Month: March 2023
Ag News
CONAB adjusts Brazil corn, soybean guesses slightly
Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA continues to project record soybean and corn production. CONAB now has Brazil’s soybean crop at 151.419 million tons, 1% less than the February guess because of drought in some southern [Read More…]
Ag News
Potential transportation challenges in 2023
A logistics expert is closely monitoring two transportation issues that could impact US corn and soybean farmers in 2023. Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition says despite an increase in federal funding, the cost [Read More…]
Ag News
Potential transportation challenges in 2023
A logistics expert is closely monitoring two transportation issues that could impact US corn and soybean farmers in 2023. Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition says despite an increase in federal funding, the cost [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Parents rent billboard to raise awareness of falling trees after kids’ deaths
Courtesy of Clark family (NEW YORK) — Crystal and Brian Clark are on a mission to save lives after their children were struck and killed by a falling tree during a family camping trip last [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jimmy Kimmel shares how he’ll address the infamous Oscars slap on Sunday
ABC/Matt Sayles Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars for the third time on Sunday, and he’s sharing how he’ll address Will Smith‘s infamous slap of Chris Rock from last year’s show. “I have given it [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Stars lining up to salute Adam Sandler for Mark Twain prize, and more
Variety reports Julianne Moore and Euphoria‘s Sydney Sweeney have been tapped to star in Echo Valley, the dramatic feature from Apple Original Films. Written by Mare of Easttown creator Brad Inglesby, Echo Valley follows Moore as a Pennsylvania woman whose wayward daughter — played by Sweeney — shows [Read More…]
Ag News
Next Gen Fuels Act architect optimistic about path forward
The architect of the Next Generation Fuels Act is hopeful the legislation gets passed this year. Former Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, who retired at the end of her last term, says the right people support [Read More…]
Ag News
Does fertile soil mean higher yield?
Fertile soil doesn’t always mean higher yields and excess nutrients can interfere with the utilization of others. In this Managing for Profit, learn what factors can impact soil fertility and higher yields. …
Ag News
Concerns about production costs and weather loom
As farmers from around the country gather in Orlando for Commodity Classic weather, yields, and cost of production are dominating much of the hallway conversations. Southern Indiana farmer David Ring says there has been improvement [Read More…]
Weather
Winter Weather Advisory issued March 09 at 7:15AM MST until March 09 at 5:00PM MST by NWS
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Snow. Additional snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast South Dakota. * [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia unleashes ‘massive’ attack with 81 missiles
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…]
ABC National News
Feds looking into Norfolk Southern’s handling of additional reported hazmat concern weeks after East Palestine
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal regulators are looking into a previously unreported incident involving Norfolk Southern potentially mishandling a conductor’s concern on a train carrying hazardous material just weeks after a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Three LAPD officers in stable condition after being shot by parolee at large, police say
kali9/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Three Los Angeles Police Department officers were shot Wednesday night in a “violent encounter,” police said. The three men, all senior officers in the Metropolitan Division K-9 unit, are now [Read More…]
ABC National News
NHTSA investigating fatal crash where Tesla plowed into parked firetruck
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (NEW YORK) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a special investigation into a fatal crash in California last month involving a Tesla that will look at [Read More…]
ABC National News
Anti-violence organization demanding justice after police fatally shoot an employee in distress
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A violence prevention organization is demanding answers after one of its employees was fatally shot by police. The Paterson Healing Collective was joined by the family of Najee Seabrooks at [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate to hold first hearing probing train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw will face a Senate panel on Thursday as Washington lawmakers hold their first hearing on railroad safety about a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall at DC hotel
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized following a fall at a Washington, D.C., hotel, his team told ABC News late Wednesday night. “This evening, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House panel investigating COVID-19’s origins holds first hearing
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the heels of a federal agency’s new assessment that COVID-19 “mostly likely” emerged from a lab leak rather than natural human exposure, a special panel formed [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Former NBA great Shawn Kemp arrested on felony drive-by shooting charges
Philipp Hülsmann/picture alliance via Getty Images (TACOMA, Wash.) — Former Seattle Supersonics star and NBA great Shawn Kemp has been arrested for his alleged involvement in a drive-by shooting at a mall, police say. The [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 3/8/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING INTERLEAGUE Baltimore 7, Pittsburgh 4 Detroit 2, Washington 1 St. Louis 4, NY Yankees 0 Arizona 2, Texas [Read More…]