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December corn ended the day up 3¾¢ at $4.16¾ per bushel. November soybeans closed unchanged at $10.06½ per bushel.  December CBOT wheat closed down 1½¢ at $4.98¾ per bushel. December KC wheat was down less than a penny at $4.88¼ per bushel. December Minneapolis wheat was down 2½¢ at $5.51. “The National Oilseed Processor Association soybean crush for September was released today and came in above trade expectations,” said Karl Setzer, partner at Consus Ag Consulting. “September’s soybean crush totaled 197.86 million bushels, the fourth highest monthly total on record. This was a 4.2% increase from August and 11.6% higher…

DAILY Bites Agri Stats agrees to strip competitor plant-level pay fields from 48 broiler reports (and any future turkey reports), while admitting no wrongdoing. $398.05M already paid: Earlier processor settlements (Tyson, Perdue, Sanderson, Pilgrim’s, Cargill, etc.) got final approval June 5, 2025; this agreement closes out the last active defendant. If finalized, plants won’t see granular rival wage data, a step aimed at reducing pressure to shadow competitors’ hourly rates. DAILY Discussion Agri Stats, the benchmarking firm whose reports are widely used across meat and poultry, has struck a conduct-only settlement with workers in a long-running lawsuit over alleged wage…

Overall U.S. sales for tractors increased by 4.1% in September 2025 compared to September 2024 — the first sign of growth in 2025, according to numbers from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Canadian sales for farm tractor sales increased by 7.2% in September 2025 compared to last year, while combine sales grew 42%. “After challenging months of continued sales declines in the U.S. market, this modest increase is certainly encouraging,” said Curt Blades, senior vice president of AEM. “Although there is some uncertainty and volatility in the marketplace, we are optimistic this positive trend will continue, particularly as the…

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Agriculture have alerted the public to the first known occurrence of the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, in Kansas. KDHE identified the species after it was found on a dog in Franklin County last week. The Asian longhorned tick is an exotic, invasive tick species that was first identified in the United States in New Jersey in 2017. Since then, it has spread westward across the U.S. and, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has now been documented in 21 states, with Kansas being the most recent.…

Canadian CPA-turned-farmer Kristjan Hebert explains why scale matters for farm succession, how his business system helps manage growth, and the surprising ROI of technology and logistics. He shares practical tips every farmer can start using today. 15 Minutes With Kristjan Hebert Subscribe to 15 Minutes With a Farmer on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Please rate and review us! Meet Kristjan Hebert Hebert grew up on his family’s small farm in southeast Saskatchewan, earned an accounting degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 2004, then completed his CPA certification. While working as a CPA, Hebert realized…

Thaddeus “Thad” Bergschneider doesn’t tell tidy leadership stories. He tells real ones, the kind with lanyard slings, botched Spanish, and a steak someone else cut for him at a business dinner. His 2024-25 year as National FFA president was full of the spotlight moments most people expect; it was also full of the very human ones that make the highlight reel matter. “I still can’t believe it’s already here,” the Illinois native said as the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo approaches Oct. 29 to Nov. 1.  If you want the thesis of his year in one line, it’s this:…

By Tim Carpenter TOPEKA — Kansas officials issued a public notice after testing confirmed the invasive Asian longhorned tick was identified in Franklin County and posed an emerging threat to animal and human health. It was the first known detection in Kansas of the prolific tick, which afflicts wildlife, pets and livestock. The tick is a hazard for cattle as it infects red and white blood cells and causes weakness, fever, loss of appetite or death. The reddish-brown tick is known to carry a variety of pathogens and has proven efficient at establishing populations in new areas due to its ability…

By Cami Koons PERRY — JBS USA broke ground Tuesday on its “state of the art” sausage making facility and celebrated with city and state leaders a “turning point” for the Perry community.  The roughly 110-acre site on the southeast side of Perry is slated to be operational a year from now and officials said the plant would add a second shift about six months later, to hit the full 500-job metric.  JBS officials said Tuesday a portion of the sausage made at the facility will go to JBS’ recently purchased facility in Ankeny that will make ready-to-eat sausage and bacon.  Rick…

By Isabel Teles and Ana Mano SAO PAULO, Oct. 13 (Reuters) – Brazil’s soybean planting for the 2025/26 season reached 14% of the expected area as of Thursday, marking the third-fastest progress for the date in the world’s largest producer and exporter, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday. Brazilian soybean farmers are expected to cultivate the oilseed on a little over 48 million hectares (118.610 million acres) this season, according to private consultancies. Hedgepoint Global reiterated expectations on Monday that soybean production will be 178 million tons in 2025/26, an all-time record if confirmed. The pace of sowing is up from 9% a week earlier and ahead of the 8%…

By Ryan Hanrahan Politico’s Rachel Shin reported that “the government shutdown is creating financial heartburn for farmers across the country, stalling the delivery of farm loans, the release of critical market reports, and the Trump administration’s plans for cash bailouts.” “Producers of row crops like corn, wheat and soybeans have for months been weathering tariff uncertainty and high input costs for things like fertilizer and machinery, while hoping that President Donald Trump will open new markets for their products or send them financial assistance, as he did during his first-term trade war with China,” Shin reported. “The absence of those…