Ag News

12.03.2021

• With Fertilizer Prices Soaring, NCGA Criticizes Move to Slap Tariffs on UAN Imports
• Considering a New Fertilizer Additive or Biological? Four Questions to Ask First
• Battle for U.S. spring planted acres
• Senate in driver’s seat on big spending
• Small-scale producers get improved insurance coverage
• USDA makes conservation-minded crop insurance changes
• Export sales: Wheat slumps to marketing-year low
• Highest U.S. farm income in eight years, but headwinds in 2022
• Biden official says port traffic is improving
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- November 2021
• U.S. Soy Achieves Record Export Volume For 20/21 Marketing Year
• KC Fed Reports Limited Demand For Farm Loans, Strong Profits For Ag Bank
• Agri-Pulse Launches Series “Cover Crops: The Potential, Pitfalls And Policy Options”
• U Of Illinois Researchers Report Scientific Work Could Eliminate Wheat Disease Within 40 Years

12.02.2021

• 2021 Net Farm Income Highest Since 2013
• RMA eases prevented planting, haying and grazing rules
• USDA Updates Crop Insurance To Respond To Producer Needs
• USDA Updates Crop Insurance To Support Conservation And Climate Mitigation Efforts
• Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices End November 2021 at All-Time Highs
• Two strategies to analyze commodity markets
• High fertilizer costs likely to last through spring
• Public-private partnership focused on ag and climate
• 3 mistakes in farm transition conversations
• U.S. corn reigns supreme in weaned pig trials
• Refining the robotic cotton harvester to do more
• Highs and lows of the booming marijuana industry
• Eight tips to follow for variable-rate seeding in soybeans
• Investor group warns livestock industry needs to do more on methane
• EPA reviewing dicamba label
• Genetics pay off as farmers in dry areas report better-than-expected yields
• USSEC: China eyes sustainable US soybeans
• Soy trait secures first international commercial license
• NCGA Deeply Disappointed Fertilizer Companies, Commerce Dept Continue To Press For Tariffs

12.01.2021

• How will Omicron affect ag markets?
• Pro and Con: Tax Provisions in the Build Back Better Act
• Commodity Market Volatility Possible as December Contracts Go Into Delivery
• President focusing on food supply chains
• Soil moisture levels declining, Texas producers hoping for rain
• Oklahoma weather disrupted soybean production
• Average cotton, exceptional price a rarity
• Corn to take a leading role as farmers chase high commodity prices
• USDA announces technical assistance partnerships focused on underserved producers
• Highs and lows of the booming marijuana industry
• Input prices and commodity prices; two halves of the 2022 acreage puzzle
• Fertilizer: Risk of “Spring Scramble” for Supplies
• How a Texas Farmer Killed Agriculture’s Debt Dragon
• Despite holding little US land, China remains focus of foreign ownership discussion
• Report: Global supply chain disruptions will continue through 2022
• Waiver extended from Hours of Service rule for drivers of livestock, feed
• Small-Scale, Local Producers Get Improved Insurance Coverage
• USDA Announces Its Agricultural Outlook Forum Theme And Program

11.30.2021

• Crop Progress Report 11.29.2021 (PDF)
• 2021 U.S. corn, soybean harvests officially over
• Soybean, wheat prices finish double-digits lower | Monday, November 29, 2021
• Winter Wheat Conditions Steady in Final Crop Progress Report of 2021
• Negotiate your best land lease for 2022
• Factors impacting corn, soybean exports now
• Impressive cattle rally
• Waiver extended for Hours of Service rules
• Factors expected to drive the 2022 corn market
• Design your farm succession plan first, then gift farmland
• Plant breeding advances may spark annual corn and soybean yield increases
• USDA vaccination rate is lowest in federal government
• First dicamba-resistant waterhemp reported in Illinois
• Two proposals, two different solutions, no easy answer for cattle markets
• Cattle market legislation has a big hill to climb
• Fertilizer: Risk of “Spring Scramble” for Supplies
• COVID-19 Disruptions Causing Historic Economic Changes
• Opinion | How Much More Will The 2022 Crop Cost?
• Saving the planet by saving the soil: Can cover crops fulfill their promise?
• USDA Releases "Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook" Report

11.29.2021

• Wheat jumps 1%, new COVID-19 variant looms over market
• A Hint of Panic in the Wheat Market?
• USDA Begins Accepting Applications For $1.15 Billion In Loans And Grants For Rural Broadband Access
• Washington Week Ahead: Dems face spending stalemate, unfinished Biden agenda
• An electric tractor may be in your future
• How shorter crops could give farming a longer life
• Farmland Values Eclipse Records as Sellers Turn to Auctions
• Landwatch November 2021 Recent Farmland Sales
• Export Sales: Corn climbs to marketing-year high
• USDA invests in strengthening meat supply chain
• Nutrient efficiency is on deck in agriculture
• Russian wheat rises for sixth week in a row amid strong demand
• Two proposals, two different solutions, no easy answer for cattle markets
• Pesticide industry battling supply chain challenges, working to ensure 2022 availability
• Using genetics as a risk management tool
• From the Flames: A Lesson in Thanksgiving from a Man Who Survived a Raging Oklahoma Wildfire
• Rural Route Hero: USPS Mail Carrier Rescues Cattle Producer After Near-Death Tractor Accident
• Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show, Amarillo, Nov. 30-Dec. 1
• USDA Agriculture And Related Industries Provide 10.3% Of Employment
• Full Year: Deere & Co’s Sales Up 24%, Net Income Doubles–$6 Billion
• Deere & Co. Issues Outlook For 2022

11.24.2021

• Wheat market climbs to a double-digit finish | Tuesday, November 23, 2021
• UDSA Releases "Season Average Price Forecasts" Report
• Republicans Criticize Recent EPA Regs EPA Actions on Ag Pesticides Draw Rebuke from Republican Legislators
• DTN Ag Summit Offers Exclusive Insights | John Deere Economist to Discuss Global Agriculture Outlook at DTN Ag Summit
• Anti-livestock Tone at Climate Summit Triggers Concern Among U.S. Ranchers Group
• Oil Futures Rally on Expected OPEC Response to SPR Release
• Tester introduces bill to halt Brazilian beef imports
• USDA invests in strengthening meat supply chain
• Avoid these mistakes in setting up a farm board
• Giant pipeline in U.S. Midwest tests future of carbon capture
• Experts Report They Don’t Expect Fertilizer, Herbicide Prices To Fall This Spring – Here’s Why
• Farm Policy Facts: Report Highlights Issues, Challenges In The U.S. Beef Market