Ag News

01.31.2022

• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Lists His Top Three Priorities
• Cleveland on Cotton: More Highs Likely with “Insatiable” Yarn Demand
• Six Lingering Questions About John Deere’s Autonomous Tractor
• Washington Week Ahead: Conservation gets focus, House considers trade provisions
• On the ground in Ukraine: what it means for agriculture
• Why It’s Still Difficult to Forecast Next Week’s Weather
• EPA Finalizes RFS Compliance Delays Despite Call From Biofuels to Enforce Law
• Crop insurance flexibilities have been extended by 5 months, USDA says
• Farm management analyst concerned working capital will begin to erode
• Just When You Think Fertilizer Shortages are Improving, Trucker Vaccine Mandates Slam Supply Chain Into Disarray
• New Machinery | Autonomy in Action: These Machines Bring Imagination to Life
• Cattle Analysis and Outlook – Jan. 28
• Ag Trade: China Keeps Eye on Domestic Food Security
• USDA: 2021 Retail Food Price Inflation Continued, But Varied Among Food Categories

01.28.2022

• USDA Extends Crop Insurance Flexibilities To June Due To COVID-19
• USDA Extends Pandemic-Related Crop Insurance Flexibilities (MP3 on USDA Website)
• One year checkup: How Biden is handling ag trade
• USDA invests $1 billion to improve rural towns across the country
• More Fertilizer Volatility? Russia, Ukraine Conflict Could Cause Fertilizer Supply, Price Issues
• County Restrictions In TX & OK for Enlist Herbicides Cause Problems for Farmers, Corteva
• Is king corn headed to $7?
• Hiring a grain marketing expert: fundamentalist or technical analyst?
• The tea on hot farmland prices
• Cotton producers prevailed in 2021 against onslaught of winds and rains
• A corn market correction up ahead, analyst warns
• China Keeps Eye on Domestic Food Security
• World Bank sees gains for climate and economy if ag policies are revised
• Experts: Congress must treat poor nutrition, climate change, and biodiversity loss as interconnected
• USGC chair says China must be held accountable on Phase One commitments
• Risk manager finds little interest in switching from corn to beans in ’22
• Countering soaring fertilizer costs
• Corn, soybean farmers promote bridge evaluation, management
• Conservation | Dirty Boots Advocacy: Farm Journal Announces Carbon Council
• Just When You Think Fertilizer Shortages are Improving, Trucker Vaccine Mandates Slam Supply Chain Into Disarray
• Five picked for state FSA, RD positions
• USDA Announces Conservation Reserve Program Signups For 2022

01.27.2022

• Prices Rise for Most Fertilizers, 10-34-0 Hits $800 Level
• Grain Markets Shake It Up Early in 2022
• Grower Leaders are Positioned to be Valuable in Farm Bill Talks
• Ag Weather Forum | Uncertainty Clouds Medium-Range Forecast
• Schadenfreude: That Feeling Commodity Producers Get When Bitcoin Tanks
• Market Matters | Blog Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order to Block Feb. 1 BNSF Worker Strike
• USDA Opens CRP Enrollment, Looking to Hit 25.5 Million Total Acres in Program
• In Case You Missed It: Farm News Highlights | Jan. 26, 2022
• Soybeans close 32¢ higher, wheat falls 23¢ | Wednesday, January 26, 2022
• Successful Farming: 2022 could be profitable despite skyrocketing input costs
• A corn market correction up ahead, analyst warns | Market acts like short-term peak in place; needs correction.
• Meat prices are going up but not as fast as in 2021
• Global factors, like Russia/Ukraine dispute could trigger explosive corn market for 2022
• Texas Farm Bureau seeks improvement to Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act
• Texas produce industry leaders inducted into Hall of Fame
• State Fair of Texas seeks unique small businesses
• Ukraine-Russia Tensions: What it Could Mean for Agriculture
• John Phipps: Is a Possible Cyberwarfare Attack Looming for Your Farm? Why Tractors May Be Next
• Ag sector hopes for stronger Senate shipping bill to ease ag export woe
• Texas Field Reports: High Fertilizer Prices, Drought Leave Wheat Outlook Cloudy
• John Deere Hit With Another "Right To Repair" Lawsuit

01.26.2022

• Ag groups react to Supreme Court decision to hear WOTUS appeal
• Grassley says proposed cattle market bill represents his constituents
• New data confirms peanuts are more water efficient than ever
• Input costs throw more risk into 2022 grain marketing scenarios
• Markets React As Tension Mounts Between Russia and Ukraine
• Ag Policy Blog Looking at 2022 ARC/PLC Election and Sign Up
• Ethanol Saw Strong 2021 Fourth Quarter
• Soybean exports face test
• Avoid the fear of failure
• Wheat surges above $8 per bushel | Tuesday, January 25, 2022
• How farmers are reducing inputs without losing yield
• AFBF seeks revision to cattle market transparency bill
• Farmers can protect against cyber attacks
• USDA urges grazing loss applications Submit applications for 2021 grazing loss assistance by Jan. 31
• Retaliatory Tariffs Reduced Ag Exports by $13.2 Billion Per Year

01.25.2022

• Shallow Loss Crop Insurance Options to Consider
• Corn ends higher, wheat up 20¢ | Monday, January 24, 2022 China buys more U.S. soybeans Monday
• USDA: Retaliatory Tariffs Reduced Ag Exports Annually By $13.2 Billion
• USDA Releases "Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook" Report
• How farmers are reducing inputs without losing yield
• Rural Mainstreet Index Starts Year Off Strong, Survey Of Rural Bankers
• Rural Bankers Rank the Greatest Threats for 2022
• 2022 Bull-Bear Outlook: Opportunity Versus Volatility
• A 15-Year Court Battle Over EPA Wetland Determination Gets Second Hearing Before High Court
• Russia-Ukraine Conflict Lifts Commodity Prices, Increases Market Risk
• Farm Futures: How Do You Know if Your Farm is Making Progress?
• For wheat traders, the Russia/Ukraine conflict threat is top of mind, analyst says
• Continued contraction sets the stage for higher prices
• Contract Library could help boost producers’ market confidence
• USDA says vast majority of pesticide residues under EPA levels
• Farmer discusses plans, challenges for the upcoming growing season
• Vilsack highlights work in 2021 to promote food and nutrition security
• WSJ: Omicron Brings Renewed Strain to U.S. Food System
• As Input Prices Soar, 200 bu. per acre Yields may be The Ticket to Breaking Even In 2022
• Supreme Court will hear case questioning reach of Clean Water Act
• U Of Illinois Economists Issue Report "2022 Market Outlook For Corn And Soybeans"
• USDA Releases "COVID-19 Vaccinations In Rural America" Outlook Report
• Senators Object To EPA’s Direction On Pesticides

01.24.2022

• Results From Farm Futures 2022 Acreage Forecast Released, More Soybeans Than Corn
• Rural Mainstreet Index Starts Year Off Strong
• What the Endangered Species Act Means for Ag Pesticide Use
• Ag Weather Forum | Drought Change Shows La Nina Effect
• One year checkup: How ag fared in Biden’s climate plan
• Max Armstrong: This Week in Agribusiness (1.22.2022) Audio
• The more farmers make the more risk they take on, analyst says
• Labor, trucking issues could create logistical challenges for input delivery
• High land values pricing new farmers out of market
• A look back and ahead for biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuels
• Farmer says farm bill, redistricting are top concerns
• Manure could provide crop farmers “best bang for their buck”
• Farm Bureau seeks revision to Cattle Transparency Act
• Vilsack highlights work in 2021 to promote food and nutrition security
• House holds hearing with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
• Vilsack highlights work in 2021 to promote food and nutrition security
• China’s Imports of U.S. Soy Rose in 2021, as Administration Walks “Fine Line” on Phase One Trade Deal, Negotiations Continue
• Jerry Gulke: Are the Grain Markets Finally Trading Reality?
• Corn Outlook: 5-30-90 Days
• Vilsack’s climate spending price tag
• Cleveland on Cotton: Speculative Profit Taking Clears the Way for Push Higher
• Ag Taxes: How to Determine Worker Classification
• USDA Chief Economist Highlights Some Of Hi Office’s 2021 Accomplishments
• USDA Publishes Results Of Its Annual Pesticide Residue Study