Month: October 2024
Ag News
More investments being made into rural energy
Rural electric cooperatives are receiving a second round of funding from the USDA to help upgrade rural energy systems. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says projects will be funded by the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) [Read More…]
Ag News
Export uptick brings hope to grain markets
There’s some hope among farmers the recent uptick in corn and soybean export sales will improve prices. Bryan Biegler farms in southwest Minnesota. “It’s been nice seeing this little bump coming up here, certainly going [Read More…]
Ag News
Syngenta partners with Taranis on AI-driven precision service
Syngenta and Taranis are partnering to help farmers use artificial intelligence to make agronomic decisions. Syngenta digital ag solutions marketing manager Meade McDonald says the collaboration has the potential to revolutionize farming using the power [Read More…]
Ag News
Cash dairy market mixed at end of week
Cash dairy prices were mixed Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey remained unchanged at $0.6025, where it’s been for much of the week. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.02 [Read More…]
Ag News
Plenty of pumpkins from the nation’s top producer
A University of Illinois Extension educator says it was a good growing season for the nation’s top pumpkin producing state. Nathan Johanning tells Brownfield… “Both types of pumpkins are very prevalent, although we raise at [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Israeli strike kills 3 journalists in Lebanon
Jalaa Marey via Getty Images (LONDON) — Israeli forces continued their intense operations inside Gaza after Hamas leader and Oct. 7, 2023 attack mastermind Yahya Sinwar was killed in a firefight with Israeli forces. The [Read More…]
ABC World News
Climate and environment updates: UN issues vital warning on avoiding climate disaster
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying [Read More…]
ABC National News
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland applauds Biden apology for Indigenous boarding schools
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For more than a century, from the early 1800s to the 1960s, Indigenous children were taken from their tribes — sometimes forcibly from their homes — to attend government assimilation [Read More…]
ABC National News
Generative AI is disrupting creative communities, here’s how they are fighting back
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Generative artificial intelligence companies capable of generating creative content are also said to be disrupting the livelihoods of creatives around the world, according to a group of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Menendez brothers are ‘cautiously optimistic’ they’ll be released, lawyer says
Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — NThe attorney for Lyle and Erik Menendez said he thinks the brothers are “cautiously optimistic that they can see some real relief” after the Los Angeles County district [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump denies making positive comments about Hitler
ABC NEWS/MICHAEL LE BRECHT II (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is denying he praised Adolf Hitler as having done “some good things,” as his former chief of staff and retired Marine general John Kelly was reported [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to apologize for government forcing Indian children into boarding schools
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua (PHOENIX) — President Joe Biden was in Arizona on Friday to apologize to Native Americans for the federal government forcing Indian children into boarding schools where the White House said they were abused and deprived of their [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
2024 election updates: Va. judge strikes down voter purge that impacted 1,600 people
Photo Credit: Prince Williams/WireImage/James Devaney/GC Images (WASHINGTON) — The race for the White House remained essentially a dead heat on Friday — with 11 days to go until Election Day. Kamala Harris was headed to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Angelina Jolie takes the stage as Maria Callas in new trailer for ‘Maria’
Netflix Angelina Jolie takes center stage as opera singer Maria Callas in a brand-new trailer for the film Maria. In the new look released Thursday, Jolie portrays the world-famous opera singer toward the end of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘Good Omens’ returning with one 90-minute episode and more
The third and final season of the Prime Video series Good Omens will be short and sweet. The entire season will consist of one 90-minute episode. Neil Gaiman‘s fantasy series follows various characters, all trying [Read More…]
Ag News
UNL study shows no compaction when grazing in fall or early spring
A long-term grazing study conducted by the University of Nebraska found no significant signs of compaction when grazing corn residue in the fall or early spring. Mary Drewnoski is a beef specialist with UNL… [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois Soybean Association awaiting 45Z details
The director of government relations with the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) says upcoming details on the 45Z biofuels tax credit could be crucial for soybean growers. Andrew Larson tells Brownfield… “What those rules say is [Read More…]
Ag News
National FFA interns discovering careers in ag through FFA Live!
Twelve university interns are highlighting the stories of National FFA Convention through an FFA Live show to discover career opportunities in the ag industry. Junior Lilly Pryor is studying agricultural education and agribusiness communications at [Read More…]
Ag News
Using precision agriculture with Microsoft and FFA’s FarmBeats for Students
Precision agriculture is becoming more important for farmers and ranchers, but is also creating career opportunities for ag students. The National FFA Organization and Microsoft are featuring FarmBeats for Students, a program that helps ag teachers [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Somebody Somewhere’ cast teases what to expect in third and final season
Sandy Morris/HBO We’re heading back to the Sunflower State with martinis in hand one last time, as the third and final season of the HBO dramedy series Somebody Somewhere returns Sunday. Bridget Everett stars as Sam in the show, [Read More…]