Ag News

03.30.2021

• USDA Releases "Farm Income And Wealth Statistics" Outlook Report
• Weekly USDA wheat ratings improve in Kansas; decline in Oklahoma, Texas
• How to prepare for this week’s USDA Grain Stocks and Acreage Reports
• Ever Given container ship freed
• Operators Plowing Profits, Stimulus Funds Into Planter Upgrades
• What to do when uncertainty runs high
• Autonomous tractors may come sooner than you think
• Protectionist measures in Russia raise questions
• Senate bill calls for half of slaughter cattle to be sold on cash market
• Vilsack wants more transparent, competitive markets
• Cotton acres may not decline as much as anticipated
• Biofuels coalition files brief in Supreme Court case
• Senate hearing covers child health, hunger crisis
• Stagnant funding for ag research threatens food systems
• Observers Watching ASF in China, Herd Size a Variable Impacting Demand for Feed and Pork
• Prospective Plantings Preview: Seed Sales Point to 90 to 92 Million Acres of Corn in 2021
• US ag exports suffer as USTR suspends a key trade tie with Burma during unrest
• Administration’s Infrastructure, Climate Plan to be Announced
• Biden-Harris Administration Extends Moratorium on Residential Evictions in USDA Multifamily Housing Communities in Accordance with CDC Guidance
• Farm Journal Survey Reports Technology Investments Producers Want To Make

03.29.2021

• Biden To Announce Infrastructure/Climate/Social Welfare Plan
• Update on USDA’s Pandemic Assistance For Producers
• Vilsack says China’s not meeting Phase One trade requirements
• USDA Begins Bringing Staff Back Into Its County Offices
• Suez Canal Blockage- Grain, Livestock Impacts Noted
• 2021 opportunities learned from 2020
• Ethanol to Make Case With Biden Comments by EPA’s Regan on Advanced Biofuels Catches Industry’s Attention
• Soybeans fall double digits in Friday’s session
• Did snow mold damage your wheat?
• Making a land sale? Consider what you’re selling
• On this day in agriculture history | Sunday, March 28, 2021
• U.S. says Mexico plan to ban GMO corn imports does not apply to animal feed
• USDA to print higher corn acres this week, analyst says
• Farmer describes current period as “input inflation”
• Shipping Costs Surge, Causing Farm and Ranch Supplies Prices to Climb
• House to Take Up Second Bill to Revise H-2A Worker Program
• Signal to Noise: CFAP Starts Flowing Again
• Biofuels Coalition Files Brief in Supreme Court Case
• Purdue Professors On Adoption Of Precision Agriculture Technologies
• Farm Credit Administration Updates Congress On The System And Ag Outlook
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn: Senator Grassley’s Bill Not Solution Industry Needs

03.26.2021

• Grassley Reintroduces ’50-14′ Bill, Cattlemen React
• Analyst sees no major ag impacts from blocked Suez Canal yet
• Soybeans close 18¢ lower | Thursday, March 25, 2021
• Senate Extends PPP Loan Deadline; Only 3% of Ag Community Taking Advantage of Program to Date
• Lawmakers Agree to Extend PPP Loan Deadline, Seek to Change Partnership Rules
• Ag Secretary Vilsack calls for equity in ag aid payments
• Following the money on CFAP COVID relief
• How farmers should manage fertilizer prices
• Large ag exports to China create risk for U.S., says FCA chief
• Surge in commodity prices easing farm debt
• U.S. must enforce trade agreements with Mexico
• Hearing addresses challenges facing Black farmers
• House to Take Up Second Bill to Revise H-2A Worker Program
• Critics of Biden’s $3T Infrastructure Plan Says It’s Too Costly, Not Enough Focus on Infrastructure
• U.S. Ag Groups Concerned with Relationship with Mexico
• Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Rail Deal Boosting Grain Sales
• Opening Statement of Thomas J. Vilsack Before the House Committee on Agriculture – Remarks as Prepared | 3.25.2021
• U Of Illinois Economist Issues Report "Basic Facts About Food Price Inflation In The U.S."
• U Of Illinois Launches Virtual Reality Training For Ag Safety Education

03.25.2021

• FACT SHEET: Update on USDA Activities to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic
• USDA Announces CFAP Changes, with Additional Payments Starting in April
• Per-Acre Payments for Crops, More Aid to Livestock Producers, Funds for Industries Such as Biofuels
• Farm Futures survey projects 93.6M acres corn, 88.5M acres soybeans
• A USDA Report About a Report About Reports
• How next week’s USDA report could impact grain prices
• How to transfer assets to your farming heir
• USDA will distribute $12 billion in COVID relief
• Equipment manufacturers optimistic about 2021
• The Dangers of Schedule F
• EPA extends compliance deadline for RFS
• Soybeans close 9¢ higher | Wednesday, March 24, 2021
• USDA announces new Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative
• USDA hits ‘pause’ on cattle tracking proposal
• Justices seem ready to rule against unions in farm case
• Critics of Biden’s $3T Infrastructure Plan Says It’s Too Costly, Not Enough Focus on Infrastructure
• USDA Announces “Pandemic Assistance For Producers” To Distribute Resources More Equitably
• USDA Releases “Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook” Report

03.24.2021

• Ag Day Virtual Celebration: You Tube
• New Report Details Connection Between Conservation Practices And Farm Profitability
• Policy and Market Diving More Into Carbon
• Crop Insurance Industry Raises Funds for Farm Rescue
• USDA Releases "Season-Average Price Forecasts" Outlook Report
• Ag markets end in the green | Tuesday, March 23, 2021
• Odds for summer grain market rally look good
• Wheat rally hinges on global yield estimates
• Why these USDA reports could lead to big grain price swings
• Can ammonia be regulated under the Clean Water Act?
• Vilsack looks at how to add resiliency to livestock processing
• Meat purchases and confidence at record highs
• Economist predicting record low soybean stocks
• Top Technology Investments Farmers Want to Make
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• USDA Seeking Farmer Input on Climate Policy
• KC Fed: Farm Lending Pullback Continues

03.23.2021

• National Ag Day celebrated with a Presidential proclamation and more
• Join American Agri-Women At The Table Today For National Ag Day
• Texas Wheat conducts virtual Hill visits
• Vilsack: USDA Focused on Climate Future
• Time is Running Out for Farmers to Apply for PPP Loans
• USDA Cattle on Feed Report
• Bayer won’t seek Supreme Court review of Roundup verdict
• 6 key provisions of USDA’s hemp final rule now in effect
• China buys $850 million worth of U.S. corn
• USDA data paint a nuanced portrait of absentee landlords
• Women in Ag Tech
• Farmers should actively market now
• Farm land values could be on the rise
• Match Farm’s Agronomy Decisions to Weather Challenges this Planting Season
• House Ag Chair Scott: Rural Infrastructure Plan to Start with Broadband
• Vilsack: US carbon market needs a focus on farmers
• Biden officials prepare to take on USMCA troubles
• Ag Commodities: High Prices Cure High Prices – Commentary
• Corn Exports Over the Last 6 Decades – Promise Vs Performance – Commentary
• USDA Releases "Wheat Outlook" Report