Ag News

02.16.2022

• Vilsack: USDA ‘Laser Focused’ on Crop Insurance Access
• Growers, Lenders, Conservationists Call on Congress to Back Crop Insurance in Farm Bill
• Q&A: 2022 Farm program decisions
• Lawmakers Pledge to Maintain, Expand Crop Insurance in Next Farm Bill
• State Agriculture Officials Announce Their Priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill
• Crop Insurance Price Guarantee Trending Higher
• USDA Says High Demand Will Drive Crop Insurance Election Prices
• How to make future supply chains more resilient
• One day in the soybean market proves price prediction futility
• USTR critical of China in new report to Congress
• Back-to-Back Beans Increase SCN Risks Know Your SCN Risks Before Planting Soybeans Back-to-Back
• Ag Weather Forum Weather Pattern Change Coming, But Will Take Time
• Rising Farmland Values Boost Ag Economy Federal Reserve Banks Say Farmland Values at Least 20% Higher Than Year Ago
• Deadly bird flu found in two more states
• A Closer Look at Ukrainian Corn and Wheat Exports- Recent USDA Reports
• Exclusive: How Did FBN Do The Impossible And Source Glyphosate for 2022? It Was Costly, But Paying Off Now
• When Will the Farmland Scales Tip?
• Highlights From Last Week’s World Ag Expo’s 55th Show
• USDA Releases "Cotton And Wool Outlook" Report

02.15.2022

• Lawmakers Pledge to Maintain, Expand Crop Insurance in Next Farm Bill
• Livestock Risk Protection | Updated Livestock Risk Protection Program Works for Small Herds
• USDA: Working Capital Remained Below Historical Averages For All Farms Size From 2015 To 2020
• Pandemic casts shadow on sunny cotton outlook
• Glyphosate Supply Alert | Bayer Warns Retailers of Glyphosate Production Disruption
• Federal Reserve Banks Say Farmland Values at Least 20% Higher Than Year Ago
• Urea prices fall as soybeans rumble higher
• SMARTFARM offers carbon solutions
• Price, profitability drive sorghum planting decisions
• U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds While RFA calls the study “completely fictional and erroneous.”
• Efficiency is key in 2022
• Small tractors continue leading strong equipment market
• Inflation could add instability in the ag economy in 2022
• Ag groups suing EPA over agency’s ignoring science & safety findings
• John Phipps: The Great Land Debate on Long-Term vs. Short-Term Leases
• RFA: Setting The Record Straight On The Environmental Outcomes Of The Renewable Fuel Standard
• Nat’l Cotton Council: Cotton Economic Outlook Clouded By Supply Chain Disruptions, High Input Costs
• USDA Releases "Wheat Outlook" Report
• USDA Releases "Feed Outlook" Report
• Five Equipment Manufacturing Trends To Watch In 2022

02.14.2022

• Washington Week Ahead: FDA nominee set for vote, negotiators work on FY22 deal
• Farmer seeks crop insurance certainty in the 2023 Farm Bill
• Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2021 Fourth Quarter, Rise in Farmland Values Accelerates
• Pandemic Cover Crop Program for 2022 | Product Management Bulletin | Revised February 2022
• Jerry Gulke: Will Exploding Prices Reduce Demand?
• KC Fed Reports Ag Bankers Are Optimistic About 2022
• Food Prices Surge 7%, The Most Since 1981
• Pandemic Cover Crop Program Fact Sheet | Revised Feb. 2022
• Commodity Market Fundamentals Stumble in Today’s Fast-Paced Environment
• USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Ag Looking at Climate-Smart Commodities: Paying Producers for How They Farm
• Ethanol Diesel Engine Passes Road Test ClearFlame Ethanol Technology Passes Road Test in Class 8 Diesel Truck Engine
• Ranch Roots Help Drive Olympic Slider Kansas Ranching Roots Help Lift US Skeleton Racer at Beijing Winter Olympics
• 11 great takes from the 2022 Summit | Farm Futures
• Ag Marketing IQ brought to you by 3 reasons why wheat could be this year’s big winner
• Grain prices look favorable for breakeven or higher
• What will cost you more this year, herbicides or weeds?
• Crop Insurance Earns Bipartisan Praise at Congressional Hearing
• Cover crop insurance premium discounts offered again
• 2022 Farm Sector Income Forecast – Feb. Update

02.11.2022

• Crop Insurance Earns Bipartisan Praise at Congressional Hearing
• Cover crop insurance premium discounts offered again
• 2022 Farm Sector Income Forecast – Feb. Update
• Congress kicks the can again on ag spending
• Farm bill oversight begins
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week
• 3 reasons why wheat could be this year’s big winner
• Summer highs in the bulls’ sights?
• Check out highlights and insights from the Farm Futures Business Summit and Ag Finance Boot Camp.
• America’s Diverse Family Farms: 2021 Edition | USDA Report
• Five of Eight Fertilizer Prices Drop Slightly; Just 10-34-0 Price Increases
• House Ag Ranking Member says urgency is needed in the 2023 Farm Bill process
• U.S. Agricultural Exports Set Record in 2021
• USDA: Fertilizer Prices Spike Just Ahead Of 2022 Planting Season
• Farm Bankruptcies Down Dramatically In 2021

02.10.2022

• USDA Reports Review February 2022 WASDE Report Holds Few Surprises, but Grain Markets Surge
• USDA Continues Haircut to South American Production
• USDA’s ‘game changer’ ag climate initiative aims high, with limits
• Vilsack: Finish phase one with China before considering phase two
• US Ethanol Inventory Drops
• Agtech startup unites gene editing and GM traits
• Pork, beef export values reach new highs
• U.S. confirms highly pathogenic bird flu at Indiana turkey farm
• Soy, corn futures set eight-month highs on South America crop concerns
• Soybeans close 25¢ higher, near $16 per bushel | Wednesday, February 9, 2022
• Marketers are watching Ukraine, South America
• McKinney concerned politics will muddy WOTUS rule
• Geneticists close to grasping how plant communities may adapt to climate change
• DTN: Fertilizer Prices Cool Slightly
• Fischer, Grassley charge on as opposition mounts to cash trade mandates
• Avian flu confirmed in Indiana turkey flock
• FSA chief: Put that CRP acreage to use
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn President Applauds EPA For Attempt To End RFS Waiver Abuse

02.09.2022

• 2021 ag exports of $177 billion shatter previous records
• Corn, soybean prices close lower | Tuesday, February 8, 2022
• Tensions with Russia, Ukraine and China could have large implications on US ag
• Tapping Commodity Credit Corp. Funds, USDA Partnership to Fund Climate-Smart Projects Aims to Develop Markets
• Five of Eight Fertilizer Prices Drop Slightly; Just 10-34-0 Price Increases
• Ethanol, Ag Groups File RFS Comments Growth Energy Tells EPA Proposed RFS Cuts for 2020 ‘Plainly Unlawful’
• Fertilizer costs, economic pressures drive 2022 acreage
• Grain marketing strategies: Meet Justin Price
• Guide to mental health help released
• EPA receives comments on improving RFS
• This business fable offers a fresh take on grain market risk
• Max Armstrong’s Daily Updates brought to you by Midwest Digest, Feb. 8, 2022
• USDA chief economist expects producer benefits from climate-smart program
• Republican Senators question Vilsack’s use of CCC to fund climate smart initiatives
• American agricultural exports shattered records in 2021
• On Phase One, U.S. Patience with China “Wearing Thin,” as Purchase Commitments Fell Short
• Republicans attack USDA’s climate funding plan
• USDA To Invest $1 Billion In Climate Smart Commodities, Expanding Markets, Strengthening Rural America
• Fertilizer Price Index Jumps Most Since September