USDA on Friday announced that the Douglas, Arizona, port will reopen Aug. 24 to Mexican cattle imports if Mexico follows its Joint Action Plan. Ports have been closed since May 2025 due to New World screwworm.
Most farm and ranch owners want to pass on their legacy but avoid the conversation. Unspoken fears about leadership, retirement finances and personal identity can quietly kill succession plans.
Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.4 million head on July 1, 2026. The inventory was 2% above July 1, 2025, USDA NASS reported on Friday. All cattle and calves in the United States on July 1, 2026, totaled 94.2 million head, slightly above the 94.0 million head on July 1, 2025.
The House passed a $95 billion budget resolution on Wednesday, advancing $12 billion in farm aid, while some farm groups criticized additional funding for the war in Iran.
Attention Customers
Its been a great wheat season so far: good yields, good prices and cute young farmers! Looking good Joe!!
♦ OEL has a student opening for the summer and after-school/weekends in the fall at our Toohey location. Duties to include maintenance, construction and grain receiving. Email your resume to office@oelevators.com or drop-off in person to either location. ♦
OEL - Agronomy
OEL is ready to handle your input business for 2026! Talk to the staff at Centralia regarding your seed, fertilizer, and crop protection needs. Brian: (519) 274-4798 Kiara: (519) 955-6444 Centralia Office: (519) 228-6687 ♦
IP Soybean Growers:Please complete your 2026 Chemical Record Sheet online (here) or by paper copy.
Quote of the Day
"If wrinkles must be written upon your brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old."
