Month: March 2023
ABC Health News
Utah governor signs bill banning abortion clinics across the state
Darwin Fan/Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has signed a bill into law banning abortion clinics in the state, making it the latest to restrict the procedure since the Supreme Court [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Treasury Secretary Yellen testifies ‘banking system is sound’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress on Thursday the U.S. “banking system is sound” after two bank failures stirred economic fears. Yellen, testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, began her [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Producer apologizes for calling Jenna Ortega “toxic” over her ‘Wednesday’ comments
Allen Berezovsky/WireImage — Netflix Steven DeKnight, a producer with credits including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Netflix’s Daredevil, is walking back comments he made last week regarding Wednesday star Jenna Ortega. As reported, Ortega appeared [Read More…]
Ag News
Nutrien President on supply chain and sustainability
Nutrient Ag Solutions is the retail business of Nutrien, the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services. The brand was established in 2018 after Nutrien was formed through the merger of PotashCorp and Agrium. [Read More…]
Ag News
Meristem LIVE: good tools for spring planting
Biologicals can be handy crop protection tools to have in the toolbox. Meristem’s Peter Rusenelous and Xtreme Ag’s Kelly Garrett talk with Brownfield about two solutions for the upcoming growing season that help farmers break [Read More…]
Ag News
Cargill LIVE: bullish about carbon
Why should farmers be bullish about carbon? Cargill Sustainability Program Lead Clay Edwards and Conservation Agronomist Anna Teeter explain the carbon markets, what regenerative agriculture practices do to for the soil and dig deeper into [Read More…]
Ag News
Spring planting will begin soon
While farmers focus on getting a crop seeded, United Soybean Board Chairman Meagan Kaiser says the soy checkoff continues to build demand for U.S. soybeans. Hear the interview from the Commodity Classic. …
Ag News
Valent invests in solutions
Valent is very connected to the solutions that farmers need to solve the problems they are facing in their fields. Kenny Seebold, product development manager for the seed protection group at Valent USA tells Brownfield [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Hundreds of Russians dying daily in fierce Bakhmut fighting
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]
Weather
Winter Weather Advisory issued March 16 at 10:31AM MDT until March 16 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Snow expected. Additional snow accumulations near 1 inch remain possible. Winds gusting as high as 50 mph. * WHERE…Portions of central, east [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
First round of March Madness begins Thursday
PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The First Four wrapped up Wednesday night, setting the field of 64 teams for this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The Fairleigh Dickinson Knights and Arizona State [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Lydia Tár, totally fictitious composer and inspiration for ‘Tár’, “dead” at 54
Focus Features If you haven’t seen the Academy Award film Tár — or even if you have — you might have been convinced Oscar nominee Cate Blanchett was portraying Lydia Tár, a real-life legendarily headstrong [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jamie Lee Curtis proudly displays her Oscar with that other ‘Everything Everywhere’ trophy
ABC (NOTE CONTENT) Jamie Lee Curtis has been on a post-Oscars win high, posting all sorts of photos from and about last Sunday’s awards show, but one recent snap really should get the blue ribbon. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Pete Davidson’s ‘Bupkis’ gets release date, and more
Peacock has ordered Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie, based on the Emmy-winning USA mystery comedy-drama series starring The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel‘s Tony Shaloub as a brilliant San Francisco detective with OCD. Shaloub is set to return for [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois Ag Legislative Day
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Rhiannon Branch will be in Springfield March 29, 2023 for the Illinois Ag Legislative Day. …
Ag News
Fueling Conversations: Recognizing biodiesel benefits across the Clean Cities Coalition
The Clean Cities Coalition Network, a Department of Energy program, is celebrating 30 years of working to implement alternative transportation fuels, fuel-saving technologies and practices, and energy efficient mobility choices. The network has more than [Read More…]
Ag News
ABC National News
Derailed train in Arizona feared to be carrying hazardous materials actually transported corn syrup
Chris Higa (TOPOCK, Ariz.) — Eight freight rail tankers derailed near Topock, Arizona, on Wednesday evening, according to BNSF Railway. Despite initial reports from the Mojave County Sheriff’s Office that the train was carrying hazardous [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate Democrats propose first responders’ aid fund for train derailments
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats in Congress are proposing additional aid for local first responders amid the ongoing conversation concerning rail safety in the wake of the February train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. In [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Maternal mortality rates are increasing, highest among Black women
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Maternal mortality rates in the United States continue to rise and Black women continue to be most affected, new data shows. Deaths of women during and just after pregnancy [Read More…]