Month: March 2022
Ag News
Closing grain and livestock futures: March 23, 2022
May corn closed at $7.57 and 3/4, up 4 and 3/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $17.18 and 3/4, up 22 and 1/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $485.10, up $8.30May soybean oil closed at $75.97, [Read More…]
Ag News
Total red meat supplies up 1% on the year
The USDA says domestic meat supplies in cold storage at the end of February were mostly above year-ago levels. Total red meat supplies were up 5% on the month and 1% on the year. Beef [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybean complex moves fully higher
The entire soybean complex is trading higher to sharply higher at midday. The market is hopeful export sales will continue after USDA announced a sale of 240,000 metric tons of old crop soybeans on Tuesday. [Read More…]
Ag News
Live cattle futures higher ahead of Friday’s On Feed numbers
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher watching this week’s direct cash business unfold. Boxed beef was higher at midday. Feeder cattle are mixed adjusting spreads. Traders are also looking ahead to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Oscars 2022: This year’s Best Supporting Actor/Actress nominees
AMPAS The Oscars are this Sunday night! Here’s a look at the leading contenders for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. This category seems to be the easiest to predict this year: CODA’s Troy Kotsur and West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose have [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“The Doc is [still] in”: On its 10th anniversary, the kids’ show ‘Doc McStuffins’ remains impactful
Courtesy of Disney The Disney Junior show Doc McStuffins aired on March 23, 2012, making history as the first-ever animated series for preschoolers to feature a Black female lead. The show was groundbreaking for that reason, but [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Colton Underwood and Eboni K. Williams on unplugging in the jungle for ‘Beyond the Edge’
CBS Broadcasting, Inc./Robert Voets CBS’ reality competition series Beyond the Edge has an all-new episode tonight at 9 p.m. In the series, a group of celebrities is pitted against the unforgiving jungles of Panama, all [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
May the odds be ever in your favor: ‘The Hunger Games’ movie turns 10 today
Lionsgate/Murray Close Ten years ago Wednesday, Lionsgate released The Hunger Games, the adaptation of author Susan Collins‘ 2008 bestselling dystopian novel. Co-written by Collins, Billy Ray, and director Gary Ross, the film centered on a life-or-death annual competition in [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Ash Barty, top-ranked tennis star, retires at 25
Clive Brunskill/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — World No. 1 Ash Barty announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 25 on Wednesday. “It’s hard to say, but I’m so happy, and I’m so ready, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US formally accuses Russian forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday announced that the State Department has made a formal assessment that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine. “Based on [Read More…]
Ag News
Missouri law would protect producers during eminent domain case for utilities
The Missouri House of Representatives has given initial approval to eminent domain legislation that would protect agricultural land values for utility projects. The bill’s sponsor, Representative Mike Haffner of Pleasant Hill, says the legislation levels [Read More…]
Ag News
Farm credit system ready to help poultry sector through avian flu outbreak
The farm credit system is poised to help poultry producers impacted by highly pathogenic avian influenza. Tom Dobbe with Farm Credit Services of America says as a lender, they are always prepared for disasters. “They [Read More…]
Ag News
Celebrating agriculture’s contributions
Commentary. Spring has arrived. It will not be long until planting begins in earnest and the next crop season is off to the races. It is this week in which the Spring Equinox falls that [Read More…]
Ag News
Growing pains: local meat processor says labor issues won’t allow his businesses to expand
A local meat processor says labor shortages are making it difficult to meet consumer demands. Charlie Emswieler operates the Wahoo Locker in Eastern Nebraska and like many in the processing sector he’s struggling to keep [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa State Turkey Teaching and Research Facility open house
Brownfield’s Mark Dorenkamp will be on the ground in Ames, Iowa for the Iowa State Turkey Teaching and Research Facility open house Monday, May 9th. …
ABC Sports News
Chiefs send WR Tyreek Hill to Dolphins for draft picks
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs traded wide receiver Tyreek Hill to Miami for a package of draft picks Wednesday, and the Dolphins gave the three-time All-Pro a $120 million, four-year contract [Read More…]
ABC National News
Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84. President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: US military aid begins to arrive in Ukraine
FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Black box recorder recovered from crashed China Eastern Airlines jet
Zhou Hua/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One of two black box recorders was found amidst the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines flight, giving investigators hope it will shed light on why the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
You’ve got a friend in me: Tom Hanks photobombs Pittsburgh wedding
ABC Tom Hanks has been in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania while he’s shooting the film A Man Called Otto, and he’s apparently spreading smiles wherever he goes. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the two-time Oscar winner spotted a wedding party at [Read More…]