Ag News

07.20.2020

• Washington Week Ahead: Senate readies coronavirus aid package
• Texas peanut producers talk candidly about struggles during the 2020 season
• Signal to Noise: Cotton’s Take on Trade and COVID-19 Aid
• Todd’s Take SRW Wheat: The Lonely Bull Is Back
• Anticipating Lower Corn Stocks Friday
• 7 ag stories you might have missed last week ending July 17, 2020
• Bipartisan effort seeks cotton and textile COVID-19 relief
• Oklahoma State Fair canceled; 4-H projects still yield valuable lessons
• Brands, retailers can now join U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol
• Study quantifies value of red meat exports to U.S. corn, soybeans
• Analyst is bullish soybeans, bearish corn
• World wheat prices move higher
• Farm State Lawmakers: Ethanol a Priority in Senate COVID Relief Package
• China eyeing US sorghum harvest
• Biden’s $2T environmental plan offers farm assistance, pledges farmworker protections
• Stakes are high for ag as Senate crafts pandemic relief bill
• Daybreak July 17: China maintains swift pace of ag purchases
• Study Quantifies Red Meat Export Values to Corn, Soybeans
• NSAC Updates Immigration and Agriculture Principles
• USDA and Texas Sign Historic Agreement to Improve Health of Public and Private Lands
• Paulsen, Ogden Publications Release Results of Their Study of Rural Lifestyle Audiences
• KC Fed Reports Agricultural Lending Is Consistently Slower

07.17.2020

• Washington Insider– Friday Fed Survey Warns of Tepid Recovery
• 3 Big Things Today, July 17, 2020
• Weekly Export Sales – Wheat charts new marketing-year high
• More Signals for COVID-19 Aid | Farm Loans Fell During Lockdown as Business Makes Case for Senate to Pass New Aid Package
• Ag Groups Praise NEPA Change | New Rule Limits Environmental Review of Federal Infrastructure Projects
• Here’s why some farmers get Uncle Sam’s help while others go without
• A fifth of EU soy imports from Brazil could be tainted by deforestation, study says
• China reportedly to stick with Phase 1 deal
• Land O’Lakes and Microsoft strengthen partnership
• Report: Food prices in China continue to climb; flooding adds to uncertainty
• KC Fed Reports Agricultural Lending is Consistently Slower
• NEPA rewrite would limit length, scope of environmental reviews
• Stakes are high for ag as Senate crafts pandemic relief bill
• Young farmers and farmers of color have been shut out of federal assistance during the pandemic
• USDA And Texas Sign Historic Agreement To Improve Health Of Public And Private Lands
• Ag groups lose Texas race to Trump favorite
• Texas Cotton: Managing Lygus Bugs

07.16.2020

• Can You Defer CFAP Income?
• 3 Big Things Today, July 16, 2020
• WRDA Bill Advances in Congress House | Bill Would Increase Investment in Inland Waterways, Flood-Control Projects
• Pompeo Downplays Possibility Of Summit With North Korea
• What new tech is best for your farm?
• Land O’Lakes and Microsoft form strategic alliance
• Technology reduces diagnosis of BRD from four + days to about 30 minutes
• China vows retaliation for Hong Kong sanctions
• Ethanol producers take advantage of hand sanitizer opportunities during pandemic
• Ethanol leader wants Trump’s “one federal decision” policy expanded
• U.S., Japan expand trade opportunities
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- July 2020
• NEPA rewrite would limit length, scope of environmental reviews
• Biden’s $2T environmental plan offers farm assistance, pledges farmworker protections
• USDA Posts the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s Final Report
• Trump: China Phase Two Agreement Unlikely
• Peanut Industry Forms United States Peanut Federation
• USDA: Impact Of Farm-Level Price Volatility Lessens As Food Gets Closer To The Table
  

07.15.2020

• USDA hasn’t helped small farmers in pandemic, lawmakers say
• National & World Ag News Headlines Crop Acreage Reports Due to FSA Office Today
• USDA Cuts Red Tape to Increase Private Investment in Rural America
• John Phipps: Is it Time to Revive Set-Aside Programs for Agriculture?
• The Future of Dicamba Use Faces Trio of Threats: Courts, Weeds and Farmer Fatigue
• Looking to Expand CFAP Aid As Dollars Flow Out, Lawmakers and Others Want Broader Access for Farm and Food Aid
• $5.8 billion issued in CFAP payments | Slightly more than half of COVID-19 recovery funds have gone to livestock producers
• Green Plains sues Archer Daniels Midland, alleging ethanol market manipulation
• China Makes Record U.S. Corn Purchase
• China buys more than 1.7 million tons of U.S. corn
• Trade shifts attention back to weather
• FDA’s ‘New Era’ blueprint to guide next decade of food safety
• Trump: Farmworkers won’t be affected by immigration ban
• Nat’l Black Farmers Assn: Stamping Out Systemic Racism In The U.S. Food System Gains Momentum
• American Agri-Women Proudly Selects Champion Of Agriculture Awards For 2020

07.14.2020

• USDA Releases "Season-Average Price Forecasts" Report
• Enviros Ask Court to Kill Water Rule | Federal Court Asked to Render Judgment on New Water Rule
• Ag Recovering From Coronavirus Disruptions, CoBank Says
• Crop Progress Report | July 13, 2020
• Less than three-quarters of the U.S. corn crop rated good/excellent, USDA reports
• No yield boost with fungicides on hail-damaged crops, according to university trials
• Wheat market stands on its own, analyst says
• While $4 Corn May Be Unrealistic $3 Corn May Also Be Unlikely
• 3 Things Ag Sales People Should Do During COVID-19
• USDA Leader Says Farmers Can Expect CFAP Round Two Next Month
• USDA Cuts Red Tape for Rural Area Private Investments
• U.S. Tractor, Combine Sales Up During June
• USDA Announces New Members of the Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers
• Cotton Export Volume Up From Last Year, Value Down
• U Of Illinois Ag Economist: Soybean Demand Linked To Economic Recovery
• Survey Finds 66% Of Americans Will Take A Pay Cut For Flexibility To Work Remotely
• Agri-Marketers Report They Are More Productive Working From Home
• NAWG Calls For 2020 Crop COVID Relief, Inclusion Of All Wheat Classes In CFAP

Breakdown of 2020 Ag Program Financial Assistance