Ag News

10.02.2020

• President Trump and First Lady Test Positive for COVID-19
• 3 Big Things Today, October 2, 2020
• Election 2020: Who Should Ag Choose?
• NRCS hiring on ‘positive trajectory,’ acting chief says
• Corn set for weekly gains of over 3% on upbeat global demand
• President Signs Funding Bill Senate Approves Measure and Avoids a Government Shutdown, Funds CCC Programs
• Who doesn’t love a bullish surprise?!
• Virtual format set for 2021 Beltwide Cotton Conferences
• Walmart Expands Partnership with Plant-based Beyond Meat
• USDA Launches New, Streamlined Process for Private Lenders to Invest in Rural America
• USDA: Corn Ending Stocks Down 10% From September 2019 – Soybeans Down 42%

10.01.2020

• USDA Reports Review Bullish USDA Report Sends Corn, Wheat and Soy Futures Soaring
• USDA: Corn Ending Stocks Down 10% From September 2019 – Soybeans Down 42%
• U.S. corn, soybean piles get smaller, USDA says
• Judge Dismisses Packer Antitrust Lawsuit
• A rarity: USDA report sparks broad rallies
• Young farmer combines technologies to boost yields, lower costs
• EU leaders to tell China to meet 2019-2020 trade deadlines
• Economic recovery depends on ‘the path of the virus’ — Fed official
• 2020 ag income outlook higher than expected
• Rounds says labeling foreign beef made in USA must stop
• Time to export soybeans to China is ‘now’
• Is it Schedule F or Net of Packing
• DTN Cotton Closing: Cotton Higher
• Bayer Shares Plunge on Prospect of Write-Downs
• NASA Technology To Reveal Crop Health Insights For Agriculture Industry

09.30.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, September 30, 2020
• What’s In Latest Covid-Aid Proposal for Ag?
• U.S. cattle futures climb on beef demand, cash market optimism
• The corn market has too many bushels
• Texas sunflower harvest begins; seeds hauled to North Dakota
• Economic recovery depends on ‘the path of the virus’ — Fed official
• 2020 ag income outlook higher than expected
• Analysts Could Be Headed for a U.S. Corn, Soy Stocks Miss -Braun
• EPA shooting for mid-October for dicamba decisions
• Texas Field Reports: Peanut Acres Up, Yields Likely Down
• Ag Trade: China’s Imports Up From Last Year
• Ethanol Group Argues EPA Failed to Reallocate Gallons Lost to 2019 RFS Waivers
• USDA’s: Farmers To Families Food Box Program Surpasses 100 Million Boxes Delivered

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