Month: January 2025
Ag News
Minnesota farmer optimistic despite challenging 2024
A central Minnesota farmer is optimistic about 2025 despite what he calls a “pretty challenging year” in 2024. Roy Schneider, who farms about 400 acres and raises poultry and cattle near Foley, says last spring [Read More…]
Ag News
Hog futures supported by higher cash business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly lower, and feeders were higher ahead of the week’s direct cash business. Feeders did find support from the mostly lower move in corn. February live cattle [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota expands deep winter greenhouse project
University of Minnesota Extension is working with several farms across the state to increase the scale and effectiveness of deep winter greenhouses. Greg Schweser with the university’s regional sustainable development partnerships says the project brings [Read More…]
ABC World News
Middle East live updates: Israel, Hamas closer to ceasefire than ever before
Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the strip. A latest round of peace talks to end [Read More…]
ABC National News
LA mayor issues housing executive order amid wildfires, crisis
Eric Thayer/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has issued an executive order to rebuild homes and businesses that the city lost in the ongoing LA County fires that overall have [Read More…]
ABC National News
Inmate firefighters: Over 1,000 prisoners deployed to battle Los Angeles fires
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — As brush fires continue to spread across Los Angeles County, more than 1,000 prisoners, working as “incarcerated firefighters,” are among the emergency responders fighting the blazes, [Read More…]
ABC National News
LA fires live updates: Over 30 people remain unaccounted for
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 24 people have died and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Husband arrested for murder after wife’s body found in dumpster
mbbirdy/Getty Images (COOPERSBURG, Pa.) — A man has been arrested in the murder of a New Jersey woman whose body was found in a Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, dumpster over the weekend. Rolando Corte, 42, was charged [Read More…]
ABC National News
Private firefighters spark controversy amid devastating LA fires
Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — Across the Pacific Palisades, where the current Los Angeles wildfires began on Jan. 7, homes and buildings have been reduced to rubble, the once-bucolic neighborhood left [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Men have no place in women’s sports’: House GOP votes to roll back Title IX changes
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House passed the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” which could change Title IX protections and ensure only “biological females” participate versus biological females [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Hegseth grilled about sexual misconduct allegations, view on war crimes
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick for defense secretary, faced senators on Tuesday for a contentious confirmation hearing. Hegseth was grilled by members of the Armed Services Committee on [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Robert De Niro acts opposite himself in new ‘The Alto Knights’ trailer
Warner Bros. Pictures There’s double the Robert De Niro in the new trailer for The Alto Knights. The Oscar winner plays two roles — Vito Genovese and Frank Costello — in the upcoming Warner Bros. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jimmy Kimmel shares emotional monologue on LA fires: ‘It’s been terrible’
ABC Jimmy Kimmel delivered an emotional monologue during the Jan. 13 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! about the “nightmare” situation of the Southern California fires. “As you know, it has been a very scary, very [Read More…]
Ag News
Milk futures mostly higher, cash dairy mostly lower
Milk futures mostly higher, cash dairy mostly lower January Class III milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed 16 cents higher at $20.35. February up 33 at $20.60. March milk up 31 at $20.27. [Read More…]
Ag News
Concerns over beef price sustainability
A central Illinois cattle producer has come concerns over the current price of beef. Chase Brown, who raises cattle in Macon County, says he’s worried about sustainability. “A whole beef can cost anywhere from $2,500 [Read More…]
Ag News
45Z guidance shows positive outlook for the soybean industry
A director with the American Soybean Association says the U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to not allow imported used cooking oil to qualify for the clean fuels tax credit is a huge win for the soybean industry. [Read More…]
Ag News
Boehm stepping down from roles at University of Nebraska IANR
The University of Nebraska has announced a leadership change within the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR). Mike Boehm, who has served in the dual role as vice chancellor and vice president for agriculture [Read More…]
Ag News
Taking a proactive approach to disease management
A Kentucky-based agronomist says planning for effective disease management should be a priority for growers heading into 2025. Josh Johnston with AgriGold says farmers need to take a proactive approach to prevention. “Last year, we battled [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Michelle Obama to skip Trump inauguration
Rob Carr, Pool via AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, her office confirmed to ABC News. “Former President Barack Obama [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Virginia Foxx to be only woman leading House committees in 119th Congress
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx, 81, was tapped by House Speaker Mike Johnson to serve as the chairwoman of the powerful House Rules Committee, two GOP sources told [Read More…]