Month: August 2025
Ag News
Getting more veggies in kids’ diets
Vegetables by Bayer and DNO Produce are teaming up to promote healthy eating habits among school-aged children. Alex DiNovo, president of DNO Produce, says the mission is to increase access, exposure, and education around fresh [Read More…]
Ag News
More nutrition and less food waste
Innovation in plant breeding has allowed companies like Bayer to develop seed solutions that help farmers and consumers. Jenny Maloney, director of external engagement with Bayer Vegetable Seeds, says that’s how Bayer’s High Rise broccoli [Read More…]
Ag News
Research station serves as Michigan’s meeting place
The head of AgroLiquid says the North Central Research Station helps ground test new technologies alongside real-world farm management strategies. Nick Bancroft tells Brownfield the mid-Michigan site has grown to 1,400 acres across nearly 20 [Read More…]
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Smith: Trump administration aware of India’s unfair trade practices with rice
The chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee says the Trump administration is aware of India’s unfair trade practices with rice. Jason Smith from Missouri says a report issued at the beginning of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 mission, dies at 97
Stefanie Keenan/WireImage/Getty Images (LAKE FOREST, Ill) — Jim Lovell, the commander of the famed Apollo 13 mission, has died, according to NASA. He was 97. “We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Texas AG says he’s filed suit to remove 13 absent state Democrats from office in redistricting fight
U.S. Congressional District maps are displayed as the Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting meets to hear invited testimony on Congressional plan C2308 at the Texas State Capitol on August 6, 2025 in Austin, Texas. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Alicia Silverstone shares update on ‘Clueless’ TV show: ‘Really excited about it’
Stacey Dash and Alicia Silverstone walking and talking on their mobile phones in a scene from the film ‘Clueless.'(Paramount Pictures/Getty Images) Alicia Silverstone has shared an update on the Clueless TV series. The actress spoke about what fans [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA issues payment for Additional Payment Program II
Some crop insurance companies will be getting a one-time payment from the USDA for administering specialty crop insurance contracts in 2022 and 2023. Tom Sell works with the Crop Insurance Professionals Association. He tells Brownfield [Read More…]
ABC National News
Sheriff charged with extorting $50,000 from marijuana business in Boston
Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department – Boston, MA (BOSTON) — Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested Thursday on federal extortion charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. Federal prosecutors allege [Read More…]
ABC National News
DOJ seeks to unseal exhibits from grand jury probes into Epstein, Maxwell
New York State Sex Offender Registry (NEW YORK) — The Justice Department is seeking to unseal the exhibits shown to the federal grand juries in New York that indicted Jeffrey Epstein and his former companion [Read More…]
ABC National News
Prosecutors deny violating Luigi Mangione’s health privacy rights
Star Max/GC Images via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors in the state case against Luigi Mangione denied on Friday violating the medical privacy rights of the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer, as his attorneys alleged, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump directs Pentagon to prepare military options to be used against drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to prepare options for the possible use of U.S. military force against drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations, two U.S. officials confirmed to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Texas Democrats face Republican deadline to stop standoff or face consequences
U.S. Congressional District maps are displayed as the Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting meets to hear invited testimony on Congressional plan C2308 at the Texas State Capitol on August 6, 2025 in Austin, Texas. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ issues subpoenas to NY AG Letitia James, including over Trump civil fraud case: Sources
NY Attorney General Letitia James hosts a town hall at SUNY Westchester Community College to hear from residents about the impact of former President Donald Trump’s policies on their lives on May 08, 2025 in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Air Bud Returns’ opens casting call to find basketball-loving golden retriever
The poster for ‘Air Bud Returns.’ (Cineverse, Air Bud Entertainment) Does your dog have what it takes to be the next Air Bud? A nationwide casting call has opened up to find the next golden [Read More…]
Ag News
Pest pressure hitting corn and soybeans
A cropping systems specialist with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says insect pressure has been extremely variable this season. Ron Seymore tells Brownfield western bean cutworm infestations have been unusually high in corn. “The moth flight [Read More…]
Ag News
Cash dairy prices end the week mixed
Cash dairy prices were mixed Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.01 at $0.58. Six sales were recorded, ranging from $0.5750 to $0.58. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0250 at $1.85. [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybean aphids nearing thresholds in northwest Minnesota
A northwest Minnesota farmer tells Brownfield soybean aphid pressure is at or near threshold levels. Blair Hoseth farms near Mahnomen. “We’ve sprayed one field (for aphids), and then we’ve had some in another field. But [Read More…]
Ag News
Weather challenges make putting up hay difficult
Persistently wet weather this summer has frustrated many alfalfa growers, including Jolene Riessen in northwest Iowa. “The deal with the alfalfa is just trying to get it up around the rain showers. It’s been a [Read More…]
ABC World News
UN says Israel’s planned Gaza City military offensive ‘must be immediately halted’
People are seen in smoke after Israel targeted the area near Abbas Junction in western Gaza City, Gaza on August 08, 2025/Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — On the heels of Israel’s security cabinet [Read More…]