Ag News

11.03.2020

• Crop Progress Report | November 2, 2020 | PDF
• Top Senator On Finance Committee Says Mexico, Canada Not Living Up To USMCA Committments
• EPA Sued Over Atrazine Environmental Groups Allege EPA Violated Law in Approving Atrazine Registration
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Farm Futures Opinion: A house divided: It’s time to unify as a nation | Mike Wilson
• U.S. corn harvest jumps up 10% vs. a week ago, USDA says
• Brazil-bound U.S. soybean vessel loading at Gulf Coast terminal- Southport shipping lineup
• 2020’s wrath on farming won’t end
• German Pork “Effectively Trapped in Europe” Due to African Swine Fever, as China Rebuilds Herds
• As Importer’s Need for Corn and Soybeans Seen Rising, Few Countries Currently Competing with U.S. for Export Demand
• EPA Administrator: RFS Waiver Requests to Wait on Court Appeal
• Labor Department finalizes plan to cut H-2A wages
• Secretary Perdue Statement on DOL’s H2A Wage Rule
• Daybreak Nov 2: Wheeler bullish on green pesticide options
• Biden’s cabinet possibilities would include deep roster of ag lawmakers
• DTN Livestock Closing: Cattle Contracts Secure Mild Profits
• DTN Grain Closing: Wheat Ends Higher
• DTN Cotton Closing: Cotton Ends Mixed

11.02.2020

• Rural Voters Go for Trump DTN/PF Poll Shows Trump Has Rural Lead, But Many Said Ag Is Worse Off Than Four
• Todd’s Take A Week of Contradictions in Grains
• Future Poll Workers of America Iowa FFA Students Volunteer to Man Polling Places During COVID-19 Pandemic
• Commodity Classic will be virtual in 2021
• Feed buyers have some decisions to make, analyst says
• 2020: The lost year with a lot to gain
• China local authority warns of coronavirus on packaging of imported Brazilian pork
• Presidential campaigns talk ag during final stretch
• USDA announces Peanut Standards Board appointments
• As Importer’s Need for Corn and Soybeans Seen Rising, Few Countries Currently Competing with U.S. for Export Demand
• Signal to Noise: Positives for Ag Either Way the Election Goes
• Jerry Gulke: Is the Bull Market Over or Pausing to Refresh?
• Pulse: In Campaign Home Stretch, Trump Holds Lock on Farm Vote
• COVID-19 Raises Governments’ Food Security Concerns, Demand for U.S. Crops
• EPA narrows protections from pesticide spraying
• NASDA Welcomes Safety Standards And Improved Clarity In EPA’s New AEZ Rule
• Deere Holding Online Benefit Concert to Benefit Farm Rescue
• Trump Administration Invests $26.4 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Oklahoma
• USDA, Farm Credit Administration To Find Ways To Better Support Credit Needs Of Beginning Farmers
• U Of Illinois Researchers Release Results Of Study "Household Food Acquisition Behaviors During COVID-19"
• USDA Releases "Food Price Outlook" Report

10.30.2020

• Rural Voters Go for Trump DTN/PF Poll Shows Trump Has Rural Lead, But Many Said Ag Is Worse Off Than Four Years Ago
• Biden’s Tax Plan Details Plan Would Raise Taxes on High-Income Farmers, Complicate Farm Sales and Estate Taxes
• Corn Yield Contest Winner Grower Sets New World Record with Corn Yield of 616.2 BPA
• Federal Push to Relax Rules In Runup to Election Day, Federal Agencies Announce Array of Deregulatory Moves
• Poll Finds Deep Rural Impact From COVID |DTN/Progressive Farmer Poll Finds COVID-19 Heavily Affected Rural America
• A deeper dive into EPA’s dicamba re-registration
• Rural vs. urban divide deepening
• Scientists propose tax on meat and livestock to help avert future pandemics
• Rural COVID rate exceeds rural share of U.S. population | Roughly 70% of rural counties are currently “red zone” counties: the rate of new infections in a week is higher than 100 per 100,000 people
• Former World Board Chair: USDA’s China Corn Import Numbers Don’t Add Up
• Court blocks USDA from killing survey used for H-2A wages
• Mexico inks record U.S. corn purchase after Mexican farmers warn of crop shortfall
• Second Wave Of Food Stockpiling Is Showing Up, COVID-19, Elections Cited

10.29.2020

• Ag industry praises dicamba decision
• USDA defends estimate of China corn imports, despite hot sales pace
• For the Future. For All | The 93rd National FFA Convention & Expo
• 3 of the biggest U.S. farmers
• EPA grants five-year re-registration for dicamba in dicamba-tolerant crops
• A rural political issue Democrats have so far ignored — ag consolidation
• Vilsack: Trump wrong on wind, just like ethanol, say Iowa Democrats
• Does SBA Understand Farming
• Tyson Foods Workers to Replace Some Federal Inspectors At U.S. Beef Plant
• Biden’s cabinet possibilities would include deep roster of ag lawmakers
• Farm states, rural House districts loom large in battle for Congress
• FCC establishes 5G fund with $1B going toward precision ag
• COVID Causes Spike in Food at Home Spending in 2020
• U Of Illinois Economists: Revised 2021 Crop Budgets Lead To Higher 2021 Return Projections

10.28.2020

• EPA Registers Dicamba Again | EPA Approves Three Dicamba Herbicides With Federal Cutoff Dates
• Dicamba Approved for Over-the-Top Use 2021 and Beyond
• ADM Pushes Venue Change in Ethanol Case
• Soybeans soar – but is there more?
• More of what keeps farmers up at night
• Lenders’ View of Resiliency and Agility
• EPA grants five-year re-registration for dicamba in dicamba-tolerant crops
• The economic value of rotational grazing
• 3 of the biggest U.S. farmers
• NCBA on Barrett confirmation and implications on agriculture
• Accelerating Diversity & Inclusion Across U.S. Agriculture
• FBN Moves Into Canola Breeding
• Peanut Stocks: Utilization Up 9%, 1.4Bln Pounds in Storage
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• USDA Announces Cotton Board Appointments
• USDA Grant Supports Mental Health in Agriculture