Month: August 2023
Ag News
Hog futures pressured by demand uncertainties
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher, and feeders were mostly lower waiting for the week’s direct business to develop and watching corn. October live cattle closed $.05 higher at $178.67 and [Read More…]
Ag News
Bullard says restoring market competition remains a top priority for R-CALF USA
The head of R-CALF USA says restoring competition to the marketplace remains one of the organization’s top priorities. Bill Bullard says competition has been purged from the cattle industry and it needs to be restored. [Read More…]
Ag News
Extreme heat taking toll on Iowa crops
Yield potential could fall as temperatures heat up. Iowa State University Extension field agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz says this week’s hot conditions combined with dryness in some areas won’t help grain fill. “When we stay extremely [Read More…]
Ag News
Additional Illinois counties eligible for drought assistance
US Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has issued additional drought disaster designations in Illinois. McDonough, McHenry and Mercer counties have been deemed primary counties under the declaration meaning producers are now eligible for emergency loans from [Read More…]
ABC World News
How Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rose with Putin, then turned on him
DIMUSE/Getty Images (RUSSIA) — Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russian private military company the Wagner Group, which played a key role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine before briefly launching an insurrection against the Russian military, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin dies in plane crash in Russia
Artyom Anikeev/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (RUSSIA) — Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed in Russia’s Tver region on Wednesday, according to the press service of Russia’s Federal [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman pleads guilty to fatally shoving 87-year-old grandmother on NYC street
Courtesy AJ Gustern (NEW YORK) — A woman pleaded guilty in court on Wednesday to fatally pushing an 87-year-old woman on a New York City street last year. Lauren Pazienza, 27, pleaded guilty to one [Read More…]
ABC National News
Philadelphia police officer involved in fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry expected to be fired: Commissioner
Irizarry Family (PHILADELPHIA) — A Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot a 27-year-old man while he was sitting in his car was suspended for 30 days and the city’s police commissioner said she intends to [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
As pickleball grows in popularity, noise complaints are also on the rise
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Pickleball has become one of the biggest sport trends in the last few years, but for some people, it has not been fun and games. Some have gone to court [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Rosario Dawson says she felt “blessed” to work with the late Ray Stevenson on ‘Ahsoka’
Lucasfilm The close of the first chapter of Disney+’s latest Star Wars show, Ahsoka, ends with the words, “For our friend, Ray,” memorializing co-star Ray Stevenson. The veteran character actor, who also appeared in the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Judge denies Alec Baldwin motion to dismiss ‘Rust’ crew’s lawsuit
A New Mexico judge has denied motions filed by Alec Baldwin to dismiss a civil suit filed by Rust crew members. They allege that the actor-producer cut corners on safety and skipped related training before [Read More…]
Ag News
Best time to assess SCN quickly approaching
Fall might be the ideal time to assess soybean cyst nematode pressure. Troy Bauer is a senior field tech rep with BASF. “Growers need to understand what’s going on in their fields, and the best [Read More…]
Ag News
Kentucky State receives grant to fund soybean production study
Kentucky State University recently received a $600,000 grant to fund research focused on nitrogen management in soybean production. Dr. Anuj Chiluwal, assistant professor of agronomy and project director says there is an urgent need to [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 23, 2023
Sep. corn closed at $4.76 and 1/4, up 9 and 3/4 centsSep. soybeans closed at $13.59 and 1/2, up 8 centsSep. soybean meal closed at $413.00, up $6.70Sep. soybean oil closed at 66.15, up 94 pointsSep. [Read More…]
Ag News
Cheese stocks follow milk production dip
The latest U.S. dairy stocks report reflects a lower supply of milk and earlier preparations for holiday demand. The USDA’s Cold Storage report pegs cheese stocks at nearly 1.5 billion pounds, down one percent from [Read More…]
Ag News
CME milk futures & cash dairy markets mostly lower Wednesday
Milk futures and the cash dairy markets were lower except for whey and butter Wednesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. September Class III milk was down $0.11 at $18.39. October was down $0.11 at $17.75. November was down $0.07 at [Read More…]
Weather
Excessive Heat Warning issued August 23 at 1:28PM MDT until August 24 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY… * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 115. Overnight heat index index values remain near to above 75 degrees. * WHERE…Portions [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Active shooting situation’ unfolding in Pittsburgh neighborhood
mbbirdy/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — Police are at the scene of an ongoing “active shooting situation” in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood, according to authorities. Officers are working to evacuate people from houses in the area, according to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Georgia election case live updates: More Trump co-defendants expected to surrender Wednesday
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The 19 defendants charged by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for their alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia are in the process [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump indictments in DC, Georgia see overlapping charges, complications: Experts
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s multiple criminal indictments have led to unprecedented times in the country’s legal system, particularly when it comes to the allegations of his interference with the 2020 [Read More…]