Month: October 2023
Ag News
Soybeans, corn end week on a positive note
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying, ending the week mixed. Demand is solid as export sales have picked up steam recently, while crush margins remain in positive territory. Near-term U.S. harvest delays were [Read More…]
Ag News
Stabenow says farm bill extension is needed; additional funds could be secured
Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is calling on fellow lawmakers to extend the current farm bill. “It would be irresponsible to allow vital programs in the farm safety net to lapse and revert to [Read More…]
Ag News
USB: Agriculture can help resolve climate change
The chair of the United Soybean Board says global food systems and climate-smart solutions go hand in hand. Meagan Kaiser tells Brownfield it all starts at the farm level. “In the decisions that we make [Read More…]
ABC World News
US troops targeted again in Iraq after retribution airstrikes
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Fewer than 12 hours after U.S. airstrikes hit two facilities in Syria used by Iran and its proxies to launch attacks on American troops in the region, a one-way suicide [Read More…]
ABC National News
What to know about the Maine mass shooting victims
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images (LEWISTON, Maine) — Authorities and family members have begun identifying the 18 people who died in the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night. The shooting occurred at a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to fraud charges, trial set for September 2024
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. George Santos pleaded not guilty Friday to the charges contained in a superseding indictment that accused him of stealing people’s identities, making charges on his donors’ credit cards [Read More…]
ABC National News
Number of sea turtle nests on Florida coasts exploding, even tripling in some regions, conservationists say
Space Coast Office of Tourism (SPACE COAST, Fla.) — Turtles are once again proving that slow and steady wins the race. Decades after initiating protections for the turtles that nest on Florida’s southeast coast — [Read More…]
ABC National News
Number of sea turtle nests on Florida coasts exploding, even tripling in some regions, conservationists say
danilovi/Getty Images Turtles are once again proving that slow and steady wins the race. Decades after initiating protections for the turtles that nest on Florida’s southeast coast — the densest nesting region in the world [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
GOP’s anti-Trump donors still feeling fractured among rival candidates as 2024 approaches
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As the 2024 primary season rapidly approaches, influential Republican donors have been gathering across the country, putting their heads together to determine how to move forward as front-runner Donald Trump [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Mike Johnson helped lead efforts to overturn the 2020 election. What that could mean for 2024
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson is drawing fresh scrutiny for having played a key — if somewhat lower-profile — role in trying to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Rep. George Santos pleads not guilty to fraud charges, trial set for September 2024
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Rep. George Santos pleaded not guilty Friday to the charges contained in a superseding indictment that accused him of stealing people’s identities, making charges on his donors’ credit cards without [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips launches 2024 White House bid in challenge to Biden
US House Of Representatives (MANCHESTER, N.H.) — Rep. Dean Phillips is running to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2024, he announced on CBS News on Friday morning. The three-term Minnesota congressman will challenge [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
John Wick director Chad Stahelski taking Henry Cavill ‘Highlander’ to American Film Market
Good Morning America A said to-be-$100 million-plus Highlander reboot starring Henry Cavill and directed by the John Wick franchise’s Chad Stahelski is getting closer to hitting the big screen. Deadline reports the stuntman-turned filmmaker will [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Reality Roundup: ‘Summer House’, ‘Teen Mom’, and more drama
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what happened in the world of reality television this week. Summer House (Bravo) At the season 3 premiere party of Winter House, Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke, who [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
As SAG-AFTRA and the studios meet, fans adore SAG president Fran Drescher’s “heart”
Momodu Mansaray/Getty Images With the studios and SAG-AFTRA representatives still around the negotiating table, the performer union’s plain-spoken president Fran Drescher has been center stage. And the former Nanny star is not afraid to wear [Read More…]
Ag News
Latin American delegation sees U.S. ethanol supply chain firsthand
The American Coalition for Ethanol, U.S. Grains Council, and South Dakota Corn Utilization Council recently hosted a group from Central America interested in learning about the U.S. ethanol supply chain. ACE chief marketing officer Ron [Read More…]
Ag News
Wet conditions make for a tough harvest
A farmer in northeastern South Dakota says the late-season moisture has made it tough to combine the corn and soybeans. Jason Frerichs tells Brownfield both crops were stressed from dry conditions in the growing season [Read More…]
Ag News
Weather varies greatly across the Heartland; a big change underway
Across the Corn Belt, a cold front extending from Lake Superior to northwestern Missouri is the dividing line between cold air in the upper Midwest and ongoing warmth farther east. Friday’s high temperatures will range [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Rocket strikes apartment building in Israel
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]
ABC World News
US strikes back at Iranian-backed groups that attacked troops in Iraq and Syria: Pentagon
Digital Vision./Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. military aircraft have carried out strikes in eastern Syria against facilities associated with Iranian-backed militant groups believed to be responsible for more than a dozen rocket and drone attacks [Read More…]