Politico reports that while Republican governors in Texas and Louisiana remain firmly in the no camp, others in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Indiana and Oklahoma are giving the program a second look. News outlets also offer updates from ...
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Flu season continues to tighten its grip on the United States, with 35 states now experiencing widespread influenza activity, federal officials reported Friday. The flu seems to be hitting young and middle-aged adults the hardest this ...
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Both slaughter steer prices and beef carcass cutout values set new record highs this week. Through Thursday, the 5-area average price for slaughter steers sold on a live weight basis was $139.54/cwt, up $2.08 from a week ago and up $13.18 ...
Influenza activity remained high in the U.S. South and South Central states for the week ending Jan. 4, but remains low in the Northeast, officials say. The weekly flu report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu ...
Cargill Inc. announced Wednesday plans to build a new steel processing center in Windsor, Colorado,? about 60 miles north of Denver, to supply the state's booming oil and gas industry. "By locating in northern Colorado, which is in the ...
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Cargill Inc. announced Wednesday plans to build a new steel processing center in Windsor, Colorado,? about 60 miles north of Denver, to supply the state's booming oil and gas industry. "By locating in northern Colorado, which is in the ...
Tags: Steel, Steel News, Cargill, Steel Processing and Distribution
Tuesday's Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.26, down 1 and 3/4 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.99 and 1/2, up 2 and 3/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $434.60, up $5.80 Jan. soybean oil closed at 37.70, ...
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Trucking still runs on diesel, but every day seems to bring another sign that natural gas is trickling in. Most recently, Love's Travel Stops announced that their new station in Amarillo, TX will have fast-fill CNG fueling capability for ...
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Trucking still runs on diesel, but every day seems to bring another sign that natural gas is trickling in. Most recently, Love's Travel Stops announced that their new station in Amarillo, TX will have fast-fill CNG fueling capability for ...
Tags: Trucking News, Trucking, Love's Truck Stops, CNG
FieldPoint Petroleum Corporation (NYSE/MKT:FPP) today reported the drilling of the Ranger Unit 8A #1H with Riley Exploration Group of Blanchard, OK. Completion and fracking of the well is to begin this week. FieldPoint President, Phillip ...
PetroTech Oil and Gas Inc. (OTC: PTOG) (the "Company" or Petrotech") today announced that PTOG and their partner on this program have acquired all of the necessary equipment to rework four wells on the Nowata lease in Oklahoma. The company ...
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Much of the country is under the grip of the one of the coldest air masses in nearly 20 years. Temperatures have dropped to freezing as far south as the central and northern Gulf Coast with areas as far south as central and southern Texas ...
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Temperatures this morning are below zero across nearly the entire extent of the Midwest, with the exception being a few areas near/slightly above zero along the extreme southern Midwest. Across the Plains states, most of the HRW wheat ...
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With 2013 now over and 2014 just beginning to unfold, Colin Woodall, vice president for government affairs with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, says the beef industry posted quite a few successes last year which provides a great ...
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The Campbell Soup Company is recalling around 300 cases of 24-ounce jars of Prego Traditional Italian sauce because of possible spoilage. The products were delivered to retailer distribution centers in Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, ...
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