The new dairy revenue protection insurance program is expected to cover about five percent of milk production in the U.S. during the first quarter, and a USDA official says many producers have already signed up. “It went on sale October 9th and we’re up 1.5 billion pounds of milk already covered.” Martin Barbre with USDA’s …
Nov 21
‘Person of interest’ detained for questioning killing and sex assault at St. Louis Catholic Supply store
iStock/Thinkstock(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — A “person of interest” was detained Wednesday for questioning about a heinous crime spree at a Catholic Supply chain store in St. Louis, Missouri, in which a female customer was fatally shot and at least one other woman was sexually assaulted, police said. The killer entered the store on the east …
Nov 21
US military to build observation outposts in northern Syria to reduce tensions with Turkey
SPC Arnada Jones/U.S. Army(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military has announced a new mission in northern Syria aimed at reducing tensions between Turkey and America’s Kurdish partners. Defense Secretary James Mattis told reporters on Wednesday that the U.S. will be building observation outposts in northern Syria along the Turkish border, because the U.S. wants to “call …
Nov 21
NASA to launch ‘workplace safety review’ of Elon Musk’s high-flying SpaceX firm
Joe Rogan Experience/YouTube(NEW YORK) — You would think that getting high would be part of NASA’s core mission. Yet the space agency is undertaking a workplace safety review of Elon Musk’s firm SpaceX — reportedly in response to the capricious entrepreneur’s decision last summer to smoke pot and drink whiskey on a podcast that was …
Nov 21
Watch now: Faith Hill shares laughter, holiday picks on “Pickler & Ben”
ABC/Image Group LAThe holiday season is officially upon us and Faith Hill has shared some of her holiday must-haves on a recent episode of Pickler & Ben. Faith, an executive producer of the show, also related a heartfelt story about one of her favorite holiday memories with her father. Faith’s father is 88 and she describes him as …
Nov 21
A hurricane-devastated community is coming together for Thanksgiving
ABC News(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — A little over a month after Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as one of the strongest storms in U.S. history, members of one of the hardest-hit communities are coming together to create a Thanksgiving feast for all. The storm virtually wiped out the coastal community of Panama …
Nov 21
NJ family was ‘targeted’ and killed before mansion fire in New Jersey: Prosecutor
WABC(COLTS NECK, N.J.) — A wealthy New Jersey family was killed before their mansion was set on fire in what authorities are investigating as a quadruple homicide. The killer shot Keith Caneiro and stabbed Caneiro’s wife, Jennifer, and their two young children before setting the family’s mansion on fire, an official briefed on the case …
Nov 21
Beam appointed to USDA post
The Trump Administration has appointed a new USDA Deputy Administrator of Farm Programs. FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce announced that fourth-generation Pennsylvania farmer William “Bill” Beam will oversee major portions of farm bill programs including disaster assistance and conservation. Beam is also a nine-year veteran of the United Soybean Board and owns a sawdust trucking business. …
Nov 21
Ethanol stocks, production decline
U.S. ethanol production and stocks declined last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.042 million barrels a day, down 25,000 on the week as margins continues to weigh on the industry, even as it anticipates improved demand with the implementation of year-round E15 use. Stocks dropped 723,000 barrels to 22.791 million. The …
Nov 21
Missouri forgoes state dicamba label for 2019
Missouri certified applicators will NOT have a state label to follow on dicamba products in the 2019 growing season. Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn says the new two-year federal label for the three dicamba products is 40 pages long which the department has carefully reviewed, “We see that there are similarities in the federal label …