Ag News

04.09.2021

• Celebrating the Incredible Women of Crop Insurance
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – April 9, 2021
• Corn trades 17¢ higher | Thursday, April 8, 2021
• USDA Reports Preview Low Bar Set for April WASDE Report
• April 2021 WASDE Preview: Watch South American production
• Corteva Drops Second Dicamba Product on its Road to Less Legal Liability
• Chinese demand, dwindling stocks may fuel "mini supercycle"
• More price consolidation ahead of Friday’s USDA report
• Where is the unity Biden promised?
• Ag Economy Barometer Shows Farmer Optimism Climbed to Levels Not Seen Since October
• Wheat Conditions Highlight “Haves” and “Have Nots” – DTN
• DTN Cotton Closing: Settling Higher on Export Sales
• Ag Trade: 2020 Exports 2nd Highest on Record, Led by Soybeans, Corn, Pork to China
• Farmers File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Big Ag Companies
• USDA Announces Upcoming Changes to the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Rice and Soybean Tables
• CoBank: U.S. Economy Gathers Momentum, Policy Decisions Will Reshape The Future
• NCGA Comments On New Study Showing The Value Of Corn In The Pet Food Industry

04.08.2021

• FACT SHEET: Update on USDA Activities to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Ag Economy Barometer Shows Farmer Optimism Climbed to Levels Not Seen Since October
• Texas Hemp: Videos Outline Legal, Budget, Risk Management Considerations
• USDA Unveils Science-Based Strategies for Partnering with Ranchers
• Cotton Prices Gain as West Texas Weather Concerns Persist
• Biden Points to China in Making Case for Infrastructure Needs
• Biden infrastructure plan hits major rural needs, but short on detail, ag funding
• 2020 U.S. Ag Exports Second Highest on Record, Led by Soybeans, Corn and Pork to China
• Ag legislators discuss persistent port congestion issues
• NRCS launches working rangelands conservation frameworks
• Corn Belt frost possibilities in mid-April eyed, forecaster says
• Midweek farm markets trade mixed | Wednesday, April 7, 2021
• On this day in agriculture history | Wednesday, April 7, 2021
• Climate change will bring floods, drought, and supercharged ragweed
• Vilsack stresses carbon markets, nutrition, rectifying past discrimination against Black farmers
• Wheat up as dry weather threatens U.S. spring wheat planting
• Oklahoma Wheat Crop Looks Good
• Research shows the United States has the most sustainable beef industry
• No big adjustments expected in Friday’s WASDE
• Ag tech innovations expand as farms continue search for labor savings
• Farmers Seek Bigger Voice In Addressing Global Food System Issues

04.07.2021

• USDA Reopens CFAP2 | Here’s Who’s Eligible
• Corn, soybeans close mostly higher | Tuesday, April 6, 2021
• 53% of U.S. winter wheat good to excellent
• Opportunity, Opposition Accompany Wind Energy in Rural America
• Farm With the Wind Opportunity, Opposition Accompany Wind Energy in Rural America
• Caution advised for hemp production
• Max Armstrong offers insight from one farmer who finds value in using social media to tell agriculture’s story
• Benavidez, Lashmet discuss legal, economic hemp production risks
• Vilsack stresses carbon markets, nutrition, rectifying past discrimination against Black farmers
• The tractor that bailed out Steiger
• Third round of pandemic payments begins to flow to farmers and ranchers
• Taiwan discovers first case of African Swine Fever
• Some Farmers Reluctant About Administration’s Climate Plans for Carbon Reduction
• Biden pushes back against infrastructure critics
• Do you qualify for Employee Retention Credit?
• Strong Commodity Prices Boost Purdue/CME’s Barometer To Its Second Highest Level
• USDA Unveils Science-Based Strategies For Partnering With Ranchers

04.06.2021

• April 5, 2021 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• CFAP Reopens April 5, 2021
• 2% of the U.S. corn crop is in the ground, USDA reports
• Dodging the weather and increasing input costs
• Estate tax touches only a few farm families
• Farmers ready to roll after USDA report
• Soybean Basis Up, Up and Away
• Manage markets that change faster than you can react
• Incorrect maps hamper efforts to reach rural broadband have-nots
• Live cattle, lean hog futures set new contract highs
• What happens when women run the economy? We’re about to find out
• Nat’l Sorghum Producers Releases Its Annual Report
• Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Gets Mixed Reviews From Agribusiness

04.05.2021

• USDA Estimates Planted Sorghum Acres to be Up 18 Percent
• Where Did the Acres Go? A State-by-State Breakdown of USDA’s Prospective Planting Results
• Actions Helped Stabilize Meat Industry A Year After COVID-19 Struck Packing Plants, Recovery Seen for Industry, Producers and Workers
• Vilsack urges Trade Promotion Authority renewal
• Daybreak April 2: Biden omits Vilsack from infrastructure sales team
• House bill would bar racial favoritism at USDA
• China: African Swine Fever Issues Persist, While U.S. Tariffs Set to Remain For Now
• 68% Of Farmers Say They’ve Locked In Their 2021 Crop Mix
• Total Field Makeover: Trials and Tribulations
• The Final Sale: Support Pours in for Texas Trooper Chad Walker Killed on Duty
• Q+A with CDFA Secretary Karen Ross
• Opinion: Biden needs to focus on agriculture next – here’s how
• Ag Lawyer Issues Guidance On Creating Carbon Credits
• Purdue Economists Outline Potential Payoffs Of Precision Farming
• U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Opens Grower Enrollment For 2021 Crop

04.02.2021

• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – April 2, 2021
• Soybeans close 34¢ lower | Thursday, April 1, 2021
• A Year After COVID-19 Struck Packing Plants, Recovery Seen for Industry, Producers and Workers
• November Canola Closes Lower but Has a Good Week
• 8 States Join RFS Fight at SCOTUS States Make Case Small-Refinery Exemptions Hurt Their Economies
• USDA offers bullish surprises for corn, soybeans
• Competition, recruiting, retention remain top ag workforce challenges
• Sticker shock: fertilizer costs are up, but the price tag’s been higher
• Traders surprised USDA didn’t “find back” corn bushels in Wednesday’s stocks report
• Where Did the Acres Go? A State-by-State Breakdown of USDA’s Prospective Planting Results
• Cotton Dives More Than 3% on U.S. Data Showing Export Sales Tumble
• USDA wants feedback on creation of rural renewable energy pilot program
• Opinion: Biden needs to focus on agriculture next – here’s how | By Heidi Heitkamp
• Opinion: Use existing USDA programs to build a climate smart agriculture economy | By Lloyd Ritter
• A ‘right-to-repair’ conversation with a John Deere exec
• Survey Reports How Ag Producers Will Change Their Crop Mix Follwing USDA Estimate