Year: 2025
Ag News
Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture creates new partnership with Acres
Purdue University’s Center for Commerical Agriculture has partnered with Acres.com to improve farmland market insights. Chad Fiechter an assistant ag economics professor says the center was looking for a more frequent land value survey to provide more [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 3, 2025
Mar. corn closed at $4.88 and 3/4, up 6 and 3/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $10.58 and 1/4, up 16 and 1/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $303.70, up $2.60Mar. soybean oil closed at 46.51, [Read More…]
Ag News
Southeast Iowa teacher wins ag educator award
An Iowa teacher is being recognized for teaching her students about agriculture. Kerri Bell, a second-grade teacher at Mid-Prairie Elementary School in Kalona, recently received the Iowa Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture award presented by [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
South Dakota High School Basketball Media Poll – February 3
The South Dakota Prep Media Basketball polls for the week of Feb. 3 are listed below, ranking the top-five teams in each class, record, total points and previous ranking. First-place votes received are indicated in [Read More…]
Latest News
Hutchinson County fatal crash
A 24 year old woman from Yankton died and a passenger was injured in a single vehicle crash nine miles south of Freeman late Monday morning. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety reported the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Paid administrative hell’: Some Department of Education staff put on leave after Trump’s DEI order
Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dozens of Department of Education employees received letters as business hours closed Friday placing them on administrative leave, according to a copy of one letter obtained by [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Harrison Ford on his Marvel debut, why he still acts: ‘Each film is a different opportunity’
ABC News Harrison Ford is coming back to the big screen, this time starring in the highly anticipated fourth Captain America film and making his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut. “It’s a Marvel movie for God’s [Read More…]
Ag News
State legislation supporting crop management tools introduced
The communications lead for Bayer Crop Science says several state legislatures are considering proposals in support of critical crop management tools for farmers. Jess Christiansen says bills introduced by the Modern Ag Alliance, a group [Read More…]
Ag News
December soybean crush strong, corn for ethanol mixed
The USDA says 218 million bushels of soybeans were crushed during December 2024. That monthly record was up 8 million from November and 14 million above December 2023, with crushers responding to meal and oil [Read More…]
Ag News
TFI seeks fertilizer exemptions in any tariff orders
Pictured: TFI President and CEO Corey Rosenbusch at the 2024 NAFB Convention in Kansas City (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) The president and CEO of The Fertilizer Institute says he’s urging the Trump administration to exempt [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmers watching Panama Canal issues
U.S. farmers and agricultural groups are closely watching developments around the Panama Canal. Mike Steenhoek is with the Soy Transportation Coalition. He says, “Soybeans are the number one agricultural customer of the Panama Canal. We [Read More…]
Ag News
Protocols in place to allow live cattle imports from Mexico to resume
Imports of live cattle from Mexico are set to slowly resume this week after a two-month pause following the detection of New World Screwworm on Mexico’s southern border. Ethan Lane, vice president of government [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump’s order seeking to block birthright citizenship to face next legal hurdle
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship will face its next legal hurdle this week when three separate federal judges hold hearings to consider whether [Read More…]
ABC National News
Turmoil inside USAID: Staff to work from home as Musk seeks to shut down agency
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Staff with the U.S. Agency for International Development were told overnight that the agency’s Washington headquarters will be closed Monday, according to an email obtained by ABC [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hiker falls to his death at Utah national park
George Rose/Getty Images (ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah) — A 37-year-old man fell to his death while hiking at Zion National Park in Utah, authorities confirmed. The hiker was found dead Sunday morning on the Canyon Overlook Trail, [Read More…]
ABC National News
DC plane crash victims: Mom, dad and 2 daughters among the 67 killed
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sixty-seven people are dead after a regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., officials said, the nation’s first major commercial airline crash since 2009. The aircraft went [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Long COVID impacting more than 1 million children: CDC study suggests
Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 1 million children may have been affected by long COVID in 2023, new federal data published Monday suggests. Long COVID, a condition that occurs when patients still have symptoms [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Milo Ventimiglia, Jarah Mariano welcome 1st child together after losing home in LA fire
Frank Micelotta/Disney via Getty Images | Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic/Getty Images Actor Milo Ventimiglia and his wife, Jarah Mariano, have welcomed their first child together. Mariano took to Instagram on Friday and shared the good news just [Read More…]
ABC National News
DC plane crash live updates: Salvage operations begin today
Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/ U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hundreds of families are in mourning after an American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US tariffs on Mexico ‘paused for a month,’ Mexican president says
Luis Barron/ Pixelnews/Future Publishing via Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — U.S. tariffs imposed on Mexico have been “paused for a month,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a post on X Monday shortly after speaking to President [Read More…]