Month: January 2023
ABC Entertainment News
Report says Jeremy Renner was trying to save nephew from snowplow; ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ co-star sounds off
Paramount+/Dennis P. Mong Jr. (NOTE LANGUAGE) He plays a superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Jeremy Renner was apparently injured in a real-life heroic act. According to a report from the Washoe County, Nevada, [Read More…]
Ag News
Economist says dairy prices are falling with additional production
The lead dairy economist for RaboResearch expects milk prices paid to dairy farmers will continue to fall for now. Lucas Fuess tells Brownfield the prices paid for Class III and IV milk dipped lower and [Read More…]
Ag News
Biden administration sends USDA nominations to the Senate
The Biden administration has submitted a pair of nominations to the US Senate for key USDA posts. President Biden nominated Stacy Dean to serve as Agriculture undersecretary for nutrition and Margo Schlanger to serve as [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans, wheat see solid gains
Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. Soybeans are watching South America, with some questions about rain coverage and totals after months of drought. Some damage has been done and while condition ratings do [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle, hog futures mostly higher at midweek
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mostly higher waiting for direct cash business to develop. February lives closed $.25 lower at $157.60 and April live closed $.25 higher at $161.55. March feeders [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmland loss should be alarming
The rate of farmland loss is being highlighted as part of the Great Lakes Crop Summit. Becky Huttenga, economic development coordinator for Ottawa County, works to preserve and protect farmland in West Michigan. She tells [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Harris to visit Monterey Park to meet with victims’ families
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Monterey Park, California, on Wednesday to meet with victims’ families days after a mass shooter there killed 11 and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Woman pleads guilty to mailing ricin to then-President Donald Trump
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Canadian-French dual national has pleaded guilty to charges that she mailed threatening letters containing the poison ricin to then-President Donald Trump, as well as eight Texas law enforcement officers, in [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Conjoined twin sisters undergo successful surgery to separate
Courtesy of Cook Children’s Medical Center (FORT WORTH, Texas) — Twin sisters who were conjoined at the chest and stomach have undergone successful surgery to separate. Doctors at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
New York attorney general voices concern over facial recognition
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A viral controversy over the use of facial recognition technology to bar customers from New York City performance venues has drawn the attention of the state’s top cop. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
20th TV Animation, Hulu drop ‘Solar Opposites’, ‘Koala Man”s Justin Roiland following domestic violence charges
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for IMDb Justin Roiland has been removed from two more of his shows, not a day after Adult Swim dropped the co-creator and voice star from Rick and Morty. Roiland voices both [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The Razzies rescind nomination for young ‘Firestarter’ actress
Universal The Razzies have blown themselves a raspberry. The awards celebrating the year’s worst in film got flamed online after adding young Firestarter remake actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong to its Worst Actress nominations on Monday. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
HBO Max drops trailer to ‘Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special’
HBO Max Love (spores) are in the air in Gotham City, thanks to villainous couple Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, in the new trailer to HBO Max’s forthcoming Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day [Read More…]
Ag News
Red meat, poultry in cold storage swell
U.S. red meat stocks at the start of 2023 were above last year’s levels. The USDA says the red meat total was 1.03 billion pounds, up 11% from the start of 2022, with a 7% [Read More…]
Ag News
Industry leader says input supplies are in a better spot for 2023
An industry leader says there is more optimism for fertilizer and chemical supplies in 2023 compared to this time last year. Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association President KJ Johnson says, “I think we’re in a [Read More…]
Ag News
CME milk & cash dairy prices lower Wednesday
Milk futures and cash dairy prices were mostly down Wednesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. February Class III milk was down $0.40 at $18.21. March was down $0.26 at $17.95. April was down $0.31 at [Read More…]
Ag News
A top U.S. corn market is on the line
Missouri Corn CEO Bradley Schad says U.S. corn farmers have a lot to lose if Mexico’s GMO corn ban goes into place. He says farmers have already bought seed and other inputs to grow corn [Read More…]
Ag News
NCBA, ag groups file suit over lesser prairie chicken on ESA
Several agricultural groups have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for placing the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act. Sigrid Johannes, Associate Director of Government Affairs with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Biden approves sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — In a major increase of U.S. support to Ukraine, President Joe Biden has signed off on sending 31 M1 Abrams tanks to the war-torn country as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Half Moon Bay shooting suspect to face seven counts of murder: DA
amphotora/Getty Images (HALF MOON BAY, Calif.) — The suspect in a deadly mass shooting at two Northern California farms will be charged with seven counts of murder, the local district attorney said. The alleged gunman, [Read More…]