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House removal of speaker creates additional challenges for a new farm bill
It remains unclear who will become the next Speaker of the U.S. House, but Kam Quarles CEO of the National Potato Council says it needs to happen quickly. He says the House needs to get [Read More…]
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Central Iowa farmer expects corn harvest to pick up soon
Corn harvest has been slow in parts of central Iowa. Lee Tesdell farms in northern Polk County near Slater. “I have almost no neighbors that are in corn yet. There’s one neighbor that’s kind of [Read More…]
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MAC grain facility expansions ready for growing production
Michigan Agricultural Commodities grain storage expansions will be complete at several locations this harvest season. Vice President of Merchandising Robert Geers tells Brownfield increases in yields and northern production regions led to the additions. “We [Read More…]
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Climate change and farm management
Ohio’s state climatologist says climate change will continue to impact how farmers manage their operations. Aaron Wilson is the ag weather specialist for Ohio State University Extension. “What we need to manage for is a [Read More…]
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 4, 2023
Dec. corn closed at $4.86, down 1 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans closed at $12.73, up 1/4 centDec. soybean meal closed at $372.00, up 30 centsDec. soybean oil closed at 55.99, down 114 pointsDec. wheat closed at [Read More…]
ABC World News
Twenty-one dead, including 2 babies, after bus falls off overpass near Venice, Italy
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A bus crash on Tuesday in Mestre, Italy, a suburb near Venice, left 21 dead, including two babies, and another 15 riders injured, according to officials. Prosecutors are investigating [Read More…]
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Amphibians are in widespread decline, and climate change is to blame, study says
Iain Lawrie/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major class of vertebrate species is experiencing widespread population declines due to climate change, according to new research. Amphibians, the most threatened class of vertebrates, are deteriorating globally, [Read More…]
ABC National News
4 students among 5 shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore, police searching for suspect
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — Four students were among five people shot at Baltimore’s Morgan State University Tuesday night, prompting a shelter-in-place order at the school, police said. The victims — four men and one woman, [Read More…]
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Trump fraud trial live updates: ‘Trump show is over’ says AG James after he departs
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Costco now sells gold bars, and customers are buying them fast
MANDEL NGAN/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Costco, the wholesale retailer that offers everything from PlayStations to pizza slices, is now selling gold bars. Even more, the precious metal is flying off the shelves, a company [Read More…]
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Ozone hole over Antarctica grows to one of the largest on record, scientists say
Paul Souders/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The annual ozone hole that forms over Antarctica has ballooned to near-record size, scientists say. Measurements from satellite imaging taken on Sept. 16 showed that the ozone depletion area [Read More…]
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El Chapo’s sons purportedly ban fentanyl in Mexico’s Sinaloa state
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — Roadside banners prohibiting the production and sale of fentanyl have appeared in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa, where the eponymous drug cartel is based. The machine-printed banners were purportedly signed [Read More…]
ABC Health News
More than 75,000 health care workers begin strike at Kaiser Permanente
pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente launched a strike Wednesday, with a coalition of unions alleging the health care system is engaging in unfair labor practices. Employees in Virginia [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“Get ready!”: RuPaul says his forthcoming memoir, ‘The House of Hidden Meanings’, is coming March 2024
HarperCollins RuPaul, the Emmy-winning host of RuPaul’s Drag Race, announced that his forthcoming memoir, The House of Hidden Meanings, is finally finished. In a video on Instagram, a makeup free, hat-and-hoodie-wearing Ru showed a copy of the book, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ sets October 16 return
Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ Following the resolution of the writers strike, The Drew Barrymore Show will return to the air Monday, October 16. The show’s official Instagram page made the “This [Read More…]
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Emma Heming Willis recalls “freaking out” about Bruce Willis’ Frontotemporal dementia diagnosis
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln Center World FTD Awareness Week ended on October 1, and to mark the occasion, Emma Heming Willis saluted two women who helped her come to grips with her [Read More…]
Ag News
Scout for red crown rot
A plant pathologist is encouraging growers to scout for a new disease emerging in the Midwest when harvesting. Marty Chilvers with Michigan State University tells Brownfield red crown rot was confirmed in Illinois and Indiana [Read More…]
Ag News
Producer Sentiment drops as crop prices weaken and production costs rise
Farmer sentiment declined for a second consecutive month, according to the Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The September index fell 9 points to a reading of 106. Jim Mintert, director of Purdue’s Center for Commercial [Read More…]
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The Mitchell School District School Board earned the highest honor for its board work during the 2022-23 school year
The Mitchell School District School Board earned a Gold Level award for its participation in the Associated School Boards of South Dakota’s board recognition program: ALL, which stands for Act, Learn, Lead and honors the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Cats among mammals that can emit fluorescence, new study finds
Jacqueline Anders/Getty Images (LONDON) — Over the last few years, fluorescence under ultraviolet light has been reported among many animals, including birds, reptiles, insects and fish. However, not much has been known about the frequency [Read More…]
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