Year: 2026
Ag News
Cattle, hog futures close higher
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were higher, with boxed beef up at midday, waiting for the week’s direct business. There was also ongoing position squaring ahead of this Friday’s USDA [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 21, 2026
Mar. corn $4.21 and 3/4, down 2 centsMar. soybeans $10.64 and 1/2, up 11 and 1/2 centsMar. soybean meal $291.40, down 20 centsMar. soybean oil 54.01, up 145 pointsMar. Chicago wheat $5.07 and 3/4, down [Read More…]
Ag News
OHFB says conservation efforts helped improve 2025 Lake Erie algal bloom
Ohio Farm Bureau’s director of water quality and research says farmers continue to implement new conservation practices to help improve water quality throughout the Western Lake Erie Basin. Jordan Hoewischer says the 2025 Lake Erie [Read More…]
Ag News
Ohio Farm Bureau: 2025 legislation to deliver $2 billion in property tax relief for farmers over next three years
The associate general counsel for Ohio Farm Bureau says four bills passed in late 2025 are expected to provide more than $2 billion worth of property tax relief for farmers. Leah Curtis, associate general counsel, says [Read More…]
ABC World News
The planet has entered an era of ‘water bankruptcy,’ according to new UN report
An Indian woman plants rice in a paddy field in Nagaon District, Assam, India, Jan. 20, 2026.(Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The world has entered an era of global “water bankruptcy,” as [Read More…]
ABC National News
DHS launches ‘Operation Catch of the Day’ enforcement action in Maine
ICE Police and Immigration & Deportation (Douglas Rissing/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security has now picked another state on which to focus its immigration enforcement action: Maine. On Wednesday, DHS launched “Operation Catch of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ford recalls around 119,000 vehicles over fire risk: NHTSA
Ford Explorer SUVs are parked for sale at a dealership on June 12, 2019, in Glendale, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Ford is recalling up to 119,000 vehicles because the engine block heater [Read More…]
ABC National News
DHS launches ‘Operation Catch of the Day’ enforcement action in Maine
ICE Police and Immigration & Deportation (Douglas Rissing/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The Department of Homeland Security has now picked another state on which to focus its immigration enforcement action: Maine. On Wednesday, DHS launched [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump announces ‘framework’ for a future deal on Greenland, drops NATO tariff threat
President Donald Trump gives a speech at the World Economic Forum January 21, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte have [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court sharply critical of Trump moves on Fed, likely to keep Cook on job for now
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sharply [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Netflix shares first look at ‘Beef’ season 2
Charles Melton as Austin Davis, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin, Oscar Isaac as Josh Martin and Cailee Spaeny as Ashley Miller in ‘Beef’ season 2. (Netflix) Netflix has shared its first look at the second [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ season 4 gets teaser trailer, release date
Stars of ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,’ including Taylor Frankie Paul, in season 4 of the series. (Fred Hayes/Disney) Come ye saints, come ye sinners … to watch The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Prue Leith to leave ‘The Great British Bake Off’ after nine seasons
Restaurateur Dame Prue Leith poses for a portrait as she prepares to host a long table banquet during Wilderness Festival at Cornbury Park on Aug. 1, 2025, in Charlbury, Oxfordshire. (Jim Dyson/Getty Images) This news [Read More…]
Ag News
Another weekly, annual rise in broiler sets, placements
2026 broiler hatchery numbers continue to surpass the 2025 pace, pointing to a year-to-year rise in chicken production. The USDA says 253.405 million broiler-type eggs were in incubation, an increase of 1.856 million on the [Read More…]
Ag News
CME cash dairy prices mostly higher
Cash dairy prices continued mostly higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday, with strong butter demand. Dry whey unchanged at $0.7350. Blocks up $0.0250 at $1.36. Six sales were made at $1.36 and $1.37. [Read More…]
Ag News
Specialty crop groups push for aid after U.S. House leaves farmers out of funding bills
Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance leaders say they are disappointed to see farmer assistance left out of U.S. House funding bills released this week. “It’s not just the growers, it’s all the touch points in [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota farmers voice frustration over USDA report at MN Ag Expo
Farmers attending the MN Ag Expo in southern Minnesota are airing grievances following last week’s USDA supply and demand report. Goodhue County corn and soybean grower Les Anderson says the final production figures for 2025 [Read More…]
Ag News
MAHA and production agriculture at crossroads
The Make America Healthy Again movement and production agriculture may be at a pivotal crossroads. Alexandra Dunn, president and CEO of CropLife America, says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of three new pesticides in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Uvalde school shooting trial: Deliberations underway
A memorial dedicated to the 19 children and two adults murdered on May 24, 2022 during a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School is seen on January 06, 2026 in Uvalde, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DHS increasing self-deportation stipend from $1,000 to $2,600
DHS is using the CBP Home Mobile App to incentivize self-deportation. (Department of Homeland Security) (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday that it is increasing its stipend for those who are [Read More…]