Month: February 2025
ABC Politics News
Zelenskyy meets with bipartisan group of senators ahead of tense White House exchange
Photo by TETIANA DZHAFAROVA/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of bipartisan senators met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday morning ahead of the tense exchange between the Ukrainian leader, President Donald Trump and Vice [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats dismayed, Republicans applaud after White House says Trump kicked out Zelenskyy
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans on Friday were nearly unanimous in their praise of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance after they and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a fiery [Read More…]
Ag News
Another delay for Beneficial Ownership Information filing
Attorneys following the Corporate Transparency Act say the on-again-off again deadline to file Beneficial Ownership Information reports is off again. Iqan Fadaei and Christopher Seamster represent businesses including farms at the Michael Best law firm. Fadaei [Read More…]
Ag News
EPA set to give Ohio, South Dakota another year for E15
The EPA says it plans to give Midwestern states an extra year to prepare for permanent year-round E15 fuel sales. South Dakota and Ohio have asked for a one-year extension to remove the 1-psi volatility [Read More…]
Ag News
More details needed for USDA’s HPAI plan
The executive vice president of the Poultry Federation says USDA’s new approach to combat Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is good, but a few more details are needed. Blake Rollins tells Brownfield “getting the operation back [Read More…]
Ag News
MOFB healthcare plan being considered again in legislature
Legislation allowing Missouri Farm Bureau to offer a healthcare plan to its members is being considered a third time in the state legislature. The effort fell short again in the Missouri Senate last year, but [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 28, 2025
Mar. corn closed at $4.53 and 1/2, down 11 and 1/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $10.11 and 1/2, down 11 and 1/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $291.70, up 80 centsMar. soybean oil closed at [Read More…]
ABC National News
Drug lord accused of DEA agent’s murder appears in US court: ‘We have waited 40 years for this day’
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 100 Drug Enforcement Administration agents packed a New York City federal courtroom Friday for the arraignment of the alleged mastermind behind the 1985 murder of Enrique [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man convicted of hate crime in fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy
ABC News (ILLINOIS) — An Illinois man has been convicted of murder and hate crime charges in the 2023 fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy. Wadee Alfayoumi was stabbed 26 times and his mother more than [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Transgender military members react to ‘jarring’ Pentagon memo
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Transgender service members are fighting back against the Pentagon’s recent announcement requiring the separation of transgender people from the military. Lt. Cmdr. Geirid Morgan has served in the Navy for 14 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Miley Cyrus, Miles Teller announced as final 97th Oscars presenters
TheStewartofNY/WireImage via Getty Images, Arturo Holmes/Getty Images Miley Cyrus and Miles Teller have been announced as the final presenters for the 97th Academy Awards. In a post shared to Instagram on Friday, the academy shared [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Madame Web,’ ‘Megalopolis’ take home 2025 Razzies ‘wins’
Hector Vivas/Getty Images The “winners” for the 2025 Razzies have been announced. The Golden Raspberry Awards, also known as The Razzies, honor the worst films released in a given year and are voted on by [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy operator pleased with Plenish soybeans
A young, Wisconsin dairyman says Plenish soybeans from Pioneer are causing him to alter his operation. Evan Schrauth from Cloven View Holsteins in Fond du Lac County says 2024 was his first experience feeding the [Read More…]
Ag News
Record ag imports push trade deficit to new levels
The USDA has again raised the agriculture trade deficit for 2025 to a record $49 billion as Americans continue to import more products. Ag imports are expected to increase by more than $13 billion above [Read More…]
Ag News
January USDA price indices up on month
The USDA’s indices of prices received and paid moved higher in January. The index of prices received was up 2.1% from December on gains in cattle, milk, broilers, and market eggs, which canceled out losses [Read More…]
Ag News
Concerns over NOAA & NWS cuts
The chief science fellow with Nutrien Ag Solutions says staffing cuts at the National Weather Service could have an impact on forecasting capabilities. Eric Snodgrass tells Brownfield, “When you consume weather in the United States, [Read More…]
Ag News
Cash dairy prices steady to lower Friday
Cash dairy prices were steady to lower Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was down $0.0150 at $0.51. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0950 at $1.7750. Four sales were [Read More…]
ABC World News
Key takeaways: Tempers flare as Trump, Vance confront Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Ukraine’s future in the balance, a high-stakes meeting on Friday between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy devolved into a shouting match. The stunning exchange, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope has ‘sudden worsening’ of respiratory condition: Vatican
Candles and messages of healing for Pope Francis are laid at the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli hospital where the Pope is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on February 26, 2025. (Photo [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Many of them will die’: Hammer drops on USAID with organizations left reeling
Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a month of fits and starts, a final hammer came down on the U.S. Agency for International Development on Wednesday night when the State Department, which had previously said [Read More…]