Month: June 2022
Norwegian cruise hits iceberg near Alaska, no injuries reported
Planet One Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — A Norwegian cruise ship has canceled its nine-night Alaskan trip after the ship crashed into an iceberg off of the Alaskan coast on [Read More…]
Balancing cattle rations with crop profits
An Illinois farmer is trying to balance production costs for his cattle while capitalizing on strong grain markets. On this Managing for Profit, we’re joined by Robb Creasy who runs a diversified cattle, hog, and [Read More…]
Expanding the XtendFlex product offering
New product offerings give farmers more help controlling tough weeds, protecting against diseases, and maximizing yield potential. In this Managing for Profit, Asgrow brand manager Clint Chaffer talks about what’s on the horizon for the [Read More…]
Keeping the soybean crop healthy
Monitoring the crop during the growing season is crucial to a successful harvest and the farmers’ bottom line. In this Pods for Profit, Jason Fettig a technical agronomist for Bayer CropScience shares some tips for [Read More…]
Wisconsin farmers pleased with crops despite different conditions
A Wisconsin farmer that is close to Lake Michigan is pleased with crop progress so far. Bob Nash from Saukville says the severe storms from a week and a half ago caused damage north of [Read More…]
Wind Advisory issued June 29 at 2:28AM MDT until June 29 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE…Portions of east central, south central [Read More…]
Who ya gonna call? ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ sequel haunting theaters December 20, 2023
“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” — Columbia Pictures ABC Audio has confirmed that the anticipated sequel to the hit reboot Ghostbusters: Afterlife is due in theaters December 20, 2023. As hinted in the end credits of that film, [Read More…]
Tisha Campbell on why she doubts there will be a ‘Martin’ reboot
Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for BET Tisha Campbell joined Martin Lawrence and other cast members from his self-titled sitcom for a 30-year anniversary reunion on June 16 on BET+, inspiring many fans to call for a reboot of [Read More…]
Chris Pratt says he “cried” about internet trolling regarding his family life
Pratt in ‘The Terminal List’ — Amazon Studios (NOTE LANGUAGE) In the new issue of Men’s Health, Chris Pratt addresses, for the first time, online backlash from a sweet comment he made about his wife and daughter. As reported, [Read More…]
Husband and wife Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn hosting dating reality show ‘The Real Love Boat’
Paramount+ 2021/Monty Brinton — CBS Real life husband and wife Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn will help couples look for love of their own on a new CBS dating reality show inspired by the classic [Read More…]
Woody Allen says he’ll direct one more film in controversy-free interview with Alec Baldwin
TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images Alec Baldwin had an Instagram Live interview with Woody Allen on Tuesday, and not surprisingly, both stars avoided controversial topics. Baldwin had said he “couldn’t care less” about what people [Read More…]
Biden’s health secretary unveils ‘action plan’ on abortion access
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday unveiled what was called an “action plan” on abortion access as advocates call on President Joe Biden and his administration to [Read More…]
Jan. 6 hearing witness: Irate Trump grabbed wheel, demanded to go to Capitol
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack heard stunning stunning testimony on Tuesday from Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. [Read More…]
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years
Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of Jeffrey Epstein who lured underage girls into the disgraced financier’s lurid world, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison [Read More…]
Officials ‘horrified’ after finding 50 dead in suspected human smuggling incident in Texas
Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — The death toll rose to 50 on Tuesday in a suspected case of human smuggling, after dozens were found inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, according to U.S. [Read More…]
4 dead, at least 150 injured after Amtrak train derails in Missouri: Officials
Chase Castor/Getty Images (MENDON, Mo.) — Four people were killed and dozens were injured Monday when an Amtrak train derailed after hitting a dump truck that was in an uncontrolled public crossing in Mendon, Missouri, [Read More…]
Fall fuel costs already a concern
Some farmers are already doing the math on what it might cost to fuel harvest equipment. Tim Waibel grows corn and soybeans in south-central Minnesota and says one of his tractors has a 525-gallon fuel [Read More…]
Start looking for corn diseases
Farmers are encouraged to start looking for symptoms of common corn diseases. Corteva Agriscience market development specialist Jeff Moon says tar spot, northern corn leaf blight, and gray leaf spot could be seen across a [Read More…]
Biden admin set to boost biobased products
The Biden administration announced a multi-million-dollar investment in the development of biobased products at a stop in Iowa on Tuesday. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says $10 million in grants from the bipartisan infrastructure law will [Read More…]
Hog futures lower ahead of USDA report
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower waiting for direct business to develop and the higher move in corn. August live cattle closed $.75 lower at $132.72 and October lives closed [Read More…]