Month: March 2025
Exports top of mind for Minnesota Pork Producers president
The president of the Minnesota Pork Producers Association welcomes the renewal of certificates allowing more U.S. pork exports to China. Todd Selvik says over 300 U.S. pork harvesting and cold storage facilities have regained access [Read More…]
Proper planter set-up can make a big yield difference
A field agronomist says research shows there can be a big difference in yields just by making a few changes on the planter. Joey Heneghan with Beck’s Hybrids tells Brownfield changing the smooth rubber closing [Read More…]
Farmers to EPA: release RVOs on time
The administrator of the U.S. EPA said the agency is taking a closer look at how often Renewable Volume Obligations are adjusted under the Renewable Fuel Standard. Lee Zeldin told farmers at a Missouri roundtable [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: March 19, 2025
May corn closed at $4.62, up 3 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $10.08 and 1/4, down 4 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $297.70, down $2.20May soybean oil closed at 42.36, down 18 [Read More…]
Soybeans, wheat see midweek losses
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. The trade continues to monitor harvest activity in South America which is advancing in Argentina and nearing the 75% mark for Brazil. The USDA’s next supply, demand, [Read More…]
Israeli forces resume ground operations in Gaza, IDF says
Martin Pope/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — Israel has resumed “focused ground operations” in the “center of the Gaza Strip” over the past 24 hours, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Israeli forces have [Read More…]
Crowdfunding campaign raises over $100,000 for Connecticut man held captive in home for 20 years
A woman was charged for allegedly holding her “severely emaciated” stepson in captivity for over 20 years, since he was 11 years old, and forcing him to endure “prolonged abuse, starvation, severe neglect, and inhumane [Read More…]
Residents told to ‘leave now’ as wildfires threaten Oklahoma towns
ABC News (NORMAN, Okla.) — Winds of up to 75 mph were fanning multiple fast-moving Oklahoma wildfires on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation orders for towns in the path of the flames, officials said. Firefighters are battling blazes [Read More…]
Ana de Armas comes face-to-face with Keanu Reeves’ John Wick in ‘Ballerina’ trailer
Murray Close Ana de Armas joins the John Wick universe in the new trailer for Ballerina. In the trailer, which Lionsgate released Wednesday, de Armas stars as a trained killer hunting for vengeance. Len Wiseman [Read More…]
Ethanol production rebounds
U.S. ethanol production bounced back last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production 1.105 million barrels per day, rising 43,000 on the week and 59,000 on the year. That increase in production can be [Read More…]
Man seen with missing Pittsburgh student trying to obtain new passport, lawyers say
ABC News (PITTSBURGH) — Joshua Riibe, the 22-year-old Minnesota college student who was with University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki the night she went missing on a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic, is trying to [Read More…]
Judge calls out military’s history of discrimination in blocking Trump’s transgender soldier ban
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban transgender people from military service continues an unfortunate history of the armed services excluding marginalized people from the “privilege of serving,” a [Read More…]
Trump administration escalates legal battle over alleged gang member deportations
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A day after a federal judge ordered the Justice Department to provide details about two deportation flights to El Salvador over the weekend, the Trump administration is escalating its legal battle against [Read More…]
Trump to speak with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after Putin rebuffs 30-day ceasefire plan
om Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday as talks continue to try to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Their conversation came one day [Read More…]
In brief: Darren Aronofsky in talks to direct ‘Cujo’ remake for Netflix and more
The Buccaneers season 2 now has a release date. The second season of the Apple TV+ series will premiere on the streamer on June 18. First-look photos of the new season dropped on Tuesday, showing [Read More…]
Confidence in Asgrow® Soybeans
When farmers select soybean products to plant each season, high-yield potential and effective weed control are among their top considerations. In this episode of Managing for Profit, DEKALB® Asgrow® Technical Agronomist, Jim McDermott of Iowa, [Read More…]
Feed the Future Innovation Lab operations to be suspended at KSU
Kansas State University recently announced operations will be suspended at its two Feed the Future Innovation Labs on April 12th. In a press release, the university says the innovation labs have helped feed the world [Read More…]
Rollins says USDA’s plan to address HPAI is working
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the work the Trump administration is doing to address highly pathogenic avian influenza is working. “The market reacted very positively to being bold and to having a big plan to [Read More…]
Brian Eliason Named Head Girls’ Golf Coach at Mitchell School District
MITCHELL, SD — Brian Eliason has been appointed as the new head coach for the Mitchell School District girls’ golf team, succeeding Jeff Meyerink, who is now the head golf coach at Dakota Wesleyan University. [Read More…]
Russian drone hits Ukraine hospital after Putin, Trump discuss possible ceasefire
(LONDON) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said overnight missile and drone attacks launched by Russia showed that Moscow’s claimed support for a ceasefire in Ukraine is not “real.” Ukrainian authorities reported airstrikes in several regions of [Read More…]
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