Ag News

07.01.2021

• 3 Big Things Today, July 1, 2021
• Farmers emphasize to Congress importance of crop insurance
• PDF USDA Agriculture Prices Report June 30, 2021
• RMA strengthens insurance for dry beans, dry peas, wheat
• U.S. Agricultural Exports at Record Level in First Four Months of 2021
• Bullish USDA Acreage, Grain Stocks Reports Send Corn, Soy Futures Skyward
• USDA Acreage Report friendly for crops, devastating for livestock producers
• Biofuel Bills Introduced
• Ag spending bill advances out of committee
• $6 new crop corn indeed — can we see $7?
• Using ag data to prove crop damage in court
• Senator Braun discusses Growing Climate Solutions Act with farmers
• Checkoff transparency bill re-introduced
• Texas farmers, ranchers benefit from record exports
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Launches Industry Partners Program

06.30.2021

• 3 Big Things Today, June 30, 2021
• Farmers Emphasize to Congress Importance of Crop Insurance | National Crop Insurance Services | June 29, 2021
• USDA Reports | Preview USDA Acreage and Grain Stocks Estimates Ready to Fire
• Insurance and Replanting Damaged Fields | Crop Damage Decision: Replant, Plant Second Crop or Let Crop Insurance Run Its Course?
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Black, Native American farmer organizations face court hurdle
• Border situation threatens farmers’ livelihood
• Legislation reduces taxes for veterinarians in rural areas
• Biden takes agenda to rural U.S. where Trump fans abound
• President Biden touts infrastructure compromise in La Crosse
• Infrastructure deal offers far-reaching ag benefits
• 48 fire departments awarded grain rescue tubes, training through Nationwide safety program
• Farm loan delinquencies declining for first time since 2014
• Texas LRGV: Cotton Mostly Quiet, Pests Picking Up in Sorghum
• USDA Releases "Cost-Of-Production Forecasts" Report

06.29.2021

• June 28, 2021 Crop Progress Report | PDF
• Should you worry about the June USDA Acreage and Stocks Report?
• Ag Economic Insights Releases Report On Farm Loan Delinquency Rate Trends
• Farmers expect no good news from USDA
• Ag Groups Seek Resolution to Container Shipping Crisis
• As New Players Enter Beef Industry, Another New Midsized Packing Plant Planned in Iowa
• The Headache of Holiday-Shortened Weeks and the Cattle Market
• Soybeans close 42¢ higher | Monday, June 28, 2021
• Trump administration tried to influence state responses to meatpacking plant outbreaks
• Agencies to coordinate the distribution of broadband funding
• Farm Debt Declines, Loan Performance Improves- Kansas City Fed
• Supreme Court denies meatpackers’ petition to review California’s Prop 12
• Senate Okays Carbon Credit Offset Measure
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Rose Last Month
• U.S. Export Shipments of Cotton Remain Strong
• Strong Demand And Competitive Bidding Pushes Land Prices Higher

06.28.2021

• SCOTUS Sides With Refiners on RFS Supreme Court: Small Refineries Can Obtain RFS Exemption Even If Lapsed
• Washington Week Ahead: Infrastructure uncertainty, SCOTUS weighs Prop 12
• Ag Economic Insights Reviews Farm Family Living Expenses Trends
• Private property rights prevail in Supreme Court ruling
• USDA Needs Better Programs to Help Farmers in Western Drought
• Biofuels Interests Look For Silver Lining in Supreme Court Ruling on Small-Refinery Exemptions Case
• If prices keep falling, farmers are urged to lock in a floor, analyst says
• Infrastructure framework has $65 billion for universal broadband
• Senate passes first-ever climate mitigation bill for agriculture
• Biden pleased with physical infrastructure deal
• Interest rates to go up but now is good time for farmers to borrow
• Senate OKs bill to certify farm practices limiting emissions
• Farm succession plans difficult but necessary Succession planning can be just as difficult as tending crops in the field

06.25.2021

• Ag Climate Bill Crushes Senate Vote | Senators Overwhelmingly Approve Climate Bill for Ag Carbon Program
• Infrastructure Deal Sends Stocks Up Thursday
• Another judge delivers blow to minority debt relief program
• Corn, soybean markets fall sharply | June 24, 2021
• ‘Free meat for a year’ offered in JBS U.S. vaccine sweepstakes
• Farmer sees dramatic change in weather during tenure
• NASDA highlights priorities for strengthening food supply chain
• Work continues on finding solutions to problems in the cattle markets
• Hearing examines cattle market transparency, competition
• KC Fed: Farm Debt Declines Further, Credit Stress Easing
• Biden-Harris Administration Extends Foreclosure Moratorium to Provide Relief to Homeowners
• Statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Intent to Nominate Homer Wilkes, Ph.D. to Serve as Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
• House Republican Ag Committee Leader Thompson Opposes Senate’s Climate Solutions Act
• Highlights Of Kansas Cattlemen’s Testimony Before Senate Agriculture Committee

06.24.2021

• U.S. wheat futures rise with dry U.S. Plains in focus
• Cattle Producers Share Frustration Cattle Producers and Lawmakers Delve Into Problems With Markets and Packers
• Cattle industry pushes DOJ for insight into meat packer investigation as silence continues
• Winning Bid on Easterday Assets: $209M Mormon Church Group Outbids Bill Gates on Easterday Farm, Ranch Assets
• Supreme Court rules in favor of private property rights
• Passage of HB 365 expands scope, requires signs on farms, ranches
• COTTON SPIN: Continued tightening, possibly more to come
• Bolstering the bottom line | Regenerative farming school focuses on keeping dollars at home, in local communities
• Study reveals ag-related injuries more numerous than previously known
• Farm Lending Remains Strong in 2020- American Bankers Association Report
• Farmer Shares Top 10 Considerations With Carbon Markets
• Despite Worker Worries, Foodservice Sales Soar to Record Levels in May
• Texas Field Reports: Wheat Production Average Despite Challenges
• Fuel Report: Prices Little Changed
• KC Fed: Farm Debt Declines Further And Credit Stress Eases
• USDA: Farms With Higher Sales Had A Larger Share Of Households With Positive Farm Income
• USDA Releases "Oil Crops Outlook" Report