Year: 2024
Ag News
Southern Illinois land market holding steady
Owners of a southern Illinois reality firm say the region’s land market is holding steady. Brad Chandler, with Property Peddler, Inc., which has four locations across the area, tells Brownfield, “I kind of thought 2023 [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmland market softening continues
Pictured: David Widmar with Agricultural Economic Insights at the 2024 NAFB Convention in Kansas City (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) An ag economist says a few factors have caused the farmland market to show signs of [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota Farm Bureau cautiously optimistic about sustainable aviation fuel
Sustainable aviation fuel is generating a lot of interest as an emerging market for crops. But Minnesota Farm Bureau vice president Carolyn Olson says a lot of uncertainty remains. “Surrounding some of the tax credits [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail
Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images Judge Arun Subramanian ruled to deny bail for Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday. Both federal prosecutors and Combs’ attorneys submitted their final letters about whether the music mogul should be allowed out [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Moana’ star says people should stop making fun of Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo’s teary ‘Wicked’ press tour
Theo Wargo/Getty Images The Wicked promotional run has become the press tour that has spawned a thousand memes, as stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were seen constantly tearing up, full-out crying and being dramatic [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Margot Robbie hopes ‘Babylon’ will be this generation’s ‘The Shawshank Redemption’
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Margot Robbie is waiting for the world to catch up on Babylon. On a recent episode of the Talking Pictures podcast, host Ben Mankiewicz told Robbie he kept wondering, “Why don’t people like [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What to know about the Amazon strike planned for Black Friday
Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BERLIN) — Workers for the largest online retailer in the world are planning to go on strike during one of the busiest shopping weekends of the holiday season. Amazon employees [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Sites of 2026 FIFA World Cup pose heat stress threats for players at various North American locations
SasinT Gallery/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Extreme heat could pose a significant threat to players and spectators at the next World Cup, according to climate and medical experts. The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup will [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden says he hopes Trump rethinks tariffs, is thankful for ‘peaceful transition’
US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he visits the Nantucket Fire Department in Nantucket, Massachusetts on November 28, 2024. Biden and family are in Nantucket, Massachusetts for the Thanksgiving holiday. (Photo by Mandel [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Mexico’s president says its ‘position is not to close borders’ in response to Trump’s claim
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, President of Mexico, speaks during the National Agreement for the Human Right to Water and Sustainability, held at the Ecological Park of Xochimilco. on November 25, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo [Read More…]
ABC National News
Northern lights could be visible from New York City, other US locations over Thanksgiving weekend
Andrew Chin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Once millions of Americans living in the Northern U.S. have had their fill of turkey, sides and pie, they could be treated with a dazzling event that could light [Read More…]
ABC National News
Democratic members of Congress get bomb threats on Thanksgiving
Daniel SLIM / AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The homes of multiple Democratic members of Congress in Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day. Reps. Joe Courtney, Jahana Hayes, Jim Himes, and [Read More…]
ABC National News
California Cybertruck crash results in fatalities and an injury
KGO (PIEDMONT, CA) — Three people were killed and one was seriously injured when their Tesla Cybertruck crashed in Piedmont, California, according to police. Just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday, police received a collision alert [Read More…]
ABC National News
Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for interrupting Thanksgiving parade
ozgurdonmaz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested for blocking the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Thursday. For the second year in a row, the demonstrators jumped the barriers and [Read More…]
ABC National News
How to survive political talk at Thanksgiving dinner
GMVozd/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s Thanksgiving, you’re enjoying your favorite foods at the dinner table, when a family member brings up who they voted for in the 2024 presidential election. Arguments ensue. The food [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: IDF fires on ‘suspects’ in south Lebanon
Mahmoud Zayyat via Getty Images (LONDON) — A ceasefire went into effect at 4 a.m. local time Wednesday morning after Israel’s Cabinet approved the U.S.-backed proposal to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah after [Read More…]
ABC World News
Plane carrying Americans wrongfully jailed in China lands on US soil
Bring Our Families Home (NEW YORK) — Three Americans who the State Department said were wrongfully detained in China for years are back on U.S. soil as part of a prisoner swap, a senior U.S. [Read More…]
Ag News
Females in Food turns 5
A networking organization is working to close the gender gap in leadership positions throughout the food supply chain. Females in Food President Alyssa Badger tells Brownfield, “Eighty percent of food buying decisions globally are made [Read More…]
Ag News
Watching the farm bill in the lame duck
The executive director of the Plant Based Product Council says finalizing a farm bill before the end of the year is becoming increasingly difficult. James Glueck is also the former policy director for Senate Ag [Read More…]
Ag News
Turkey prices are expected to decline 30 percent this year
The head of a state poultry group is encouraging consumers to stock up on turkey before the avian influenza outbreak impacts the supply chain. Bill Mattos with the California Poultry Federation says retail turkey prices [Read More…]