Ag News

10.08.2021

• Livestock Mandatory Reporting Likely Extended Again as USDA Details Efforts to Expand Processing Capacity
• Troubling news at the Bureau of Land Management
• Global Food Prices Highest Since 2011, as Energy Costs Rise and Supply Chain Challenges Persist
• 7 ag stories you might have missed
• TractorHouse victim of ransomware attack
• New Record $26,000/Acre Iowa Farmland Sale, Record Amount of Land Could Flood Market in Next 60 Days
• Corn and soybeans close higher | Thursday, October 7, 2021
• U.S. farm exports are in record-setting territory
• Americans’ spending on food plunged during pandemic
• Set a date with your tax advisor
• Hartzler presses Vilsack on processing grants, vaccine mandates in House hearing
• Livestock producers testify about top concerns
• U.S. & China Expected to Hold Virtual Meeting
• Rod Snyder named ag adviser at EPA
• Nat’l Wheat Growers Assn Welcomes EPA’s Appointment Of Rod Snyder
• USDA Announces Plan To Integrate Climate Adaptation Into Its Missions And Programs

10.07.2021

• USDA Introduces New Insurance Policy For Farmers Who Sell Locally
• Market Matters Blog What Do Oats Really Know?
• View From the Cab Field Time Versus Family Time Discussions
• Don’t Let Record-High Cattle on Feed Fool You
• US Ethanol Inventories Fall
• Congress wants input in trade tariff use
• Will newfound supplies threaten corn, soy profits?
• Bayer gains as jury rejects Roundup cancer link in U.S. trial
• USDA announces higher guaranteed farm loan limit
• U.S. cattle market report published for Congress, USDA
• Bayer enters the organic seed business
• More farmers experiment with cover crops, a climate tool, survey shows
• Expect a rapid transition to winter thanks to La Nina
• New report shows legislative proposals could hurt cattle industry
• ‘Middle ground’ on WOTUS elusive if not impossible
• Farmers accept earlier, larger role in ag tech development
• Farmer sentiment drops as future expectations soften
• More States See Record Farmland Prices

10.06.2021

• Closer Look at ARC-PLC Payments Yield Disaster Helps Generate Some ARC-County Payments for 2020-21 Crops
• Purdue/CME Polling Reports Farmer Sentiment Declines In September, Inflation Expectations Jump
• Forecasting Natural Gas Prices: How High From Here?
• USDA Releases "Commodity Costs And Returns" Outlook Report
• China’s buying — and U.S. farms cashing in
• Ambassador Tai looks to correct course with China
• Congress wants input in trade tariff use
• Profitability separators
• Iron sales skyrocket despite supply challenges
• Vilsack satisfied, Grassley not, on USTR China trade strategy
• Farmer sentiment diminishes in September
• Lack of progress on infrastructure bill slows U.S. economic growth
• USDA to launch loan guarantee initiative
• Overseas trade a lifeline for U.S. agriculture
• US to jump-start trade engagement with China
• Lawmakers want more scrutiny for foreign investment in US ag
• New Texas A&M Report: Government Interference In Beef & Cattle Markets Has Unintended Consequences
• Value Of U.s. Agricultural Exports Projected To Reach New High In Fiscal Year 2022
• Increased Consumption Of Comfort Food Ice Cream During Pandemic Boosts Dairy Demand

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