Month: November 2022
Ag News
Sugar growers want higher loan rates in next farm bill
The chairman of the American Sugar Alliance says farmers need higher base prices in the next farm bill. Ryan Weston tells Brownfield input prices are up to 200 percent more than last year and farm [Read More…]
Ag News
Beef, chicken, pork in cold storage up on year
U.S. red meat and poultry in cold storage at the end of October were above year ago levels. That followed aggressive marketing of cattle, hogs, and chickens during the month. Several turkey categories notched record [Read More…]
Ag News
CME milk futures mixed, cash dairy mostly down Tuesday
Milk futures were mixed and cash dairy prices were down Tuesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange with the exception of butter. December Class III milk was down $0.25 at $21.00. January was down $0.09 at [Read More…]
ABC World News
Trial begins for David Barnes, Texas man detained in Russia
David Barnes (left) is seen at the wedding of his friend Chris Schiller (right). Schiller told ABC News that the day before Barnes was taken into custody in Moscow, the two spoke to each other [Read More…]
ABC National News
Colorado shooting suspect purchased gun despite 2021 bomb threat arrest
Scott Olson/Getty Images (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — The man suspected of opening fire at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado’s second-largest city over the weekend was previously arrested in an alleged bomb threat incident last year, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Idaho stabbing victim Ethan Chapin ‘lived his best life’ at college
Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram (MOSCOW, Idaho) — University of Idaho student Ethan Chapin was “one of the most incredible people you’ll ever know,” his mother said before his memorial service. Chapin, from Conway, Washington, was among four [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Fauci gives final briefing after 50 years in government: ‘Gave it all I got’
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, briefed reporters from the White House on Tuesday for the last time before leaving the government at the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“A pretty out-of-body experience”: Kevin Bacon recalls surprise when he heard his name dropped into the MCU
Marvel Studios/Jessica Miglio Kevin Bacon worked with writer-director James Gunn in the 2010 low-budget, skewed superhero movie Super, but he tells ABC Audio he was just as surprised as other moviegoers to hear his name dropped in Gunn’s 2014 blockbuster, Guardians of the Galaxy. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ finally flies onto streaming December 22
Paramount Pictures The biggest movie of the year — and of Tom Cruise‘s career — Top Gun: Maverick, will finally land on streaming December 22. Paramount+ made the announcement Tuesday. As reported, Cruise — also [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota farmer stays busy post-harvest
A farmer in west-central Minnesota plans to keep busy through the end of the year. Swift County corn and soybean grower Nathan Collins tells Brownfield there’s a misconception that farm activity goes quiet at the [Read More…]
Ag News
Agronomist says choose 2023 seed carefully
An agronomist says farmers should do their homework before selecting seed varieties for the 2023 growing season. Scott Rowntree with Pioneer tells Brownfield farmers shouldn’t choose a variety based on observations in one or two [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois farmer increasing cover crop acres this fall
Brownfield’s Rhiannon Branch interviews Doug Winter during Trade Talk at the 2022 National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention in Kansas City. A southeast Illinois farmer is planting more cover crops this fall to farm more [Read More…]
Ag News
Energy and ag groups seek permanent year-round E15 fix
The American Petroleum Institute has joined renewable fuels groups calling on Congress to support legislation allowing year-round sales of E15. “This is the first time we’ve ever had the oil industry voicing its support for [Read More…]
Ag News
A learning curve ahead of the 2023 Farm Bill
As a new Congress takes its seat in 2023, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says education is a priority. Ethan Lane, vice president of government affairs, says the cattle industry is different than other sectors [Read More…]
Ag News
Biosecurity remains the best weapon against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome
Dr. Jerome Fiechner with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health reminds producers that the best way to avoid the disease is to do everything possible to keep it from entering the farm. 11/22/22 Managing for Profit Program [Read More…]
Ag News
Getting Codling Moth in check
Joe Reed, UPL Technical Service Manager, discusses scouting and management options for codling moth. …
ABC Entertainment News
Billy Porter to receive his star on Hollywood Walk of Fame next month
Walt Disney Television/Yolanda Perez Billy Porter is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next month. The Emmy, Tony and Grammy-winning entertainer will be honored with the 2,741st star on the [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Vikings eager to work after being exposed by Cowboys
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL this season is as competitive as ever, with all-time record rates of close games and comeback wins. Only a scant few teams are either out of contention or way ahead [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Towns scores 25, Wolves hold on against Heat for 105-101 win
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and Anthony Edwards scored 10 of his 22 in the third quarter as the Minnesota Timberwolves outlasted the shorthanded Miami Heat for a 105-101 victory Monday night. [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy cooperative hopes labor bill passes lame-duck Congress session
A dairy organization would like to see Congress take action on legislation they say would help with the on-farm labor shortage. Brody Stapel is the President of Edge Dairy Farmers Cooperative. He tells Brownfield the [Read More…]