Ag News

06.21.2021

• Jerry Gulke: What Are These Markets Trying to Tell Us?
• Is Farming Collateral Damage in Latest Tax Proposal?
• New Interactive Map From Government Shows Where High Speed Internet Is Needed
• Remarkable Rescue: Five Farmers Save Father and 6-Year-Old Son After Falling 70 Feet into a Well
• Tax policy remains a top concern for farmers
• Good luck trading this volatile grain market, analyst says
• Seeking Bipartisan Farm Labor Solution Vilsack, Senators Commit to Passing Farm-Labor Immigration Bill
• Oklahoma’s Pot Boom Impact Oklahoma Has Seen a Marijuana Land Rush and Some Residents Push Back
• USDA increases incentives for CRP sign-ups
• USDA to implement up to $4 billion in pandemic aid through mid-August
• Waters of the U.S. announcement muddied in confusion
• China Makes Large U.S. Soy Purchase, While Granting Domestic Subsidies to Its Grain Farmers
• Ways to protect your systems from a hack
• Renewable Fuels Assn: Wells Fargo Crashes And Burns With New RINSs Analysis

06.18.2021

• USDA reminds producers to file crop acreage reports
• Vilsack reviving tougher organic animal welfare standards
• June Rural Mainstreet Index: Machinery Sales and Farmland Prices Soar
• Interactive map provides valuable insight into the digital divide across the U.S.
• Soybeans close $1.18 lower, corn ends limit down | Thursday, June 17, 2021
• View From the Cab Heat. Dads. Sand. Rain. Wind. Cows. Hope. Farm Week Full of Four-Letter Words
• Severe drought covers 40% of Iowa
• Budding farmer aims to normalize hemp
• USDA to implement up to $4 billion in pandemic aid through mid-August
• Three trends could shift what consumers put in their shopping carts
• USDA opens signup for CLEAR30, expands pilot nationwide
• Cargill’s Sanfeliu Sees “Mini-Supercycle” for Crop Markets, as China’s Pig Herd Expands
• Record-High Optimism Buoys Already Strong Farmland Prices
• DTN Grain Close: Markets See Panic Selling; China Talks Down Prices 6-17
• U.S. Grain Stocks-To-Use Ratios Have Declined Since 1960

06.17.2021

• Seeking Bi-Partisan Farm Labor Solution Vilsack, Senators Commit to Passing Farm-Labor Immigration Bill
• USDA increases incentives for CRP sign-ups
• 3 Big Things Today, June 17, 2021
• GRAINS-Corn drops over 2% on U.S. weather outlook; soy, wheat also down
• How four big companies control the U.S. beef industry
• FOCUS-Stung by pandemic and JBS cyberattack, U.S. ranchers build new beef plants
• Vilsack on steps needed following JBS cyberattack
• Republican Ag Committee leaders highlight study on tax changes
• Vilsack blasts farmers suing over minority debt relief
• Tax Changes Would Hit Ag Hard, Say Experts – DTN
• More Ag Pandemic Relief Details – DTN
• USDA Publishes Federal Register Notice for Public Input on Racial Justice and Equity
• Wheat Organizations Welcome End To U.S.-EU Aircraft Trade Dispute
• USDA Announces Additional Aid To Ag Producers And Businesses In Pandemic Assistance For Producers Initiative

06.16.2021

• 3 Big Things Today, June 16, 2021
• USDA Announces Additional Aid To Ag Producers And Businesses In Pandemic Assistance For Producers Initiative
• Republican Ag Committee Releases Study on Impact of Tax Code
• Overturning Current WOTUS Would Show ‘Lack of Common Sense,’ Grassley Says
• Farmers all over the map on pricing the crop
• USDA crop progress: Corn quality continues to erode
• How does the new PCCP program impact cost of production?
• USDA releases more pandemic aid
• US and EU declare new era of trade cooperation
• Ag to benefit from suspended tariffs under new EU & U.S. deal
• Vilsack pledges ‘significant’ increase in meat processing
• Amid DPR, EPA reviews, Walmart calls on produce suppliers to reduce pesticide use
• Russian Wheat Export Prices Down as Crop Outlook Improves
• U.S. defends minority farmer debt relief despite legal fight

06.15.2021

• Soybeans close 43¢ lower, corn falls 31¢ | Monday, June 14, 2021
• USDA JUNE 14, 2021 CROP PROGRESS REPORT (PDF)
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report US Corn, Soybean Conditions Take Hit From Hot, Dry Weather
• Successful Farming: Crop Progress Report | June 14, 2021
• The reflation trade across commodities
• USDA issues additional disaster loss payments
• 3 questions to ask before growing the farm
• 15 food trends farmers can expect in 2021 and beyond
• Vilsack: Stronger rules on the way for fair play in livestock marketing
• Grain markets can’t hold their gains, analyst says
• Biden Administration Reportedly Considering RFS Relief for Oil Refiners
• USDA Vows to Fight Court Decision to Halt Loan Forgiveness for Farmers of Color
• Estimating Total Crop Acres in the U.S.
• Shurley on Cotton: Prices Post a “Triple Top”
• USDA Investing $4 Billion to Strengthen Food System
• USDA Announces Dates For CRP General And Grasslands Signups

06.14.2021

• Judge pauses loan forgiveness program for farmers of color
• Senators propose loan forgiveness for small farmers
• ‘Uber for farming’ connects farmers, service providers
• U.S. Tractor Sales Down 4% In May, Up 26% For The Year, Combine Sales Up 33%
• 7 ag stories you might have missed last week ending June 11, 2021
• 30 under 30: Young people impacting agriculture
• The July soybean contract closes $1.15 below week’s high | Friday, June 11, 2021
• U.S. renewable fuel credits down 15% after Reuters report -traders
• Fewer over-the-counter antibiotics for livestock
• NCBA asks USDA to eliminate “Product of the USA” label for meats
• Farm Bureau: decision to potentially reverse navigable waters rule is a blow to agriculture
• AFBF: Water rule reversal a blow to agriculture
• Amid China’s Record Grain Buying, Port Delays Arise- While U.S. Corn Exports Reach New High for 2020/21
• Jerry Gulke: Rain Makes Grain, But It Didn’t Rain Everywhere
• While America Slept, China Stole the Farm
• Washington Week Ahead: Biden meets with Europeans, Vilsack heads to Hill
• NCBA suggests ‘Product of USA’ beef labels insufficient for consumers
• Producer Payments Begin for 2018, 2019 Natural Disasters
• USDA Launches Resource Guide to Help America’s Rural Workforce Build Back Better
• Rural Workforce Resource Guide (PDF)
• Ag Resource Management Completes Securitization For Agricultural Finance Sector