Month: August 2025
Ag News
A brief return to more seasonal temps for some, for others, a trend towards drier for others
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, with the Rockies and High Plains having the greatest likelihood of experiencing unusually hot weather. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal rainfall across [Read More…]
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ETRIA welcomes a special guest
ETRIA hosted a special guest Tuesday. Masashi Mizobuchi is Consul-General of Japan in Chicago. “I hope my visit will serve an opportunity to build a relationship that will facilitate Japanese trade and investment with this [Read More…]
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California man indicted on drug charges for transporting more than 200 pounds of Meth
A 42-year-old man from Fresno, California has been indicted on two felony counts after he was arrested Friday night transporting 207 pounds of crystal methamphetamine in Sturgis. Attorney General Marty Jackley says case is being [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans up solidly on lower crop estimate
Soybeans were sharply higher on commercial and technical buying. The USDA lowered its production guess with a surprising cut to acreage canceling out a record average yield estimate. The crop still has to make it [Read More…]
ABC World News
Trump, Vance to meet virtually with Zelenskyy ahead of Putin summit
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will take part in a virtual meeting on Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European allies, two U.S. officials [Read More…]
ABC National News
4-year-old girl, her grandfather, Target worker killed in parking lot shooting in Austin: Police
(AUSTIN, Texas) — A 4-year-old girl, her grandfather and a Target employee have been identified as the victims killed in a shooting outside of a Target store in Austin, Texas, according to police. The suspect, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘What’s Happening!!’ star Danielle Spencer dies at 60
Danielle Spencer from ‘What’s Happening!!’ poses for a photo in November 1976, in Los Angeles. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Danielle Spencer, a former child actor best known for her role as Dee in the 1970s [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ heads to select theaters for sing-along event
Still from ‘KPop Demon Hunters.’ (Netflix) Get ready to sing your hearts out and seal the Honmoon with a KPop Demon Hunters sing-along. The hit Netflix animated film is coming to select theaters for one weekend in [Read More…]
Ag News
Big corn and soybean yields expected in MO
The USDA is projecting record average corn and soybean yields in Missouri. In the August USDA report, the agency said the state’s corn crop is expected to be 191 bushels/acre, on average. Drew Lock farms [Read More…]
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Tackling childhood hunger at the MO State Fair
The Drive to Feed Kids, a program addressing childhood food insecurity across the state, is front-and-center at the Missouri State Fair this week. On Tuesday, Missouri FFA members packed more than 177,000 bean and rice [Read More…]
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USDA wheat crop guess a little bit lower than last month
The USDA’s August 2025 all wheat production estimate was just slightly lower than July. The department has combined wheat production at 1.927 billion bushels, 2 million lower than last month on a 4% decline in [Read More…]
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Cattle futures supported by sharply higher boxed beef
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply higher on Tuesday with optimism about the week’s direct business, the sharply higher boxed beef during the session, and the lower move in corn. [Read More…]
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 12, 2025
Sep. corn closed at $3.71 and 1/2, down 13 and 1/2 centsSep. soybeans closed at $10.12 and 3/4, up 21 centsSep. soybean meal closed at $281.40, up 60 centsSep. soybean oil closed at 53.24, up [Read More…]
ABC National News
Documents released on Uvalde massacre show police chief did not follow training on active shooters
Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Two months before a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the school district’s then-police chief was required to attend [Read More…]
ABC National News
Nearly 500 rounds recovered from CDC campus after gunman attack: Officials
Bullet holes are seen in windows at the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) Global Headquarters following a shooting that left two dead, on August 9, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The [Read More…]
ABC World News
Zelenskyy speaks with Trump, says Russia is ‘shifting’ their position on a ceasefire
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is showing signs it may want to end the war after Zelenskyy spoke by phone with President Donald Trump, White House adviser [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Denzel Washington calls A$AP Rocky ‘intelligent,’ ‘amazing young man’
Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Denzel Washington made an appearance on Good Morning America Tuesday, where he discussed his latest film, Highest 2 Lowest. He stars in the movie alongside A$AP Rocky, but he admits he didn’t “spend that much time [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Selena Gomez stars in ‘Only Murders in the Building’ season 5 trailer
Selena Gomez, Martin Short and Steve Martin star in season 5 of ‘Only Murders in the Building.’ (Patrick Harbron/Disney) The trailer for Only Murders in the Building season 5 has arrived. Hulu released the trailer for the fifth season [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Emma Stone on shaving her head for film role: ‘No better feeling in the world’
Emma Stone attends the Los Angeles premiere of A24’s ‘Eddington’ at DGA Theater Complex on June 26, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Monica Schipper/Getty Images) Emma Stone is opening up about how she shaved her head [Read More…]
Ag News
Cotton crop estimate down on month, rice up
The USDA slashed its 2025 U.S. cotton production guess while raising the outlook for rice. Cotton is now seen at a total of 13.214 million bales, including 12.85 million bales of upland cotton, both down [Read More…]