Month: January 2025
Ag News
Rethinking land rental strategies in 2025
Farmers should rethink some strategies to improve profitability in 2025. University of Illinois farm management specialist Gary Schnitkey says farmers should consider today’s economic conditions when making decisions about cash rents. “In particular, renting land at [Read More…]
Ag News
Red meat outlooks up, poultry and eggs down
The USDA raised its 2025 red meat production outlooks, while cutting the guesses for poultry and eggs. Beef production is now seen at 25.79 billion pounds, up 125 million from December on higher slaughter levels [Read More…]
Ag News
Cotton, rice production both grow
The U.S. produced more cotton and rice in 2024 than 2023. The USDA says upland cotton production was 13.946 million bales, up 2.196 million on the year and above December’s projection, with increased harvested area [Read More…]
Ag News
Hemp growers eyeing farm bill discussions
The president of the Illinois Hemp Growers Association says the extension of the 2018 Farm Bill means their industry can continue to flourish under current federal regulations. Rachel Berry says the hemp industry is closely [Read More…]
ABC World News
Scientists were shocked by how warm it was in 2023. The following year was even hotter
Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (LONDON) — How warm was 2024? By March, just three months into the year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had already estimated a 55% chance that 2024 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Vince McMahon to pay $1.7 million for failing to disclose settlements
Ethan Miller/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Vince McMahon, the former head of WWE, will pay $1.7 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to disclose two settlements he had with employees while he [Read More…]
ABC National News
Passengers evacuate plane on slides after Delta flight aborts takeoff
Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Hundreds of passengers were forced to evacuate on slides during a snowstorm after their Delta flight aborted takeoff from Atlanta due to an engine issue Friday morning, the [Read More…]
ABC National News
California fires live updates: Looks like ‘atomic bomb dropped,’ sheriff says
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 10 people are believed to be dead — with the Los Angeles County sheriff saying he expects that number to rise — as [Read More…]
ABC Health News
California wildfires can take mental health toll on residents, firefighters
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — As devastating wildfires continue to spread across southern California, thousands of structures have been destroyed or damaged and at least five people have been killed. Residents and firefighters have suffered physical [Read More…]
Latest News
Former South Dakota Corrections Department employee sentenced
The South Dakota Attorney General’s Office is reporting a former Department of Corrections employee has been sentenced after earlier pleading guilty to crimes involving a prison inmate. 22 year old Madyson Bixby of Sioux Falls [Read More…]
Latest News
Klock Werks is on a roll heading into 2025
A Mitchell-based business with a solid international influence surpassed its 2024 goal and then some. Klock Werks president Brian Klock got the good news in October. “That number was already better than my 2025 goal,” [Read More…]
ABC National News
California fires live updates: LA sheriff says city looks like ‘atomic bomb dropped’
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 10 people are believed to be dead — with the Los Angeles County sheriff saying he expects that number to rise — as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump sentencing live updates: Judge sentences Trump to unconditional discharge
(Photo by Justin Lane-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday morning in his New York hush money case after a jury in May convicted him on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records [Read More…]
ABC National News
US hiring grows at robust pace, indicating Trump will inherit healthy economy
The Federal Reserve Board Building. Via Douglas Rissing/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. hiring grew at a robust pace in December, far exceeding economists’ expectations and demonstrating the health of the nation’s economy days before it [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Colman Domingo to star in Edgar Wright’s ‘The Running Man’ and more
CBS has postponed the premiere of the revamped Hollywood Squares due to the devastating wildfires raging in Southern California, according to Variety. The show, which features Drew Barrymore in the center square, was originally scheduled [Read More…]
Ag News
Mostly bearish week for U.S. export sales
The USDA says export sales during the week ending January 2nd were generally bearish, largely due to it being a holiday week. Corn, soybeans, wheat, and rice all hit marketing year lows, with sorghum seeing [Read More…]
Ag News
Economist concerned potential tariffs could hinder trade
An economist is concerned how potential new tariffs could hinder trade in 2025. Ernie Goss, with Creighton University, tells Brownfield President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed universal tariffs of 10 to 20% create a lot of economic [Read More…]
Ag News
Recapping 2024: Field Insights to Apply in 2025
There are some risk factors for both above and below-ground loss of nitrogen. On this episode of the Nitrogen Corner, an agronomy expert with Koch Agronomic Services says the key is to understand the risk [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan faces overnight egg price increases with cage-free requirements
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director says the state’s egg industry has been preparing for cage-free requirements for nearly two decades despite recent supply chain shocks. Tim Boring tells Brownfield legislation passed [Read More…]
ABC National News
Solid growth expected in last jobs report before Trump presidency
The Federal Reserve Board Building. Via Douglas Rissing/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A jobs report to be released on Friday will provide a key gauge of the nation’s economic health, just days before the inauguration of [Read More…]