Ag News

11.09.2020

• Pfizer, BioNTech say late-stage trial data shows Covid vaccine is more than 90% effective in preventing infection
• AP, TV networks call 2020 presidential race for Biden, Harris
• 3 Big Things Today, November 9, 2020
• Ag groups congratulate, pledge to work with Biden
• Biden’s Agenda and Agriculture Policy Shifts Could Be Tempered by GOP Senate, But Moderation Could Return to Compromise
• Harris Pays Tribute to Black Women in 1st Speech as VP-elect
• The dollar and cotton prices
• Biden’s trade policy will take aim at China, embrace allies
• Unresolved biofuel policy issues facing the next U.S. president
• China’s Tianjin to test cold storage food sites after confirmed coronavirus case
• In Trump Country, disappointment, anger mingle with hope for Biden to unite
• USDA Agricultural Projections Show Increased Soybean Acres in 2021

11.06.2020

• Elections 2020 Results & Maps| Amarillo Globe News
• Barchart Releases Final 2020 U.S. Production And Yield Forecasts For Corn And Soybeans
• Voters in ag districts elect slate of new House members
• Farmer optimism is record high in a pandemic year of extremes
• CRS Report: Farm Bill Revenue Support, 2014-2020
• A more cautious approach to trade
• Weaker dollar bullish for U.S. ag commodities
• Soybean prices close over the $11.00 mark Thursday
• Once again, rural America votes for Trump
• EPA Asks SCOTUS for Delay in RFS Case | Trump Administration Asks for Time to File Response in Small-Refinery Exemption Case
• China on pace for record corn imports, more possible
• Weekly Export Sales – Corn climbs another 16% higher
• What’s fueling China’s thirst for U.S. corn and soybeans?
• New chairs on the way for Senate and House Agriculture panels
• Taxing Meat: A Fool’s Errand

11.05.2020

• Election Changes Ag Leaders | House Ag Chairman Falls, Causing Leadership Shift in Farm Policy
• Rural Voters Reverse 2018 Blue Wave
• 3 Big Things Today, November 5, 2020
• Barchart Releases Final 2020 U.S. Production And Yield Forecasts For Corn And Soybeans
• Trump Backers Converge on Vote Centers in Michigan, Arizona
• Seller’s Market for Land | Analysts, Brokers Seeing Explosion of Interest in Recreational Land Market
• New Dicamba Labels | A Breakdown of Changes to the 2020 Dicamba Labels
• Dicamba label good for Southwest producers
• EPA Okays Five-Year Registration for Two Dicamba Products
• Readers Share More Stories About Vintage Combines
• Cash market pricing tools, part 1
• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service QuickBooks Desktop Training for Farmers and Ranchers goes live
• Farm patriarch wonders if anyone in the next generation has what it takes to run the operation
• Farmer optimism is record high in a pandemic year of extreme
• CRS Report: Farm Bill Revenue Support, 2014-2020
• EPA Administrator: RFS Waiver Requests to Wait on Court Appeal

11.04.2020

• Live Election Analysis from DC Signal to Noise
• USDA attache sees China soy imports falling to 95 million T in 2020/21
• FarmlandFinder launches marketplace for farmland
• Need to Knows of Locking in Inputs for 2021
• CoBank: Changes Afoot For Farm Supply Cooperatives
• FarmlandFinder Launches Offers Platform
• CME’s Ag Economy Barometer Rises to Record High
• Government Of Canada Announces New Mandatory Requirement For Travellers To Canada
• Natl Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Releases Industry Feedyard Audit Tool

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