Farmers' Advance

11/18/2025

Nearly two dozen people were arrested as faith leaders protested on Friday outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago, authorities said, the latest sign of tensions over the Trump administration's aggressive enforcement push.

The Cook County Sheriff's Office said in a press release that 21 people had been detained outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview, Illinois, but did not provide identities and charges. Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, was among those arrested, a Reuters photo showed.

The ICE center in Broadview has become a flashpoint for Chicago activists opposed to Trump's immigration crackdown.

11/18/2025

More than 20 people were arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago.

11/18/2025

The per-diem rate for detainees at this facility is $291 per detainee per day ― an unusually high premium compared to the $75-85 the federal government reimburses other facilities used as ICE detention centers in Indiana. ICE will also reimburse the cost of translation services on phone calls for detainees at a rate of up to 89 cents per minute, according to the contract.

Meanwhile, the actual cost of providing housing, meals and transportation for prisoners at Miami Correctional is about $80 per person.

Furthermore, barring "acts of God" that would prevent the facility from running, Indiana is guaranteed to pull in at least $79 million from this contract. That's because after a 120-day ramp up period, ICE agrees to pay for a minimum of 450 beds, even if they aren't filled.

"I trust that you understand that some people have a different perspective, little bit maybe more focused on human rights and the real function of Indiana government, and wonder how we find ourselves in this position where we’re going to profit on somebody else’s misery," Indianapolis state Rep. Ed Delaney said.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to reimburse Indiana 3.5 times the actual cost of detaining people at the Miami Correctional Facility.

11/18/2025

The Butler County Sheriff's Office presented its proposed 2026 budget, which included a rate increase for ICE. The federal government approved a new rate of $105 per day per detainee, up from the current $68.

The Butler County Sheriff's Office presented its proposed 2026 budget, which included a rate increase for ICE.

11/18/2025

Fall tillage is when soil compaction can be a hidden yield robber for 2026 crops as farmers in comfortable tractor cabs and with plenty of horsepower may not realize the impact of heavy equipment and improper ballasting can have on soil structure.

11/18/2025

Not one major farm group stood up or spoke out for the SNAP millions while most of their members collected taxpayer billions. Did farm and ranch leaders forget the enormous impact SNAP spending has on rural America's bottom line?

11/18/2025

“American farmers were hopeful that their biggest customer would resume buying their crops,” Funk reported. “But CoBank’s Tanner Ehmke, who is its lead economist for grains and oilseed, said there isn’t much incentive for China to buy from America right now because they have plenty of soybeans on hand that they have bought from Brazil and other South American countries this year, and the remaining tariffs ensure that U.S. soybeans remain more expensive than Brazilian beans. ‘We are still not even close to what has been advertised from the U.S. in terms of what the agreement would have been,’ Ehmke said.”

"[T]here isn’t much incentive for China to buy from America right now because they have plenty of soybeans on hand that they have bought from Brazil and other South American countries this year, and the remaining tariffs ensure that U.S. soybeans remain more expensive than Brazilian beans."

11/18/2025

While you enjoy a fresh slice of chocolate chip pumpkin bread and a cup of coffee or cocoa, work on your grocery list, find a recipe for your new veggie and enjoy this glimmer in your otherwise hectic day!

11/18/2025

I believe in the afterlife, and since his passing I’ve experienced things that logic can’t explain. I take them as comforting signs of the afterlife. Those signs all spiral around a commonality to value the day.

11/18/2025

Once fall harvest is complete, farmers talking to their landowners about the year can negotiate lease and payment terms for a year or more ahead.

11/18/2025

This market is $129 billion and growing due to broad appeal and consumer demand shifts.

11/18/2025

In some ways, it seems that animals have this thing called life figured out way better than we humans do. We might do well to take some lessons.