Ag News

12.09.2020

• Biden wants Vilsack back in charge at USDA
• Who is Marcia Fudge for USDA Secretary?
• Premiums for the Enhanced Coverage Option
• States Mull 2021 Dicamba Limits Some States Working to Further Restrict Dicamba in 2021
• Make Your Farm Voice Heard | How to Tell Your Farm Story
• What has been the biggest challenge of farming in 2020?
• Corn market trend is up, farmers should take advantage of it, analyst says
• Soybeans fall 12¢ Tuesday | Investors await this week’s USDA report.
• China already reportedly looking to secure 2021 U.S. soybeans
• FCC announces $9.2B in rural broadband projects
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX gets $885M from FCC to help bring broadband to rural US
• Eye-Catching Land Sales
• US farmers count on environmental practices to get edge in foreign markets
• U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Announces Gap Inc. As Member

12.08.2020

• Vilsack could be back as ag secretary
• Biden Administration Meets With Ag Organizations’ Leaders To Discuss Priorities
• Agriculture Confidence Index Farmers Show Optimism Despite Election Results
• New 2,4-D and Dicamba Data
• Chick-fil-A Alleges Broiler Price Fix Chick-fil-A Alleges Conspiracy Affected Billions of Dollars in Purchases
• America’s Best Young Farmers & Ranchers
• Ag appropriations, COVID relief could come this week
• Ag class changes Texas consultant’s future
• Grain prices close mixed Monday
• Farm group leaders present ag priorities to Biden’s USDA transition team
• Duvall says need for some farmer payments in ’21 depends on trade
• La Nina, A “Supply-Side Wild Card,” Could Impact Markets Into 2021
• Farm Income: Better Market Prices Likely Not Enough to Offset Expected Subsidy Reductions
• Can WHIP+ Payments be Deferred to 2021
• COVID Relief Package Negotiations Gain Traction
• USDA Releases "Highlights From The December 2020 Farm Income Forecast" Outlook Report
• USDA Releases "Price Spreads From Farm To Consumer" Outlook Report

12.7.2020

• Farm Income: Better Market Prices Likely Not Enough to Offset Expected Subsidy Reductions
• Washington Week Ahead: Lawmakers eye deal on spending, COVID relief
• Competition Heats Up After Pandemic Affected Businesses
• Top Republican on Senate Agriculture Committee Points to Opportunities Ahead
• Cooped-up farm kids have had it with COVID-19
• Pandemic spawns starvation across the globe
• 2020: The lost year with a lot to gain
• Broadband blues
• USDA: Peanut Price Highlights12-4
• Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA12-4
• Cleveland On Cotton: USDA’s December 10 Report – A Pivotal Point?12-4
• DTN Livestock Open: Growing COVID Cases Pressure Meat Market Outlook12-4
• Moving Grain: FMCSA Clarifies Ag Commodity Definition in Hours-of-Service Regulations
• U.S. Farmer Loan Demand Falls to Seven-Year Low
• After Healthcare Workers, Essential Meat And Poultry Workers High Priority For COVID Vaccine, Group Urges

12.04.2020

• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Scott Looks to be Next Chair of House Ag Committee
• USDA: Farm Sector Profits Forecast to Rise in 2020
• US, China feud over cotton ban
• Weekly Export Sales – Soybeans stumble again
• Peterson calls for mandating 50-million-acre CRP to address climate change
• Farmworkers Groups Sue on H-2A Rule | Department of Labor Rule Freezing Wages for Ag Workers Challenged
• Biden: Fast on broadband, slow on China
• Biden says he won’t immediately lift tariffs on China
• Three commodities to watch in December
• Congress sends grain standards bill to Trump
• Suicides in farm country
• Prevented-Planting Changes RMA Finalizes Policy Changes for 2021 Spring Crops, Expanding ‘1-in-4’ Rule Nationally

12.03.2020

• Crop insurance for climate practices gets attention, but is the science there?
• Grains and the Dollar: An Imperfect but Negative Relationship
• 2020 Farm Sector Income Forecast, December
• Farm Income Higher in 2020 | Led Mainly by Ad-Hoc Payments, Net Farm Income Forecast to Reach Highest Level Since 2013
• Thompson to join Scott in House Ag Committee leadership
• Decision-time: Regroup or retire?
• Wheat closed up 11¢ Wednesday
• Farmers growing skeptical of victory in Sino-U.S. trade war
• China drafts new law on grains reserves amid food security concerns
• World food price index jumps in Nov to almost 6-year high -FAO
• Farmworker advocates challenge H-2A pay freeze in court
• Corn export boom to China likely to soften by fall 2021
• Three commodities to watch in December
• Grain Reauthorization Act awaits Trump’s signature
• Proposed coronavirus relief package not likely to pass Senate
• USDA-ERS Predicts $119.6 Billion Net Farm Income For 2020 – The Highest Since 2013
• New group aims to advance Black policy professionals in food and ag
• Wheat Industry Welcomes Passage of Grain Standards Act
• USDA Announces Improvements to Prevented Planting Coverage

12.02.2020

• Scott picked as next House Ag leader
• Stronger Together: Farmers Count on Crop Insurance During Difficult Year
• Soybeans, corn close lower on first day of December
• What landowners should know about end-of-year gifting
• New Aid Package Pitched Bipartisan Group Offers Aid Plan, Insisting Congress Must Act to Ward Off Economic Crisis
• Kub’s Den Grains and the Dollar: An Imperfect but Negative Relationship
• Global Fertilizer Outlook – 1 Higher Commodity Prices Help While Nitrogen Projects Delayed Into 2021
• What has been the biggest challenge of 2020 on your farm?
• EPA late in setting ethanol mandate for 2021
• CropLife expects Biden science stance to apply to crop tools
• Deadline Approaching for USDA’s CFAP 2 Program