Ag News

• Trump attacks COVID aid package
• Farmers have short window to sign up for ARC, PLC in 2021
• Congress Finalizes Aid Package | Congress Closes Out Year Approving $900 Billion Coronavirus Aid Bill
• Lawsuit would overturn EPA approval of dicamba | EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the five-year approval of dicamba for use on GE cotton and soybeans a week before the presidential election.
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Incoming Ranking Member Of House Ag Committee Lists His Priorities
• Feed Cost Projections 2021 | Not Much Good News for Feed Buyers Ahead
• How USDA’s January reports could impact your marketing decisions
• Ag groups praise $33B in farm-related pandemic relief aid
• Ag markets close higher Tuesday
• Ag groups praise $33B in farm-related pandemic relief aid
• Dicamba lawsuit will not impact 2021 XtendiMax use, say Bayer officials
• Russia to boost durum wheat output after Putin’s criticism of pasta prices
• An Overview of Some COVID Related Impacts on Rural America from USDA’s Economic Research Service
• Tyson Reports “Misappropriation” Of Funds By Beef Supplier
• EPA faces lawsuits over dicamba, glyphosate and pesticide exclusion zones
• Texas: Virtual Northeast Panhandle Crop Profitability Conference, Jan. 7

Check out this video from Kathy regarding harvest production and acreage reporting.

• 3 Big Things Today, December 22, 2020
• RMA to farmers in 2020: ‘We listen to you’
• Top 10 Ag Stories of 2020 – 8 Trump Administration Continued to Deregulate Agriculture
• Massive year-end deal promises more CFAP, broad array of aid for rural, ag needs
• COVID Aid Package Details New Round of Crop, Livestock Aid Included in Congressional Deal
• New COVID package helps farmers previously left out of aid
• Agricultural workers win overtime case
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• Successful Farming | 2020: The year that was What did 2020 teach you about yourself? I am learning to let go of things I can’t control. It’s a process.
• Biden links climate change, jobs and environmental justice
• Biden’s EPA nominee navigated diverse interests in North Carolina
• USDA officially moves toward regulating gene-edited livestock
• Veteran farmer sees “wild” 2021 grain market
• Secretary Perdue Announces Groundbreaking Proposal to Transfer Agricultural Animal Biotechnology Regulatory Framework to USDA

• Congress, White House reach deal on COVID aid package
• 2nd COVID-19 Vaccine Authorized In US Ships Out
• Rural Broadband Availability Lacking as Usage Increases During Pandemic Year
• 7 ag stories you might have missed week ending- Dec. 18, 2020
• Wheat investors watch corn and soybean markets go higher
• COVID-19 cases in meatpacking counties were 10 times those in other rural counties
• Cotton Research and Promotion Act amendments to continue | USDA AMS has endorsed the continuation of 1990 amendments to the Cotton Research and Promotion Act
• Biden introduces ‘climate team,’ promises ‘unified’ attack on issue
• Opinion: Why we need a broader perspective to help farmers meet the climate crisis
• Prominent Ag Lawyer Lists Four Major Issues In 2020
• Tractors Of Year Award Winners Announced
• Wounded Warrior Project Expands Support With New Funding For Farmers In 2021

• CoBank Releases 2021 Year Ahead Report – Forces That Will Shape The U.S. Rural Economy
• Top 10 Ag Stories of 2020 | Best of the Rest of 2020’s Top Ag Stories
• Ag Looks Forward to Having an Advocate in Secretary Vilsack
• DTN Cotton Closing: Cotton Takes Bold Leap
• Cotton Farmers Using More GE Seeds
• $300 Million Dicamba Settlement Finalized, Claim Filing to Start Shortly
• Diversification in Ag Markets: Personal Strategies Venture Beyond Commodities
• Lighthizer says U.S.-U.K. trade deal "extremely likely"
• Is ethanol back or about to bottom out – again?
• Communication can solve consumer fears over antibiotic resistance
• What does Mayor Buttigieg DOT nomination mean for ag?
• Soybean market breaks the $12 mark Thursday
• March corn futures have upside target at $4.49, analyst says
• 10 Farm Succession Goals to Set for 2021
• Biden Picks U.S. Representative Deb Haaland to be Interior Secretary

• Midweek Markets: What we learned in 2020
• Does your farm need a chief financial officer or controller?
• Farmland values rise despite turbulent year
• Wheat rises on concerns over Russian export curbs
• US ethanol groups decry Brazil for reimposing 20% tariff
• Landmark study to tap USDA farmer data to assess conservation practices
• CME Group Adds New Hemp Pricing DATA to CME DataMine
• Secretary Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2020 Accomplishments
• AgLaunch And Farm Journal Announce Row Crop Challenge Winners
• USDA: Cotton Producers Have Increasingly Used GE Seeds With Stacked Traits
• Farmers For Free Trade Issues Blueprint Of Policy Suggestions
• Ag Senate Chairman Pat Roberts Receives NCBA’s Capitol Hill "Top Hand" Award