Month: December 2021

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon in south Philadelphia’s largest park following a business meeting. The congresswoman was [Read More…]

Jan. 6 committee seeks interview with Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan

Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack sent a letter on Wednesday to GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, requesting he appear for an interview with the [Read More…]

Confederate time capsule opened in Virginia

Bob Brown – Pool/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — A time capsule estimated to be more than 130 years old, unearthed from the base of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, was being opened [Read More…]

Model legislation targets banks that divest from fossil fuel companies

Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council, otherwise known as ALEC, is pushing a new piece of anti-fossil fuel divestment legislation after a version of the bill was passed in [Read More…]

COVID-19 live updates: Airline says omicron surge may create significant disruptions

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 810,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]

Aid groups get greater leeway to help in Afghanistan amid famine warnings

KeithBinns/iStock FILE (WASHINGTON) — As Afghanistan spirals further toward a catastrophic humanitarian crisis, the international community is allowing greater exemptions to aid groups to try to alleviate the suffering. The United Nations Security Council passed [Read More…]

Will the past become the future?

Market analyst and farmer Tregg Cronin examines historical data on peaks in inflation relating to the topping out of farm income. What can be drawn from decades past to predict what prices and costs might [Read More…]

Cattle, hog futures higher ahead of Friday’s reports

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle closed higher ahead of Thursday Cattle on Feed numbers. February live cattle closed $.45 higher at $137.37 and April live cattle closed $.77 higher at $142.12. [Read More…]

Minnesota Beef Council CEO calls demand a bright spot during challenging year

The CEO of the Minnesota Beef Council says there were plenty of challenges in 2021. But Kelly Schmidt tells Brownfield there were also many positives, beginning with demand. “Both here domestically and globally. And we [Read More…]

Milk futures and cash dairy higher Wednesday

January Class III milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange up 35 cents closing at $19.54. February 42 higher at $20.15. March up 36 cents at $20.04. April through June contracts 8 to 23 cents [Read More…]

Agriculture anxious to see what happens to Build Back Better in 2022

Agriculture is watching to see what happens with the Build Back Better Act in 2022. Compeer Financial vice president of legislative affairs Perry Aasness tells Brownfield he wonders if a slender version could garner the [Read More…]

NHL announces players won’t be allowed to go to Olympics

NHL players will not be allowed to participate in the Beijing Olympics after the league pulled the plug amid a rash of postponements caused by positive COVID-19 test results. Commissioner Gary Bettman made the announcement [Read More…]

Hard-to-figure Vikings still trudging ahead in playoff chase

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings remain a perplexing team to evaluate, now 14 games into this variety-pack season of late collapses, steely finishes and everything in between. They’ve managed to both dominate and self-destruct [Read More…]

Cousins throws for 2 touchdowns as Vikings beat Bears 17-9

CHICAGO (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have little margin for error and plenty of room to improve as they try to secure a playoff spot. Not that Kirk Cousins needed a reminder. Or, for that [Read More…]

4 vying for Minnehaha County’s lone medical pot license