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Kenny Chesney led the pack when nominations for the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced Thursday morning (Jan. 26).

The U.S. Department of Energy has picked at team from Missouri University of Science and Technology to compete in this year’s Solar Decathlon. Twenty schools from throughout the world  have been chosen to compete in a contest to build a solar-powered house. The teams will spend the next couple of years developing their entries on their [...]

A Missouri based specialty chemicals company has been sold for almost $3.4 billion dollars. Solutia Incorporated of Town and County is being bought by Eastman Chemical Company of Kingsport, Tenn.  Solutia’s products are used in the architectural and automotive industries. Solutia shareholders have to approve the deal. Eastman says its paying a 42 percent premium [...]

It was nearly six-o-clock in the evening before reports of significant cattle trade started coming into the Brownfield Network.  USDA Mandatory reported trading was light in the Texas Panhandle on light to moderate demand. Compared to last week, early live sales were 2.00 lower at 124.00, but several producers continued to pass all bids. Trading [...]

USDA’s twice a year cattle inventory numbers showed the herd below pre-report expectations and as one analyst tells Brownfield, that has bullish implications for producers. Kevin Good Senior Market Analyst at Cattle Fax tells Brownfield we may see some expansion in two or three years but over the next year or so, the tight numbers [...]