Ag News

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

03.22.2021

• Washington Week Ahead: Democrats build case for infrastructure, child nutrition
• Rural Mainstreet Index Rockets To Record High
• Canadian Pacific Railway agrees to buy Kansas City Southern
• Drought Is the U.S. West’s Next Big Climate Disaster | Water scarcity is baking cropland and ramping up wildfire risk from California to Texas
• House Passes Ag Labor Bill Farm Workforce Modernization Act Would Provide Legal Status, Overhaul H-2A
• Signal to Noise: U.S. and China Spat, China Keeps Buying Grain
• Caustic Round of U.S., China Talks Conclude, as Chinese Corn Buying Continued
• Pro Farmer Survey Shows Farmers Plan to Plant Record Number of Corn, Soybean Acres in 2021
• FSA Administrator Says USDA Working to Broaden COVID-19 Relief for Producers
• Todd’s Take | Corn Supplies Get Fresh Attention
• EPA: Politics Tainted Dicamba Decision EPA Ignored Science in Past Dicamba Decision, New EPA Official Says
• Crop Insurance Basics: Incentives
• What’s on the menu? Meat, livestock demand surges
• Farm Futures: 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Last Week
• Transportation bill should not leave rural America behind
• Export Sales: Corn climbs, soybeans stumble
• China’s soybean imports from Brazil plunged in Jan-Feb on cargo delays
• The corn market balloon needs gas, analyst says
• GRAINS-Wheat falls, lingers near 3-month low on ample supply hopes 3.21.2021
• Ag organizations react to House passage of Farm Workforce Modernization Act
• National 4-H Council CEO: Pandemic forces sale of National 4-H Center
• 4 Charts to Analyze from the 2021 FAPRI Baseline
• USDA Seeks Innovative Partner-Led Projects Delivering Sustainable Agricultural Solutions
• The Signal: Autonomous Functionality In Farming Is Already Here In Many Ways
• House Passes The Farm Workforce Modernization Act On Bipartisan Vote
• USDA: Rural Death Rates From COVID-19 Surpasses Urban Death Rates

03.19.2021

• Corn closes 12¢ lower, soybeans 25¢ lower, despite large sales to China | Thursday, March 18, 2021
• It’s not too early to think about the 2023 Farm Bill
• Crop Insurance Basics: Incentives
• Twenty-One States Sue Biden on Keystone AGs Ask Federal Court to Declare Biden Permit Revocation Illegal
• Three Herbicide-Tolerant Sorghum Varieties on the Landscape in 2021
• Export Sales: Corn climbs, soybeans stumble
• USDA wants to know your thoughts on climate smart ag
• WHEAT SCOOPS: Down 50 cents and still a good price
• Have you checked your beneficiary designations, account details?
• Commodity prices favorable for Texas row crop producers
• Cotton trials provide producers valuable information
• Consider storability before shifting grain marketing strategy
• Managing feed costs is name of game for 2021
• 2020 Farm Employee Compensation Benchmark survey
• House OKs Dems’ immigration bills for Dreamers, farm workers
• Here’s What Agriculture Wants Out of U.S., China March Meeting
• Farm Journal Planting Technology Has Outpaced Weather Uncertainty
• IRS Delays Tax Filing Deadline to May 17
• Solutions From The Land Issues Statement On EPA Re-Opening Climate Change Website
• NAFB Study Shows Farmer Radio Listening Stays Strong During Pandemic

03.18.2021

• Farm Policy Facts | New Episode: Former USDA Chief Economist Discusses Importance of Farm Safety Net
• After a Year of Hardship, Hope Lies Ahead
• PPP Partnership Complications SBA Denies Farm Partnerships Same Calculation as Sole Proprietorships for PPP Loans
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends UAN28 Leads Fertilizer Prices Higher as Nitrogen Prices Spike
• Ag Groups Spotlight Transportation Regulatory Priorities
• Progressive Farmer | Our Rural Roots | To Love a Farmer
• Drilling a test well to expand irrigation
• How to sight-in new crop rally targets
• Bill offers tax relief for rural lending
• China Likely to Purchase More U.S. Corn
• Corn market has little reaction to huge China purchase | Wednesday, March 17, 2021
• Prepare for storms that push your farm to the limit
• Ag groups pleased with Tai’s confirmation as U.S. Trade Representative
• African Swine Fever in China Continues to Impact Markets
• Rural Mortalities, Hospitalizations From The Pandemic Begin To Slow
• The Winter That Wasn’t: Drought Plagues the Plains, Plants Worries About 2021 Crop
• One year later: Pandemic introduces unprecedented supply, demand issues into livestock sector
• U.S. Farming Distribution by State – 50 Years of Little Change