Ag News

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

06.23.2021

• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Corn, soybeans close double-digits lower | Tuesday, June 22, 2021
• Ag Marketing IQ brought to you by Fertilizer costs squeeze 2022 profits
• Grain prices drop as risk of crop shortages rise, analyst says
• Carbon markets galore
• Grassley looking forward to Senate Ag Committee hearing on cattle markets
• Waterhemp not forming resistance to dicamba, glufosinate yet
• Chairman David Scott statement on lawsuit against black farmers, USDA
• U.S. Refiners Accumulate $1.6 Billion Shortfall in Biofuel Credits, as Biden Administration Weighs RFS Volume Cuts
• CME Group to initiate nature-based offsets futures
• Daybreak June 22: GOP senators demand justification for WOTUS action
• Key House Republican says he’s considering climate bill
• USDA Releases "Cotton And Wool Outlook" Report
• USDA Releases "Wheat Outlook" Report

06.22.2021

• 3 Big Things Today, June 22, 2021
• Loan-Debt Relief Tied Up in Court USDA Responds to Litigation Against Loan-Debt Relief for Minority Farmers and Ranchers
• Paid In Full? Biden, GOP Struggle Over Infrastructure Costs
• Crop Progress Report 06.21.2021 (PDF)
• What’s better: Predicting price, or protecting profit margin?
• Ag exports to China could continue to climb
• Food supply success in pandemic belies wasteful farm policies – OECD
• U.S. corn, soybean crop ratings down on week
• USDA underscores importance of agricultural R&D
• U.S. Refiners Accumulate $1.6 Billion Shortfall in Biofuel Credits, as Biden Administration Weighs RFS Volume Cuts
• DC Signal to Noise: A Perfect Storm in the Grain Markets
• CME Group to initiate nature-based offsets futures
• Wheat: Time to Give Spring Wheat Its Last Rites? – DTN 6-22
• Rural Mainstreet Index Remains In Solid Growth Territory
• USDA Releases "Feed Outlook" Report
• USDA Releases "Livestock, Dairy And Poultry Outlook" Report