Year: 2021

NicolasMcComber/iStock (CODY, Wyo.) — After a video of her trying to photograph grizzly bears went viral, a woman from Illinois has been sentenced to four days in jail and banned from Yellowstone National Park for [Read More…]

COVID-19 live updates: CDC committee to meet on Moderna, J&J boosters

Pekic/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 710,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people [Read More…]

Guilty verdict reached in trial of 2 parents in college admissions scandal

Kuzma/iStock (BOSTON) — A guilty verdict was reached Friday afternoon in the trial of John Wilson and Gamal Abdelaziz, two wealthy fathers charged with paying bribes to secure prestigious college spots for their kids under false [Read More…]

Maryland man allegedly kills pharmacist brother, citing his administration of COVID vaccine

Allegany County Sheriff’s Office (ELLICOTT CITY, Md.) — A Maryland man has been charged with allegedly killing his brother, a pharmacist, after going to confront him about “the government poisoning people with COVID vaccines,” according [Read More…]

Afghanistan updates: ISIS-K claims responsibility for suicide bombing at mosque

KeithBinns/iStock (WASHINGTON) — It’s been nearly one month since the U.S. withdrew all U.S. troops from Afghanistan on President Joe Biden’s order to leave by Aug. 31, ending a chaotic evacuation operation after the Afghan [Read More…]

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

ISAAC LAWRENCE,YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images (OSLO, Norway) — Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize [Read More…]

Live cattle, hog futures end the week mixed

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day mixed adjusting spreads. Feeder cattle were lower on profit-taking. October live cattle closed $.30 higher at $125.57 and December live cattle closed $.15 higher at [Read More…]

Farmland prices hitting unprecedented levels

Top-end farmland is selling at prices never seen before. Iowa State University Extension economist Chad Hart says a 76-acre parcel in east-central Iowa sold earlier this month for $26,000 an acre. “I won’t necessarily call [Read More…]

Senator Grassley testifies for mandatory price reporting

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says meat producers still need more market transparency. He says, “The reauthorization of the Mandatory Price Reporting is the vehicle available where we can add additional price transparency and price discovery [Read More…]

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 8, 2021

Dec. corn closed at $5.30 and 1/2, down 3 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans closed at $12.43, down 4 and 1/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $318.70, down 60 centsDec. soybean oil closed at 61.51, down [Read More…]

SCN Action Month underway

The SCN Coalition and BASF have joined forces as part of SCN Action month. Jeremiah Mullock is seed treatment product manager with BASF tells Brownfield Ag News, “We’re bringing information to growers around making agronomic [Read More…]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio accused of misusing NYPD resources in DOI report

iStock/Juliana Vilas Boas (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio treated his New York Police Department-provided security detail like a “concierge service” that drove around his son, staff members and guests even [Read More…]

US Marshals find, clear LA Dodgers fan who resembled fugitive John Ruffo

iStock/Candice Estep (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Marshals have located and fingerprinted the Los Angeles Dodgers fan seen on camera during a televised 2016 home game who they said closely resembled a long-missing and most [Read More…]

Maskless and unvaccinated, millions of pupils have returned to English schools

eiStock/Favor_of_God (LONDON) — As the debate on masking in classrooms rages in the U.S, England, as with its risky move to fully reopen society in July, is chartering its own course. Despite competing scientific advice, [Read More…]

Biden and China’s Xi plan to meet virtually this year after aides’ ‘meaningful,’ substantive’ talks

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will hold a virtual meeting before the end of this year, a senior U.S. administration official said Wednesday, amid high tension in the critical [Read More…]

Hartzler presses Vilsack on processing grants, vaccine mandates in House hearing

The USDA’s Secretary is being urged by a Member of Congress to help the small meat processors who took risks and expanded at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Missouri Congresswoman Vicki Hartzler told Ag [Read More…]

Study sheds light on migration patterns and when poultry facilities are most susceptible to avian flu

New research on migratory waterfowl is providing a first look into when commercial poultry facilities are at highest risk of avian influenza transmission. Dr. Diann Prosser with the USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center says wild [Read More…]

Livestock producers testify about top concerns

Todd Wilkinson, South Dakota cattle producer and vice president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, outlined the many struggles producers face and pinpointed their immediate need.. “Nothing is more important right now than increased processing [Read More…]

Farmers still positive on expansions and farmland values

The latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer indicates building spikes have started to weaken. Jim Mintert, director of the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture, tells Brownfield a modest increase was seen in the number [Read More…]

Snyder named EPA Agriculture Advisor