Ag News

08.03.2021

• Crop Progress Report | Aug. 2, 2021 | PDF
• Senate FY22 spending bill includes $7B in disaster aid
• DC Signal to Noise: Unraveling the $550 Billion, 2,700-Page Infrastructure Plan
• USDA Announces August 2021 Lending Rates For Agricultural Producers
• Senate introduces infrastructure package with vote possible this week
• EPA Finalizes Paraquat Registration, OKs Aerial Applications for Now
• Roberts on Cattle and Carbon Former Sen. Pat Roberts Deals With Potential Packer Rules, Plethora of Carbon Markets
• Weekly Grain Movement – Corn tracks higher, soybeans slide lower
• Stricter controls sought against ag-based water pollution
• EPA & Corps of Engineers to get input from farmers on WOTUS
• Quantifying carbon budget & credit in agroecosystems
• U.S. Total Farm Production Expenditures Rose in 2020
• Senators Request Meeting with Biden to Discuss Biofuels in Climate Agenda
• NCBA Applauds Ranchers On The Border Legislation
• USDA: Cotton Farmers Report Declines In The Effectiveness Of The Herbicide Glyphosate

08.02.2021

• Analysts Say the Major Market Moving Factor Remains the Same into August
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate set to debate bipartisan infrastructure bill
• This Week in Agribusiness, July 31, 2021
• House Advances Disaster Aid | Ag Economy Outlook Strong 7-31
• Schumer announces bipartisan group has finalized legislative text on infrastructure bill
• Bipartisan infrastructure bill…More than 2000 pages
• Cotton Farmers Report Declines In The Effectiveness Of The Herbicide Glyphosate
• Green Light for Cow-Calf Prices Seven Reasons the Cattle Market Will Keep Gaining
• Hay Prices See Regional Differences Drought Pushes Hay Prices Higher; Other Areas Steady to Lower
• Todd’s Take Time to Get Technical in Corn and Soybeans
• Court again upholds beef checkoff constitutionality
• Grain markets keep treading water
• Is it time to break up the ag monopolies?
• Bayer will not take glyphosate out of farmers’ hands
• Expanding cattle processing capacity may fall short
• Methane gas and livestock farms – a win for agriculture
• Can food systems really get to net zero?
• EPA And Army Announce Next Steps For Crafting Enduring Definition Of Waters Of The United States
• EPA & Corps of Engineers to get input from farmers on WOTUS
• EPA Announces Plans to Revert Back to Pre-Obama WOTUS Rule, Public Input Meetings Set for August
• House passes FY22 spending bill bolstering ag research, enforcement agencies
• U Of Illinois Researchers Release Report "Consumer Preferences And The Meatless Meat Industry"

07.30.2021

• Ag funding package plus amendments pass House
• $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Clears Senate Hurdle, Includes Biggest Bridge Funding Since Eisenhower Era
• Bonnie defends using CCC for climate, says policy must work for farmers
• Bayer to Appeal Roundup Case to SCOTUS | Bayer CEO Tells Investors Company Hopes to Bring Roundup Litigation to End
• Bayer to remove glyphosate from lawn and garden Roundup products
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Grains jump on hot, dry weather | Thursday, July 29, 2021
• More competition in meatpacking or ‘bust them up,’ senators are told
• USDA invests $67 million in Heirs’ Property Relending Program
• Labor Sec. says infrastructure bill will create rural jobs
• House holds hearing on State of the Beef Supply Chain
• DTN Cotton Close: Market Corrects, Remains Over 90 Cents
• DTN Grain Close: Winter Wheat, Soybean Oil Lead Markets Higher 7-29
• USDA Releases Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry

07.29.2021

• Ag Economy: Federal Reserve Observations from July
• Wheat Leads Grains Rally Amid Supply Concerns — Daily Grain Highlights
• House Ag Committee Passes Supplemental Farm Disaster Bill
• View From the Cab Thirsty Crops Feel Summer Heat in Iowa and Texas
• Will corn, soybeans make lows in August, analyst asks
• Two of the Four Major Meatpackers Grilled Over Competition During Senate Hearing
• US agriculture lays out priorities for WTO reform
• Second time around, it’s harder for Vilsack to get USDA team installed
• Lawsuit challenges Trump-era overhaul of USDA’s biotech regulation
• U.S. Peanut Export Update
• USDA: Most Food Categories Have Experienced Slower Price Increases In 2021 Compared With 2020

07.28.2021

• RMA extends deadlines for emergency drought relief
• House Ag Advances Disaster Aid Lawmakers Offer $8.5 Billion for Disasters Ranging From Derecho, Wildfires, Drought
• Corn sells off, soybeans end only slightly higher | Tuesday, July 27, 2021
• Beef Market: Drought and Profit Margins Keep Prices High
• Treated Seed Troubles Seed Treatment Overload: The Unintended Consequences of a Popular Practice
• Marketing strategy: It’s time to decide if puts are worth the price
• Why the bull market is exciting for some but stressful for others
• USMCA implementation shortfalls incite calls for action
• Lawsuit would overturn Trump-era rules on genetically engineered crops
• Carbon credit market needs better standards – report
• Reports indicate continued contraction in the cattle herd
• Biden administration plans to expand electric vehicles in ag
• Tense U.S., China High-Level Meeting Wraps Up, China Says Countries are in a ‘Stalemate’
• DTN Cotton Close: Market Finally Sticks 90
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Farm Journal Announces Webinar: Examining The Effects Of The 2021 Drought On Ranchers

07.27.2021

• Crop Progress Report 07.26.2020 | PDF
• DTN Cotton Close: Market Breaks, Then Rallies on Chinese News | 7-26
• Threat of Food Inflation Persists, as Sec. Vilsack Sees Prices Moderating
• DC Signal to Noise: Lots on the Table for Lawmakers Ahead of August Recess
• Ag Weather Forum | When Crop Insurance Gets Burned Out
• Why the bull market is exciting for some but stressful for others
• Senate bill repeals corn ethanol mandate
• Is Mexico living up to their USMCA promises?
• Corn, soybean prices end higher | Monday, July 26, 2021
• Biden administration plans to expand electric vehicles in ag
• Lawsuit challenges Trump-era overhaul of USDA’s biotech regulation
• Farmers National Co. on Who is Buying Farmland Today
• USDA Releases "COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts On Food And Consumers" Report
• USDA Releases "Food Price Outlook" Report
• Ag Economic Insights: How Good Is The Farm Economy In 2021?
• U Of Illinois Economist Issues Report: Overview Of The Meatless Meat Industry
• USDA: Commercial Farms Received The Highest Average Government Payments