Month: February 2022
Ag News
Wisconsin’s Legislature releases ag funding
Wisconsin’s legislative Joint Finance Committee has officially released budget funds to boost agricultural research and increase international farm exports. The University of Wisconsin will receive $2 million over the next two years to fund eleven [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan agriculture sees large new investments
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is proposing to increase the state’s ag department’s budget by at least 10 percent in the next fiscal year. Michigan Agriculture and Rural Development director Gary McDowell tells Brownfield the largest [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Batwoman’ star Javicia Leslie on breaking barriers, and bringing smiles to fans
Dean Buscher/The CW — (C) 2022 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Javicia [Ja-VEET-SEE-uh] Leslie took over the cape and cowl for Ruby Rose in the second season of the CW show Batwoman, and as a lifelong comic fan, continuing [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Eating a more plant-based diet can add years to your life, study finds
Rocky89/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Adding more plants to your diet can add years to your life, according to a new study. Researchers in Norway used computer models to compare a typical Western diet — [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former White House press aide appears before Jan. 6 committee
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sarah Matthews, a Trump White House press aide who resigned over the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, appeared Tuesday for an interview with the House select [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pelosi blasts McCarthy for dodging press on RNC resolution, GOP for hitting ‘rock bottom’
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called out GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, saying he “literally ran away” from ABC News Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott as she asked him [Read More…]
ABC National News
University of California reaches $243.6 million settlement in UCLA sex abuse scandal
Survivor Kara Cagle speaks during a news conference to announce a $243-million settlement in the UCLA sex abuse case of former UCLA gynecologist/oncologist James Heaps in Irvine, Calif., Feb. 8, 2022. – Allen J. Schaben [Read More…]
ABC National News
Second guilty plea made in alleged kidnapping plot of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — A second man charged in a bizarre plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pleaded guilty Wednesday and has agreed to testify for the prosecution at the federal [Read More…]
ABC World News
Death toll from Cyclone Batsirai rises in Madagascar as thousands left homeless
RIJASOLO/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Dozens of people are dead and thousands are homeless after a tropical storm struck Madagascar over the weekend, the second to batter the island nation since the start of [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa Farm Bureau award winner says do your homework before launching a direct-to-consumer business
The winner of Iowa Farm Bureau’s “Grow Your Future” Award encourages beef producers exploring direct-to-consumer opportunities to first research what they’d be getting into. Lillie Beringer of Cascade in east-central Iowa sells 21-day, dry-aged Angus [Read More…]
Ag News
National Farmers Union study underscores farmers’ desire for right to repair reform
A new study by the National Farmers Union and US Public Interest Working Group (US PIRG) highlights farmers’ support of right to repair reform. NFU’s Aaron Sheir tells Brownfield the study, including a survey of [Read More…]
Ag News
Marketers are watching Ukraine, South America
A marketing expert says traders are watching two growing regions very closely now. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing tells Brownfield there is a focus on South American weather with dryness bringing down yield projections [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 9, 2022
Mar. corn closed at $6.46 and 3/4, up 14 and 1/2 centsMar. soybeans closed at $15.94 and 3/4, up 25 and 3/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $461.90, up $7.80Mar. soybean oil closed at 64.10, [Read More…]
Ag News
Conditions mixing for ‘fire danger’ in the Central Plains according to NWS
The National Weather Service says there’s an elevated fire risk for farmers and ranchers in the Central Plains. Eric Snodgrass, an atmospheric scientist with Nutrient Ag Solutions, says dryness and high winds are fueling a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I’m going to make myself happy”: Kim Kardashian tells ‘Vogue’ she’s living life on her own terms
Carlijn Jacobs/Vogue Kim Kardashian graces March’s cover of Vogue — a fitting choice, according to Demna Gvasalia, creative director for Balenciaga, the fashion house behind Kim’s masked Met Life look. “She did something that is very similar to what Marilyn Monroe did [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“So many stories. So many legends”: LaMonica Garrett ups the ante for Black cowboys with ‘1883’
Emerson Miller/Paramount+ (C) 2021 MTV Entertainment Studios. All Rights Reserved. Rattlesnakes. Fatal river-crossings. Bandits. And now tornadoes for good measure. Mother Nature dealt a backhand to our brave, if not woefully-unprepared pioneers in the latest [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
#Genius: Fans, famous and not, wish legendary film composer John Williams a happy 90th birthday
Michael Kovac/Getty Images It was most appropriate that the 90th birthday of the most legendary film composer of all time, John Williams, fell on Tuesday, when the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were announced. Born [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Niecy Nash enters ‘The Rookie’ for a possible spin-off; ‘Love, Victor’ ending, and more
Hulu on Tuesday dropped the first trailer for the upcoming limited series Conversations with Friends. Based on Sally Rooney‘s best-selling novel, the drama, according to the streaming service, follows Frances, a 21-year-old college student — played by Alison Oliver — as [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Report: Wendy Williams will not return to talk show this season
ABC Wendy Williams will not return to The Wendy Williams Show this season, according to a report from Variety. Williams, 57, has been on hiatus from the show, which is in its 13th season, as she battles health issues, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Nine-year-old girl in critical condition after apparent road rage shooting: Police
ABC13 (KTRK-TV) (HOUSTON) — A 9-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was hurt in an apparent road rage shooting in Houston, police said. The suspect, believed to be in a white GMC Denali [Read More…]