Year: 2024

Missouri Soybean’s new strategic plan prioritizes research partnerships. CEO Gary Wheeler says this goes hand in hand with farmer education. He believes that research funding is always a success, no matter the outcome. The post [Read More…]

Ag News

Brace for higher egg prices

There has been an uptick in cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, and it is impacting the price of eggs. University of Missouri professor emeritus and ag economist Scott Brown says those prices aren’t likely [Read More…]

‘Sonic 3’ handily beats ‘Mufasa’ at the battle of the box office

December 23, 2024 ABC News

Paramount Pictures In the battle of animated new releases, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 beat out Mufasa: The Lion King at the box office this weekend. The third installment in the Sonic series brought in $62 million [Read More…]

Ag News

Supply overshadows demand

A market analyst sees a surplus of corn and soybeans overshadowing a year of strong demand. Naomi Blohm with Total Farm Marketing says the theme for 2024 was bigger production and bigger supply. She tells [Read More…]

Ag News

Trump selects Vaden to serve as Deputy Secretary of Ag

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Stephen Vaden as the next Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. Vaden served in Trump’s first administration as the General Counsel of the USDA and was a board member of the Commodity [Read More…]

Noem’s budget cut would raise dual credit costs for students

Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota high school students will pay 50% more to take dual credit courses if legislators adopt a budget proposal by Republican Gov. Kristi Noem. Currently, students pay one-third of [Read More…]

Trump election offers possible reprieve for five South Dakotans involved in Jan. 6 riot

John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight Amy Willis says she’s not a criminal. When she entered the U.S. Capitol with a crowd of protesters who’d been urged by Donald Trump to “stop the steal” of the [Read More…]

Sam Darnold and Justin Jefferson lead surging Vikings past Seahawks 27-24

SEATTLE (AP) — Sam Darnold connected with a well-covered Justin Jefferson with 3:51 left for his third TD pass of the game, and the Minnesota Vikings outlasted Geno Smith and the Seattle Seahawks 27-24 on [Read More…]

No. 6 Texas Top Jackrabbits

AUSTIN, Texas – South Dakota State basketball fell to No. 6 Texas 103-57 Sunday afternoon at the Moody Center. The Jackrabbits wrap the non-conference portion of the season with a 10-3 overall record. SDSU finished with [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…]

2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in ‘friendly fire’ incident: Military

The USS Gettysburg on June 29, 2010. Via Chris Jackson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. Navy pilots ejected safely over the Red Sea after their F/A-18 fighter aircraft was mistakenly shot down early Sunday in [Read More…]

5 killed, 200 injured in German Christmas market attack

Car drives into crowd at Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. Via ABC News (LONDON) — At least five people, including a 9-year-old, are now known to have been killed in the vehicle-ramming attack on a [Read More…]

Russian airports disrupted after ‘massive’ overnight drone exchange with Ukraine