Month: June 2023
Ag News
Dry conditions could dictate fertilizer demand
Dry conditions in Missouri are affecting some fertilizer demand. MFA’s Director of Plant Foods Chris DeMoss says there was good demand for fertilizer this spring across Missouri, but farmers are slow to top dress corn [Read More…]
ABC World News
Salvaged debris from Titan submersible contains ‘presumed human remains’: US Coast Guard
Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images (ST JOHN’S, Canada) — Debris recovered from the submersible that catastrophically imploded while on a voyage to see the Titanic wreckage last week contained “presumed human remains,” the U.S. Coast [Read More…]
ABC National News
32-year-old woman faces charges after allegedly posing as high school student
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (BOSTON) — A 32-year-old Boston woman is facing criminal charges for allegedly enrolling and posing as a student in three Boston high schools, court records show. Shelby Hewitt, of Canton, Massachusetts, reportedly [Read More…]
ABC National News
Wildfire smoke live updates: Air quality alerts issued in 20 US states
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as smoke from wildfires in neighboring Canada drifts to the United States. Wildfires have burned a record of more than [Read More…]
ABC National News
Nursing homes allegedly neglected residents, misused $83M in funds: NY attorney general
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (ALBANY, N.Y.) — The owners, operators and landlords of four nursing homes in New York for years misused more than $83 million in taxpayer money, leaving elderly people in their care dead, neglected [Read More…]
ABC National News
Daniel Penny pleads not guilty in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely; bail set at $100K
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s comments to police following the fatal chokehold of Jordan Neely in a New York City subway have been released in new documents. “He came on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Americans will spend an extra $1 billion on healthcare each summer due to extreme heat: Report
Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. could soon be paying an additional $1 billion in healthcare expenses each summer due to forecasts of continuing waves of extreme heat in the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
RNC won’t present loyalty pledge to candidates until after they qualify for debate: Sources
OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidates who qualify for the first primary debate will have to satisfy one final, somewhat controversial requirement, sources say: signing a pledge to back whomever the party’s eventual nominee [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Russian military leaders were aware of mutiny plan: US officials
Wagner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States assesses that members of Russia’s military leadership were aware of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s planned mutiny before he marched on Moscow, according to Biden administration officials. One senior [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Simone Biles set to return to competition for 1st time since Tokyo Olympics
Marcus Ingram/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Simone Biles is set to return to gymnastics competition for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics. Biles, a seven-time Olympic medalist and 2016 Olympic individual all-around champion, was announced [Read More…]
ABC Health News
DOJ announces 78 people charged over $2.5 billion in false health care billings
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced a nationwide health care fraud crackdown that resulted in charges against 78 defendants in separate schemes that totaled more than $2.5 billion in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ke Huy Quan, Austin Butler, Keke Palmer and hundreds more just became Academy Awards voters
Ke Huy Quan – ABC The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday, June 28, it had added some 398 new voters to its membership. The additions include dozens of performers, including newly [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Netflix running ‘Titanic’ is making waves because of the Titan sub tragedy
Paramount Pictures/CBS via Getty Images Shortly after news broke about the submarine accident that took the lives of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood, 19-year-old Suleman Dawood and British [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
John Legend, Chrissy Teigen welcome a baby boy via surrogate
Jeff Vespa/WireImage John Legend and Chrissy Teigen are now a family of six. Taking to Instagram Wednesday, Legend shared a sweet photo of himself with all five children: their new baby boy, Wren Alexander Stephens, born June 19 via surrogate; Esti Maxine Stephens, the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tom Cruise urges fans to see all the big movies this summer, not just his ‘Mission: Impossible’ film
Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Movie star and movie fan Tom Cruise took to Instagram on Wednesday to promote … everybody else’s summer movies. In the post, the lead and producer of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is shown [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Prime Video teases Jim Gaffigan’s newest stand-up special, ‘Dark Pale’
Prime Video Actor and comedian Jim Gaffigan is returning to Prime Video with Dark Pale, his third stand-up special for the streamer and his 10th overall. A new teaser shows him riffing on fatherhood, a [Read More…]
Ag News
Pineapple corn is a reality across Missouri
The dry conditions are affecting the corn in central Missouri. MFA’s Vice President of Agri-Services Jason Weirich says overall, the corn look better than it should in the state due to minimal rainfall. He says [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: June 28, 2023
Jul. corn closed at $5.90, down 33 centsJul. soybeans closed at $14.51, down 44 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $401.80, down $5.50Jul. soybean oil closed at 59.62, down 93 pointsJul. wheat closed at $6.55 and 3/4, [Read More…]
Ag News
Losses continue in soybeans, corn, wheat
Soybeans were sharply lower on speculative and technical selling. There’s been at least some rainfall in dry parts of the Midwest this week, with the potential for more. August is the big month for beans, [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa farmer says recent rains have been timely
Northwest Iowa farmer Kelly Nieuwenhuis says the 2023 growing season has been better than expected. “We’ve been pretty fortunate,” he said. “We caught some spotty rains here lately, anywhere from 2-to-3 ½ inches in our [Read More…]