Year: 2024
Ag News
Hog future mostly higher heading into Friday
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were up, and feeders were mixed, watching direct business unfold. April live cattle closed $1.60 higher at $185.60 and June lives closed $.75 higher at $181.87. March feeders [Read More…]
Ag News
NCBA Young Cattlemen’s Conference
Brownfield’s Meghan Grebner will participate in the NCBA Young Cattlemen’s Conference May 30 to June 6, 2024, traveling to Colorado, Nebraska, Ohio, and Washington, DC. …
Ag News
Vilsack asks pointed questions in face of farm decline
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack challenged attendees of this morning’s USDA Ag Outlook Forum to consider the consequences of fewer U.S. farms. “Ask yourself whether you’re okay with losing a half million farms in a lifetime. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Fulton County hearing live updates: ‘You’re confused,’ Fani Willis lashes out during hearing with Trump case on the line
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case is set to hear arguments over motions to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, primarily over accusations that [Read More…]
ABC National News
Patrol vehicle of Tennessee deputy who disappeared after making arrest recovered from river
kali9/Getty Images (DECATUR, Tenn.) — The patrol vehicle of a Tennessee deputy who disappeared after making an arrest has been recovered from a river a day after he went missing, authorities said. However, the search for [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 firefighters in critical condition, several others hurt from explosion in Los Angeles
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nine firefighters are injured, including two who are in critical condition, following an explosion in Los Angeles, according to the LA Fire Department. The blast occurred six minutes after 10 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kansas City mass shooting timeline: How the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade ended in tragedy
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Kansas City, Missouri, continues to reel in the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting that rang out at the end of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, authorities are [Read More…]
ABC National News
Gun violence has claimed the lives of almost 5,000 people so far in 2024
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Feb. 14 mass shooting following a parade and rally for the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win has left one person dead and at least 21 others injured, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Special counsel charges FBI confidential source for allegedly providing false derogatory info on President Biden, Hunter Biden
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel David Weiss has charged an FBI confidential source who provided derogatory information about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter to the bureau with felony false statement and obstruction [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
White House confirms Russia developing ‘anti-satellite capability’
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — National security adviser Jake Sullivan was headed to Capitol Hill Thursday to brief House members of the “Gang of 8” congressional leaders on what ABC News first reported, citing sources, was [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Dune: Part Two’ shocker: Anya Taylor-Joy joins ensemble in major role
Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures Just when you thought the star-studded cast of Dune: Part Two couldn’t shine any brighter, it’s now confirmed Anya Taylor-Joy is part of the film’s ensemble. The actress walked the sand-filled red [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Final season of ‘The Umbrella Academy’ to premiere in August
Christos Kalohoridis/Netflix We finally have a premiere date for the end of The Umbrella Academy. The fourth and final season of the Netflix show, which is adapted from the comic book series of the same [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans, corn, wheat fall further
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Soybeans are watching development weather in Argentina and harvest activity in Brazil. The USDA’s updated supply and demand report is out March 8th, while CONAB’s new outlook [Read More…]
Ag News
CME milk futures, cash dairy mixed Thursday
Milk futures and the cash dairy markets were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. February Class III milk was up $0.02 at $16.18. March was down $0.22 at $16.80. April was down $0.17 at $17.13. May was down [Read More…]
Ag News
Bayer pleased with existing stocks order, but wants to ensure farmers have options
The director of stewardship for Bayer says proper use of dicamba is critical to the preservation of the weed control technology. Rob Nixon tells Brownfield the company and growers are working to do things right. [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA acreage estimates aren’t a shock to the grain markets
A market analyst says the planted acreage estimates from USDA at the Ag Outlook Forum haven’t had much of an impact on the grain markets. USDA said U.S. planted corn acres are expected to be [Read More…]
Ag News
More wind events leading to added insurance options for farmers
An increase in damaging wind events across the Midwest has led to more insurance options for farmers. Doug Yoder, crop agency manager for Country Financial, says recent years have provided new challenges for farmers… “There’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
FDA approves first medication to treat severe frostbite
Normand Blouin / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first medication to treat severe frostbite on Wednesday. Aurlumyn, manufactured by Eicos Sciences Inc, is an injection to treat [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two firefighters in critical condition, several others hurt from explosion in Los Angeles
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seven firefighters are injured, including two who are in critical condition, following an explosion in Los Angeles, according to the LA Fire Department. The blast occurred when the firefighters [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kansas City Chiefs parade mass shooting stemmed from dispute, two juveniles detained
Kansas City police are seen at Union Station, where a shooting broke out during the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Glenn E. Rice/The Kansas City Star/Tribune [Read More…]