Ag News

06.25.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, June 25, 2020
• Bitter House race pits Trump against farm groups
• Roberts, Stabenow Announce Passage of Grain Standards Reauthorization
• Wheat Industry Applauds Bipartisanship Around The Grain Standards Reauthorization Act
• Agricultural perspectives given on climate legislation | Senate c
• ommittee hears perspectives on the Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020
• Paul Neiffer: Your Options for PPP Forgiveness
• Senate Ag Committee Hearing: Monetizing Voluntary Conservation Practices
• USDA, FDA release statement on food export restrictions
• US rebukes China’s COVID-19 concerns over imported food
• America’s Farmers Remain Open to Feed America
• Call the Market: Variables as Volatile as Uranium
• Next Global Grain Shock: Locusts
• 5 things you should know about the Bayer settlements
• Is the in-person iron auction dead?
• Expected Harvest Prices for Corn in 2020

06.24.2020

• Alta Seeds launches herbicide tolerant sorghum lineup
• New IFR on Forgiveness
• Senate Hearing Will Examine Policies to Get Farmers Certified for Carbon Sequestration
• TAM 114 Replaces Top Wheat VarietyPlanted in 2020
• Long-time opponent of farm subsidies flags Trump’s latest programs
• COVID-19 Ag Related Losses Mount, as China Seeks Virus Documentation on Soybeans
• Weekly Outlook: Anticipating June 1 Corn Stocks
• Warmer Temperatures Affecting Peanut Plants
• Cattle Harvest Reported To Be Back To Near Normal Levels
• USDA Releases "Wheat Outlook" Report

06.23.2020

• White House adviser Navarro walks back on comments China trade deal ‘over’
• June 22, 2020 Crop Progress Report (2020)
• More Farm Households Reporting Off-Farm Income
• Farmers win big with dicamba ruling
• China soy buyers ask exporters to guarantee coronavirus-free cargoes
• Judge concludes cancer warning label on Roundup unjustified
• Appellate court backs EPA on dicamba phase-out
• A Closer Look at U.S. Meat Production from USDA’s Economic Research Service
• Signal to Noise: Could Trump Walk Away from China?
• Judge Refuses to Block New Water Rule
• Trump Administration Invests $1.6 Billion in Rural Electric Infrastructure in 21 States
• USDA Releases "Cotton And Wool Outlook" Report

06.22.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, June 22, 2020
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate panel to mull ag carbon bill, act on grain standards
• Dicamba Use to Continue Ninth Circuit Denies Petition to Halt Dicamba Use
• China to Accelerate U.S. Farm Purchases, as Trade Partners Raise Concerns Over U.S. Farm Assistance
• Chinese Purchases Likely to Pick Up Steam in 4th Quarter as It Tries to Fulfill Trade Commitments
• Where real estate and farming meet
• Bayer Crop Science pulls out of farm shows and other large events for rest of 2020
• USDA approves hemp production plans
• Additional Commodities for COVID Food Assistance Program
• Survey Shows Americans Support Aid to Farmers
• 2019 and 2015 through 2019 – Characteristics of Higher Profit Farms

06.19.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, June 19, 2020
• EPA considering 52 new RFS waivers dating to 2011
• NBB appalled by EPA’s consideration of 52 gap waivers
• ASA president blindsided by dicamba court ruling
• Senate advances not-so-great Great American Outdoors Act
• Ranchers Criticize Senate For Passage Of Great American Outdoors Act
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – June 19, 2020
• Syngenta Group is launched
• Lighthizer counts on wave of purchases to lift China to ag goal
• GOP’s farm-state Senate seats increasingly at risk with majority at stake
• Survey Shows Americans Support Aid to Farmers
• Peanut Market Update

06.18.2020

• China bought about $1 billion of U.S. cotton: Lighthizer
• Next Global Grain Shock: Locusts
• Ag Interest Rate: Snapshot
• Grower coalition files amicus brief in dicamba case
• EPA appoints new members to agricultural committee
• Texas Crop and Weather Report – June 16, 2020
• Fire danger increasing in North, Central Texas
• Best practices for grazing government ground
• Lighthizer says China will meet commitments this year
• Congresswomen optimistic about US-China trade
• China Purchasing U.S. Soybeans as Brazilian Stock Dwindles
• USDA trade mitigation purchases surpass $2B
• USTR Lighthizer Defends Phase One Trade Deal, Expects China to Fulfill Its Promise
• Bolton accuses Trump of asking China for election help with ag purchases
• Landmark lands bill easily passes Senate
• GOP’s farm-state Senate seats increasingly at risk with majority at stake
• DTN Cotton Closing: Prices Higher After Tensions In India and China
• 23-State Coalition Lawsuit to Block Changes to New WOTUS Rule
• Let’s get our hands dirty, together