Year: 2024
ABC Business News
What’s driving the bitcoin surge? Experts weigh in.
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Bitcoin is on a tear. The largest cryptocurrency has soared more than 20% over the last four days, approaching an all-time high. By contrast, the S&P 500 has dropped slightly [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Will Forte sounds off on “incredible” but shelved ‘Coyote Vs. Acme’ movie
Kyle Rivas/Getty Images After Warner Bros. reportedly shelved its live-action/animated cartoon Coyote Vs. Acme, another one of its stars is sounding off. On X, formerly Twitter, Will Forte wrote to the movie’s cast and crew, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Dwayne Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence and more announced as Oscar presenters
ABC/AMPAS On Thursday, the producers of the 96th Academy Awards telecast announced another round of presenters. Among them are Dwayne Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, Kate McKinnon, John Mulaney, Catherine O’Hara, Bad Bunny and Ramy Youssef. Also [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Kick-A**’ universe kicks off again with ‘The Stuntman’
Samir Hussein/WireImage The skewed-superhero movie universe of the 2010 movie Kick-A** is rolling on. Variety reports Argylle director Matthew Vaughn is producing The Stuntman and the as-yet-unreleased School Fight, the next chapters of the film [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nicole Richie, Simone Joy Jones star in teaser for ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’ remake
Iconic Events The era of ’90s remakes continues as a new teaser has dropped for a remake of the 1991 comedy Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead. A teaser for the 2024 version, which was [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA ag indices decline in January
The USDA ag prices indices dipped to start 2024. The index of prices received for January was 1.4% lower than in December on declines for corn, soybeans, milk, and lemons, which canceled out rises in [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan FFA: 8,800+ members & growing
The Michigan FFA Association is seeing the benefits of increased emphasis on career and technical training pathways. “We’re definitely growing—the number of chapters and number of advisors and the number of members are all on [Read More…]
Ag News
Middle East shipping disruptions could ignite fertilizer prices
A combustible situation in the Middle East could ignite fertilizer prices. StoneX vice president of fertilizer Josh Linville says following a missile attack on a British container vessel transporting fertilizer in the waters of the [Read More…]
Ag News
Cover crops up and growing in Illinois
Cover crop usage in the state of Illinois is up. The 2022 Census of Agriculture shows Illinois farmers have planted more than 880,000 acres of cover crops. East central Illinois farmer Dirk Rice, who plants a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Oprah Winfrey leaving WeightWatchers board after weight loss drug admission
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Oprah Winfrey has parted ways with WeightWatchers after nearly 10 years on the company’s board of directors, two months after her admission in December that she used a prescription medication to help her lose [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
96th annual Academy Awards, by the numbers
ABC/AMPAS The 96th annual Academy Awards are on Sunday, March 10, and with that in mind, the financial wonks at WalletHub took a dive into the numbers behind Hollywood’s biggest night. For example, according to [Read More…]
Ag News
Sorghum export sales hit marketing year high
The USDA says the week ending February 22nd was another mixed week for U.S. export sales. Business continues to show the impact on trade from the strength of the dollar relative to other currencies, which [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag industry feeling effect of H-2A changes
Last year the U.S. Department of Labor instituted several rule changes to the H-2A visa program, and those changes are impacting farmers. Illinois Farm Bureau president, Brian Duncan says the eight new rules, specifically surrounding [Read More…]
Ag News
Temps recovering on the Plains; some beneficial moisture southern sections
Across the Corn Belt, cool, dry weather prevails. Thursday morning’s minimum temperatures dipped below 10°F in the upper Great Lakes region, with scattered sub-zero readings. Early-week upper Midwestern snow, which in North Dakota totaled 3.7 [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmers attending Commodity Classic concerned about tighter margins
Farmers attending Commodity Classic are concerned about tighter margins in 2024. Ryan Mackenthun grows corn and soybeans in central Minnesota and says crop budgets look a lot different compared to the past few years. “We’re [Read More…]
Ag News
Don’t turnout cattle too soon
Unseasonably warm temperatures have led to a “green up” of pastures. University of Illinois Extension beef specialist, Travis Meteer says producers may want to turn cattle out now, but they should be patient… “If we [Read More…]
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The “Deeds” are done
After 29 years and two months, Deb Young has registered her last deed in Davison County…… Young took office in 1995…. And ran unopposed seven times…. Davison County Commissioners will appoint her [Read More…]
ABC World News
Former ballerina detained in Russia has appeal denied in Siberian court
ABC News LONDON — A court in Siberia denied on Thursday the appeal of Ksenia Karelina, a dual American-Russian citizen, who appeared via video link to appeal her detention on charges of treason. Karelina, 33, [Read More…]
ABC World News
France again floats idea of sending non-combat troops to Ukraine
ABC News LONDON — France’s foreign minister has suggested that Western countries should be considering the idea that NATO troops should perhaps be deployed to Ukraine in non-combat roles to assist Ukraine. Foreign Minister Stéphane [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ghana’s parliament passes controversial new anti-LGBTQ bill
ABC News LONDON — Ghana’s parliament has passed a controversial new anti-LGBTQ bill following months of debate that could make it illegal to identify as a citizen of the LGBTQ in the West African nation. [Read More…]