Year: 2023
Ag News
High expenses remain for livestock producers
A Missouri cattle producer says it may be an unprecedented time for farm revenue, but it’s also an unprecedented time for expenses. “Food, feed and fertilizer are the big three we always talk about and [Read More…]
Ag News
USDEC leader sees export opportunities as EU, NZ restrict dairies
The President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council says American dairy farmers have a different path to sustainability goals than many of their foreign counterparts. Krysta Harden tells Brownfield U.S. producers are able [Read More…]
Ag News
Snowy start to winter could help break Upper Midwest drought
There’s hope above average snowfall this winter will help ease drought conditions in the Upper Midwest. University of Minnesota Professor Jeff Strock says nearly 35 inches has accumulated since November, and a decent snow melt [Read More…]
ABC World News
Madagascar faces millions of years of extinctions due to human activity, scientists say
chronowizard gasikara/Getty Images (ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar) — The ramifications of human activity on the island of Madagascar will affect the island far longer than previously realized, scientists say. It could take millions of years for the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine sees surge of female fighters
ABC News (KYIV, Ukraine) — By now she’s gained a few nicknames; from “punisher of Russians,” to the “Ukrainian Joan of Arc.” Eugenia Emerald has become somewhat of an icon in Ukraine, fighting on the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Toronto homeless man ID’d as victim in alleged fatal ‘swarming’ attack by 8 girls
Toronto Police Service (TORONTO) — A homeless man was identified Tuesday as the victim of a fatal “swarming” attack police allege was committed by eight teenage girls in downtown Toronto last month. Toronto police said [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians on verge of overtaking eastern Ukrainian city
SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 10 months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas [Read More…]
ABC National News
Police looking for missing mom after she failed to pick up son from bus stop: ‘Very concerned’
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office (LIMERICK TOWNSHIP, Pa.) — Police have had no credible sightings a week after a Pennsylvania woman who failed to pick up her son from the bus stop went missing, authorities [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mom fatally shoots home invader to protect her 2 kids: Sheriff
Tangipahoa Paris Sheriff’s Office (A Louisiana mom shot and killed a home invader to protect her two young children, authorities said. The suspect, 51-year-old Robert Rheams, was armed with a shovel and a lug wrench [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House passes ‘weaponization of the federal government’ panel among 1st week priorities
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House voted Tuesday afternoon to establish a new special panel to probe what Republicans call the “weaponization of the federal government.” The subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee would have extraordinary [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Articles of impeachment introduced against DHS Secretary Mayorkas by Texas Republican
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are wasting no time on their pledge to again try to bring articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over Mayorkas’ [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judges reluctant to say Trump was acting as president when he allegedly defamed E. Jean Carroll
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Judges from the D.C. Court of Appeals expressed reluctance Tuesday to find that then-President Donald Trump acted within the scope of his employment in 2019 when he, in the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
How does the Biden classified documents matter compare to Trump’s?
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The revelation that classified documents were kept at the Biden Penn Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, a Washington, D.C., think tank, has raised questions about how the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
In Mexico, Biden dodges questions on discovery of classified documents
Hector Vivas/Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — One day after President Joe Biden’s special counsel confirmed classified documents were discovered in Biden’s former personal office, the president had yet to directly address a key question: Did [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Why thousands of New York City nurses are striking and what’s at stake
Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The nurses strike in New York City has extended into its second day with more than 7,000 walking out of two major hospitals. Nurses at Montefiore [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How proposed government ban on controversial noncompete clauses could impact the economy
James Leynse/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans have had to struggle to find a new jobs due to a measure in their contracts that prevents them from working for a direct competitor following [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
AMC reveals its ‘Walking Dead’ plans, including spin-off with Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira
AMC/Gene Page On Tuesday, as part of AMC’s Television Critics Association winter confab, the network unveiled its plans to continue The Walking Dead universe. The recently retitled The Walking Dead: Dead City will debut in June. Jeffrey Dean Morgan‘s Negan [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Pamela Anderson “takes control” of her life story in trailer for Netflix documentary ‘Pamela, a Love Story’
Photo: Carmelo Redondo Pamela Anderson is finally telling her side of her life story in the documentary Pamela, a Love Story, according to the trailer that was just released by Netflix. The 55-year-old former Baywatch [Read More…]
Ag News
Higher dollar sends wheat lower
Soybeans were mixed, mostly modestly lower. Private firms and the USDA FAS are projecting a record crop in Brazil this year, likely canceling out the expected losses in Argentina. Updated numbers from CONAB for Brazil [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmer says right to repair agreement is great news for agriculture
A Western Kansas farmer says the recent right to repair agreement creates more competition and a fairer marketplace. David Schemm says it should give him cost-effective alternative to repairing equipment. “This is not about trying [Read More…]