Ag News

08.03.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, August 3, 2020
• Washington Week Ahead: Coronavirus relief talks slip into August
• U.S. Total Farm Production Expenditures for 2019 Were Up
• China Makes (Another) Record U.S. Corn Purchase in July, But Achieving Phase One Targets May Still be a Stretch
• Two new Republicans on House Agriculture
• Is Blockchain the Answer to Price Discovery in Cattle Markets?
• Biofuels Industry Waits for Financial Relief, RFS Volumes Amid Uncertainty
• Top three items to monitor for grain futures in August
• Extreme drought conditions possible into August
• After record corn sale to China, Perdue expects ‘a big shipping season this fall’
• Sen. Michael Bergstrom honored by Oklahoma Cattlemen
• NCBA passes policy to increase cash trade levels
• NASDA: food and ag sectors need long-term solutions in covid-19 relief
• Signal to Noise: Coronavirus Ag Aid Package Likely to Favor House
• Jerry Gulke: Have Prices Finally Reached A Bottom?
• K-State Unveils Wheat Variety Disease and Insect Ratings
• 2020 Agrifood Investment To Date Shatters Records
• Studies Show Use Of Precision Agriculture Technologies Boosts Land’s Value

07.31.2020

• View From the Cab The Search for Farm-Life Balance
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Critical Of EU’s Plan To Cut Use Of Crop Inputs
• Weekly Export Sales – New crop soybean sales soar
• Cattle futures look for price direction
• U.S. sells record amount of corn to China as tensions rise
• Pace of coronavirus payments to farmers slows, reasons unclear
• NCBA passes policy to increase cash trade levels
• Senate Releases Draft COVID Relief Measure (HEALS Act), a Follow-Up to CARES Act, but Different From House Passed HEROES Act
• The Beginning of the End to the China Deal
• Drought Monitor Weekly: Very Hot, Mostly Dry
• Peanut Usage Still Up But Sees a Slide
• Farm Progress Commentary | Why am I a farmer? To pass on my knowledge and passion
• Investment In AgTech On Pace To Set Record For The Sector
• Soil Health Institute Begins To Identify True Cost: Benefits Of Soil Health
• Lely Develops Robot To Mow, Feed Hay

07.30.2020

• China asks US to return mysterious seeds
• China objects to US retaliation over grain subsidies
• USDA has released the long-awaited beef market report. Now what?
• Senate Releases Draft COVID Relief Measure (HEALS Act), a Follow-Up to CARES Act, but Different From House Passed HEROES Act
• Free online course helps combat rural stress | Rural Resilience: Farm Stress Training
• Additions to Dem platform target farm chemical use
• Wheat Growers Count on Crop Insurance
• Lock Closures: The Basis Apocalypse That Wasn’t
• Brazilian farmers can lock in 25% operating margins
• Senate’s HEALS Act vs. House’s HEROES Act
• Max Armstrong | Brought to you by Farm Progress America, July 29, 2020
• Senate bill would block faster line speeds at meat plants during pandemic
• Pace of coronavirus payments to farmers slows, reasons unclear
• New Lighting System Helps Deer Avoid Vehicles at Night
• Agriculture Weather Insights From DTN Now Available In Microsoft FarmBeats
• USDA Shows Shift In Destinations Of Ag Exports

07.29.2020

• Hijacked Market | Divisions Deepen in the Cattle Industry Over Price Discovery
• GOP Bill Provides $20 Billion for Agriculture, But No Language for Ethanol Aid
• Crop chemical court decision is big victory for agriculture
• How concerned are we over unsolicited seed shipments
• Perdue gets $20 billion blank check for ag aid in GOP coronavirus plan
• Lawsuit goes after USDA ‘bioengineered’ food disclosure rule
• NASDA Issues Statement on Chinese Mystery Seeds
• Study Shows Entire Wheat Crop Could Be Grown In Vertical Farms, Yield/Acre Up 600%
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Confirms Participation In Farm Journal Field Days
• USDA: Retail Prices For Food Categories Up In June 2020 Compared To June 2019
• Rural America 2020 Launched To Advocate Against Administration’s Ag Policies

07.28.2020

• Senate Releases New Stimulus Bill
• House Passes FY2021 Ag Spending Bill
• New Bill Offers Farmers More PPP Flexibility
• USDA Not on Track to Hit $16 Billion in CFAP Payments
• New Bill Offers Farmers More PPP Flexibility
• China Requires Covid-19 Tests on Meats and Calls for Mass Testing of Brazilian Meatpackers
• The curious case of unsolicited seeds
• Report Mystery Seeds Public Asked to Report Unsolicited Seed Deliveries
• Dicamba Resistant Palmer Amaranth Confirmed
• Crop Progress Report July 27, 2020 (PDF)
• USDA crop progress: Corn, soybean quality jump unexpectedly higher
• Measuring soil health, autonomous weeder among innovations at World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit
• Harder introduces Protecting Fairs During Coronavirus Act
• China Picks Up Pace of U.S. Soybean Imports Despite Rising Tensions

07.27.2020

• Washington Week Ahead: Senate GOP set to unveil pandemic aid plan
• Trump says China trade deal means “much less” to him now
• Crop farmer says trade policies have done nothing
• House Passes FY2021 Ag Spending Bill
• 100 Days: Trump Faces Headwinds as Election Day Draws Near
• Senators Say Package Commits $20 Billion in Additional Support for Agriculture
• Todd’s Take Will Corn’s Harvest Low Come Early in 2020?
• Is the corn market finding a bottom, analyst asks
• New Bill Offers Farmers More PPP Flexibility
• PPP Forgiveness of Debt
• 7 ag stories you might have missed the week ending – July 24, 2020
• COVID-19 creates opportunity to broaden support for ag tech
• China’s soybean imports from Brazil rise to record in June
• On Feed report signals ongoing declines in beef-cow numbers
• Appeals Court declines to block sale of Corteva Enlist
• Perspective on U.S., China Trade
• USDA: Peanut Price Highlights
• Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA