Ag News

09.17.2020

• USDA Announces Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Program Improvements
• CORRECTED Livestock Risk Protection for Feeder Cattle, Fed Cattle, and Swine Revisions Effective for the 2021 and Succeeding Crop Years
• Daybreak Sept 16: Farm groups: USDA short cash for farm payments
• What’s next for ethanol exports, refinery waivers?
• Brazil’s soy frontier to grow at fastest pace in four years
• Trump administration considering at least $300 million cash aid to refiners
• Corteva confident of Enlist Duo amid plaintiff appeal
• WTO rules against Trump China tariffs
• China: Corn Crop Impacted by Adverse Weather, as U.S. Wheat and Soybean Exports Increase
• The Biggest Threat to Farming is …Tesla?
• While wildfires burn, lawmakers struggle to find consensus
• US Ambassador Branstad to resign from China post
• Texas Field Reports: Grain Market Improves Amid Reduced Crop Estimate
• RMA Announces Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Changes
• Trade and COIVD-19 Ad Hoc Payments by Commodity

09.16.2020

• Farmers Business Network aims to make its offerings available to all farmers, with no annual fee
• Farm Show Corn Head, Equipment Demos Put Spotlight on Harvesting Down, Lodged Corn
• Cash Rents in 2020 and 2021 Projections
• WTO: U.S. tariffs violate international regulations Sep 15, 2020
• U.S. presidential candidate Biden rips Trump’s record on ethanol
• Selling $10 Beans Feels Great
• Profit Tracker: Margins Reflect Spring Feeder Cattle Prices
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• 100,000 Restaurants Have Closed Six Months Into Pandemic
• American Agri-Women Support Affordable And Nutritious Food For Families
• Opening day for a virtual farm show

09.15.2020

• EPA Denies All Gap-Year RFS Waivers Trump Administration Rejects Retroactive Small-Refinery Exemption Requests
• Early 2021 Ag Events Canceled Stock Show, World Ag Expo Canceled Due to ‘Health and Safety Restrictions’
• Sept. 14, 2020 Crop Progress Report
• Soybeans top $10/bushel on Chinese demand, smaller U.S. crop
• Trump trade aid payments benefited large, Southern farms -watchdog report
• Executive Branch Highlights Ethanol in Waiver Denials and E15 Promise
• Evil Grain: The Wild Tale of History’s Biggest Crop Insurance Scam
• New Acosta Report Details How COVID-19 Is Reinventing How America Eats
• GAO Breaks Down MFP Payments | Democratic Senators Point to Payment Disparities for Southerners, Cotton Growers
• USDA Boss’s Home State Got Most Trade Aid Per Farmer, GAO Finds

09.14.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, September 14, 2020
• U.S. Wheat Associates Introduces Interactive Wheat Export Supply System Map
• New Farmer.gov Feature Allows Entities To Conduct Online Business With USDA
• USDA Issues Report Showing Net Returns For Corn, Soybeans, And Wheat In Recent Years
• Signal to Noise: Will CFAP2 Be Revenue Based?
• GOP pared down coronavirus relief bill fails
• China raises corn import forecasts on large U.S. cargoes, lowers output
• USDA Reports Review Bull Run Continues Following USDA Reports
• OSHA Cites Smithfield on COVID Response
• Trump Makes Twitter Announcement to Allow E15 to be Sold in Existing Infrastructure
• USDA Reports Summary USDA Lowers Corn Production Friday
• September 2020 WASDE Report
• Agriculture identified as the top-rated industry in Gallup poll
• Washington Week Ahead: NEPA reforms take effect; stimulus deal remains elusive

09.11.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, September 11, 2020
• Trump and Biden: What solutions do they bring to ag?
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – Sept. 11, 2020
• USDA Reports Preview USDA Takes Aim at Row Crop Estimates
• Will WASDE data be a blessing or a curse?
• The RAV4 of tractors?
• Bayer CEO wins term extension, makes progress on Roundup settlement
• ‘Miracle’ calf survives California wildfire
• GOP pared down coronavirus relief bill fails
• U.S. & China review Phase One trade progress
• China Could Become Largest Corn Importer, While Soybean Variables Come Into Focus
• John Phipps: Is Agriculture Feeding a Growing or Declining Population?
• Dual-Purpose Drones For Agriculture
• Pro Farmer Analysis: Traders Expect Confirmation of Smaller Corn Crop
• Vilsack hints that Biden might use CCC, too
• Texas Field Reports: Corn Crop Up Despite Fewer Acres, Spotty Rain
• USDA Seeks Input On Technologies And Practices For Agriculture Innovation Agenda

09.10.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, September 10, 2020
• USDA Implements Immediate Measures to Help Rural Residents, Businesses and Communities Affected by COVID-19
• Trump Tells Farmers He Plan to Scrap Biofuel Waivers
• September 2020 WASDE Preview
• Is Joe Biden’s plan good for rural America?
• September 2020 WASDE Preview
• Vilsack highlights Biden’s support of ethanol
• Ethanol industry awaits confirmation of Trump SRE directive
• New Senate GOP bill includes more direct aid for farmers
• Trump, Biden outline agricultural priorities
• President Trump Instructs EPA to Deny Retroactive (“Gap-Year”) SRE (Small-Refinery Exemption) Waiver Requests
• Ag banks, regulators need to assess climate risks, CFTC panel says
• It’s complicated: Why ASA’s board booted CEO Ryan Findlay after only 28 months on the job
• Election outcome could shift focus of US farm support
• AFBF survey highlights Biden, Trump policy differences
• Election outcome could shift focus of US farm support
• PepsiCo, USAid Launch Partnership to Empower Women in Agriculture
• Corn vs. Soybean Storage at the US Market Level, 1974-2017