Month: April 2024
Ag News
PrimAgro C-Tech first biostimulant to receive TFI certification
The Fertilizer Institute’s Certified Biostimulant program is elevating product standards for growers. President and CEO Corey Rosenbusch tells Brownfield crop nutrients including biologicals are regulated at the state level and compliance can be difficult. “We took [Read More…]
Ag News
Planting in early stages across Minnesota
Minnesota farmers were able to make some headway on spring fieldwork last week. USDA’s latest crop update shows corn planting is three percent complete and soybeans are one percent planted. For small grains, oat planting [Read More…]
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Moisture levels good so far in South Dakota
Most South Dakota farmers are starting the week with adequate moisture levels as they prepare to plant. Topsoil moisture levels are 68% adequate with 1% surplus and 27% short as of Sunday. Subsoil levels are [Read More…]
ABC World News
Global coral reef bleaching event underway as oceans continue to warm: NOAA
Lillian Suwanrumpha/ Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the world’s oceans experience unprecedented rising temperatures, significant coral bleaching has been reported across the globe, according to experts. On Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [Read More…]
ABC National News
Exclusive: NAACP joins lawsuit against Arkansas LEARNS Act in attempt to fight anti-DEI efforts
Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LITTLE ROCK, Ar.) — The Arkansas State Conference of the NAACP and the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights are calling on a federal court to enact an injunction against the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
White House avoids weighing in on possible Israeli response to Iran’s attack
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday carefully avoided weighing in on any possible Israeli response to Iran’s attack over the weekend but also stressed the U.S. didn’t want to see further [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Don and Melinda Crawford/ Getty Images (BOISE, Id.) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Idaho to proceed with enforcement of a new law aimed at prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors. The decision overrides [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Harris heads to Nevada to focus on abortion, still front-and-center in neighboring Arizona
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Las Vegas on Monday afternoon to rally support for a ballot measure to enshrine abortion access in the Nevada Constitution as President Joe [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Rudy Giuliani loses bid to dismiss $148 million defamation judgment in Georgia election workers case
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (ATLANTA, Ga.) — Rudy Giuliani has lost his bid to dismiss the $148 million defamation judgment against him from late last year. The judgment was won by former Georgia election workers Ruby [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Rookie’ stays on the beat for ABC for seventh season
Disney/Raymond Liu On Monday, ABC announced it was renewing its cop drama The Rookie for its seventh season. No longer a rookie after six seasons, the show centers on Nathan Fillion‘s John Nolan, who takes [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“It was the right thing to do”: Drew Carey on the fortune he spent feeding striking writers
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Writers Guild of America West At Sunday evening’s Writers Guild Awards, Drew Carey said he didn’t want applause for footing the bill for food for out-of-work writers during last summer’s writers strike [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez gets maximum 18 months for fatal on-set shooting
Eddie Moore/Getty Images Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez was given the maximum sentence Monday of 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Gutierrez’s attorneys asked for probation [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Why director Shawn Levy says ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is not ‘Deadpool 3’
Marvel Studios Deadpool vs. Wolverine doesn’t come out until July 26, but even back in December, Fandango users voted it as their most anticipated movie of 2024. Rumblings about the movie’s showcase at last week’s [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures sharply higher to start the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply higher on oversold signals ahead of the week’s direct business. Feeders had additional support from the lower move in corn. June live cattle closed [Read More…]
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 15, 2024
May corn closed at $4.31 and 1/2, down 4 centsMay soybeans closed at $11.58 and 1/4, down 15 and 3/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $338.50, down $5.90May soybean oil closed at 45.47, down 42 [Read More…]
Ag News
2% of Nebraska corn planted
Corn planting is underway in Nebraska. USDA says as of Sunday 2% of the state’s expected corn crop has been planted, near 1% for both last year and the five-year average. Winter wheat is rated [Read More…]
Ag News
13% of Kansas corn, 1% of soybeans planted
Warm and dry weather conditions helped push corn planting progress last week in Kansas. USDA says as of Sunday 13% of the state’s expected corn crop has been planted, near 14% last year, and ahead [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans, corn, wheat start week with losses
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. There was some spillover pressure from meal and the broader market with beans watching South American harvest activity. Brazil is now past the 80% mark, while [Read More…]
ABC National News
NASA says it’s revising the Mars Sample Return mission due to cost, long wait time
NASA (WASHINGTON) — NASA announced Monday it is revising plans for its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission due to the estimated cost and long wait time for samples to return to Earth. The mission’s goal [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Tamron Hall’ renewed for season 6
Disney Entertainment Television/Jeff Neira Tamron Hall‘s eponymous, Emmy-winning syndicated daytime talk show has been renewed for a sixth season, it was revealed on Monday. Tamron Hall currently ranks third out of the nine one-hour syndicated [Read More…]