Ag News

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

12.01.20

• Soybeans fall 23¢ on last trading day for November
• Chinese Buyers May Cancel U.S. Soybean Orders
• Final Syngenta Corn Payments Coming Syngenta Corn Claims Payments Coming to Mailboxes in Next Couple of Months
• USDA Expands Hemp Insurance
• News Release: USDA Announces Expansion, Other Improvements to Hemp Crop Insurance
• If you’re a grain farmer, be thankful for risk management tools
• U.S. fuel industry frazzled as Trump EPA misses 2021 biofuel volumes deadline
• Higher crop prices and coronavirus aid boost farm income
• Congress faces daunting to-do list during Lame Duck
• Farmers look to innovate their way to a smaller environmental footprint
• U Of Illinois, K-State Economists Issue Report "Changes In U.S. Grain Storage Capacity"
• USDA Releases "Outlook For U.S. Agricultural Trade" Report
• Washington Insiders Concerned About EPA Candidates’ Impact On Agriculture

11.30.2020

• Wheat’s Funny Behavior
• Mother Bin Keeps Combines Rolling | Giant Grain Wagon Hopes to Offer Harvest Efficiencies
• Union Endorses Fudge for Agriculture Secretary | Ag Policy Blog
• The Battle Over USDA and Its Direction Under Biden
• 7 ag stories you might have missed week ending – Nov. 27, 2020
• Live cattle futures trim as traders weigh weak exports
• So much is said about land distribution at death, but what about rental agreements?
• 5 ways digital agriculture tools helped farmers in 2020
• China Imports of U.S. Corn Next Year Could Hit 30 Million Tons
• Washington Week Ahead: Optimism builds around omnibus funding bill
• Deere Increases Forecast for Farm Machinery Sales

11.25.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, November 25, 2020
• USDA Agricultural Trade Outlook- FY 2021 U.S. Exports Forecast Up $11.5 Billion
• President-elect Biden’s EPA could bring major ag changes
• Overall Anticipated Boost in Fuel Demand Seen From Vaccines
• Oil Price Spike Supports Corn, Ethanol
• Biofuel, Ag Groups Sue EPA to Restore 500 Million Gallons to Renewable Fuel Standard
• New Visibility for Climate Change as Formal Transition Begins
• COVID-19 reframes how people define sustainable food system
• Virtual tours emerge as selling tool in land market
• Trend toward lower use rate for pesticides continues
• Dow reaches 30,000 for first time; ag markets diverge Tuesday
• Farmers Sound Off On Increasingly Tough Labor Puzzle
• Grain Export Sales Reach Historic Highs in October
• USDA Ups Its Export Forecasts For FY 2021
• Record Farm Income Recovery Now Underway

11.24.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, November 24, 2020
• USDA Launches AskUSDA, Improves and Streamlines Customer Experience
• EPA Says It Will Re-Evaluate Dicamba Label Restrictions In Light Of Ag Groups’ Concerns
• Record Farm Income Recovery Now Underway
• Sharing Our Generous Bounty: From U.S. Farms to Foreign Tables
• Crop Progress Report
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report Winter Wheat Condition Drops
• Groups Ask Court to Restore RFS Gallons | Biofuel, Ag Groups Sue EPA to Restore 500 Million Gallons to Renewable Fuel Standard
• Biden Set to Formally Introduce His National Security Team
• Morning Market Review for Nov. 24, 2020
• Carbon markets lure farmers, but will benefits be enough to hook them?
• USDA boosts export forecast on demand for soy, corn and wheat

11.23.2020

• Leadership Required from the US President
• Customer Support: When China buys grain, who really buys?
• Jerry Gulke: Will Thanksgiving Change the Market Trend?
• Signal to Noise: Will Congress Leave COVID Aid Under the Christmas Tree?
• 7 ag stories you might have missed for the week ending – Nov. 19, 2020
• Chinese Demand, Dry Weather Help Spur Crop Prices
• Why you should prepare for the top in this grain market
• It’s time to do an honest analysis on 2020 profitability
• G20 should boost trade financing for developing countries, back reforms, says WTO official
• ‘Justice’ bill would transfer up to 32 million acres to Black farmers
• Tyson orders investigation of ‘betting on COVID’ allegations
• Russian wheat prices down after two weeks of growth
• Rural communities shrink as farms grow
• Interest and saving – an amicable separation
• USDA: Peanut Price Highlights
• Cleveland On Cotton: Market Is Fighting The Upward Trend
• Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA
• Soybeans: High Prices Attracting Investment Speculators – DTN
• Potential House Ag Committee Chair Candidates
• Listen to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue as he discusses farm income, government assisted programs, rural broadband and more with Rita Frazer, RFD Radio Network® farm director and NAFB president, during the second day of the NAFB Virtual Convention.