A Maysville man received minor injuries Wednesday night after a crash just north of Maysville on Route A.
According to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol 27-year-old Cory Cook was driving south on Route A north of Maysville, when he left the right side of the roadway and struck the guardrail which caused the vehicle to overturn.
Cook suffered minor injuries and was transported to Cameron Regional Medical Center by a Dekalb County Ambulance.
A one vehicle accident injured one man outside Maryville Tuesday morning.
According the the Missouri State Highway Patrol Wayne Spire, 51 of Maryville, was traveling east on Route CC and proceeded into the intersection of US 71 where he struck Ronald Brazda, 51 of Weston, vehicle on the passenger side. Both vehicles proceeded to come to a stop facing south on Hwy 71.
Brazda received minor injuries and was transported to St. Francis Medical Center in Maryville, and Spire received no injuries.
A one vehicle accident claimed the life of a Smithville man Monday night in Clay County.
According the the Missouri State Highway Patrol Travis Wilson, 26 of Smithville was driving his 1980 GMC truck around 10:30 Monday night while traveling E on Route DD just west of Litton Way. His truck went off of the right side of the road and it became airborne before rolling over.
Wilson was thrown through the windshield of his vehicle.
He was transported to Liberty Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
It’s the 10th fatal crash in Troop A for 2015.
A man and a woman received serious injuries Friday morning east of Hamilton after a pickup collided with a dump truck.
According the the Missouri State Highway Patrol Accident report Carole McKenzie, 71 of Hannibal, received serious injuries after driving her pickup on 36 Highway east of Hamilton when Donald Cox, 82 of Hamilton, drove his dump truck out of a gravel road in into the path of McKenzie, whose vehicle struck the front of Cox’s. The vehicles came to a rest on 36 Highway where the dump truck received extensive damage and the pickup truck was totaled.
The Caldwell County ambulance district transported McKenzie to Liberty Hospital and Cox was taken to Cameron Regional Medical Center.
A woman and her daughter received minor injuries after an accident in Chillicothe Thursday night involving a tractor.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Kristina Thompson, 24 from Chillicothe and her 9 year old daughter received minor injuries Thursday night when her Chevy Impala slid into the rear of a John Deere Tractor driven by David Jones 71 of Hale, who also received minor injuries. The vehicles came to a stop on the shoulder of Route Z and US 65 where the Impala incurred extensive damage and the tractor was driven from the scene.
Thompson and her daughter were then taken by private vehicle to Hedrick Medical Center, and Jones refused treatment at the scene.
An accident east of Blue Ridge left two Harrison County teens with minor injuries Sunday afternoon.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Darrian Carey 17, from Gilman City, was driving her F-150 eastbound on MO-146 when she failed to navigate and turn and overcorrected, crossing the center line and overcorrected again where the vehicle then went off the roadway and overturned before coming to a rest on its wheels. Logan Miller 18, from New Hampton was also in the vehicle.
Carey was transported to the Harrison County Community Hospital for minor injuries and Miller refused treatment at the scene.
People who illegally cross into the United States from Mexico have found success in crossing the border where the land is either privately owned or consists of national forests, national monuments, wilderness areas, reservations and wildlife refuges. Many of those areas are protected by laws that make it more difficult for border patrol agents to secure the border – in some cases – preventing them from using motorized vehicles. On Friday – the House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing on H.R. 1505 – the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act. In his testimony – Dr. Gary Thrasher – a rancher and veterinarian from southern Arizona – called the bill an important piece of legislation needed to protect the sovereignty and security of the border region, its federal lands and refuges, as well as the nation’s security.
Thrasher said the situation is growing more serious. He added that those like him – who live and work in remote smuggling corridors – are left the most vulnerable. He says they are confronted with threats; damage and destruction of property; theft; break-ins; and serious disruption of necessary ranch work almost daily. Thrasher said there has also been severe environmental degradation on these lands.
The legislation would allow U.S. Border Patrol immediate access to federal lands and the ability to construct and maintain roads and place surveillance equipment in strategic areas to assist in detecting and apprehending criminals.
Missouri Representative Sam Graves says USDA’s proposed GIPSA rule could significantly alter livestock marketing practices and further inject government into the marketing and business decisions of small businesses. Graves says many of the proposed provisions will severely undermine the ability of small businesses to differentiate their products from those of their larger competitors – and it will mean less competition for livestock producers, packers and consumers. Graves adds the proposed rule may also force changes to a company’s asset structure and lead to more vertical integration.
The rule was prompted by the 2008 Farm Bill – but according to Graves – what was proposed by USDA went far beyond the intent of Congress. If implemented – he says the rule would hurt the beef, pork and poultry industries – and further damage our already unstable economy. Independent studies have shown the rule will reduce the gross domestic product by over 1.5-billion dollars and cost the U.S. economy nearly 23-thousand jobs.
Graves – who is Chairman of the House Small Business Committee – has joined Agriculture, Energy and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Scott Tipton of Colorado in sending a letter to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack calling on the agency to fully comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act and ensure that USDA understands the private sector costs of the regulations it is imposing on all sectors within the livestock industry. The letter also requests that USDA publish their analysis for comment to ensure small firms can inform the agency about its effect on their businesses.
The U.S. Grains Council and the United Sorghum Checkoff Program have succeeded in a year-long effort to resolve trade issues that have made it difficult to sell U.S. sorghum to Europe. The problem was the EU levy system – which was becoming increasingly archaic when it came to establishing a reference price for sorghum. Because of the system – the levy on U.S. sorghum inched up – pushing sorghum prices in Europe higher than the price of corn on occasion.
According to Cary Sifferath – USGC Regional Director for the Mediterranean and Africa – the problem was the EU needed a different reference. After issuing a white paper that showed how sorghum correlated better with #2 corn than with barley – the Council petitioned the EU for a rule change. That new rule is now in place and the Chicago Board of Trade price of corn will now be the reference point for determining the sorghum levy.
Sifferath emphasized that when Europe is short of grain – the sorghum levy will be calculated on a realistic basis that reflects real-world prices. Whatever the market dictates – the sorghum levy will reflect it – and European buyers should be able to import sorghum readily – without weeks of dispute over the levy.
The Renewable Fuels Association sent a letter to President Obama about the ethanol industry in response to what they felt was a question of the commitment of ethanol producers and advocates during the President’s Twitter Town Hall. The letter points out the U.S. ethanol industry is the largest in the world – producing more than 13-billion gallons of ethanol each year and reducing imported oil needs by 445-million barrels each year. RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen says not only is American-made ethanol the most cost-effective motor fuel in the market today – it also creates around 400-thousand jobs.
Dinneen notes ethanol production is showing tremendous energy benefits with current ethanol production producing up to 2.3-units of energy for every unit of energy used. He says ethanol producers are getting more ethanol-per-bushel of corn and using fewer BTUs and gallons of water in the process. He also says American ethanol producers get nearly 100-gallons of ethanol from one ton of corn compared to Brazilian sugarcane producers who get 25-gallons per ton. Dinneen says that shows America’s ethanol industry is setting the curve in technology innovation – and now is not the time to question the industry’s progress or efficiency. He says the U.S. ethanol industry should be a source of pride because it is a sparkling example of what made America great – the imagination to dream and the ability to make that dream a reality.
