Year: 2025

Where are farmers cutting expenses?
Two Ohio farmers are taking a hard look at where they can cut costs ahead of the upcoming growing season. Northeast Ohio farmer Owen Niese says one of the biggest costs for his farm is [Read More…]

Walz announces 2025 infrastructure plan
Governor Walz has introduced his 2025 infrastructure plan. Walz says his bonding bill expands on last year’s significant work and makes strategic investments to keep Minnesotans safe and healthy. “Heavily focused on maintaining what we [Read More…]

Keeping hogs comfortable during cold spells
Pictured: Brownfield’s Brent Barnett (left) interviews southeast Iowa farmer Matt Gent at the 2025 Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines A southeast Iowa hog farmer says advancements in on-farm technology have helped producers manage bitter [Read More…]

National Pork Board leaders discuss H5N1 preparedness
Pictured: Bill Even, CEO of the National Pork Board, at the 2025 Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) Some members of the pork industry say they’re closely monitoring highly pathogenic avian [Read More…]

Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (SEATTLE) — A federal judge in Seattle has signed a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday heard a request [Read More…]

Nashville school shooting suspect’s social media linked to Madison school shooter’s social media: Sources
Metro Nashville Police Department (NASHVILLE) — A social media account connected to the Nashville high school shooting suspect may have been in contact with the suspected Madison, Wisconsin, school shooter’s social media account, according to law enforcement sources. Solomon [Read More…]

DOJ orders federally funded legal service providers to stop providing support at immigration courts
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice, under new leadership following the inauguration of Donald Trump, has told legal service providers who receive federal funding to stop providing legal orientation and other [Read More…]

California fires live updates: New LA County fire explodes to over 10,000 acres
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 28 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across Southern California. Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across 45 square [Read More…]

Trump’s proposed mass deportation plan has some Texas schools on high alert
School districts prep students and families for possible mass deportations. ABC News (SOUTH TEXAS, Texas) — President Donald Trump has threatened mass deportations of immigrants, potentially expanding the “expedited removal” program to conduct raids in neighborhoods [Read More…]

Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump makes tariff threat to economic leaders
CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more. Trump can be expected to talk [Read More…]

Trump’s definition of ‘male,’ ‘female’ criticized by medical and legal experts
Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On his first day back in office on Monday, President Trump issued an executive order declaring that the U.S. government would only recognize a person’s sex assigned [Read More…]

Security breach at US Capitol: ABC News exclusive
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Massachusetts man was found to be carrying a gun after attending a tour of the U.S. Capitol as he left the nearby Library of Congress on Tuesday, [Read More…]

DHS allows US Marshals, DEA and ATF to carry out immigration enforcement
Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security is allowing certain law enforcement components from the Department of Justice to carry out the “functions” of an immigration officer, according to a [Read More…]

Purdue Pharma, Sackler families boost contribution in opioid settlement to $7.4 billion
Purdue Pharma headquarters; Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The company and once-prominent family behind the drug OxyContin agreed Thursday to increase their financial contribution to resolve mass opioid litigation. The Sacklers [Read More…]

Trump says he will ‘demand’ lower interest rates
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will call for a lowering of U.S. interest rates, exerting pressure on the Federal Reserve despite a longstanding norm of political independence at [Read More…]

Ariana Grande, Demi Moore and more stars react to 2025 Oscar nominations
Metropolitan Films Ariana Grande and Demi Moore are among the many stars reacting to their 2025 Oscar nominations. Nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced Thursday, with Emilia Pérez scoring 13 nods, the most [Read More…]

‘Emilia Pérez’ star Karla Sofía Gascón becomes 1st openly trans actor to snag Oscar nomination
Page 114/Why Not Productions/Pathé Films/France 2 Cinéma Karla Sofía Gascón is making history with her 2025 Oscars nomination. With her best actress nomination for Emilia Pérez, Gascón becomes the first openly trans actor to be nominated for an [Read More…]

‘The White Lotus’ renewed for season 4
Fabio Lovino/HBO The White Lotus has been renewed for a fourth season. Warner Bros. announced the news Wednesday in a press release, less than a month from the season three premiere of the hit show. [Read More…]

Evaluating MAEAP ahead of legislative renewals
Michigan agricultural leaders are evaluating the future of the state’s voluntary environmental stewardship program and its funding before reauthorization is needed in December. Michigan Farm Bureau’s Senior Conservation and Regulatory Relations Specialist Laura Campbell is [Read More…]

U of I AIFARMS Tour w/ U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski
Brownfield’s Jared White covers the U of I AIFARMS Tour w/ U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski The post U of I AIFARMS Tour w/ U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.