As retail fertilizer prices continue to steadily march higher, fewer farmers say they plan to pre-price their fall fertilizer needs.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Democratic Senate hopeful Beto O'Rourke told a national television audience Thursday night that he'd vote to impeach President Donald Trump and believes Texas can lead the way to a national embracing of relaxed immigration...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania, using subpoenas to demand secret files and testimony from high-ranking leaders in what victims' advocates say is the...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Thousands of Palestinian protesters are expected to mass along Israel's border with Gaza for another weekly protest, testing Egypt's efforts to mediate a lasting cease-fire between Israel and the militant Hamas group.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is due back in a Virginia courtroom to decide whether he will be sentenced on fraud charges before or after he completes his cooperation with prosecutors.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Cory Booker had hundreds of Democratic activists nodding, applauding and eventually roaring — complete with a sermon-style call-and-response — as he entertained the Orangeburg County party barbecue to put the...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- As some 3,000 Hondurans made their way through Guatemala, attention turned to Mexico, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to close the U.S.-Mexico border if authorities there fail to stop them — a...
President Donald Trump has acknowledged it "certainly looks" as though missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead, and he threatened "very severe" consequences if the Saudis are found to have murdered him.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Most Afghans will return to the polls for parliamentary elections on Saturday, hoping to bring change to a corrupt government that has lost nearly half the country to the Taliban.
BEIJING (AP) -- China reported economic growth sank to a post-global crisis low as finance officials launched a media blitz Friday to shore up confidence in its sagging stock market.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- StarKist Co. agreed to plead guilty to a felony price fixing charge as part of a broad collusion investigation of the canned tuna industry, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
European and Asian leaders gathered Friday to pledge their support for free trade, at a meeting that underscored trade tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Global stocks were mixed Friday after Wall Street declined on losses for tech stocks and Chinese economic growth slowed.
U.S. stocks slumped again Thursday as investors continued to sell shares of technology and internet companies, industrials, and companies that rely on consumer spending.
New York Mercantile Exchange nearest delivered oil futures and spot month Brent crude futures on the Intercontinental Exchange eroded further Thursday.
University of Arkansas professor Marty Matlock said consumers should not have to decide between "sustainable and unsustainable food." Consumers have a standard expectation of safety and should have the same...
U.S. stocks are falling Thursday morning as interest rates resume their upward climb and several industrial companies post disappointing third-quarter results.
Oil futures extended lower early Thursday, remaining under pressure from building domestic crude supplies.
European Union leaders gave themselves several more weeks -- perhaps until the end of the year -- to clinch a friendly divorce with Britain before their separation, after a Brexit summit Wednesday avoided any friction but also produced no tangible...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia is officially kicking off its commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the House of Burgesses at Jamestown, the first arrival of African slaves in the British colonies, and other aspects of the state's...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Republican Kris Kobach promised Wednesday to push for tougher work requirements for welfare and state health coverage recipients in Kansas, building on existing policies that have populist appeal but draw criticism as punitive...
BEIJING (AP) -- Around 6,000 people have been evacuated following a landslide in Tibet that blocked the flow of one of the region's key rivers, China's emergency services said Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Don McGahn has returned to civilian life.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Automated alerts from the fledgling West Coast earthquake early warning system are ready to be used broadly by businesses, utilities, schools and other entities but not for mass public notification, officials said Wednesday.
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan recorded a trade surplus for September of 139.6 billion yen ($1.2 billion), but exports fell 1.2 percent from the previous year in the first decline for the world's third largest economy since 2016.
It's been eight years since the U.S. Supreme Court declared that political spending is free speech. The decision eased the way for corporations, unions or nonprofits to spend massive amounts to support, or more often, denounce candidates in tight races.
Friday is a quieter report day with U.S. existing home sales at 9 a.m. CDT and cattle on-feed at 2 p.m. CDT. Unless trade news or something unexpected develops, this may be a good day to check out harvest anecdotes on Twitter.
WeatherLight rain is in store for portions of the western and central Midwest Friday, causing harvest disruptions. We'll also see rain in the Southern Plains with some harvest and winter wheat planting delays. Rain in central Texas may be locally heavy with more flood issues. Dry and mild conditions elsewhere will favor harvest and fall fieldwork.