Year: 2021
Ag News
USDA hikes meat production estimates
The USDA has increased its 2021 red meat and poultry production projections. Beef is pegged at 27.885 billion pounds, up 53 million from October, expecting higher fed cattle slaughter and average weights, with an average [Read More…]
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CHS prepared for supply chain limitations
The CEO of the nation’s largest farmer-owned cooperative says the company is well positioned to deal with supply chain limitations. Jay Debertin with CHS tells Brownfield their size and scale is an advantage going into [Read More…]
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Production declines could yield $1 bump to milk prices
USDA is yet again calling for lower milk production 2021 and 2022 because of expectations for lower cow numbers and milk per cow. In its November supply and demand report, USDA raised butter, nonfat dry [Read More…]
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USDA sees bigger cotton, rice crops
The USDA has increased its outlooks for U.S. cotton and rice production. The upland cotton crop is pegged at 17.852 million bales, up 201,000 from October following an upward revision for average yield to 874 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Big Bird reveals he has been vaccinated against COVID-19
Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Capital Concerts, Inc. To help excite and encourage children about getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Sesame Street‘s Big Bird announced that he just got the shot and is feeling great about it. “I [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Eternals” end credits scene featured the voice of THIS major new Marvel movie star
Marvel Studios (SPOILERS AHEAD) Marvel Studios’ Eternals is now in theaters, and there’s both a mid-credit scene and an after-credits stinger — but the latter left many fans scratching their heads. Until now. While it had previously been spoiled [Read More…]
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Vin Diesel urges Dwayne Johnson to “fulfill your destiny” and star in final ‘Fast and Furious’ movie
Buda Mendes/LatinContent via Getty Images Vin Diesel extended an olive branch to Dwayne Johnson on Sunday, explaining why the latter needs to star in the final Fast and Furious movie. Taking to Instagram, the actor wrote an impassioned post declaring that [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Marvel’s ‘Eternals’ tops the box office with $71 million debut
Marvel Studios Marvel’s Eternals topped the weekend box office, debuting with an estimated $71 million in the U.S., despite tepid reviews. Director Chloé Zhao‘s film, which boasts a large ensemble cast including Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kieran Culkin’s ‘SNL’ hosting debut includes surprise guests Dionne Warwick and Tracy Morgan
Will Heath/NBC Kieran Culkin, star of HBO’s Succession, made his Saturday Night Live hosting debut over the weekend in an episode that featured surprise guest appearances from music legend Dionne Warwick and SNL alum Tracy Morgan. While [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/7/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Brooklyn 116, Toronto 103 Cleveland 126, New York 109 Orlando 107, Utah 100 Washington 101, Milwaukee 94 Indiana 94, Sacramento [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump told RNC chair he was leaving GOP to create new party, says new book
Pete Marovich/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In an angry conversation on his final day as president, Donald Trump told the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee he was leaving the GOP and creating his own political [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
After FBI spying, Muslim Americans ask Supreme Court to OK religious bias suit
YinYang/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Three Muslim Americans subjected to FBI surveillance inside their places of worship will ask the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to allow a religious discrimination lawsuit against the agency to move forward [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Biden administration urges schools to provide shots, info
jonathanfilskov-photography/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 754,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
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Three Ivy League universities issue temporary evacuations after receiving bomb threats
kali9/iStock (NEW YORK) — Three Ivy League school campuses issued temporary evacuations Sunday afternoon after receiving bomb threats. The incidents at Cornell, Columbia and Brown universities came two days after a similar threat took place [Read More…]
ABC National News
Some victims identified, cause sought in deadly Travis Scott Astroworld concert
Kali9/iStock (HOUSTON) — As names of most of the victims emerged in the deadly stage surge horror at the Astroworld Festival concert in Houston, 23-year-old Arturo Sanchez said his heart literally stopped as he was [Read More…]
ABC World News
Afghan woman’s trek to escape Kabul with her daughter — and her plea to help family stuck behind
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — “Everything bad that you think of was there,” Sarina told ABC News in a video call, wiping away tears. “I was feeling like, ‘I’m gonna die. Why?’” She [Read More…]
ABC World News
Travelers welcome long-awaited reopening of US borders
alexsl/iStock (LONDON) — The U.S. is reopening borders to vaccinated travelers on Monday after 20 months of being closed to many countries, including the United Kingdom, Brazil, China, India, South Africa and most of Europe. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Women kidnapped from Congo are suing Belgium’s government for crimes against humanity
DNY59/iStock (NEW YORK) — It was not until 2017 that Monique Bitu Bingi felt strong enough to tell the full story of what happened during her childhood in the Belgian-ruled Congo. Even her husband, who [Read More…]
Ag News
RePlay™ application to extend longevity and showcase uses for soy
Missouri Soybean Director of Biofuels and New Uses Matt Amick says that the recent application of soy-based asphalt sealant RePlay™ at the Center for Soy Innovation will extend the longevity of the center’s parking lot. [Read More…]
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Advancing stewardship
Corteva Agriscience U.S. crop protection commercial launch leader Dr. Eric Scherder says a benchmark when developing the Enlist weed control system was a commitment to stewardship grounded in product efficacy and a plethora of grower [Read More…]
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