Ag News

07.08.2021

• Crop insurance needs to recognize conservation practice benefits
• Farmers in China Are Planting More Corn This Year, With a Potential Impact on Import Demand
• Solar leases more popular than carbon contracts among farmers
• USDA Competition Rules Coming White House Spotlights USDA, Agriculture in Pending Executive Order
• A Race to Lock in Feed Supplies Hard-Hit Ranchers Buy Hay to Hold Herds in Drought
• US Biodiesel Output Down | EIA: Biodiesel Output Seen Down Slightly This Year
• How to make farm data work for you
• Lawmakers laud Vilsack’s pick of Westerner for USFS chief
• New US rules to protect animal farmers expected this week
• Producers can now utilize cover crops without losing prevented planting benefits
• Raising the next generation of beef advocates
• AEM, John Deere Respond to Biden’s Planned Executive Order Over Right to Repair Equipment
• DC Signal to Noise | Interview with Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy
• House spending bills promote climate, environmental enforcement
• Texas Plains Cotton: Be on Lookout for Fleahoppers
• Texas LRGV: Sorghum Harvest Underway, Few Pests in Cotton

07.07.2021

• USDA: Producers Can Now Utilize Crops Anytime And Receive Full Prevented Planting Payment
• July 6, 2021 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report | Corn, Soybean Good-to-Excellent Ratings Remain Third Lowest in Past 12 Years
• Corn locks limit down, soybeans fall 94¢ on rainy forecast | Tuesday, July 6, 2021
• Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Falls For Second Month
• Biden seeks to lift limits on farmer deals with meat processors, tractor makers
• Biden prepping competition, right to repair executive order
• Biden Sides with Farmers Over ‘Right to Repair’ Tractor Software Battle
• Wheat Farmers Raise Awareness of Ongoing Drought
• The high cost of farming, part three: What to ask your builder now | If you’re ready to pull the trigger on a new bin or building, make sure you ask these questions
• Study shows constructed wetlands are best protection for agricultural runoff into waterways
• China’s Aggressive U.S. Feed Grains Buying Spree Expected to Continue Despite Shift in Buying Habits
• Texas: 3 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas to Winter Storms

07.06.2021

• Keep the Good Times Rolling – 2 Farmers Willing to Spend Money on Crops if Yield Potential, ROI Are Promising
• The high cost of farming, PART ONE: Inflation takes its toll
• The high cost of farming, PART TWO: New build decisions
• Crop insurance changes made for wheat
• Expansion of Summertime Ethanol Sales Struck Down in Court Ruling
• Accidental Success: A Hot Dog that Tastes Like Steak
• Court Strikes Trump EPA Rule for 15% Ethanol Sales
• Committee Approves FY2022 Ag Funding Bill
• USDA: Share Of Income Spent On Food Dropped 10% In 2020, A Historic Low
• Independent Community Bankers Assn Supports Senate Bill Offering Tax Relief For Rural Lending

07.02.2021

• 3 Big Things Today, July 2, 2021
• Todd’s Take USDA’s Disappearing Cropland Problem
• Members of Congress Share Support for Crop Insurance
• Ag spending bill advances out of committee
• Crop insurance changes made for wheat
• House panel: Put the brakes on China-owned farmland in U.S.
• House Appropriations passes bill with big EPA
• Daybreak July 1: Stabenow: Perdue-ADM deal ‘deeply concerning’
• USDA Announces Efforts To Promote Transparency In "Product Of The USA" Labeling
• U Of Illinois Economists Report Historical Relationships Suggest Rising Corn Seed Costs For 2022
• Global Cotton Mill Use Rebounds From COVID-19 Disruptions
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Launches Industry Partners Program

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