Ag News

05.25.2021

• Crop Progress Report 05.24.2021
• If Biden wants farmers to join his climate fight, he needs a better sales pitch
• A rainy outlook closed corn, soybean prices lower | Monday, May 24, 2021
• Rural Mainstreet Index: Farmland Price Increase Hits Longest Streak Since 2013
• Fed Watchdog Slams EPA on Dicamba Senior EPA Officials Deliberately Mishandled 2018 Dicamba Registration Decision, New Report Says
• ADM Trial Set for 2024 Plaintiffs File Motion With Federal Court to Compel ADM to Release Information
• US Stocks Climb as Appetite for Risk Returns
• Weekly Grain Movement – ‘Big Three’ take a step back
• Mexican judge rejects industry bid to halt GMO corn, glyphosate ban
• GOP and White House apart on infrastructure bill
• DTN Cotton Close: Market Suffers Session Without Direction
• Thompson on Cotton: Support in Low 80s, Questions About Planted Acres
• New Update for Peanut Forecast
• Livestock: Impact of Higher Corn Prices on Cattle Finishing Net Returns
• Here’s what is known about carbon markets

05.24.2021

• Washington Week Ahead: Biden issues budget, stays tough with GOP on infrastructure
• Todd’s Take Bearish Riddles in Soybean Futures
• Top meatpacker JBS leaves NCBA
• 7 ag stories you might have missed week ending- May 21, 2021
• China’s 6-day streak of U.S. corn purchases stops | Friday, May 21, 2021
• Rounds and Smith letter draws attention to brewing food crisis
• Close to 90,000 Farmers Share Planting Details for USDA-NASS Crop Acreage Reports, Agency Says
• Here’s Why China is Aggressively Buying New Crop Corn from the U.S.
• Jerry Gulke: Commodities Flashed Sell Signals Yielding A Correction Mode
• USDA sets strategy for expanding ‘climate-smart’ ag, ensuring all farmers benefit
• USDA: Peanut Price Highlights
• Cleveland on Cotton: More Backing Than Filling
• Purdue Economist Issues Report "Impact Of Higher Corn Prices On Cattle Finishing Net Returns"
• EPA Expected To Keep Biofuels Blending Rates The Same As Last Year
• USDA Reports Production Of Red Meat At All-Time High
• An Infrastructure Agreement Could Take Awhile

05.21.2021

• 6 things farmers should know about Biden’s climate plan
• 7 ag stories you might have missed the week ending – May 21, 2021
• The race for green fuel is on
• Why we may have needed that correction in the corn market
• Update: Export Sales May 20, 2021
• Judge questions Bayer settlement offer
• Corn market unable to ignore China’s unprecedented purchases | Thursday, May 20, 2021
• China Accelerates Corn Orders From the U.S., While Farmers in Argentina Prepare to Strike
• Bearish wheat weather sparks aggressive selling, analyst says
• Looking beneath the surface, USDA paper gauges pandemic’s impact
• Texas man wins court case against meat packer for contracting COVID-19
• As Cattle Groups Making Unprecedented Move to Fight Market Monopoly, U.S. Lawmakers Also Push DOJ for Answers
• House Ag Republicans unveil Broadband for Rural America Act
• Use every marketing tool to ride bull market higher
• USDA Releases 90-Day Progress Report on Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry
• New Report Shows How U.S. Agriculture Can Become Net Carbon Sink
• U Of Illinois, Ohio State Economists Issue Report "High Corn And Soybean Return Outlook For 2021"

05.20.2021

• As Cattle Groups Making Unprecedented Move to Fight Market Monopoly, U.S. Lawmakers Also Push DOJ for Answers
• USDA sets strategy for expanding ‘climate-smart’ ag, ensuring all farmers benefit
• FACT SHEET: Update on USDA Activities to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Biden EPA Asks Court for a Chance to Reconsider Glyphosate Registration Decision
• ERS Report: U.S. Beef Exports Up in March on Robust China Demand, Pork Exports Accelerate, and Short Term Chicken Supply a Challenge
• Court Vacates Refinery RFS Exemptions
• Fertilizer Outlook: Rising global production ignites demand
• 13 innovators picked to lead harvest automation initiative
• Court hears arguments in federal ‘hero pay’ lawsuit Todd Fitchette
• U.S. appeals court vacates biofuel waivers granted by Trump administration
• Canada backs down from crop chemical ban, adds restrictions
• Soybeans close 36¢ lower, corn ends mostly lower | Wednesday, May 19, 2021
• Farmers’ share of food dollar is shrinking
• Climate change prompts talk of permanent USDA disaster fund
• Thune, Johnson lead colleagues urging DOJ investigation Congressmen push for investigation into the nation’s four biggest meat packers
• USDA Releases "Season-Average Price Forecasts" Outlook Report

05.19.2021

• Reduced tillage adoption lags in Texas
• Russia Wheat Output Expected to Fall in 2021-22
• Estate tax and farm succession meetings
• Is bin construction worth the cost this year?
• The great grain market rally that no one saw coming
• How carbon credits lower crop production costs
• These scientists claim modern farming is killing people
• USDA exports – China buys corn
• 2021 drought outlook calls for smart irrigation strategy
• Oklahoma farmers need to assess crop nitrogen needs
• Beekeeping is ‘big agriculture’ in Texas
• From beef to chocolate, illegal deforestation found behind many everyday foods
• Address imbalances in cattle market, say farm groups
• Federal court dismisses ranchers’ Federal Advisory Committee Case
• Thune, Johnson lead colleagues urging DOJ investigation
• Supply Chain Bottlenecks Add to Inflation Concerns, as Chinese Demand for Corn Garners Attention
• USDA Releases "Feed Outlook" Report 5-19-2021
• USDA Releases "Wheat Outlook" Report 5-19-2021
• Livestock Organizations Issue Joint Statement About Finished Cattle Marketplace

05.18.2021

• May 17, 2021 Crop Progress Report
• USDA: Farm Profit Projects Remain Mixed Through Next Decade
• Daybreak May 17: Biden awaits GOP counterproposal on infrastructure
• Will farm markets rebound from a broken fever, analyst asks
• Drovers Weekly Cattle Markets Update
• Joint Statement of Livestock Organizations Regarding Market Concerns
• Cattle Groups Present United Front Producer Groups Call on Congress, DOJ to Address Imbalance in Cattle and Beef Markets
• Bipartisan, bicameral bill to reduce estate tax by half
• China buys lower-cost ‘new crop’ corn from U.S.
• Bayer disappointed in appeals court verdict in Roundup lawsuit
• Livestock and farm groups discuss cattle market transparency
• Legislators urge Vilsack for Beef Checkoff reform
• Jerry Gulke: What Did the USDA Report Tell Us?
• NCBA Welcomes Bicameral Push For Swift Conclusion To DOJ Investigation In Anticompetitive Pricing
• USDA Releases "Oil Crops Outlook" Report