Ag News

10.05.2021

• Crop Progress Report Oct. 4, 2021 (PDF)
• USDA launches loan guarantee program
• US to jump-start trade engagement with China
• Corn, Soybean Harvest Moves Further Ahead of Average Pace, According to Crop Progress Report
• Growth Energy Tells Court It’s Last Chance to Get it Right on Ethanol Ruling
• How to minimize a big margin squeeze in 2022
• Changes for the food and agriculture inputs industry
• Yield data drives decision-making
• Biden’s new China trade plan echoes Trump’s, but assumes Beijing won’t change
• Senate approves Stone-Manning as land management chief
• Embrace input and acre volatility – and manage it
• AFBF statement on confusion surrounding a proposed methane tax
• Texas Field Reports: Beef Cattle Faring Well Going into Fall, Winter

10.04.2021

• This Week in Agribusiness, October 2, 2021 (Video)
• Popular Online Farm Equipment and Land Auction Service Sites Crippled by Ransomware Attack
• Vilsack plans large-scale climate projects, announces $3B for ag, school aid
• Washington Week Ahead: USTR talks China policy, Biden agenda in doubt
• Year-Over-Year Wheat Production Numbers Tell Story of 2021 Drought Across US
• Ag Disaster Aid Added to Funding Bill
• Control your farmland – from beyond the grave?
• Finding and retaining farm workers; a peanut market story
• Decide between Xtend or Enlist
• USDA vaccine candidate is effective against African swine fever
• Rural America, mostly white, is becoming more diverse
• Whew … Deere strike averted … for now
• This week will not end infrastructure progress
• Higher Fertilizer Prices Could Impact U.S. Acreage Allocation, as Power Issues in China Impact Feed Costs
• Purdue Economist’s Report Shows Organically Raised Corn, Soybean More Profitable Than Conventionally Raised
• USDA Quarterly Grains Stocks Report Shocks Soybean Market with Surprises in Supply
• More On Ag Check Off Lawsuit
• High Plains Journal Announces Its Next Cotton U Event Slated For Dec. 2, In Amarillo, TX

10.01.2021

• USDA Reports Summary | USDA Releases Grain Stocks and Small Grains Annual Summary Reports
• Biden signs bill providing $10B to cover wide range of ag disasters
• Soybeans Plunge, Wheat Rallies on USDA Stocks and Production Changes
• Ag Input Crunch Ahead Ag Chem Supplies: Four Things to Know Heading Into 2022
• Combines Uncover the Season’s Wins and Losses as Harvest Picks Up
• ERS: Stepped-up basis tax proposal impacts 20% of farms
• Vilsack uses CCC funds to pour $3B more into ag sector
• Intervention needed on ag carbon markets
• USDA vaccine candidate successful in blocking ASF
• Export Sales: Soybeans stay strong, corn crumbles
• COVID lessons offer hope for ASF vaccine sooner
• Class action lawsuit against beef processors proceeds
• Survey: Iowa farmland values up 18.8% since March
• U.S. farmers produced more soybeans, hold more stocks, USDA reports
• Seed relabeling still common, according to new Farmers Business Network report
• Higher Fertilizer Prices Could Impact U.S. Acreage Allocation, as Power Issues in China Impact Feed Costs
• Democratic Lawmakers Call On Biden Administration to Halt Plan to Cut Biofuel Blending Volumes
• China’s Energy Problems Impacting Food Security Variables, as Weaker Chinese Corn Buying Unfolds
• DTN Cotton Close: Higher at Month and Quarter End
• Grain Stocks Bearish for Corn, Soybeans, Bullish for Wheat – DTN
• Brownfield Ag News: U.S. Energy Secretary Doesn’t Expect Lower RVO Levels

09.30.2021

• Vilsack plans large-scale climate projects, announces $3B for ag, school aid
• Margin Protection Insurance 101 | Margin Protection Crop Insurance Offers Farmers a Way to Safeguard Revenue for 2022 Crops
• Ag Input Crunch Ahead | Ag Chem Supplies: Four Things to Know Heading Into 2022
• Are you a cash price seller?
• Vilsack uses CCC funds to pour $3B more into ag sector
• USDA funds $1.5 billion to combat school meal supply-chain problems
• New USDA initiative to help farmers address climate change
• RFS rumors sparking concerns from Congressional members
• Farmland values on a rocket ship
• ‘Genius grant’ for professor who created prairie strips to reduce farm runoff
• Grassley on RVO rumors: “worst week in Washington for ethanol ever” if true
• Economist says some cuts actually cost money
• Japan and Korea set tone for U.S. beef exports
• Farm Bureau says reconciliation bill is a long way off from their support
• Farmer forward contracting grain as inputs rise
• Ag Sector Increasingly a Target of Cyber Attacks – Commentary
• Employment in U.S. Agriculture Grew During Past Decade
• U of Illinois Economist Issues Report on Farmland Leasing Trends

09.29.2021

• Potential Government Shutdown Would Close USDA Offices Nationwide, Put Payments to Farmers on Hold
• Ag markets closed lower | Tuesday, September 28, 2021
• Farm markets eye Congress’s $5 trillion spending bill, analyst says
• Burst of USDA top-up pandemic payments to farmers
• The downside risk of storing unpriced crops
• The top 3 “thought tools” for farm leaders
• Brazil could see 15% jump in grain production
• RFS rumors sparking concerns from Congressional members
• Can government policy ‘fix’ weather extremes?
• 4 Parameters to consider before expanding
• Agriculture produces just 1% of carbon credits, data suggests
• Equity Commission to examine USDA programs and policies for bias
• Potential market to form around ag input advice
• Grassley on RVO rumors: “worst week in Washington for ethanol ever” if true
• Wall Street Journal: “Revival” in the Farm Belt, But Things Can Turn Quickly
• Vilsack Says 98.9% of Farmers Won’t Be Impacted by Biden’s Tax Plan, Tax Experts and Economists Still Disagree
• Democrats’ measure immediately pumps money into climate-smart ag, offers USDA loan relief
• USDA: States With Strictest Dicamba Restrictions Saw Less Dicamba Applied After Cotton Planting In 2019

09.28.2021

• Crop Progress Report 09.27.2021
• Report Shows Percent Of Farm/Ranchland OwnedBy Non-Operators
• Corn, Soybean Harvest Pulls Ahead of Average Pace, USDA NASS Says in Crop Progress Report
• Wall Street Journal: “Revival” in the Farm Belt, But Things Can Turn Quickly
• Remember Rural Road Safety | Vehicle, Farm Equipment Operators Share Responsibility for Rural Roadway Safety
• Brazil could see 15% jump in grain production
• Farmers use DIY approach with data
• Marketing strategies for two crops
• Corn closes up double-digits | Monday, September 27, 2021
• Pelosi delays infrastructure vote to Thursday
• Economist comments on impact of losing stepped-up basis with Biden tax plan
• DC Signal to Noise: A Conversation with The Farm CPA, Paul Neiffer
• How To Conduct Agronomic Autopsies
• Democrats’ measure immediately pumps money into climate-smart ag, offers USDA loan relief
• DTN Cotton Close: Sharply Up, but Off Highs
• Immigration Reform Likely Excluded from Budget Bill
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Down 1 Percent
• USDA Releases "Food Price Outlook" Report