Month: February 2023
ABC Entertainment News
20th Century Studios release trailer of Keira Knightley’s fact-based thriller ‘Boston Strangler’
20th Century Studios On Tuesday, 20th Century Studios released a trailer of two-time Oscar nominee Keira Knightley on the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in history, in the Hulu-bound film Boston [Read More…]
Ag News
HPAI hits U.S. egg production
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza had an impact on chicken egg production in 2022. The USDA says the number of table and hatching egg layers last year averaged 379.304 million head, 3% less than 2021, with [Read More…]
Ag News
EPA to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for trail derailment cleanup
The Environmental Protection Agency is ordering Norfolk Southern to conduct all necessary actions associated with train derailment cleanup in East Palestine, Ohio. During a news conference today, EPA Administrator Michael Regan said Norfolk Southern will [Read More…]
Ag News
CME milk futures, cash dairy up Tuesday
Milk futures were higher and cash dairy prices steady to higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tuesday. March Class III milk was up $0.19 at $17.84. April was up $0.24 at $18.07. May was up [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois FFA celebrating record membership during National FFA Week
Illinois Association FFA is celebrating record membership during National FFA Week. “We’ve taken our membership from about 24,000 up to 39,000 FFA members this year.” State President Rachel Hood of the Rushville-Industry FFA Chapter tells [Read More…]
Ag News
Controlling waterhemp
Waterhemp is one of those weeds that can be difficult to control. It’s long emergence pattern can outlast herbicide application. In this Managing for Profit, Kip Jacobs, UPL Tech Services Manager talks about why layering [Read More…]
ABC World News
Biden speaks in Poland after surprise trip to Ukraine
Omar Marques/Getty Images (WARSAW, Poland) — President Joe Biden will address the world on Tuesday from Warsaw, Poland, just days ahead of the one-year mark of Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine. “His remarks will speak specifically [Read More…]
ABC National News
At least 15,000 pounds of contaminated soil and 1 million gallons of contaminated water removed in Ohio
US Environmental Protection Agency / Handout/Anadolu Agency/ Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — Norfolk Southern Railway, the operator of the train that derailed in East Palestine, said in a statement Monday that 15,000 pounds of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Slain MSU student Arielle Anderson dreamed of becoming a surgeon. But ‘her future was robbed,’ Gov. Whitmer says at funeral
Family of Arielle Anderson (DETROIT, MI) — Arielle Anderson, a 19-year-old Michigan State University student gunned down on campus, dreamed of becoming a surgeon. She even planned to graduate early to get a head start [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mormon Church pays $5 million to settle accusations it covered up $32 billion investment portfolio
Eva Hambach/AFP/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Mormon Church agreed Tuesday to pay $5 million to settle charges involving disclosure failures and misstated regulatory filings. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment [Read More…]
ABC National News
Slain Temple University officer ‘tussled’ with 18-year-old suspect before he was shot multiple times
Philadelphia Police Department (PHILADELPHIA) — An 18-year-old “tussled” with Temple University police officer Christopher Fitzgerald before the teenager allegedly gunned down the officer and fled in a stolen car, according to Philadelphia authorities. The shooting [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In social media post, Will Smith almost asks his Oscar what it thinks of him
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic On Monday evening, Will Smith posted to Instagram a reaction video to a social media user’s challenge and used it to reference his infamous Oscars night outburst. In the video, Will is shown reacting [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The stars of ‘Emily’ on the unlikely romance, hope of Brontë’s story
Bleecker Street Not much is known about the life of Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë, but the new romantic drama Emily, out now in select theaters, aims to imagine the life she might have led. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Back to the Future’ “family” reunion selfie gives fans all the feels
L-R: Fox, Lloyd, Thompson, Wilson in 2018 – Che Rosales/Getty Images Lea Thompson was reunited with her Back to the Future co-stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Tom Wilson over the weekend at a pop culture convention, posting a selfie that gave [Read More…]
Ag News
Grassley says GMO corn trade dispute needs to be resolved
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s frustrated over Mexico’s revised biotech corn ban. “Mexico doubled down in resistance to GMOs,” he said Tuesday morning. Mexican officials recently announced an immediate ban of genetically modified corn [Read More…]
Ag News
Strong ag economy creates challenges for beginning farmers
A strong ag economy has created challenges for beginning farmers. Compeer Financial vice president of core markets Chris Fitzloff says high commodity prices have driven up costs for land and inputs. “And these inflated prices [Read More…]
Ag News
Mother of all winter storms for the season coming
The largest winter storm of the season will hit most of the Midwest hard the next few days. Brownfield Ag Meteorologist Greg Soulje says a 100-degree temperature swing from the Delta to the Upper Midwest [Read More…]
Ag News
Ohio Farm Bureau seeks eminent domain reform in the Buckeye State
Ohio Farm Bureau members are seeking additional landowner protections including eminent domain reform. Brandon Kern, the senior director of state and national policy, says the organization is promoting legislation to reform the eminent domain program [Read More…]
Ag News
Mixed outlook for the 2023 ag supply chain
Agriculture supply chain challenges may soften in 2023. Ken Eriksen works in the commodity insights division of S&P Global. He tells Brownfield a slow-down in the economy is naturally bringing some supply chain issues into [Read More…]
ABC World News
Proposed changes to Roald Dahl books spark backlash
Ronald Dumont/Daily Express/Getty Images (LONDON, U.K) — Some of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s books will be getting updates to be more inclusive, progressive and more acceptable to today’s readers, according to The Roald Dahl Story [Read More…]