Month: February 2025
Ag News
USDA lowers U.S. wheat ending stocks slightly
The USDA has tightened the domestic balance sheet for wheat, while leaving corn and soybeans unchanged. U.S. wheat ending stocks are seen at 794 million bushels, down 4 million from January due to an increase [Read More…]
Ag News
USAID funding freeze to shutter Soybean Innovation Lab
The director of the Soybean Innovation Lab says the Trump administration’s decision to cease funding for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) projects will hurt soybean farmers. Peter Goldsmith says since 2013 the Soybean Innovation [Read More…]
Ag News
News or lore: you decide
Commentary. The groundhog saw its shadow on the second day of February, so we are all supposed to buckle up and get ready for six more weeks of winter. Have you ever wondered why so [Read More…]
Ag News
Weed specialist says kochia could be problematic for spring planting
A Kansas State University weed specialist says farmers should keep an eye out for the emergence of kochia, an invasive summer annual that can lead to reduced crop yields. Sarah Lancaster tells Brownfield why it [Read More…]
ABC World News
Kremlin riffs on Trump suggestion that Ukrainians may one day be Russian
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov/ Contributor/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov riffed on President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Ukrainians “may be Russians some day,” as both Moscow and Kyiv maneuver for leverage in revived [Read More…]
ABC National News
3 bitter cold winter storms to bring heavy snow, ice
ABC News Illustration (NEW YORK) — At least 26 states are under alerts for snow, ice and flooding as three winter storms cross the country over the next few days. The first storm is moving [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump’s order to scrap the penny doesn’t make ‘cents’: Expert
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As part of his plan to cut alleged federal government waste, President Donald Trump is literally pinching pennies, ordering his Treasury Secretary to stop the U.S. Mint [Read More…]
ABC National News
Court dismisses appeal of Trump’s classified documents case
Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two weeks after the Department of Justice, now under new leadership following Donald Trump’s reelection, moved to dismiss their appeal of Trump’s classified documents case, a circuit court [Read More…]
ABC National News
Off-duty corrections officer killed in ‘targeted’ attack: Police
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — An off-duty corrections officer in Florida was shot and killed in a “targeted attack,” according to police. The incident occurred at 7:32 p.m. when deputies from the Palm [Read More…]
ABC National News
Passenger charged after threatening flight attendants, banging on cockpit door
Airplanes sit parked at gates at Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport/Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (MIAMI) — A New Jersey man was charged with threatening flight passengers, attendants and crew members on a flight from [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Steve Bannon pleads guilty in border wall fraud case, avoids jail time
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Steve Bannon, the confidante of President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding New Yorkers who donated to “We Build the Wall,” an online fundraiser for Trump’s signature [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge orders FBI to release some information in Trump documents case
The J. Edgar Hoover building, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters/ Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has ordered that the FBI must release some records related to its investigation of President Donald [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump says he could withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they reject his Gaza development plan
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is gearing up for potentially contentious meetings with Arab power players this week as President Donald Trump continues to press his plan for what he calls U.S. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Ex-employees say Tom Krause, tapped by Musk to overhaul Treasury, was a ‘hatchet man’
Chip Somodevilla/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Elon Musk ally hired to overhaul the U.S. Department of Treasury has a lengthy record of undertaking hardline reforms in the private sector that demoralized staff [Read More…]
Latest News
DWU announces 2025 Performing Arts Hall of Fame inductees
Dakota Wesleyan University will soon enshrine its second class of honorees into its Performing Arts Hall of Fame. This designation acknowledges the contributions and support of performing arts by alumni and friends of the university. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Kerry Washington, Steven Yeun join Ben Affleck-directed ‘Animals’ and more
Kerry Washington and Steven Yeun are joining Ben Affleck and Gillian Anderson in Animals, a new thriller film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Affleck will direct the film for Netflix, with shooting slated to begin [Read More…]
Ag News
The Importance of Growing Demand Abroad
The U.S. Meat Export Federation is a contractor to the national Beef Checkoff and works to promote and market U.S. products to countries around the globe. In this episode, Bill McLaren, a cattle producer from [Read More…]
Ag News
Bitter cold air on the northern Plains contrasts with near-seasonal temps, weather elsewhere
Across the Corn Belt, mostly dry weather prevails. Snow cover is largely limited to the northern tier of the region, from North Dakota to Michigan. Later Monday, Midwestern high temperatures could rebound to 40°F or [Read More…]
Ag News
Very cold weather ahead to accompany an active pattern for much of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures and near- or above-normal precipitation across most of the country. Warmer-than-normal weather will be limited to parts of the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tom Cruise breathed in his own carbon dioxide while filming ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ scene
Rocket K/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Tom Cruise pushed the limits while doing his own stunts for Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. In an interview with Empire magazine, Cruise said he breathed in his [Read More…]