Month: February 2022
Ag News
Russian attack on Ukraine felt by organic grain market
The Russian attack on Ukraine is reverberating through seemingly all markets, including organic. Illinois organic grain farmer Dave Campbell says the Black Sea region sent ripples through the market after reports of organic grain fraud [Read More…]
Ag News
2022 Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale reaches third highest sale average in history
The 2022 Illinois Performance Tested Bull Sale held during the Illinois Beef Expo averaged $4,372 on 46 lots, the third highest average in the sale’s history. A yearling Angus bull consigned by Murphey’s Genetics of [Read More…]
Ag News
Live cattle futures lower ahead of On Feed report
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower ahead of Friday’s On Feed numbers, feeder cattle were higher on the lower corn. April live cattle closed $.37 lower at $141.92 and June live cattle [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Survey reveals just who plans to watch the Oscars this year
ABC/AMPAS While producers behind the 94th annual Academy Awards hope a triple bill of hosts — Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall — will goose viewer numbers, a new survey shows who plans to watch the ceremony. A [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Michael Keaton teases Batman return with iconic suited-up silhouette
Leon Bennett/Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) While waiting for Robert Pattinson‘s first turn as the Dark Knight in The Batman, Bat-fans are freaking out about an Instagram post from the guy who first wore the suit in 1989. Michael Keaton dropped a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Final Season of ‘Killing Eve’ arrives Sunday with “fun murders,” “amazing costumes” and a question of change
Anika Molnar/BBCA The fourth and final season of Killing Eve debuts this Sunday on BBC America and AMC+, and it kicks off with Jodie Comer‘s assassin character, Villanelle, attempting to become “good” by, of all [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC eases masking recommendations for 70% of country, including inside schools
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 70% of Americans should be able to remove their masks indoors, including inside schools, under new metrics outlined Friday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that represent [Read More…]
Ag News
Supplemental bill would bring major dollars to Michigan ag
A $1.4 billion one-time investment in Michigan agriculture aims to make major improvements in infrastructure, food distribution, and other areas of one of the state’s largest industries. “We will shorten the supply chain channels, making [Read More…]
Ag News
Less hope for a decrease in fertilizer prices
A global fertilizer expert says recent events have dampened his optimism for a decrease in fertilizer prices this spring. Josh Linville with StoneX tells Brownfield up until this past week, record high fertilizer prices were [Read More…]
Ag News
Low milk production not likely to flip soon
A dairy economist says U.S. milk production was way below expectations along with New Zealand numbers for January. “The supply situation just keeps getting worse.” Nate Donnay with StoneX says the real breakdown of milk [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag trade expert watching consumer reactions to food inflation following attack on Ukraine
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a former Chief Ag Negotiator for the US Trade Representative is keeping a close eye on food inflation and consumer reactions around the globe. “I’m watching China very closely because [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 25, 2022
Mar. corn closed at $6.59 and 1/2, down 35 and 1/2 centsMar. soybeans closed at $15.90, down 71 and 1/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $448.30, down $16.60Mar. soybean oil closed at 68.75, down 325 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Judy Greer on the emotional “escape” of shooting ‘Family Squares’ remotely during the pandemic
Screen Media (NOTE LANGUAGE) The new dramedy Family Squares is now in theaters and on demand, following a group of people shaken up by video messages left by the family matriarch after she passes away. The film was shot [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“The whole country is being called to go to war”: Maksim Chmerkovskiy gives new updates from Ukraine
Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic A day after his first dispatch from his native Ukraine, currently under invasion by Russian military forces, Dancing with the Stars veteran Maksim Chmerkovskiy has updated his followers on his latest experiences. While the 42-year-old states he’s [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nick Lachey teases Love Is Blind finale: “It’s a big moment. It’s a crazy moment. It’s a chaotic moment”
Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images Fans of the emotional rollercoaster known as Love Is Blind should buckle up for the season two finale. Host Nick Lachey says he knows why people are going nuts over the popular dating show, in which contestants have to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC to ease masking recommendations for 70% of country, including inside schools
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some 70% of Americans will be able to remove their masks indoors, including inside schools, under new guidance to be released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
IOC urges sports federations to move or cancel events in Russia, Belarus
FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The International Olympic Committee on Friday urged sports federations across the globe to move or cancel any events they were planning to hold in Russia or Belarus. [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA calls for more wheat production, conditions vary
The president of the National Association of Wheat Growers says while USDA has increased its outlook for planted acres, conditions remain variable. Michigan farmer Dave Milligan tells Brownfield some farmers couldn’t get the acres they [Read More…]
Ag News
Shift to at-home, convenient meals will likely continue in ’22
The Kroger Co. has relased its 2022 Food Trends Report, predicting emerging food trends, consumer behaviors, and popular items for the year. Healthy Living: …
ABC Politics News
Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black woman on Supreme Court
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/POOL (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, elevating an African American woman for the first time to [Read More…]