Ag News

08.18.2020

• August 17, 2020 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Ninth Circuit Court Denies Companies’ Petition to Rehear Dicamba Case
• China is Missing Phase One Ag Targets
• $9.00 soybeans are back Monday
• China buys corn and soybeans ‘to keep me happy,’ says Trump
• DTN Livestock Closing: Cattle Contracts Close Lower
• DTN Cotton Closing: Cotton Higher | 8-17
• Vice President Pence Addresses Farmers
• USDA “Feed Outlook Report”
• USDA “Cotton and Wool Outlook” Report
• New Officers Elected At The Cotton Board

08.17.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, August 17, 2020
• Vice President Pence Addresses Farmers
• Fauci to Brief AVMA Convention on COVID Human-Animal Links
• Why grain market volatility could work in your favor
• How to manage your 2021 farmland rent agreement
• Reports: U.S.-China trade talks have been postponed
• Chinn says CFAP limits frustrate cattle producers
• Jerry Gulke: Did USDA Report Print Pre-Harvest Lows?
• Democrats: President’s plan for letter in food boxes inappropriate
• Convention tests Democrats’ appeal to rural Midwest battlegrounds
• Vice President Pence Addresses Farmers
• USDA: Farm Real Estate Value by State (PDF)
• USDA: Cropland Value by State (PDF)
• USDA: Average Pasture Value by Year (PDF)
• Market economist expects farmers to store grain “as best they can” this fall
• Convention tests Democrats’ appeal to rural Midwest battlegrounds
• New Officers Elected At The Cotton Board
• U.S. Tractor Sales Up 34% In July, Combine Sales Up 34%
• Top Administrative Official Says China Trade Deal Is “Fine,” Moving Ahead

08.14.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, August 14, 2020
• Adjusted world price (AWP) for upland cotton announced
• VP Pence speech to farmers falls flat
• Pence goes after Biden-Harris ticket on meat, regulations
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – Aug. 14, 2020
• How to manage your 2021 farmland rent agreement
• Tractor vs. freight train
• As U.S., Chinese Negotiators Plan Phase One Meeting, Trade Remains a Rare Area of Cooperation
• Unprecedented Damage Could Change National Yield in a ‘Big Way’
• China Continues Ramping Up U.S. Soy Purchases
• U.S. Tractor Sales Up 34% In July, Combine Sales Up 34%

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