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Intermountain Packing, a meat processing plant based in Idaho Falls, is at the center of a legal dispute involving over $2 million worth of cattle. According to news reports, including East Idaho News, livestock suppliers Dry Creek Dairies LLC and Idaho Magic Milk LLC of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Washington Agri-Investments LLC of Yakima County, Washington, have accused the company of failing to pay for livestock delivered between September 29 and November 9, 2023. The lawsuit alleges violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act, breach of contract, and unjust enrichment. David Adams, identified as the CEO of Intermountain Packing, is…

Harvest is wrapping up as widespread rains move through the Midwest. The rain is welcomed by many farmers who are concerned about replenishing soil moisture following a dry harvest, including Steve Turner.  “Our subsoil moistures coming into this fall were very short, and we didn’t really replenish them,” said Turner, a third-generation farmer in Cass and Morgan counties in Illinois. “So this rain helped, but we’re still in moisture deficit.”  Turner farms corn, soybeans, wheat, specialty crops, and runs a cow-calf operation with his wife and two oldest sons. He said his area recently received about 3 to 4 inches…

DAILY Bites Kubota partners with Boot Campaign to support veterans and military families Expands “Geared to Give” program to include year-round care initiatives Launches fundraising efforts from Veterans Day to May 2025 DAILY Discussion In honor of those who served, Kubota Tractor Corporation today announced a new partnership with Boot Campaign to support the organization’s work to restore the lives of veterans and military families through individualized, life-improving care. The company kicks off its program with Boot Campaign on Veterans Day (this coming Monday) with a series of activities that run through Military Appreciation Month in May 2025. Through a…

2024/2025 Global Ending Stocks Estimates (Million Metric Tons)   November  Trade Expectation October Corn  304.1  305.9  306.5 Soybeans 131.7  134 134.7 Wheat 257.6  256.8 257.7 More From USDA Corn “This month’s 2024/2025 U.S. corn outlook is for lower production and ending stocks,” USDA said in the November WASDE report. “Corn production is forecast at 15.1 billion bushels, down 60 million from last month on a 0.7-bushel reduction in yield to 183.1 bushels per acre. Harvested area for grain is unchanged at 82.7 million acres. Total use is unchanged at 15 billion bushels. With supply falling and no change to use,…

Agriculture plays a vital role in Louisiana, contributing over $4.8 billion in agricultural products from 25,006 farms across nearly 8 million acres, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Census of Agriculture. Though the number of farms in Louisiana has seen a decline of about 8.7 percent since 2017, agriculture remains integral to the state, with top commodities like broilers, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, rice, and cattle. In addition to production, Louisiana is the nation’s largest handler of grain for export to world markets. More than 40 percent of the country’s grain exports move through the ports of Louisiana —…

December corn is up 2¢ this morning. January soybeans are down 6½¢. December wheat contracts are mixed. CBOT wheat is up less than a penny. KC wheat is down 3¢. Minneapolis wheat is down 3½¢. This morning USDA announced new corn and soybean export sales: China is buying 107,000 metric tons of soybeans for the 2024/2025 marketing year.Unknown destinations are buying 132,000 metric tons of soybeans for the 2024/2025 marketing year.Unknown destinations are also buying 200,480 metric tons of corn for the 2024/2025 marketing year. Today at 11 a.m. CT, USDA is expected to release the November World Agricultural Supply…

With low grain prices and tight margins, farmers may need to find new ways to stay in the black. The solution could be in their data, says Ryan Stien, go-to-market manager at John Deere. Looking at harvest yield data and layering on additional information can help unlock a lot of insights, Stien says. “When you have that full dataset,” he notes, “you can really put that to use in making decisions versus just having a binder full of field data from every year.” In-Season Insights Don’t wait until after harvest to analyze your data. Chris Krieg, who raises corn and…

Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno defeated Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, and former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy beat Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, the only working farmer in the Senate, in Montana as Republicans won a Senate majority in Tuesday’s elections, boosted by farm-state victories. In Nebraska, Republican Sen. Deb Fischer won her third term over an unexpectedly strong challenger. With Sheehy’s victory, Republicans were assured of at least 52 seats in the Senate. At present, Democrats have a 51-49 majority. Senate Agriculture chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, a stalwart defender of SNAP in farm bill discussions, will retire at the end of…

Elise Anderson has raised pigs since she was 8 years old, and at least three generations of her family have produced pork in rural Nebraska. When Anderson joined the Lyons-Decatur FFA chapter in 2018, a swine entrepreneurship supervised agricultural experience (SAE) was a natural fit. Anderson started by breeding, farrowing, and raising market hogs. Although she continued to enjoy taking care of pigs with her family, she soon found additional interests in food science, plant science, dairy cattle judging, and agritourism. “FFA really helped foster my love of learning,” Anderson says. “I love to soak up new information about any…

Texas farmers officially wrapped up corn harvest for the season as of Nov. 3, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress report. With that, the Lone Star State is the first of the top 18 corn growing states to reach 100% corn harvested.  Although this year’s corn harvest outpaced the five-year average all season, the pace slowed in the last few weeks as progress drew near 100%. Harvested corn was at 98% as of Oct. 13, 99% as of Oct. 20, and 99% as of Oct. 27. Farmers are still working toward completing harvest of other crops, like cotton, and…