Ag News

08.13.2020

• August 12, 2020 WASDE
• How COVID-19 Changed America’s Eating Habits
• Progressive Farmer: Kub’s Den What Will Your Life Look Like One Year From Today?
• Do Seasonal Trends Matter in 2020 Cattle Markets
• Would you sell the farm?
• USDA sees record-high 2020 U.S. corn, soybean yields
• Successful Farming Opinion: Farmland proves itself once again | COVID-19 had all the makings of the final straw for farmland values. It wasn’t.
• As U.S., Chinese Negotiators Plan Phase One Meeting, Trade Remains a Rare Area of Cooperation
• Farm Bankruptcies, Drought, Derecho, and Land Values: Recent Ag Econ Variables in Focus
• Analysis: Skyrocketing US subsidies may far exceed WTO limits
• Harris, Biden’s VP pick, opposed USMCA, backed farm bill
• Daybreak Aug. 12: Environmentalists welcome Biden pick
• Cotton Board Recommends $80 Million Cotton Incorporated Budget to Ag Secretary

08.12.2020

• USDA Announces More Eligible Commodities for CFAP
• USDA Reports Preview Bracing for Another Bearish WASDE Report
• 5 things to know about CARES Act tax implications
• 3 Big Things Today, August 12, 2020
• EPA’s Wheeler says he has questions about SRE gap waiver applications
• Farm Bankruptcies, Drought, Derecho, and Land Values: Recent Ag Econ Variables in Focus
• Naked Farmer Smashes Convention, Pockets $670,000 Savings
• Biden Taps California Senator Kamala Harris for VP
• Harris, Biden’s VP pick, opposed USMCA, backed farm bill
• U Of Illinois Economist: Corn Bottoming Or Taking A Breather?
• Field To Market Announces Committee And Plans To Advance Racial Justice In Agriculture
• Agri-Pulse To Host Webinar On Rural Broadband

08.11.2020

• Crop Progress Report
• Government Cameras Hidden on Private Property? Welcome to Open Fields
• Four ways to manage a potentially bearish USDA Report
• USDA exports – China, unknown buy soybeans
• 5 things to know about CARES Act tax implications | Aug 11, 2020
• U.S. farmers leave fields fallow as COVID-19 wrecks crop prospects
• Ag groups ask USDA to extend CFAP deadline
• Farmers need more time to access aid | Letter sent to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue requests deadline be pushed beyond August 28, 2020
• 3 Lessons Drones Will Teach Us About the 2020 Crop
• Senators Urge U.S. to Remove Tariffs on EU Foods, Beverages
• Rebuilding livestock herd driving China soy-buying binge
• Executive orders add new twist to COVID-19 aid fight
• USDA Announces Annual Survey Of Farmers, Ranchers To Measure Areas For Improvement

08.10.2020

• Farm groups urge USDA to extend CFAP deadline, ease rules
• Signal to Noise: If Congress Fails to Act on Aid, USDA Still Has Money
• Todd’s Take Bullish Exceptions in 2020
• Pandemic-Proof Your Farm Legacy
• 7 ag stories you might have missed the week ending- Aug. 7, 2020
• USDA expected to print big corn, soybean yields on Wednesday, August 12, 2020
• ‘Like gold’: Canadian canola prices spike as shippers find back door to China
• Expectations for an early harvest grow, analyst says
• Senators urge U.S. to remove tariffs on EU foods, beverages
• China crushers to crank up U.S. soy purchases in fourth quarter – traders
• Jerry Gulke: Will USDA Report Cause Pre-Harvest Lows?
• Texas Wheat: AgriLife Extension Releases Annual ‘Picks List’
• FSA Offers Joint Financing Option on Direct Farm Ownership Loans
• Ag Groups: Farmers Need More Time to Access Aid
• Packing Plants and COVID-19 Nebraska Legislature Hears Stories From Front Lines of Essential Workers

08.07.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, August 7, 2020
• New USDA numbers show US ag exports to China lagging
• Farm Bureau economist explains stand-out numbers in CFAP data
• USDA Offers Loan Deferrals for Farm Storage Facilities
• China, U.S. to Review Trade Deal, Air Other Grievances Aug 15 -Sources
• 4 Options for a Farm Operation Without a Successor
• Biden says he would remove tariffs on China
• Ethanol Awaits Fate on Waivers, Aid RFA’s Cooper: EPA Decision to Issue Waivers Would Equate to ‘Locking in Blend Wall’
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – Aug. 7, 2020
• Trump Bans Dealings With Chinese Owners of TikTok, WeChat
• U.S. farm state senators in a beef over livestock bill
• USDA proposes rule to strengthen enforcement of organic standards
• Could China’s Massive Rainstorms Be A “Black Swan” for Markets?
• Analyst Digs Through Data to Find Historical August Lows
• Trump Administration Invests More Than $29 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Oklahoma

08.06.2020

• USDA extends deadlines, defers interest accrual due to COVID-19
• Peterson working to make sure HEROES Act ag provisions make it in final bill
• AFBF: Mixed News on Farm Bankruptcies Amid Pandemic
• COVID-19 Weighs on Ag Economy | Reports Outline Series of Economic Struggles Continue in Agriculture
• Farm Futures survey: Farmers forecast 15 billion bushel corn crop
• Ag Economy Barometer stable in July 2020
• Big crops are getting bigger, analyst says
• Corn, wheat markets diverge from soybeans Wednesday
• Sweeping U.S. pesticide reform bill introduced, banning some chemical agents
• Perdue says EU’s Farm to Fork strategy leaves farmers behind
• Censky: China needs to buy more US ag goods
• Department of Energy Finishes Recommendation on Retroactive RFS Exemption Requests
• China, U.S. to Review Trade Deal, Air Other Grievances Aug 15 -Sources
• Farm, nutrition provisions remain in play as talks on aid bill drag
• USDA prepared to roll over unused CFAP
• Texas Field Reports: Hurricane Hanna Damage Estimates
• USDA Identifies Mystery Seeds
• Farmland Ownership Passing into the Hands of Big Investors
• Midwest Region Farm Expenses Contribute Most to U.S. Increase
• Mid-America Business Index Highest Since March 2019