Ag News

11.01.2021

• Agriculture Secretary on President’s framework for Build Back Better Act
• Cotton Harvest: The Perfect Classroom Cotton Harvest Provides an Invaluable Learning Experience
• Deere reaches tentative agreement with UAW
• Last, Best Hope:’ Leaders Launch Crucial UN Climate Summit
• E-corn-omics brought to you by Corn top choice in 2022 despite record costs
• Input prices, shortages, will make 2022 a challenge
• Vilsack to take ag’s voice to COP26
• Survey: Few ag companies require mandatory vaccinations
• Two USDA leaders talk policy, programs (Audio)
• Congressional delays keep repeating
• ‘Build back better’ would pay farmers to plant cover crops
• Farm safety risks for women (Audio)
• Wheat Prices Climb, as Elevated Fertilizer Prices Persist
• US-EU deal ends steel dispute, EU to lift retaliatory duties
• Agriculture Reconciliation Provisions Unveiled
• U Of Illinois Economist: No Signs Of Relenting – Implications From Elevated Input Costs Continue To Unfold
• Survey By Farm Journal Finds Farmers’ Online Buying Slows
• Ag Groups Urge EPA Not To Impose New Restrictions On Herbicides

10.29.2021

• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Comments On President’s Framework For The Build Back Better Act
• Cotton Farmers Harvest White Gold Farmers Harvest 2021 Cotton Projected to Fetch a Record Price
• Biden reaches deal on Build Back Better framework
• New report offers farm shop insight
• New ag trade education council formed
• Export sales: Grains trend lower | 10.28.2021
• How to make grazing work on national grasslands
• Corn closes higher, soybean prices lower | Thursday, October 28, 2021
• The effects of the Deere strike? Dealers are mum
• COVID-19 cases, deaths among meatpacking workers 3 times worse than thought
• U Of Nebraska Professor Explains Why Ag Is Targeted For Security Hacks

10.28.2021

• Why Do You Farm? Answers From Iowa and Texas Farmers
• Newest Tax Proposal in Washington Won’t Impact Most Farmers Today, But Tax Expert Warns it Could Be a Trojan Horse for Higher Taxes
• Malware Disrupts Food Supply Chain | Food and Ag Sector Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks
• Texas Ranch With 80,000 Acres Lists for $200 Million
• DC Signal to Noise | Q&A with David Wasserman
• Avoid fall delivery basis contract confusion
• Report: Some Midwest land prices are up 20% in last year
• Corn closes 13¢ higher | Wednesday, October 27, 2021
• Harvest delays, fund-buying support the corn market, analyst says
• Genetic engineering is the future of agriculture, scientists tell lawmakers
• Blue jackets return to Indianapolis for 2021 FFA Convention
• GOP Senators want RFS meeting with Biden
• USB farmer leaders train on benefits of gene editing
• The potential ag trade impact of China’s CPTPP bid
• NIFA invests more than $50 million towards beginning farmers, ranchers
• Rising input costs making tough decisions for farmers
• ADM, Gevo Sign MoU to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel, About Half of ADM’s Ethanol Production Could Go To Jet Fuel
• Kansas City Fed: U.S. Agricultural Economy Generally Strong, as Demand for Livestock Loans Grew in Third Quarter
• CFTC nominee backs agency role in carbon markets, climate concerns
• USDA Announces Initial Supporters of Sustainable Productivity Coalition
• Study Finds 2021 Thanksgiving Dinner Will Cost More

10.27.2021

• Fall Fertilizer Dilemma: Ask These Four Questions Before Buying
• Senators Seek Answers From White House on Federal Biofuels Policy
• Measure and deduct soil fertility as farmland transfers
• Supply chain issues hitting all segments of ag
• Fault lines and fissures in the ag economy: Part 2
• Cargo Ship Exports USDA exports – China, Mexico buy soybeans
• 5 tips for nutrient management this fall and next spring
• Grading the Phase One trade deal
• USDA announces initial supporters of Sustainable Productivity Growth Coalition
• White House eyes new climate change strategies in Biden bill
• If someone destroys your crops and trees, consider this law
• Research helps ranchers communicate sustainability of their operations
• Newest Tax Proposal in Washington Won’t Impact Most Farmers Today, But Tax Expert Warns it Could Be a Trojan Horse for Higher Taxes
• Glyphosate Prices Soar As Much As 300%, And That’s If You Can Even Get It
• Is a Flood of FSA Staffing Shortages Coming Soon? USDA Denies FSA Vaccine Exemption Request
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Deere Union Members Enter Second Week of Strike
• USDA Announces Early Release of Select Commodity Tables for Agricultural Projections to 2031
• USDA Announces Initial Supporters of Sustainable Productivity Growth Coalition
• Number Of Farmland Sales Increasing As Prices Are Setting Records
• USDA Organic Certification Deadline Nears

10.26.2021

• 2022: Boom or bust?
• 2021 National Wheat Yield Contest Wheat Farmers Grow Award-Winning Grain in a Year of Weather Extremes
• How to start thinking about 2022 plans
• Why soybean meal might be the next big thing
• EPA bans another pesticide
• How are farmers looking at carbon programs?
• October cotton supply/demand picture shows mixed bag
• Soybeans close 16¢ higher | Monday, October 25, 2021
• Wheat near two-month high on supply woes; soybeans, corn ease
• Crop Progress Report | Oct. 25, 2021 | PDF
• Grading the Phase One trade deal
• China Emerges as the Third-Largest Market for U.S. Beef, and Remains a Key Factor in U.S. Pork Exports
• The Input Supply Chain is Scary for U.S. Farmers, Here’s Why it May Be Worse in Brazil
• Is a Flood of FSA Staffing Shortages Coming Soon? USDA Denies FSA Vaccine Exemption Request
• What to Know: New Farm Lease Rules
• USDA Releases "Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook" Report

10.25.2021

• Deere, Kellogg Workers Take a Stand in Tight Labor Market
• Ag Secretary Vilsack visits Deere workers on strike
• All signs point to stagflation
• Loans and grants available to expand rural broadband
• Ballooning Fertilizer Prices and Production Cost Considerations Gain Scrutiny
• Fertilizer dilemma has farmers on edge, analyst says
• Don’t sell calves. Market them
• 5 things you didn’t know about co-ops
• Cattle contract bill is first market reform to win House panel backing
• Larger livestock loans indicate uncertainty in cattle country
• Vilsack announces infrastructure investments during tours in Illinois
• Cracking the case on rural well water
• Rural Bankers: 8 of 10 Farmers in Solid Cash Position
• Washington Week Ahead: Biden, Democrats press for spending votes this week
• Cleveland on Cotton: Current Range Likely to Hold Through Nov. Reports
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Down 1 Percent
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn, 50 Other Ag Groups, Comment On Disruptive Factors Facing U.S. Supply Chain
• Precision Farming Gear Being Stolen From Equipment On Dealer Lots