Ag News

02.08.2022

• ARC/PLC Program
• Feb. 2022 WASDE Report
• 2022 Farm Sector Income Forecast, February
• USDA’s WASDE Focus Turns to South America Crop Conditions
• USDA Promotes Climate-Smart Commodities | Tapping Commodity Credit Corp. Funds, USDA Partnership to Fund Climate-Smart Projects Aims to Develop Markets
• Federal Program for New Truckers Aims for More Uniform Training Standard, Safety Benchmark Nationally for CDL
• Ethanol, Ag Groups File RFS Comments Growth Energy Tells EPA Proposed RFS Cuts for 2020 ‘Plainly Unlawful’
• USDA to invest $1B in establishing climate smart commodities
• COTTON SPIN: Murphy’s law of cotton price forecasting
• Farm income is forecast far above average for second year
• What are farmers doing to overcome high fertilizer prices? Five farmers from across the country break down their approach to fertility in the upcoming season.
• Move over corn silage, sorghum is coming for you
• USDA provides update on implementation of forthcoming disaster assistance
• John Phipps: As Inflation Increases Costs for Consumers, Here’s What is Often Overlooked
• Will This be the Last Year of 100% Bonus Depreciation
• Jerry Gulke: Are There More Questions than Answers in the Grain Markets?
• Agri-Pulse to launch ‘Newsmakers’ video and podcast
• Wheat: Texas A&M to Compile Data of 19 Universities’ Breeding Programs
• Lawmakers Ask for Flexibility on COVID Vaccines for Foreign Farmworkers
• Nat’l Assn Of State Depts Of Ag Asks EPA To Suspend Action On WOTUS Rulemaking
• Fertilizer Price Index Jumps Most Since September
• Ag Law Center Lists Top Ten Legal Issues In 2022, Pesticides Are Top Concern

02.07.2022

• Washington Week Ahead: Funding deadline faces Congress, ag awaits USDA’s climate plan
• Conservation Title Kicks Off 2023 Farm Bill Debate in House Ag Subcommittee Hearing
• USDA Forecasts Farm Sector Profits To Remain Above Long-Term Averages In 2022
• What’s Behind China’s About-Face on 15 Million Bushels of US Corn?
• Into a New World Where Supply is Not Taken for Granted
• 50 Senators: EPA, Stop WOTUS Rulemaking | Republican Senators Want EPA to Suspend WOTUS Rulemaking Pending Court Case
• Nebraska Legislature May Become First to Consider Right-to-Repair Bill
• What a Russian-Ukraine war could do to grain markets
• Protocol bridges gap between cotton producer, brands
• USDA to spend $1 bln to promote climate-friendly agriculture
• Online tool allows farmers, ranchers to report anticompetitive practices
• Concern recent dealings between China and Russia could threaten U.S. ag export demand
• New nationwide CDL training requirements take effect
• Companion bill introduced on shipping reform
• Farm Bureau calls on DOJ for update on meatpacker investigation
• Fertilizer Price Index Jumps Most Since September
• John Phipps: As Inflation Increases Costs for Consumers, Here’s What is Often Overlooked
• Will This be the Last Year of 100% Bonus Depreciation
• Cleveland on Cotton: Imbalance Between On-Call Sales, Purchases Support High Prices
• Wheat Market: What Is Driving Volatility?
• World Food Prices Are Climbing Closer Toward a Record High
• News of the Day Ag Law Center Lists Top Ten Legal Issues In 2022, Pesticides Are Top Concern
• Purdue/CME Polls Finds 40% Of Farmers Will Reduce Nitrogen Applications This Year
• CropLife Lists Best Agriculture Apps For 2022

02.04.2022

• Best Agriculture Apps for 2022
• USDA, DOJ launch online tool allowing farmers to report anticompetitive practices
• Aid ‘natural climate solutions’ with bigger USDA stewardship spending, says report
• Has The Farm Financial Picture Turned Dire? Ag Economy Barometer Reveals Reality of Input Price Pain for 2022
• Rural America needs ‘circular economy,’ says Vilsack
• FAS Administrator defends ag trade
• Ag Weather Forum | La Nina Remains in Effect
• CattleFax Sees Cow-Calf Producers’ Piece of the Pie Getting Bigger
• Greeneye Technology, FBN Partner to Test AI-Enabled Precision Spraying Technology
• Soybean market’s ‘blow-off top’
• Protocol bridges gap between cotton producer, brands
• The cattle price explosion is now!
• Wheat’s short term price trend is downward, analyst says
• Profitability in the face of high inputs
• Building trust with non-farmers
• Global Food Prices Climb Towards Record
• Technology: John Phipps: It’s Not a Chain, It’s a Web
• Shipping reform bill makes new advances in Congress
• DTN Cotton Close: Sharply Up on Exports, Crude
• Senators Urge EPA Not to Make Retroactive Cut to Biofuel Requirements
• Soybean Prices Race Past $15, Analysts Explain Why

02.03.2022

• The Three “C’s”: Crop Insurance, Climate, and Conservation
• Can NRCS Absorb Conservation Fund Bump? | Rep. Thompson Questions Whether NRCS Could Sustain Large Funds Increase in BBB
• Amid Calls for Cattle Market Reforms, JBS USA Settles Suit Against Big Packers
• CattleFax Forecasts Positive Profitability Trends In 2022
• Cattle Inventory Report Paints a Bullish Outlook
• Pair insurance with marketing to protect risk
• Sen. Tester’s bill gives farmers ‘right to repair’
• Soybean prices close off daily highs | Wednesday, February 2, 2022
• CRP, conservation programs kick off farm bill hearings
• Food and fuel required to meet global challenges, say ag leaders
• Jerry Gulke: Will 2022 Repeat 2021?
• House Republicans push back on USDA’s climate priorities
• Texas Field Reports: Market Concerns Equal Good Commodity Crop Prices
• USDA Invests $1.4 Billion to Support Local Businesses, Create Good-Paying Jobs and Strengthen the Economy in Rural America
• Purdue/CME ‘s Ag Economy Barometer Declines, Producers Concerned About Rising Costs And Supply Chain Disruptions

02.02.2022

• Successful Farming | What is today’s news | Tuesday, February 1, 2022
• Rural America to Congress: Protect Crop Insurance February 1, 2022
• Purdue/CME ‘s Ag Economy Barometer Declines, Producers Concerned About Rising Costs And Supply Chain Disruptions
• Russia-Ukraine Tensions Unnerving Grain Markets- Could “Spark Unrest Far From the Front Lines”
• Has The Farm Financial Picture Turned Dire? Ag Economy Barometer Reveals Reality of Input Price Pain for 2022
• A 2022 Review of Farm Bill Conservation Programs Wednesday, February 2, 2022 | 10:00 AM Washington | LIVE STREAM
• Right-to-Repair Bill Offered in Senate | Bill Would Require Manufacturers to Provide Diagnostics Equipment to Farmers
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends | Anhydrous Hits All-Time-High Price Record at $1,492
• Temporizing on Trade with China
• Grain markets get second wind
• Rising costs and supply chain disruptions concern farmers
• Trucker protest strands beef shipments at U.S.-Canada border
• Max Armstrong | Farm Progress | Feb. 1, 2022
• Strong beef demand expected to continue
• New technology helps producers detect sick cattle earlier
• Farmer hopeful for the ’22 season despite challenges
• Carbon credit brokers contacting agriculture, rural landowners in Texas
• Tractorcade: How an Epic Convoy and Legendary Farmer Army Shook Washington, D.C.
• Thompson on Cotton: Outside Uncertainty Doesn’t Stop New Contract Highs
• January 1 Cattle Inventory Down 2 Percent
• USDA Announces Inaugural Federal Advisory Committee On Urban Agriculture
• USDA Reports Cattle Inventory Down 2% In 2021

02.01.2022

• Coalition: Don’t Cut Crop Insurance Farmers Back Crop Insurance as EWG Criticizes Program Over Climate Change
• EPA Finalizes RFS Compliance Delays Despite Call From Biofuels to Enforce Law
• Cattle Lean into Monday Hopeful for Week Ahead
• USDA Cattle Inventory Report | Jan. 1 Cattle Inventory Down 2%
• Hefty subsidy needed for adoption of cover crops
• Sharp decline in farm income likely this year
• Cattle inventory numbers point to more contraction
• USDA announces partnership to ease port congestion
• Researchers find tradeoff between water quality and emissions on the farm
• Future of U.S. corn, soybean & wheat production depends on groundwater
• New Machinery Autonomy in Action: These Machines Bring Imagination to Life
• Succession Planning | John Phipps’ Ugly Truth about Succession Planning: Unearned Wealth Brings Out the Worst in Everybody
• Cotton Market Analysis – Jan. 31
• Trouble Brewing in Brazil? Soybean Crop Forecasts Trimmed as Bad Weather Hurts Yields
• Daybreak Jan. 31: House tackles competition bill