Ag News

07.16.2021

• 2020 Texas Rural Land Value Trends Report available
• Okla. wheat producers discuss yields, challenges of late harvest
• Prices off, but tight supplies buoy market
• July Rural Mainstreet Index shows strength
• Year-round ag labor fix included in appropriations bill
• Agriculture loses in U.S. Supreme Court
• Corn farmers captured, stored carbon before it was cool, industry leader says
• With growing data collection comes push for standardization
• China Economic Growth at 7.9%
• Washington Insider — Thursday Inflation Keeps Rising and So Does the Discussion About It
• Anthrax, grasshoppers, dying clams show North American heat toll
• Push for Green New Deal or will trillion fatigue set in?
• Texas vineyards endure rough growing season
• KC Fed: Interest Rates For Farm Operating Loans Rise Slightly From All-Time Lows

07.15.2021

• 3 Big Things Today, July 15, 2021
• Following Court Decision, U.S. House Moves To Ensure E15 Year-Round
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- July 2021
• GRAINS-Prices consolidate after rally as U.S. weather eyed
• Agriculture loses in U.S. Supreme Court
• JBS USA announces new global sustainability targets
• Computer chip shortage spills into ag industry
• Ethanol industry CEO still optimistic on biofuels future
• Legislative proposal bans CAFOs, reinstates MCOOL
• John Deere makes JDLink available at no extra cost
• Cupping Soybeans: Iowa Farmers Question the Cause, Some Point Fingers
• New legislation seeks to write E15 waiver into law

07.14.2021

• USDA Announces Indemnity Program to Help Farmers Who Depopulated Livestock
• House chairman proposes $50 billion for rural broadband
• USDA Authorizes Emergency Procedures To Help Drought-Impacted Producers
• Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program applications opening this month
• Where’s the bottom?
• Texas hemp production struggles, research continues
• Corteva Agriscience unveils new corn herbicide slated for 2022
• CRP Grasslands sign-up now open
• Pandemic brings highest global hunger rate in 12 years
• Farmers face at least $3.6 billion in uncovered losses from 2020 natural disasters
• USDA compensating farms that depopulated herds due to COVID slowdowns
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Biden to Take Aim at Rail, Sea Shipping Competition

07.13.2021

• 3 Big Things Today, July 13, 2021
• July 12, 2021 Crop Progress Report
• Wheat takes center stage in July WASDE
• Biden Signs Anti-Trust Order, USDA Rules to Follow
• Boost Your Bottom Line by Building Cash Reserves, Investing in Income-Producing Assets
• USDA Bumps Corn Acreage Up Slightly, Leaves Soybean Acres Flat
• The 5 Cs driving global commodities now
• Max Armstrong | Farm Progress America | Audio
• Vilsack says executive order will cut through Washington bureaucracy for farmers
• Could Two Recent Court Decisions Put Ethanol Demand’s Healthy Recovery on a Detour?
• Biden Signs Executive Order to Tackle Competition Issues; Here’s How it Impacts Agriculture
• More On Biden’s Executive Order And How It Impacts Agriculture
• NCBA Thanks Biden, Vilsack For Taking Vital Steps To Strengthen Cattle And Beef Supply

07.12.2021

• 3 Big Things Today, July 12, 2021
• Washington Week Ahead: Infrastructure deal, reconciliation dominate Congress’ agenda
• AFBF: Executive Order Creates Opportunities for Farmers
• NCBA Thanks Biden, Vilsack For Taking Vital Steps To Strengthen Cattle And Beef Supply
• USDA Reports Preview
• Bill Would Ban Chinese Land Ownership Lawmakers Seek to Ban Chinese Government From US Land Ownership, Farm Program Payments
• 7 ag stories you might have missed last week
• Brazil’s exports to China up nearly 13% first half of 2021
• U.S. pledges $500 million to increase meat processing capacity
• Using puts to establish a price floor, analyst says
• President Biden issues executive order increasing competition for ag sector
• Jerry Gulke: Wet Weather Trumps Acres
• USDA: Rye And Winter Wheat Were The Most Common Cover Crops
• Cotton May Be The Future Of Grocery Bags

07.09.2021

• LRP Protects Profits Insurance Guards Against Falling Livestock Prices
• Vilsack to Make Major Announcement in Nebraska, Speculation it Covers Anti-Competitive Practices in Agriculture
• How to make farm data work for you
• CoBank Report: Change Is Coming For U.S. Food And Agricultural Businesses
• Corn and soybean futures close lower | Thursday, July 8, 2021
• Solar leases more popular than carbon contracts among farmers
• Preliminary injunction against USDA debt relief for minority farmers
• Farmers report difficulty hiring adequate labor
• New US rules to protect animal farmers expected this week
• Global Food Prices Fall For the First Time in 12 Months
• The Global Ag Demand Equation: GDP and COVID-19 Cases
• US peanut farmers struggle to regain EU market
• Opinion: Reimagining federal conservation programs
• Finances and young farmers
• Study By Stanford Shows Crops Yielding More Due to Clean Air Act