Ag News

12.31.2021

• 3 Big Things Today, December 31, 2021
• Top 12 stories in 2021 on Southwest Farm Press
• Don’t forget about your basis contracts
• Looking back on markets, celebrating a passion for agriculture
• Another roller coaster year for the livestock industry
• Farmers could help solve seed transportation delays next spring
• USDA Issues Report Showing Planting Of Cover Crops
• The Future of Agricultural Lending
• Used Machinery | Machinery Pete: When Will the Other Shoe Drop?
• Farm Family Business: A Step Up Instead of a Step Down – DTN
• USDA: Peanut Price Highlights
• Moving Grain: DOT Funds Major Upgrades of Supply Chain Infrastructure
• Shurley on Cotton: Prices Showing Nice Recovery, Outlook Still Uncertain and Volatile

12.30.2021

• Top Farm Futures stories from 2021
• Consider 2022 crop insurance implications
• New year, new challenges and opportunities for wheat
• Stress, opioid misuse taking toll on farming communities
• Corn, Wheat Markets Close Higher | December 29, 2021
• What are Farmers Doing to Overcome High Fertilizer Prices
• For ag tech, 2021 was a year of acquisitions, mergers, and growing collaborations
• Do you have your farm set up in the right legal entity category?
• Ag economist says skyrocketing fertilizer prices not likely to slow
• Labor shortages a major concern for the next growing season
• Prepare for a dynamic farmland market in 2022
• Biden team, tax and spending debates top Agri-Pulse stories for 2021
• What’s ahead for the farm economy in 2022?
• Ag Markets: Commodity Investment Winners Change Every Year – DTN
• Agri Marketing Releases Its List Of Most Read Items In 2021
• Futurist Cities Four Megatrends For Agriculture In 2022
• U Of Illinois Ag Economists Issue Corn & Soybean Export Outlook Report
• Red River Crops Conference registration opens

12.29.2021

• Futurist Cities Four Megatrends For Agriculture In 2022
• 3 crops themes from 2021
• What’s ahead for the farm economy in 2022?
• Parts, Equipment Shortages Hammered Ag
• Cybercrime and Taxes
• New year, new challenges and opportunities for wheat
• Caveats on cap-and-trade carbon markets
• Texas producers see proof of higher yields and better weed control
• USTR working on Japan beef access
• The auction class of 2021: Where are they now?
• All production costs driving near-record breakeven costs for crops in ‘22
• WSJ: Farmers Expected to Increase Planting, But Input Costs, Weather, and Chinese Demand Bring Uncertainty
• Pasture to Plate: A Culture-Driven Beef Business
• Corn, Soybeans: 2022 Export Sales Outlook
• DTN Grain Close: Wheat Markets Tumble Again; Soybeans, Corn Correct
• DTN Cotton Close: Sharply Lower Amid Year-End Position-Squaring
• USDA: Share Of Income Spent On Food In U.S. Dropped 10% In 2020, An Historic Low

12.28.2021

• Consider 2022 crop insurance implications
• Economist concerned about slow disaster payments to farmers
• Top 10 Ag Stories of 2021: No. 5 La Nina, Drought Highlight Weather Events in 2021
• 2021 Drought Didn’t Wither Spring Wheat Farmers’ Resolve
• Corn growers point blame at Mosaic for high fertilizer costs
• Biodiesel offers $15B economic benefit United Soybean Board
• New complex ramps up cotton classing in Texas
• Soybeans and corn close higher | Monday, December 27, 2021
• Satellite imagery helps producers to observe, improve cattle weight gain
• Successful Farming: Staff picks: Our favorite stories of 2021
• All production costs driving near-record breakeven costs for crops in ‘22
• China looks to increase domestic soybean production
• The Future of Agricultural Lending
• U.S. Interest Rates – Are We Entering a Period of Sustained Inflation?
• Biofuel producer bets on camelina as low-carbon feedstock
• DTN Cotton Close: Up on Higher Commodities
• USDA Releases “Food Price Outlook” Report

 

12.27.2021

• Texas landowner laws program set for 2022
• Analyst expects market volatility to continue in 2022
• USDA announces results of Cotton Research and Promotion sign-up
• Southwest Farm Press cover pages: A year in review
• 2021: A game-changer for farmers and ranchers
• Farmers are preparing for supply chain issues in 2022
• Neeley’s Favorite Story of 2021
  Nebraska Town’s Environmental Disaster is Tragic Reminder of Why We’re Journalists
• Ag Marketing IQ brought to you by Stay vigilant with grain marketing over the holidays
• Farmer reflects on a record 2021 crop year, but less optimistic for years ahead
• New tool shows food industry vulnerabilities by state
• Jerry Gulke’s Christmas List for the Grain Markets
• Ag Trade: Chinese U.S. Soybean Imports Up in Nov., as Biden Admin Contemplates Trade Deal Enforcement
• Texas: 3 Landowner Laws and Regulations Sessions in Feb.-April
• USDA Reports Cattle In Feedlots Up 4%
• Sale Of Kansas City Southern To Canadian Pacific Railway Completed
• Ben & Jerry’s Reveals Its Top Ten Flavors Of 2021
• USDA Releases "Oil Crops Outlook" Report

12.22.2021

• EPA Publishes Dicamba Damage Report, But Says Label Changes Unlikely in 2022 Season
• EPA says dicamba restrictions failed to prevent incidents, mulls further steps
• Polar Vortex Building in North America
• Top 10 Ag Stories of 2021: No. 9 Roads, Bridges and Broadband Get Their Due in Infrastructure Act
• House Ag Chair Looks to 2022 | Scott Reviews 2021 Ag Committee Work, Sees Need to Examine Electric Vehicles in 2022
• Ag policy highs and lows in 2021
• 2021 grain marketing reflections
• Ethanol left out of Biden’s proposed emission updates
• Fertilizer stocks head for best year since 2009 as prices soar
• Farmers are preparing for supply chain issues in 2022
• Happy days are here again for the ethanol industry
• EPA reviews Bayer dicamba herbicide blamed for crop damage
• Canada warns Build Back Better EV subsidies could spark trade war
• Inefficient California ports cost farmers billions New research estimates port congestion cost CA farmers $2.1 billion in lost exports
• Secs. Vilsack, Buttigieg Urge Ocean Carriers to Improve Service
• USDA Releases "Feed Outlook" Report
• USDA: Corn Use Projected Slightly Higher Than 2020/21 Record, "Cash Prices Firm During Harvest"
• Ag Lender Lists His Top 5 2021 Topics