Month: April 2024
Ag News
Ammonium sulfate can give soybeans sulfur boost
An agronomist says they’re seeing more cases of sulfur deficiency in soybeans. Mercedes Gearhart, at AdvanSix Plant Nutrients, tells Brownfield the Clean Air act has been a factor… “We’ve seen more and more cases of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Princes William, George attend soccer game together amid Kate Middleton cancer battle
Prince William, Prince of Wales and Prince George of Wales look on alongside Tyrone Mings of Aston Villa during the UEFA Europa Conference League 2023/24 Quarter-final first leg match between Aston Villa and Lille OSC [Read More…]
ABC National News
Baltimore bridge collapse has dockworkers in fear for their future
In an aerial view, cargo ship Dali is seen after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Mar. 26, 2024 in Baltimore. — Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — Baltimore’s Key Bridge, a vital [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s co-defendants in classified documents case seeking to have charges dropped
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case is hearing arguments Friday from his co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira on motions to have the charges [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House clears a hurdle on reauthorizing FISA spy program after previous GOP setback
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is one step closer on Friday to reauthorizing a key U.S. spy program considered crucial to national security. After hard-line Republicans dealt a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump to hold Mar-a-Lago joint appearance with Johnson amid speakership threat
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference following a closed-door caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, March 20, 2024, in Washington. — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (PALM BEACH, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Washington rule could leave Biden off the November ballot, but state has a solution
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, Aug. 20, 2020. — Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Washington state has just joined Ohio [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Kamala Harris to tie Trump to Arizona’s strict new abortion ban during campaign visit
Al Drago/Getty Images (TUCSON, Ariz.) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Tucson, Arizona, for a campaign event on Friday — three days after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a near-total ban on abortion [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Race car driver Jamie Chadwick has dreams of making Formula One circuit, helping to break gender barriers
PHOTO: Race winner Jamie Chadwick of Great Britain and Jenner Racing (55) celebrates on the podium during the W Series Round 4 race at Circuit Paul Ricard July 23, 2022 in Le Castellet, France. Race [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Report: The launch of Lady Gaga’s’ ‘Joker 2’ trailer was bigger than ‘Barbie’
Warner Bros. Pictures The debut of the trailer for Lady Gaga‘s upcoming movie Joker: Folie à Deux was more than Kenough to beat Barbie. Sources tell Variety that the numbers for the trailer, including social [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Golden Bachelor’ couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist announce they are divorcing
Eric Mccandless/Disney via Getty Images The Golden Bachelor couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist are getting divorced — three months after their televised wedding. The couple, who fell in love on the first season of The Golden Bachelor last [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: CBS gives ‘S.W.A.T.’ a surprise renewal, and more
Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi film Interstellar will be rereleased in theaters in honor of its 10th anniversary. The film, starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Matt Damon as a group of astronauts tasked with [Read More…]
Ag News
Mild winter had little impact on swine disease pressure
A northeast Iowa pork producer suggests the abnormally warm winter did not have much impact on swine disease pressure. Bob Hemesath and his brother own a wean-to-finish hog operation near Calmar. “When you get the [Read More…]
Ag News
Lab-grown protein not going away
An analyst that studies agricultural trends says don’t expect lab-grown protein to go away despite its cost and setbacks. Doug Johnson studies all technology and trends affecting agriculture and tells Brownfield lab-grown protein has had [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmer Familiarity
Northern Minnesota crop and livestock farmer Shayne Isane says one of the main reasons he runs with John Deere is familiarity. He tells Brownfield Deere equipment has been efficient and reliable through the years, and [Read More…]
Ag News
Wet, windy, unsettled weather in the eastern Corn Belt; warm environs expand on the Plains
Across the Corn Belt, rain has halted fieldwork in the Ohio Valley and the lower Great Lakes region. Meanwhile, mild, breezy, mostly dry weather prevails in the western Corn Belt, where farmers continue to plant [Read More…]
Ag News
Temps in a broad range next week across the Heartland; widespread rain & storms
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures from the Pacific Northwest to the northern High Plains, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in much of California, the Desert Southwest, [Read More…]
News
Governor Kristi Noem and Attorney General Marty Jackley offer summer course for tribal law enforcement recruits
Gov. Kristi Noem and Attorney General Marty Jackley said Thursday they aim to open an extra basic law enforcement certification course for tribal police recruits this summer, but it’s unclear how many tribal recruits will [Read More…]
ABC World News
US tries to avert Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel amid threat of wider regional conflict
Michael Kurilla, head of the United States Central Command meets with IDF chief Aviv Kohavi at the Nevatim airbase in Be’er Sheva, Israel, Nov. 15, 2022. — Israeli Defense Forces/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]
ABC National News
O.J. Simpson, former football star acquitted of murder, dies at 76
Richard Stagg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — (NEW YORK) — O.J. Simpson, the former football great who was accused of and ultimately acquitted of the brutal 1994 slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, has died, [Read More…]