Year: 2024
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: December 23, 2024
Mar. corn closed at $4.47 and 3/4, up 1 and 1/2 centsJan. soybeans closed at $9.69 and 1/2, down 5 centsJan. soybean meal closed at $289.50, down $5.00Jan. soybean oil closed at 40.23, up 75 [Read More…]
Live cattle, hogs mostly lower to start the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly lower, and feeders were up ahead of the week’s direct business. Boxed beef was mixed at midday. February live cattle closed $.95 lower at $187.45 and [Read More…]
Watertown Man Indicted on four charges in connection to Officer Involved Shooting in Yankton
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley and Yankton County State’s Attorney-Elect Tyler Larsen announce that Andrew Jondahl of Watertown has been indicted on four charges in connection with an officer involved shooting that [Read More…]
Yankton Man Indicted In Stabbing Death
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Yankton man has been indicted on one count of Second Degree Murder and one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree in connection [Read More…]
South Dakota High School Basketball Media Poll – December 23
The South Dakota Prep Media Basketball polls for the week of Dec. 23 are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in [Read More…]
House Ethics report finds ‘substantial evidence’ Gaetz violated Florida statutory rape law
Leon Neal/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The bipartisan House Ethics Committee on Monday released a scathing report concluding its yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, finding “substantial evidence” that he had sex with a 17-year-old [Read More…]
‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants’ co-stars support Blake Lively after legal action
L. Cohen/Getty Images Blake Lively’s The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-stars are supporting the actress amid her legal action against her It Ends with Us co-star and director, Justin Baldoni. America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn and [Read More…]
Biosecurity priority number 1 for Iowa turkey producer
A southeast Iowa turkey producer says he’s concerned about the rising number of highly pathogenic avian influenza cases across the state. “My heart goes out to all those folks that have had to deal with [Read More…]
Red meat, poultry supplies tighten
Supplies of red meat and poultry in cold storage got tighter in November. The USDA says frozen red meat stocks were down 5 percent from last year. Compared to last year, beef supplies were down [Read More…]
Shining a light on succession planning
The director of the Indiana Agricultural Law Foundation says farm succession planning needs more attention. John Shoup tells Brownfield, “Families don’t talk about the future of the farm and the legacy they want to create [Read More…]
Productivity increases continue in U.S. hog production
U.S. hog producers continue to increase productivity. The USDA says there were 75.8 million hogs and pigs in the U.S. on December 1st, an increase of 1% from a year ago. Breeding inventory was up [Read More…]
CME cash dairy prices mostly lower
Cash dairy prices were mostly lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Monday heading into a holiday-shortened week. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.74. One sale was made at that price. Blocks unchanged at $1.8525. Barrels [Read More…]
Middle East live updates: Israel to act against Houthis in Yemen, Netanyahu says
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON)– Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country. Meanwhile, the ceasefire in Lebanon [Read More…]
Democratic Sen. Fetterman: ‘I’m not rooting against’ Trump
Julia Cherner/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman said he hopes President-elect Donald Trump is successful in his second term and that he’s not “rooting against him.” “If you’re rooting against the president, [Read More…]
Starbucks strike expands to 12 cities
Vincent Alban/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Starbucks baristas walked off the job in major cities in Massachusetts, Texas and Oregon on Monday, expanding the dayslong holiday strike to 12 cities nationwide, according to the union Starbucks Workers [Read More…]
Denzel Washington gets baptized, becomes a minister ahead of 70th birthday
Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Denzel Washington‘s next phase of life includes sharing the word of God as a minister. Days before his 70th birthday, the actor rededicated his life to [Read More…]
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says 3,000 North Koreans killed or wounded in Russia fighting
ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that more 3,000 North Korean soldiers are believed to have been killed or wounded fighting for Moscow in Russia’s western Kursk region. Zelenskyy [Read More…]
Middle East live updates: Israel to act against Houthis in Yemen, Netanyahu says
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON)– Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country. Meanwhile, the ceasefire in Lebanon [Read More…]
CEO killing suspect Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty in Manhattan court to state murder charges
XNY/Star Max/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione on Monday pleaded not guilty to state murder and terror charges in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The 26-year-old Mangione entered the Manhattan courtroom [Read More…]
Biden commutes sentences of nearly all federal death row inmates
ABC/Al Drago (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 inmates on federal death row, the White House said Monday. The move reduces the sentence for all but three of the 40 [Read More…]
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