Month: January 2023
Ag News
Tight ending stocks support commodity prices
Total Farm Marketing Senior Market Advisor Naomi Blohm says tight corn and soybean ending stocks should be supportive to U.S. commodity prices. “We don’t have a reason to see prices race higher, they didn’t give [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dangerous avalanche conditions expected in Colorado over coming days
Colorado Avalanche Information Center (NEW YORK) — Dangerous avalanche conditions are expected through the weekend in Colorado, experts warned, as the state has reported several deadly avalanches so far this season. “We have seen more [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tornado brings ‘significant damage’ to Selma, Alabama
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (SELMA, Ala.) — A tornado delivered “significant damage” to the city of Selma, Alabama, as strong storms moved through the region on Thursday, according to the mayor’s office. The “large and extremely [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House votes to ban sales from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Thursday passed a bill to ban sales from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China. The legislation passed with bipartisan support in a 331-97 vote, with 113 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
C-SPAN, House lawmakers call for expanded TV coverage
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Last week, during the historic series of 15 votes for House speaker, Americans had a view of their elected lawmakers rarely seen on their TV and [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What’s in the agreement that led to the end of the New York City nurses’ strike
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York City nurses’ strike finally ended after the hospitals and the employees reached a tentative agreement early Thursday morning. More than 7,000 nurses at Montefiore Bronx and [Read More…]
ABC Business News
5 takeaways from Sam Bankman-Fried’s surprising Substack blog post
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stuck in house arrest and awaiting trial, disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried spoke out on Thursday with the most extensive remarks since his arrest a month [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Everything Everywhere’ Golden Globe winner Ke Huy Quan reportedly joining ‘Loki”s second season
Marvel Studios — NBC/Rich Polk Newly minted Golden Globe winner Ke Huy Quan is reportedly going from one multiverse-spanning adventure to another. The former child star-turned-Everything Everywhere All at Once star is joining the second [Read More…]
Ag News
Vilsack says farm bill passage is critical
US Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the 2023 Farm Bill will be pivotal to the rural economy. “I don’t think I’m alone in being concerned about the fact we’ve got farmers who are doing quite [Read More…]
Ag News
Buttigieg: transportation investments in rural America are long overdue
Nearly $274 million has been earmarked for a new program aimed at improving and expanding transportation infrastructure in rural areas. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says this investment in the nation’s rural communities is long [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan efforts for biofuels tax credit continue
Michigan ag groups and lawmakers plan to continue work on a biofuels tax credit in the new legislative session. A bill, introduced by Senator Kevin Daley, would have offered qualifying retailers a tax credit for every [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA expects weak dairy demand to drive prices lower
USDA lowered its forecast for 2022 and 2023 milk production with a smaller expected herd. In its January supply and demand report, USDA also lowered price forecasts for all components with weak domestic demand and [Read More…]
Ag News
A push to restore mandatory country of origin labeling
Fifty farm and ranch organizations are asking Congress to reintroduce a bill that would restore mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef. R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard tells Brownfield the American Beef Labeling Act [Read More…]
ABC National News
US flights grounded because engineer accidentally ‘replaced one file with another’: Official
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the Federal Aviation Administration’s Notice To all Air Missions, or NOTAM, system back up and running, staffing remains high and systems monitoring is at an urgently high level [Read More…]
ABC National News
Extreme drought nearly eliminated in California in wake of atmospheric rivers
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Extreme drought, the second-highest level of drought, has been nearly eliminated in the state of California in the wake of storms caused by atmospheric rivers slamming the state over the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Idaho murders: Judge delays suspect Bryan Kohberger’s preliminary hearing until June at defense’s request
Heather Roberts/ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — University of Idaho quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger made a brief appearance in court on Thursday, and, at the request of his defense, had his preliminary hearing delayed until [Read More…]
ABC National News
Extreme drought nearly eliminated in California in wake of atmospheric rivers
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Extreme drought, the second-highest level of drought, has been nearly eliminated in the state of California in the wake of storms caused by atmospheric [Read More…]
ABC National News
Search continues for 5-year-old boy swept away by floodwaters in storm-hit California
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — More than 100 National Guard troops have been deployed to help with the search for a young boy who was swept away by raging floodwaters in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
AG Garland names Robert Hur as special counsel in Biden classified documents matter
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced he has named former U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert Hur as a special counsel in the Biden classified documents matter. Hur, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Congress has to investigate’ Biden documents matter, McCarthy says
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday continued to say that Congress has an obligation to investigate President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents and attempted to compare Biden’s handling of [Read More…]