On August 5, J D Equipment, S & S Volvo and Kale Marketing came together to purchase the Grand Champion Market Beef at the Ohio State Fairs Sale of Champions. J D Equipment, an eight-store agricultural and lawn and garden dealership, has a long history of supporting local agriculture by purchasing many Grand Champion livestock purchases over the years.

U.S. exporters sold 115,000 metric tons of corn to China, its first major sale of the grain to the world’s most-populous nation since 2001, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.