raising hogs. He says, “The farm bankruptcies, the bankers are having the jitters and everything else, (and) the margins being so narrow, …
Mar 05
Biodiesel has also resulted in $4.8 billion savings for livestock feed
Biodiesel has added to soybean growers’ bottom lines since its development from checkoff dollars and University of Missouri research. Tom Steever spoke to Casey Wasser, Policy Director, Missouri Soybean Association, who says biodiesel has also resulted in $4.8 billion savings for livestock feed over the past five years. Find out more in this week’s Spotlight …
Mar 05
Man whose sister’s murder in Baltimore was falsely blamed on a panhandler says he’s not surprised by brother-in-law’s arrest
Courtesy Keith Smith(BALTIMORE) — While his sister’s slaying in Baltimore left his brother-in-law, who blamed the killing on a panhandler, in custody on murder charges along with his daughter, Marcel Trisvan says he “wasn’t surprised” by the stunning twist in the homicide investigation. “I always thought that they were involved,” Trisvan told ABC News of …
Mar 05
Satellite photos show North Korea rebuilding missile launch facility
ANNECORDON/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Commercial satellite imagery released by a Washington think tank showed that North Korea has begun a rapid rebuilding of a missile launch site that has been inactive since last summer. The development comes days after President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that did not result in a denuclearlization …
Mar 05
Packer: quality grades increasing
A Kansas packer says the quality grades of cattle are increasing. “We went from grading probably 45 percent to almost 85 percent Choice now,” said Chad Barker, referring to the 12 years he has been in procurement for National Beef. “It doesn’t change our focus, we still look for the high-Choice, Prime quality, black-hided kind …
Mar 05
USDA: Soybeans in tough spot
USDA analyst Seth Meyer says U.S. soybeans are in a difficult spot right now. The news last month that China said it would buy 10 million metric tons brought soybean prices up a little but Brazil’s prices are down, “Our prices are being bid up fractionally because folks are hoping the Chinese will come in …