Year: 2024
Ag News
November milk production down slightly
USDA says milk production in the 24 major producing states was down 0.8% from a year ago. The November production totaled 17.2 billion pounds. Nationwide, production was down 1% at 17.9 billion pounds. The number [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag banker predicting a credit culture shift for farm businesses
An ag banker says he expects a credit culture shift for farm businesses looking at renewals. Barry Benson, Vice President of Agribusiness Banking with Nebraska-based First National Bank of Omaha, tells Brownfield lower commodity [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Potential government shutdown impacts: Millions of federal workers at risk of furlough
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If Congress fails to pass the continuing resolution to fund the government by Saturday, millions of federal workers could head into the holidays without paychecks. They could be [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump threatens government shutdown unless debt limit demand met, blames Biden if it happens
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday took credit for killing the House Republican-proposed government funding bill, telling ABC News there will be a government shutdown unless Congress eliminates or extends the limit on [Read More…]
ABC National News
UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest: Luigi Mangione faces federal charges including stalking, murder
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is charged in a four-count federal criminal complaint with stalking, murder through the use of a firearm and [Read More…]
ABC National News
FAA temporarily bans drones in parts of New Jersey, notice threatens ‘deadly force’ for ‘imminent security threat’
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ban on drone operations in several areas of New Jersey until Jan. 17, unless operators are granted special permission from the government [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ former chief adviser, surrenders on criminal charges
Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the former chief adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, surrendered at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on Thursday morning to face criminal charges. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Court disqualifies Fani Willis from Georgia election case against Trump, but indictment still stands
Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump and his co-defendants in their election interference case. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Abandoned oil and gas wells in US bring fears of leak dangers, ABC News investigation finds
This illustration shows the locations where ABC News tested abandoned oil and gas wells for leaks; ABC News (WEST TEXAS, Texas) — Rancher Laura Briggs rises early to care for the livestock scattered across her [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan smile in new look from ‘Peaky Blinders’ set
ROBERT VIGLASKY/Netflix Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan are all smiles in a new photo from the Peaky Blinders film set. The pair, co-starring in the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie, grinned together while dressed in the [Read More…]
Ag News
Grain surplus overshadows year of strong demand
A market analyst sees a surplus of corn and soybeans overshadowing a year of strong demand. Naomi Blohm is senior market advisor with Total Farm Marketing. “The theme has been bigger production, bigger supply. Demand [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn, soybean export sales up on week, below average
The USDA says corn and soybean export sales were up during the week ending December 12th. The week-to-week increases for beans, corn, and a few other key commodities were due to some buyers trying to [Read More…]
Ag News
ODA announces $6 million in farmland preservation
The director of Ohio’s Department of Agriculture says the agency is committed to preserving the state’s farmland. Brian Baldridge says an additional $6 million was recently allocated to 42 groups across the state. “As far [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn stunt disease expanded U.S. presence in 2024
An extension specialist with the University of Missouri says corn stunt disease expanded its presence in the U.S. in 2024. Mandy Bish says the disease is carried by the corn leaf hopper. “We’ve been able [Read More…]
Ag News
A dynamic feature impacts the northeastern U.S.; a more active pattern ahead in the West, South
A dynamic storm system currently crossing the upper Midwest will race southeastward, reaching the middle Atlantic Coast late Friday. Thereafter, most of the atmospheric energy will remain offshore, although snowy, breezy weather may graze the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Court disqualifies Willis from Georgia election case against Trump, but indictment still stands
Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA, Ga.) — The Georgia Court of Appeals has disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump and his co-defendants in their election interference case. [Read More…]
ABC National News
UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest:Luigi Mangione waiving extradition, will be transported to New York
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is waiving extradition and will be transported to New York in short order. Mangione was remanded to the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Holiday travel: Busiest times to fly, drive this Christmas and New Year’s
martin-dm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Christmas and New Year’s holiday period is expected to be the busiest on record for both air and road travel, according to AAA — continuing this year’s trend where every major [Read More…]
ABC National News
CVS knowingly dispensed ‘massive’ amount of invalid opioid prescriptions: DOJ lawsuit
jetcityimage/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The largest pharmacy chain in America is accused of “unlawfully dispensing massive quantities of opioids and other controlled substances to fuel its own profits at the expense of public health and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate Republicans weigh in on new government funding challenges as clock ticks
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President-elect Donald Trump’s comments tanking House Speaker Mike Johnson’s short-term government funding bill sent House Republicans into a tailspin Wednesday night, Senate Republicans were left to try to make [Read More…]