Ag News

09.29.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, September 29, 2020
• House Stopgap Bill Includes Ag Funding
• Trump Leads 2020 DTN/Progressive Farmer Zogby Analytics Pulse of Rural America poll
• Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Grain marketer’s dilemma: Sell now or store?
• Opinion Farm Futures: Final Democrat platform does not improve with age
• Weekly Grain Movement – Corn firms, soybeans slide lower
• As Germany Battles African Swine Fever, Inventory of U.S. Hogs Reaches Record for September
• China’s Agricultural Imports Up From Last Year
• XtendFlex Soybeans Approved, Bayer Offers Guarantee on Dicamba Beans
• Doud optimistic on strong ag deal with UK
• KC Fed Reserve President Says Economic Recovery Is Much Faster Than Expected

09.28.2020

• Washington Week Ahead: Make-or-break time for coronavirus aid deal
• Confounding Economics | The Farm Income Mirage and How to Prepare for the Future
• Signal to Noise: Oil and Biofuels Must Work Together
• China’s Agricultural Imports Up From Last Year
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Last Week
• Todd’s Take HRW Wheat Ignores the Bearish Talk
  
• Top crop traders eyeing export profits
• Brazil soy prices near 2012 high
• Covid-19 resurgence concerns could kill corn market rally, analyst says
• Weekly export sales decline for pork, cotton, and rice
• Small Business Administration, USDA tour PPP sites
• United Sorghum Checkoff Program Board appointments
• Ag groups appeal for PPE, testing
• Survey Reports 90% Of Impossible Burger Buyers Also Purchase Meat
• USDA Releases Annual Report Showing Acres Planted To GMO Crops

09.25.2020

• Washington Insider– Thursday House Passes Stop Gap Funding Bill
• Ag groups recognize need for WTO
• Ethanol backers prod administration to ‘finish the job’
• NCBA responds to Cattle Market Transparency Act NCBA: "Sen. Fischer’s bill explores many avenues to improve transparency in the cattle markets"
• Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Powered By Agriculture
• New Report Examines Cattle Market Issues, Solutions
• Agri-Pulse, AEM To Host Webinar "Intersection Of Rural America & Manufacturing"
• Harvest pressure sinks soybeans double-digits Thursday
• Unlocking Farm Profitability with Data, Tech & Traceability
• Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today: Chinese Buying, Crops in India & More
• Bayer Resolves More Roundup Cases, Judge Keeps Pause On Litigation

09.24.2020

• After Resolving a Fight Over Farm Payments, House Passes Continuing Resolution
• A Farm Policy Dilemma: Base Acres, Planted Acres, and Ad Hoc Payments
• CCC Funds Secured in House Vote House Passes Short-Term Funding Bill After Debate Over Ag Funds and Nutrition Aid
• Ethanol, Ag Urge Trump Biofuels Action Ag, Ethanol Groups: Trump Rejection of Gap-Year RFS Waivers Just Beginning
• Should you buy calls or puts?
• Soybean market continues to trim gains Wednesday
• Soybean technicals suggest a market correction ahead, analyst says
• Very large farms collect one-fifth of USDA’s coronavirus payments According to EWG, the largest 1% of farms received an average payment of $352,432
• RFA says plan to pay refiners out of USDA funds “insane”
• Joint statement on the lawsuit challenging Oklahoma law Oklahoma Cattlemen and Oklahoma Pork Council
• Value–added Angus feeder cattle capture extra bid on sale block
• Perdue signals end to food boxes, return to normal in USDA hunger efforts
• Bipartisan contingent offers support for more, smaller meat packers
• U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Launches Nationwide Grower Recruitment Campaign
• NCBA Responds To Cattle Market Transparency Act

09.23.2020

• White House, Democrats reach deal to fund farm payments
• EPA: Insecticide Risk on Diet, Handling Agency Set to Publish Risk Assessment, Proposed Decision in October
• RFA says plan to pay refiners out of USDA funds “insane”
• Nebraska Senator Introduces Cattle Plan Sen. Fischer’s Bill Would Allow USDA to Establish a Regional Minimum Cash Trade for Cattle
• Through Tough Years and Unexpected Hardships, Crop Insurance Helps Farmers Stay in Business
• Amarillo Globe: Strong system of crop insurance needed now more than ever
• 9/22 Soybean market closes in the red
• Federal funding barrier: Billions more for farmers The government is paying a record amount of subsidies to farmers this year.
• Trump’s trade and coronavirus aid to agriculture could hit $50 billion The $14 billion for CFAP2 follows $16 billion that was earmarked for agriculture in the original CFAP
• House and Senate spar over ag funding in CR
• Summary of House Spending Bill
• Farmers have long history with Election Day It’s not held on a Tuesday for no reason
• One-year extension of hemp pilot is on congressional agenda
• China’s Ban of German Pork Could Impact U.S. Pork Exports
• Jerry Gulke: Is the 800-lb. Gorilla Back?
• Highlights from the September 2020 Farm Income Forecast Farm Sector Profits Forecast to Increase in 2020
• U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Launches Nationwide Grower Recruitment Campaign
• USDA Reports 8% Of Corn, 6% Of Soybeans Have Been Harvested

09.22.2020

• It’s National Farm Safety and Health Week
• AskFSA Transitioning To Ask USDA
• USDA Seeks Public Comments On Recommendations For Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Rainfall Index Crop Insurance
• Politics of CCC Fund Flare Up GOP Demand CCC Fund Replenished as Democrats Describe a ‘Political Slush Fund’
• Crop Progress Report
• House stopgap bill doesn’t include farm aid
• Profit-taking drops Monday’s ag markets
• How agriculture adapts in the digital age
• Perdue says ‘no plans’ to use CCC funds to help oil refiners
• Perdue defends MFP payments after GAO report
• DTN Cotton Closing: Cotton Lower
• Groups Urge Congress to Address Ag Inspector Funding Shortfall
• Conaway Rebukes House Democrats For Blocking USDA Funding For Farmers