Month: February 2022
Live, feeder cattle futures split to end week
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures ended Friday’s session mixed, mostly modestly higher, on spread trade and the week’s direct business. February was up $.45 at $142.05 and April was $.12 higher at $146.87. Feeder [Read More…]
MO Farm Bureau calling for farmers to comment on WOTUS
Missouri Farm Bureau’s President is calling for farmer support against the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers reinstating the Obama-era Waters of the U.S. rule. Garrett Hawkins tells Brownfield farmers need to be heard before [Read More…]
GreenStone reports strong end to 2021
One farm credit institution says 2021 ended with strong returns in nearly every commodity they finance. GreenStone Farm Credit Services CEO Dave Armstrong, with a footprint in Michigan and Wisconsin, tells Brownfield even though input [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 4, 2022
Mar. corn closed at $6.20 and 1/2, up 3 and 3/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $15.53 and 1/2, up 9 and 1/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $443.90, up $6.80Mar. soybean oil closed at 65.36, [Read More…]
Dakota Johnson reportedly getting into the superhero business with Sony’s ‘Madame Web’
ABC/Fred Lee Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson is reportedly attached to a Spider-Man universe movie called Madame Web for Sony Pictures. Deadline reports the actress will play the title character, first introduced in the pages of Marvel Comics’ Spider-Man #210 in [Read More…]
Samuel L. Jackson to receive Chairman’s Award at NAACP Image Awards, Spike Lee directing Colin Kaepernick docuseries, and more
Earl Gibson III/WireImage Samuel L. Jackson will receive the Chairman’s Award during the 53rd NAACP Image Awards. The honor recognizes individuals who demonstrate exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change. Past honorees include [Read More…]
‘Presumed Innocent’ gets the series treatment at Apple TV+
David E. Kelley — Rachel Murray/Getty Images for AT&T AUDIENCE Network Presumed Innocent, the Scott Turow legal thriller that became the hit 1990 film starring Harrison Ford, the late Raul Julia, and Bonnie Bedelia, is becoming a series for Apple TV+. The new [Read More…]
Black History Month: Paley Center pays tribute to Sidney Poitier, Joe Morton hosts Inside the Black Box, and more
LEE CELANO/AFP via Getty Images In celebration of Black History Month, The Paley Center for Media in New York City is hosting its “Salute to Black Achievements in Television” from Saturday, February 5 to Sunday, February 27. [Read More…]
‘Peacemaker’ star Steve Agee on stepping away from the computer, and the show’s viral opening dance number
HBO Max Steve Agee reprises his role as John Economos from The Suicide Squad in HBO Max’s new hit spin-off Peacemaker. For the series, Agee’s character graduates from being that superhero movie staple “the guy in the chair” to [Read More…]
Starbucks expects price increases, citing inflation, COVID pay and staffing costs
Starbucks (NEW YORK) — Starbucks will continue to raise prices in 2022 due to a combination of labor costs and supply chain disruptions. The Seattle-based coffee giant announced Tuesday that between a rising cost of [Read More…]
Monster storm fuels most flight cancellations of year
IronHeart/Getty Images (DALLAS) — A monster winter storm is fueling the worst travel day of the year — with more than 4,000 flights canceled Thursday morning as of 10 a.m. per FlightAware. This is the [Read More…]
Family sues hospital after they say DNA test indicates daughter isn’t related to dad
Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise Law Firm (NEW YORK) — For Christmas two years ago, Jessica Harvey Galloway was gifted a home DNA test kit by her parents, mom Jeanine Harvey and her [Read More…]
Gay and lesbian adults had higher COVID vaccination rates than heterosexual adults: CDC
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Gay and lesbian adults are more likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 than heterosexual adults, federal officials said Thursday. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and [Read More…]
When you should be using your at-home COVID tests
Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans have purchased rapid COVID-19 tests online or at local stores and signed up to receive test kits through a free government program. Unlike [Read More…]
What to know about power outage, carbon monoxide safety
Montinique Monroe/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over 50,000 customers are in the dark in Texas Thursday morning as a winter storm pummels the state with snow and ice. Here are safety tips to keep in [Read More…]
US bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, in isolation, still training and caring for son ahead of Olympics
ABC News (BEIJING) — The fear of testing positive for COVID is a constant stress hanging over athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics, a fear realized for U.S. women’s bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor. Meyers Taylor [Read More…]
Ten Americans to watch at the Beijing Winter Olympics
Matthias Hangst/Getty Images (BEIJING) — It’s only been six months since the festivities wrapped up at Tokyo’s Summer Olympics, but it’s time to learn who will be stealing nightly headlines at the Beijing Winter Games. [Read More…]
How Olympic figure skating scores work and other facts to know
Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Social media phenom is figure skating for change and representation Figure skating at the Olympics is set to kick off on Friday, starting with the team event’s [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 2/2/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Washington 106, Philadelphia 103 Orlando 119, Indiana 118 Boston 113, Charlotte 107 Memphis 120, New York 108 Houston 115, Cleveland [Read More…]
Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores speaks out against NFL’s alleged discrimination
John McCall/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (MIAMI) — Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is sounding off about the NFL’s response to his lawsuit accusing the league of racial discrimination. [Read More…]