Month: February 2023
Ag News
Live cattle mixed ahead of widespread cash trade
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, and feeders were higher watching corn, and waiting for direct cash business to develop. April live cattle closed $.07 lower at $164.60 and June lives closed [Read More…]
Ag News
An opportunity to enhance crop production
Listen in on this episode where Christian Barcan, Rabo AgriFinance sustainability officer, discusses how certain sustainability trends can increase crop production and decrease input. …
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 15, 2023
Mar. corn closed at $6.76 and 1/4, down 6 centsMar. soybeans closed at $15.25 and 3/4, down 11 and 3/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $491.10, down $9.90Mar. soybean oil closed at 61.24, up 84 [Read More…]
Ag News
Eminent domain and support for H2Ohio among policy priorities for Ohio Farm Bureau
Ohio Farm Bureau members are discussing policy priorities with state senators and representatives as the Ohio General Assembly continue. Van Wert County Farm Bureau Vice President Ryan Mohr participated in his first Ag Day at [Read More…]
ABC World News
Two teens charged in death of transgender TiKTok personality Brianna Ghey
Cheshire Police (WARRINGTON, U.K) — Two teens have been charged in the death of Brianna Ghey, a transgender girl found dead in the English town of Warrington. Emergency services were called to a local park [Read More…]
ABC National News
US watched Chinese balloon from launch, may have accidentally drifted: Official
ABC News Illustration/Google Earth (WASHINGTON) — U.S. intelligence agencies tracked the Chinese spy balloon from its launch in China and watched as it may have been inadvertently blown into U.S. airspace, a U.S. official has [Read More…]
ABC National News
100 million Americans across 30 states on alert for severe weather
ABC News (NEW YORK) — There are 100 million Americans across 30 states on alert for severe weather as a major winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, high winds and a threat for [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mom arrested after 6-year-old son allegedly brings semi-automatic handgun to school
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office (NORRISTOWN, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania mother has turned herself in to police after her 6-year-old son allegedly took a semi-automatic handgun from her room and brought it to school, prosecutors [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Under pressure, Biden considering speech on Chinese spy balloon, other objects shot down
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Under political pressure from Democrats as well as Republicans, President Joe Biden is considering giving a speech in the coming days to address the Chinese spy balloon and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Guaranteed income embraced by leaders of some of largest US counties
Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Some of the largest counties in the U.S. are joining forces to provide guaranteed income to residents in need. County leaders from Los Angeles County, Chicago’s Cook County, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US watched Chinese balloon from launch, may have accidentally drifted: Official
ABC News Illustration/Google Earth (WASHINGTON) — U.S. intelligence agencies tracked the Chinese spy balloon from its launch in China and watched as it may have been inadvertently blown into U.S. airspace, a U.S. official has [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ won’t charge Gaetz in sex-trafficking probe as lawyer for minor calls investigation ‘difficult experience’
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has informed lawyers representing witnesses that it will not bring charges against Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz after a multiple-year sex-trafficking probe into the Florida congressman, multiple [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Moderna says its COVID vaccine will remain free for all consumers, even those uninsured
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Moderna will keep its COVID vaccine on the market at no cost to consumers, even after the federal government stops paying for it, the company announced Wednesday. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
How people survive for days under earthquake rubble as survivors are found in Turkey, Syria
Mustafa Yilmaz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and hundreds of powerful aftershocks struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria, survivors were still being pulled from the rubble. Rescue efforts [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US risks default as soon as July unless debt ceiling is raised, financial agency estimates
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. risks defaulting on its debts as early as July unless the borrowing limit is raised, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a report on Wednesday. The federal [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Raquel Welch, sex symbol and ‘Fantastic Voyage’ star, dead at 82
Harry Langdon/Getty Images Raquel Welch, actress and pinup starlet, has died, ABC News has confirmed. According to a rep, “The legendary bombshell actress of film, television and stage, passed away peacefully early this morning after [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Steven Spielberg tells Tom Cruise that he “saved Hollywood’s a**” with ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
©A.M.P.A.S./Dana Pleasant (NOTE LANGUAGE) Tom Cruise is famous for risk-taking both onscreen and in real life so that his characters can save the world, but according to movie legend Steven Spielberg, Cruise’s biggest gamble saved [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans, bean meal extend losses
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling, along with the session’s gains in the dollar and losses in crude oil. There’s light to moderate rain in the forecast for parts of Argentina this week [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol stocks shoot higher
U.S. ethanol stocks spiked to a near one year high last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says stocks surged 922,000 barrels to 25.339 million barrels, the largest supply since early April 2022, but that [Read More…]
Ag News
Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance focuses on top needs
Top recommendations for the next farm bill were highlighted by Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance members during this week’s listening session. California Fresh Fruit Association president Ian LeMay told members of the U.S. House Ag [Read More…]