Ag News

09.17.2021

• Projected 2020 Price Loss Coverage Payment Rates
• Seed Company Leadership Profiles
• Ways and Means Committee Advances Tax Package | Bill Keeps Stepped-up Basis but Raises Tax Rates on Estates, Higher-Income Businesses
• Corn futures hold at a critical $5 price juncture
• Partisan reconciliation process could impact next farm bill
• Study: Politics drive rural COVID-19 case rates
• U.S. barge costs spike weeks after Hurricane Ida; CHS terminal under repair
• Farm equipment demand outpacing availability, supply chain disruptions
• RIN’s not to blame for higher consumer gasoline prices
• Ethanol production up as stocks dive
• Vilsack touts new ag productivity coalition as counter to EU
• Should CRP’s ranking of environmental benefits be reformed?
• Corn, Soybeans: Sept. FAPRI Baseline Update 9-16
• AG Sec’y Vilsack’s Remarks At The G-20 Open Forum On Sustainable Agriculture Environmental Sustainability Panel

09.16.2021

• Farmers relieved stepped-up basis preserved
• FAPRI Sees Lower 2022 Farm Income With Loss in Pandemic Aid, Net Farm Income Will Fall Sharply From Higher 2021 Totals
• US Ethanol Inventory Falls Again | EIA: Ethanol Output Again Up, Demand Falls to Over 4-Month Low
• Charts give hope for profitable fall sales
• Corn, soybean markets close higher | Wednesday, September 15, 2021
• Have farmers sold enough grain, analyst asks
• Big drop in farm income forecast as pandemic aid ends
• Estate Planning Conundrum: Business decisions made 15 years ago aren’t working out Can their problem be solved?
• CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-China cuts forecast for feed use of corn in 2021/22 as pig prices remain low
• RIN’s not to blame for higher consumer gasoline prices
• Antitrust lawsuit involving “Big 4” meatpackers will proceed
• House Committee Nixes Transfer Tax Proposal, Farm CPA Bumps Grade From ‘F’ to ‘B-‘
• Antitrust Lawsuit Against Packers To Move Forward
• Canadian Pacific And Kansas City Southern Railway Execute Agreement To Combine

09.15.2021

• Farm groups not backing down on stepped-up basis
• House panel approves $66 billion ag bill; change in ‘stepped-up basis’ is abandoned
• Charts give hope for profitable fall sales
• House Democrats Propose Cutting Estate Tax Exemption, Offer Higher Farmland Exclusion
• Ethanol, Oil Interests Try to Influence OMB on Renewable Fuel Standard
• Farmers relieved stepped-up basis preserved
• New equipment highlights from summer farm shows
• Successful Farming Tools of the Year 2021
• White House Takes On ‘Big Meat,’ Says Inflation Isn’t the Source of Swelling Retail Protein Prices
• Updated Study Shows The Value Of Red Meat Exports To U.S. Corn Farmers
• Livestock industry leaders talk hunger, climate at forum
• FAPRI Issues Five Year Corn Price Outlook
• U.S. August Tractor Sales Up 10%, Combine Sales Up 20%
• Crop Progress Report 09.13.2021 (PDF)
• Corn Growers React To Proposed Tax Changes

09.14.2021

• House Ag Committee advances ag spending bill
• Price tag for new nutrition and ag spending nears $100 billion
• DC Signal to Noise: The Heat Increases on Infrastructure, Afghanistan and Vaccine Mandates
• House Dems drop changes to stepped-up basis in reconciliation package
• House Democrats Propose Cutting Estate Tax Exemption, Offer Higher Farmland Exclusion
• House Ways & Means Lays Down Tax Marker
• A bad lesson in federal spending
• Senators resurrect country of origin labeling for beef
• Grain market buyers are absent, prices close lowerl | Monday, September 13, 2021
• U.S. grain exports sink as Gulf terminals struggle to recover from Ida
• China to be world’s leading corn importer even with record crop
• Sales of farm equipment up in August
• EPA requests updated dicamba data in preparation for registration decision
• Jerry Gulke: September USDA Report – Feast or Famine?
• U.S. August Tractor Sales Up 10%, Combines Sales Up 20%
• USDA: Pressurized Irrigation Systems Doubled From 1984 To 2018

09.13.2021

• September 2021 WASDE Report
• New insurance option for corn farmers who split apply N
• Corn, Soybean, Wheat Futures Rise Friday Despite Bearish USDA WASDE Report
• Summer 2021 Is Hottest on Record in US
• U.S. farmers need trade advocates
• USDA report reaction: Higher yields – and market rallies?
• Ag markets close mostly higher | Friday, September 10, 2021
• Corn’s demand dilemma Markets Analysis
• House Ag GOP pushes amendments to stop harmful tax proposals
• China Corn Production at Record Level, as U.S. Expecting Second Largest Corn Harvest Ever
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- August 2021
• Jerry Gulke: September USDA Report – Feast or Famine?
• House Ag debates spending plan, Dems rebuff GOP attacks over stepped-up basis
• Ag Groups See Issues with Capital Gains Proposals
• Waters Of The U.S. Rule Will Most Likely Wind Up In Supreme Court, Ag Retailers Assn Reports
• USDA Accepts More Than 2.5 Million Acres In Grassland CRP Signup, Double Last Year’s Signup

09.10.2021

• Biden plan to mandate vaccines/testing at large packing plants
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- August 2021
• Analyst suggests bearish sentiment ahead of USDA report could set stage for a bump
• USDA announces $446 million to fund ag, business renewable projects
• U.S. farmers need trade advocates
• September 2021 WASDE Preview: Will the bears emerge from hibernation?
• Vilsack: Biofuels $700M Still on Way Secretary of Agriculture Says USDA Biofuels Aid in Hands of OMB
• View From the Cab | Wrangle the Clock: Farm Time Management is a Tough Job
• Ag and Rural Funding Priorities | House Ag Committee to Consider How to Divvy Up $135 Billion in Reconciliation for Food and Ag
• Higher Metals Prices Add to Ag Supply Chain Worries
• Thune and Tester sponsor mandatory COOL bill for beef
• USDA to help cover feed transport costs in drought areas
• USDA Announces New Grants to Provide COVID Workforce Assistance
• Tax proposals risk future of family farms, OKFB tells Congress
• Democrats propose major boosts in ag research, rural energy funding
• Airlines boost biofuel pledge as White House announces development plan
• KC Fed: Ag Finance Update: Financing Of Ag Production Loans Eases Further