Ag News

01.20.2022

• ARC-PLC unlikely to pay for the 2022 crop
• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Highlights Key Work In 2021 To Create More And Better Markets
• Will Industrial Hemp Unlock the Answers to Restoring Soil Health?
• Cotton Spin: Resolutions for the New Year | Tips for deliberate and intentional marketing in 2022
• DTN Cotton Close: Market Ends Sharply Higher
• Growing cotton in space helps identify sustainable production practices
• Research Indicates Pest Damage Mitigated in ThryvOn Cotton
• Precision Planting Unveils Sprayer Tech | Precision Planting Reveals Projects Aimed at Improving Operation, Data Collection of Sprayers
• Why South America’s drought is different this year
• 2 commodities to monitor closely in 2022
• A dream year in the wheat market, almost
• Logistical challenges for cotton industry
• Infrastructure law funds high-priority locks
• China: Focus on Domestic Production, as Soy, Pork Imports Fell in 2021; Corn Imports Hit Record- Meat Production Surges
• Latest wave of Omicron is far from over, especially in many rural communities
• Mexican science agency recommends reduced glyphosate imports
• USDA: Per Acre Water Use In Irrigated Farmland Shows A Declining Trend
• USDA Releases "Oil Crops Outlook" Report

01.19.2022

• U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Highlights Key Work in 2021 to Combat Climate Change
• Secretary Vilsack Announces New 10 Year Strategy to Confront the Wildfire Crisis
• Technically Speaking Consolidation Dominant in Livestock
• 3 tips for presenting big ideas to your banker
• Soybean hedgers ruled 2021 | Farm Futures study shows what worked, and what didn’t.
• National Biodiesel Board is now Clean Fuels Alliance America
• A guide to the recent USDA conservation investments
• EPA shifts policy to fully comply with ESA
• Can China repeat 2021 corn import record?
• China: Focus on Domestic Production, as Soy, Pork Imports Fell in 2021; Corn Imports Hit Record- Meat Production Surges
• These 13 States Had Record Corn and Soybean Yields in 2021
• Vilsack lays out 10-year strategy for combatting wildfires
• DOT announces $27B in funding available for bridges nationwide
• Thompson on Cotton: New Highs Renew Life of Bull Market
• Ag Legislation Taking Effect in 2022 Around the Country
• USDA Releases “Feed Outlook” Report
• USDA Releases “Wheat Outlook” Report
• EPA’s New Pesticide Policy May Limit New Chemistries
• AgFunderNews.com Lists Its 20 Most Read Stories In 2021

01.18.2022

• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- January 2022
• 2021 Tractor Sales Rise Double Digits Tractor, Combine Sales Up Double Digits, as Small-Tractor Sales Lose Steam
• Ag Weather Forum Extreme Weather Costs Greater Than Farm Income
• Key indicators in the growing value of American farmland
• AgFunderNews.com Lists Its 20 Most Read Stories In 2021
• CHS expects fertilizer prices to come down in 2022
• Agribusiness group applauds Supreme Court vaccine ruling
• Fertilizer Prices Fall, Diesel Prices Climb
• Food Prices Up 6.3 Percent Since Last Year
• Jerry Gulke: Will South America be the Price Maker?
• Did USDA’s January Crop Production Report Reveal a Major Marketing Lesson?
• Global Markets: Cotton – U.S. Shipments Lag as Disruption of Seasonal Patterns Continues1-15
• Is BBB DOA or is it just sleeping?
• Statement by Secretary Vilsack on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• New Economic Analysis Has Farmers Raising Concerns About Looming Tariffs On Nitrogen Fertilizers

01.17.2022

• There’s more to USDA’s latest report than you think
• Washington Week Ahead: Vilsack heads to Hill
• Jerry Gulke: Will South America be the Price Maker?
• CoBank: U.S. monetary policy poised to replace COVID as economic wild card
• Key indicators in the growing value of American farmland
• Farmers Ask for Less in Operating Loans in Q4 in Response to Strong Ag Economy
• Report: Biden Considers More RFS Cuts Biden Administration Weighs Potential 2022 RFS Cuts to Corn Ethanol
• How to handle emotional farm transition conversations
• Vilsack wants EPA to ‘learn and listen’ on WOTUS
• Trade war price tag: $27 billion in lost ag export sales
• ASF researcher believes disease will eventually reach the U.S.
• AFBF President Zippy Duvall concerned about interest rate hike
• Hearing explores electric vehicle use in agriculture and rural America
• Tips that (mostly) stand the test of time
• Russian wheat falls with global benchmarks
• White House Will Recruit Rural Land For New Clean Energy Projects, Could it Create Too Much Competition for Land?
• Key indicators in the growing value of American farmland
• The Ag Technology Gap: When Promises Fall Short Of Results
• Did USDA’s January Crop Production Report Reveal a Major Marketing Lesson?
• Global Markets: Wheat – Investment in Milling Capacity Reduces Sub-Saharan Africa Wheat Flour Imports
• Texas: National Cotton Council Recognizes 2 from AgriLife Extension
• New Economic Analysis Has Farmers Raising Concerns About Looming Tariffs On Nitrogen Fertilizers

01.14.2022

• Farm Sues John Deere for Repair Rights
• 2021 Land Report: Who owns the most land in the United States?
• SCOTUS stays OSHA’s vaccine/test mandate for businesses
• Texas A&M Study Shows Fertilizer Prices Could Increase With More Tariffs
• DTN Long-Range Weather Outlook
• Barriers Exist to Rural EV Adoption
• Farm Futures: How Good Are You at This Business of Farming
• ICYMI farm news highlights | Thursday, January 13, 2022
• Digital Edition of The Land Report Winter 2021
• OKFB: Analyzing the Biden-Harris meat and poultry supply chain plan
• Food Prices Up 6.3 Percent Since Last Year
• Fertilizer Prices Move Higher, as Brisk Rate of Increases Slows- Pending Tariffs Raising Concerns
• USDA’s Final 2021 Crop Production Numbers Are In, Here’s What You Should Know
• All Eyes on South America: Did USDA Trim Production Enough
• U Of Illinois Researchers: Powerful Sensors On Planes Detect Crop Nitrogen With High Accuracy
• CoBank: U.S. Monetary Policy Poised To Replace COVID As Economic Wild Card
• House Members Call For Action Against India’s Wheat And Rice Subsidies
• USDA Reports Record High Soybean, Corn Crops In 2021

01.13.2022

• 3 Big Things Today, January 13, 2022
• January 2022 WASDE Report (PDF)
• ICYMI farm news highlights | Wednesday, January 12, 2022
• Barriers Exist to Rural EV Adoption Witnesses Tell House Ag Committee Rural America Not Ready for Electric Vehicles
• USDA Reports Summary USDA Increases Corn and Soybean Ending Stocks for 2021-22
• Higher fertilizer prices not linked to natural gas
• Soybean rally as fertilizer prices see some relief
• Lead time blues: A closer look at ag supply chain stress
• Ag groups defend safety of glyphosate
• EPA renews Enlist herbicides, adds new protective measures
• SCOTUS denies year-round E15
• New economic analysis raises concerns over proposed nitrogen tariffs
• Inflation, recessions, and war, oh my!
• Food Prices Up 6.3 Percent Since Last Year
• Resolutions process leaves Farm Bureau in limbo on cattle markets legislation
• DTN Cotton Close: Higher on Strong WASDE Data
• Full Year: U.S. Tractor Sales Up 10%, Combine Sales Up 25%
• KC Fed Reports Ag Loan Volume Dropped 13% Last Year, Lowest Level Since 2012
• USDA: Increased Efficiency Has Replaced Input Intensification For Growth In Global Agricultural Output