Month: May 2024
Ag News
CME cash dairy, futures mostly higher Friday
Milk futures and cash dairy prices were mostly higher Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.4150. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0425 at $1.9425. Five sales were recorded, [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy Innovation Hub researchers share findings at symposium
Researchers in Wisconsin’s Dairy Innovation Hub shared their findings so far during a symposium Wednesday. Dr. Heather White is the faculty director for the Dairy Innovation Hub, and she tells Brownfield over 200 researchers are [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa farmer says weeds got a jump start
A central Iowa farmer says weeds got a jump start on crops this year. Corey Hillebo of Polk City tells Brownfield mild conditions in February and March resulted in an early start to the growing [Read More…]
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Michigan farmers filling freezers
Young farmers are increasing access to local meat at some Michigan food banks. Sanilac County’s Darcy Lipskey tells Brownfield her local farm bureau often donated a county fair animal to local food pantries, but there was [Read More…]
News
State and Federal prosecutors address illegal drug activity in South Dakota
U.S. Attorney Alison Ramsdell and South Dakota Attorney General issued the following statement regarding drug activity in South Dakota: “The vast majority of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl found in South Dakota originates from our southern border. [Read More…]
ABC National News
State Department issues travel alert for LGBTQ people, events abroad
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. State Department issued a “Worldwide Caution” alert on Friday, warning U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution due to “the increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence against [Read More…]
ABC National News
US Airman Roger Fortson, killed by deputy in his own home, honored at funeral
US Air Force (ATLANTA) — Dozens of Air Force members came together at a suburban Atlanta church Friday with the family and friends of Senior Airman Roger Fortson to honor the serviceman, who was shot [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man in custody for punching actor Steve Buscemi in Manhattan: Authorities
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 50-year-old man has been taken into custody for allegedly assaulting actor Steve Buscemi on a New York City street earlier this month, authorities said. Buscemi was walking down the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Houston storm: At least five killed, more than 600,000 without power
Getty Images – STOCK (HOUSTON) — At least five people were killed when a powerful storm tore through Houston on Thursday night, officials said. Fallen trees appeared to cause at least two of the deaths, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Alabama State University receives Wall Street firm’s historic endowment assistance
Courtesy of Kayleigh Dunn (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Alabama State University is partnering with private equity firm Neuberger Berman to manage the school’s $125 million endowment – making it the largest such partnership between a Wall [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats look to band together after Maryland’s bruising Senate primary
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Angela Alsobrooks emerged as the victor in a bruising Democratic Senate primary in Maryland — and now the state’s Democratic Party faces the challenge of reuniting to take on a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump attends son Barron’s high school graduation on day off from court
FILE, Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump attended his son Barron’s high school graduation at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach on Friday, after the judge overseeing his hush [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden announces new grants to further desegregate schools on Brown v. Board anniversary
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday announced new grants aimed at further desegregating magnet schools, as he marked the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against joining UAW, a blow to union’s expansion in the South
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) — Thousands of Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama voted against joining the United Auto Workers (UAW) on Friday, delivering a significant defeat for the union one month after it [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Laura Dern, Margaret Qualley to star in series adaptation of ‘Forever, Interrupted’
Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images, Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Laura Dern and Margaret Qualley are joining forces to star in a limited series adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel Forever, Interrupted. Both actresses will executive [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Young Sheldon’ goes out with a big bang: series finale hits four-year audience high
Robert Voets/2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. It’s no theory – Young Sheldon went out with a big bang. The Big Bang Theory spin-off show finished its seven-season run on Thursday with a two-episode finale that [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Chris Pratt mourns the death of his stunt double Tony McFarr
Jason Merritt/Getty Images Chris Pratt took to Instagram to mourn the death of his longtime stunt double Tony McFarr in a Story shared on Friday. McFarr, a professional stuntman best known for doubling Pratt in [Read More…]
Ag News
Fischbach looks for trade boost in next farm bill
A member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade wants to ensure more resources for trade promotion programs are included in the next farm bill. Minnesota Republican Michelle Fischbach tells Brownfield access to [Read More…]
Ag News
A closer look at the farm bill updates on interstate commerce
The chairman of the House Ag Committee says the new farm bill includes language meant to remove barriers in the livestock industry caused by California’s Proposition 12 law. Glenn “GT” Thompson says it’s a new [Read More…]
Ag News
Historic floods in southern Brazil washing out soybeans
Historic flooding in parts of Brazil is expected to have short and long-term impacts on South American crop production. Michael Cordonnier with Soybean and Corn Advisor says torrential rains are decimating the southern state of [Read More…]