Month: April 2024
Ag News
Are farmers protected from PFAS?
A lawyer says the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent classification of two forever chemicals as hazardous substances could have a significant impact on the agricultural industry. Minneapolis-based Stoel Rives Environmental Partner Thomas Braun tells Brownfield farmers [Read More…]
Ag News
Be mindful of the July corn futures “summer high”
A market analyst reminds farmers there could be marketing opportunities ahead for July corn futures. Naomi Blohm, senior market advisor at Total Farm Marketing, tells Brownfield fifteen of the past 24 years the “summer high” has [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 24, 2024
May corn closed at $4.37 and 3/4, down 5 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $11.66, down 1 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $346.00, up $1.80May soybean oil closed at 44.66, down 65 [Read More…]
Ag News
Wheat gains more ground with soybeans, corn mixed
Soybeans were mixed. Soybeans are watching late harvest activity in Brazil and the slowly advancing harvest in Argentina. Brazil’s harvest is nearly wrapped up and while prices are moving higher, they still hold a competitive [Read More…]
ABC World News
Security plan for Gaza aid workers still unclear with military pier to open soon
YOAV LEMMER/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration’s plan to begin operating a pier next month off the Gaza coast to enable millions of humanitarian aid packages a day still faces several unresolved [Read More…]
ABC World News
US to withdraw troops from Niger after military deal revoked
FotografiaBasica/Getty Images (LONDON) — The United States and Niger are discussing plans to withdraw American troops from the West African nation, ending more than a decade of U.S. military presence in the country. Pentagon press [Read More…]
ABC National News
New search underway tied to Gilgo Beach murder investigation: Sources
mphotoi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Investigators are searching a wooded area in Manorville, New York, as part of the Gilgo Beach murders investigation, law enforcement sources told ABC News. The search began Tuesday and continues [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump, Giuliani, Meadows are unindicted co-conspirators in Michigan fake elector case, hearing reveals
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows, and Rudy Giuliani are unindicted co-conspirators in the Michigan attorney general’s case against the state’s so-called “fake electors” [Read More…]
Latest News
Debate begins on abortion-rights ballot measure as Mitchell event brings out both sides
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight MITCHELL — A proposed measure to reinstate abortion rights hasn’t made the ballot yet, but the debate is underway. About 100 people converged Tuesday evening on Dakota Wesleyan University for a [Read More…]
Latest News
Group says it’s filing petition signatures to put grocery tax repeal on ballot
Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota and Mississippi are the only states that have a full state sales tax rate on groceries, but that could change in November. Circulators of a petition to repeal the state [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Keke Palmer announces the “next chapter” in her life with new ‘Master of Me’ book
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Keke Palmer has turned a page in her life and will be inviting people to do the same with her forthcoming book, Master of Me. “This book means growth to me. It [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Original star Luke Kleintank out, Teri Polo in at ‘FBI: International’
CBS There’s another changing of the guard at CBS’s FBI: International, as another one of its original stars is stepping down. According to a statement published by Deadline, Luke Kleintank, who played Special Agent Scott [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Felicidades! Paramount+ already renews new ‘Dora’ animated series for second season
Paramount+ © 2024 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Dora, the CG-animated reboot of the classic kids show Dora the Explorer, has been renewed by Paramount+ for a sophomore season, a month after its debut [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol production hits 13-week low
U.S. ethanol production has declined for three weeks in a row, partially due to seasonal maintenance. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production last week averaged 954,000 barrels a day, the lowest since mid-January, a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Arizona patients, doctors describe chaos, confusion over 1864 abortion ban
ABC News (PHOENIX) — Chaos and confusion have ensued after the Arizona Supreme Court issued a ruling April 9 that a near-total abortion ban from 1864 could go into effect, despite it predating Arizona becoming [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden says US to begin sending military equipment to Ukraine within ‘hours’
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the U.S. will begin sending military equipment to Ukraine within “a few hours.” Biden, in remarks from the White House, announced he signed the [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Former college and NFL star Reggie Bush’s 2005 Heisman Trophy reinstated
Michael Cohen/WireImage/Via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former standout college football player and NFL running back Reggie Bush will have his 2005 Heisman Trophy reinstated, according to Bush’s attorneys and a statement posted on the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Traces of bird flu virus found in some milk and pasteurized dairy, FDA says
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As federal agencies and state partners continue investigating outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) — more commonly referred to as bird flu — the U.S. Food and Drug [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Woman becomes first patient to undergo combined heart pump implant and pig kidney transplant
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a first-of-its-kind procedure, a terminally ill patient has become the first person in the world to undergo a gene-edited pig kidney transplant and also [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Airlines required to refund passengers for canceled, delayed flights
EllenMoran/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Good news for airline travelers: the Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced it is rolling out new rules that will require airlines to automatically give cash refunds to passengers for [Read More…]
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