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When Valerie June Hears “Call Me A Fool,” She Is Okay With That

Jan 22, 2021 7:00am

Embedded from embed.vevo.com. Singer-songwriter Valerie June says that she wrote “Call Me a Fool” because she wanted people to know they could go ahead and dream, even if the rest of the world considered them fools. “Have you ever been a fool for a dream? It might have been a little dream like a kiss... Read more »
Dolly Parton’s Brother Randy Has “Lost His Battle with Cancer”

Jan 21, 2021 9:55am

Early on Thursday morning (Jan. 21), Dolly Parton shared the news that her younger brother Randy had died. Like his sister, Parton, 67, was a singer and songwriter, and he played in Parton’s band for many years. When she posted the news on Facebook, she wrote lovingly about Randy, his life and his legacy. “My... Read more »
Garth Brooks Performs at the Presidential Inauguration and Invites Everyone to Sing Along

Jan 20, 2021 11:53am

Right after U.S. President Joe Biden was sworn in at the inauguration ceremony on Wednesday (Jan. 20), he officially started his term as the POTUS with an inspired speech with a theme of unity. And then Garth Brooks walked out to the steps of the U.S. Capitol to do the same thing in song. Brooks... Read more »

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KWWR Sports Report 1/22

01/22/2021 12:39 pm

KWWR Sports Report 1/22 Bulldogs Basketball The Mexico Bulldogs Boys Basketball Team will play Centralia in the third place in the Macon Tournament tonight. The number 1 seed Mexico comes into the game at 11-1 and will face the 6 seed Centralia who has a record of 7-5. Tip-off is at 8:30pm. Kansas City Chiefs…

Mexico Boys Wrestling in Triangular and Mexico Girls Wrestling Team Battles Fulton

01/22/2021 12:28 pm

Mexico Boys Wrestling in Triangular and Mexico Girls Wrestling Team Battles Fulton The Mexico Bulldogs Boys Wrestling Team picked up victories over Fulton and St. Charles West last night (Thursday) in a triangular held at the Mexico High School. Going undefeated on the night at 2-0 was Keith Ransom, Ricardo Juarez, Dylan Mosley, Terrell Williams,…

Home Renovation Program Being Offered to Veterans in Nine Missouri Counties

01/22/2021 12:14 pm

Home Renovation Program Being Offered to Veterans in Nine Missouri Counties The North East Community Action Corporation is offering a home renovation program to veterans in 9 Missouri counties. Funding comes from a federal Department of Housing and Urban Development Veterans Services Grant. Participants must own their homes and do part of the work under…

COVID-19 Vaccinations Just Now Starting in Cooper County

01/22/2021 12:08 pm

COVID-19 Vaccinations Just Now Starting in Cooper County More residents in Cooper County are starting to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Cooper County Health Center received 250 doses of the vaccine on Wednesday from Boone Hospital Center. 103 of the vaccines were administered that day. Cooper County is still behind compared…

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Farmers turning to herbicide alternatives in the face of resistant weeds

Jan 22, 2021 4:01pm

Farmers are looking beyond herbicides as resistant weeds continue to plague many Midwestern fields.
Iowa State University Extension weed specialist Prashant Jha says the tools to combat weeds are limited.
“Like when we deal with soybeans with glyphosate and PPO resistance, waterhemp populations are a concern. So there is a good bit of acceptance here in Iowa (by) producers regarding using some cultural strategies, and mechanical strategies even.”
He tells Brownfield row-crop cultivation can be effective, and cover crops have shown promising weed suppression.
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Sustainability can pay

Jan 22, 2021 3:56pm

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With all the focus on sustainability in agriculture – one of the questions is, can it pay for practices that benefit the environment?
The Nature Conservancy has partnered with American Farm Bureau to help producers reach sustainability goals. The Conservancy’s Dayna Gross says they look for incentives, risk and mitigation to help farmers, but also the R-O-I, “What are the economics of the return on investment for certain practices? We try not to be prescriptive but it’s sure helpful when you can point to practices and say this is going to pay off in three years or two years or one year or whenever.”
Jack Scott with Nestle says technology is the key to sustainability and a huge opportunity for farmers, “I am watching, right now, so much going into technologies – developing technologies and so forth related to finding ways to support the farmer, make things more profitable, improve productivity.”
Scott says the lack of accurate measurements of sustainability and the need to scale up those practices are among the challenges agriculture faces.
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Cattle futures move sharply higher to end the week

Jan 22, 2021 3:54pm

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were sharply higher, supported by the week’s strength in boxed beef and spillover from feeders as traders got ready for what was expected to be a bullish set of cattle on feed numbers. February was $262 higher at $116.72 and April was up $2.57 at $122.52.
Feeder cattle were sharply higher on the strength in beef and the drop in corn, along with pre-report position squaring. January was $1.37 higher at $137.25 and March was up $5.00 at $144.15.
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