Ag News

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

06.17.2020

• EPA Defends Its Order Allowing Continued Dicamba Use
  Agribusinesses, Groups Ask President Trump to Keep Pressing China to Meet Commitments
• Taxlink | CARES Act Changes
• A ray of hope for farm profits
• Farm income, stressed this year, may drop sharply in 2021
• China allows landmark WTO dispute to lapse
• 2020 trade with China well below pre-trade war levels
• Farm groups urge Trump to preserve China trade deal
• Which decisions are keeping you up at night?
• Bayer scraps U.S. plans to produce crop chemical blocked by court
• What’s it like to apply for CFAP?
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• DTN Cotton Closing: cotton Ends Higher Despit Fed Volatility
• Bill Aims to Increase Farmer Access to Mental Health Services
• USDA Clarifies CFAP Livestock Payment Calculations
• 192 Groups Send Letter To President Trump: U.S./China Phase One Agreement Vital To U.S. Agriculture
• New Virtual Offering Announced For Women In Agribusiness Event Series
• Expected Harvest Prices for Corn in 2020

06.16.2020

• June 15, 2020 Crop Progress Report PDF
• China Continues to Buy American Soybeans
• U.S. soybean condition steady on the week, but good to excellent corn drops 4%
• U.S. corn crop’s condition dips, USDA says
• Harvest to dictate wheat prices, analyst says
• Dicamba plaintiffs ask for immediate cutoff of weedkiller
• America’s meat titans under review
• Paycheck Protection Program changes offer more flexibility
• Obstacles continue to plague Texas High Plains cotton crop
• U Of Illinois Researchers Adapt Robots To Fight Against COVID-19 Among Farm Workers
• Farmers Business Network Opens Access To Online Chemical Prices, Launches Massive Summer Sale
• A Look at the Third Week of CFAP Sign-Up

06.15.2020

• USDA Clarifies CFAP Livestock Payment Calculations
• Washington Week Ahead: Lands bill set to pass, USTR heads to Hill
• COVID-19 projected to rob $89/acre from 2020 corn crop
• Cause for Concern? Government Programs Increasingly Important Part of Farm Income
• RMA adjusts programs to provide flexibility during COVID-19 pandemic
• Secretary Perdue Statement on Dicamba Plaintiffs’ Attack on EPA Order
• Plaintiffs Ask Federal Court to Halt Dicamba Spraying, Hold EPA in Contempt
• Federal Case Alleges EPA Didn’t Complete Due Diligence in Writing Rule
• What’s the upside potential in the weeks ahead? (Audio)
• BASF, Corteva file motions to intervene in federal court case that vacated dicamba registrations
• June 30 is the last day to complete enrollment for ARC, PLC
• Jerry Gulke: As Wheat Goes, Will So Go Corn?
• Oklahoma Wheat: Harvest Rolling from Border to Border
• Texas High Plains Cotton: Hail Knocks Back Some Fields – Podcast
• June WASDE Good for Soybeans
• U.S. Tractor Sales Up 15% In May, Combine Sales Decline Slightly