Year: 2024
Ag News
Fall a good time to look for weed resistance
Herbicide-resistant weeds could be making their presence known this fall. Corteva Agriscience Enlist field specialist Mark Mongen says weed resistance can develop quickly or slowly depending on the weed species and other factors. “If conditions [Read More…]
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Army Corps to close Minneapolis locks on Upper Mississippi
A dry fall is resulting in the early closure of two locks along the Upper Mississippi River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday they are closing the Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and [Read More…]
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Mixed end to the week for soybeans, corn
Soybeans were mostly modestly lower, pulling the most active months to slight weekly losses. Beans were up early but peeled back in cautious trade with bean oil moving down from its highs. With the U.S. [Read More…]
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Policies like 45Z will likely make or break SAF market opportunities
Federal policy will likely make or break market opportunities for sustainable aviation fuel production. CoBank economist Jacqui Fatka says SAF could generate demand for domestic grains and oilseeds similar to the ethanol and renewable diesel [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Check out first look at Barry Keoghan in ‘Peaky Blinders’ movie
ROBERT VIGLASKY PHOTOGRAPHY Netflix has released its first look at Barry Keoghan in the new Peaky Blinders movie. The photo features Keoghan’s character sporting the signature Peaky Blinders cap as he leans out the window [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ gets action-packed new trailer
Lucasfilm Ltd. Jude Law leads a ragtag group of kids in the action-packed new trailer for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. The new clip, released Friday, features Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), KB (Kyriana [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US hiring slows but hurricane fallout blurs findings
Via e U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (WASHINGTON) — U.S. hiring slowed in October, but fallout from hurricanes and labor strikes likely caused an undercount of the nation’s workers. A fresh jobs report marked the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
2024 election updates: Trump uses violent rhetoric to attack ‘war hawk’ Liz Cheney
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With four days until Election Day, Kamala Harris is attacking Donald Trump for saying Wednesday night in Wisconsin that, against his advisers’ advice, he is going to keep [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Liz Cheney hits back at Trump’s violent rhetoric: ‘This is how dictators destroy free nations’
ABC/Richard Harbaugh (WASHNIGTON) — Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney is firing back at Donald Trump after the former president darkly suggested Cheney be put in the line of fire as he criticized her as a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Election fact check: Trump, Harris on transgender issues
Miguel Sotomayor/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Millions of dollars from Republican groups and figures are being poured into anti-transgender ads criticizing policies that support the trans community, despite these issues being among the least important concerns [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Poll watchers: Republicans tout ‘deterrence’ as election officials fear vigilantism
Jeff Fuller, a retired Army special forces officer and self-described “2020 election denier,” trains GOP poll watchers in Prince William County, Virginia. Image via ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Deep distrust in the American election system [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump wants a mass deportation program. How much could it cost?
grandriver/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has vowed, if he’s elected, to conduct a large-scale deportation operation that some immigration and military experts agree is theoretically possible but also problematic, and could cost [Read More…]
ABC National News
Daniel Penny trial: Opening statements begin Friday as protesters gather outside
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny “used far too much force for far too long” and though he may be an “honorable veteran” and “nice young man,” he was reckless with Jordan Neely’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mom, daughter shot dead by home intruder in New Jersey
WPVI (WILLINGBORO, N.J.) — Police are searching for the gunman who shot and killed a mother and daughter during a home invasion in New Jersey. Catherine Nunez, 33, and her mother, Marisol Nunez, 54. were [Read More…]
ABC National News
Clubhouses offer potential solutions for those with severe mental illness
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When Jordan Neely boarded the subway on May 1, 2023, he was homeless, ranting about having nothing to eat or drink and said he was willing to die, according to [Read More…]
ABC National News
At least 2 killed, 6 injured in Orlando Halloween night shooting
kali9/Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — At least two people are dead and six others have been injured in a Halloween night shooting in downtown Orlando, police said. Police in Orlando, Florida, first received reports of [Read More…]
ABC National News
DNA on beer can helped lead to suspect in brutal campsite killing: Sheriff
Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office in Bozeman, Montana. Via Google Maps Street View (BIG SKY, Mont.) — A Montana man has been charged in the killing of a fellow camper that was so brutal it was [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: 6 paramedics killed in Lebanon
Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces conducted what it called “precise strikes on military targets” in Iran on Friday in response to the Iranian missile strikes earlier this month. Meanwhile, [Read More…]
Ag News
Under Secretary Taylor continues to monitor GMO corn dispute with Mexico
USDA Under Secretary Alexis Taylor says she’s optimistic there will be a favorable outcome in Mexico’s GMO corn dispute. “We’re still on track to have that final panel decision by the end of the year. [Read More…]
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Iowa farmer says 2024 corn crop was worst she’s ever raised
A north-central Iowa farmer says the 2024 harvest has been disappointing. “Last year I had the best crop I’ve ever had in corn and this year I had the worst.” April Hemmes tells Brownfield it [Read More…]