Big horses compete for 43rd year at MGLI show
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| East Lansing, Mich. — The MSU Livestock Pavilion was rumbling with the sound of eight-horse hitches as they entered the arena for the 43rd Annual Michigan Great Lakes International Draft Horse Show (MGLI) held Oct. 17-20 in East Lansing. The gentle giants came from coast to coast and three Canadian provinces to compete in one of the largest draft horse shows in the world. |
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| Courtney Kingery new CEO of Indiana corn and soybean organizations |
INDIANPOLIS – For the first time in 10 years, the Indiana Corn Growers Association, Indiana Corn Marketing Council and Indiana Soybean Alliance have a new CEO. Courtney Kingery started with the organizations at the beginning of October. She replaced Jane Ade Stevens, who had been with the groups for 30 years. Stevens will be an advisor for the organizations and also do consulting work. |
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While it isn’t as good as the best years; farm economy is near historic rate |
| Washington, DC — After years of high farm incomes, the current farm economy seems bleak but is close to a historical rate. |
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Tractor pulls are about friendships more than competition
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| SHELBYVILLE, Tenn – It’s midday Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Bedford County fairgrounds. Three-quarter ton pickup trucks pull up hauling trailers with 70 and 80-year-old tractors. Some of the tractors are brightly colored restorations. Some look as though they were just dragged out of a field after years of neglect. There’s Minneapolis Molines, Allis-Chalmers, McCormick Farmalls, a Cockshutt and, of course, John Deeres. Each trailer has two tractors on board. |
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Walking in the shadow of hope |
| The first obvious sign of the season-long flood is a perfectly level, three-foot high ring of dried mud on the machine shed’s siding. Nature put it there and, in time, will likely wash it away. |
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Tony Etchison killed in combine accident |
| ARCADIA, Ind. — A former Indiana high school basketball star was killed when run over by a combine on his family farm. Tony Etchison, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. |
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Exercise your right to free speech and celebrate the First Amendment
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| There are lots of unique things about our country, but one of the most amazing is the First Amendment to the Constitution. It is amazing because never before had these six rights been put in one place, all at the same time, and been guaranteed by the force of law. Freedom of religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly are liberties that have shaped our society, our history, and our government. This amendment’s rights are so basic that most people take them for granted and give their protection little thought. |
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Normal FFA seeks Premier Chapter, Model of Excellence crowns
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| NORMAL, Ill. — A relatively new high school Illinois FFA chapter is in the running for two prestigious national awards during the 2019 FFA National Convention, being held Oct. 30-Nov. 2 in Indianapolis. Led by agriscience teacher and FFA advisor Liz Harris, the Normal FFA chapter gained its nominations for Model of Excellence and Premier Chapter for Building Communities largely via community service projects of benefit to their town’s citizens — both human and canine. |
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Channel catfish to be stocked across Indiana by November
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| This fall, the Department of Natural Resources will stock more than 80,000 channel catfish across Indiana by November. |
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Don’t offend the camp cook unless you want to be on the menu
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| I learned in a West Texas cookhouse that when your mouth is full of bull its best to keep it shut. I was a journeyman journalist that had been sent to a 200,000 acre West Texas ranch that was long on history but short on social graces. It was my misfortune to show up the same day as a visiting professor from the University. I was there to write a story, the stall-fed Professor was there to be critical. We were both about as welcome as a wet dog. |
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