Ag News

• USDA to Provide $1 Billion in Loan Guarantees for Rural Businesses and Ag Producers
• 3 Big Things Today, May 22, 2020
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – May 22, 2020
• Robotic Planting Stirs Curiosity and Debate
• Ethanol COVID-19 Relief Gains Momentum
• More U.S. ag products eligible for export to China
• Groups react to Trump’s suggestion that cattle imports be ‘terminated’
• National FFA develops program to help chapters during COVID-19
• China Reiterates Pledge to Implement Phase One Agreement
• USDA to Provide $1 Billion in Loan Guarantees for Rural Businesses and Ag Producers
• Rural Mainstreet: 3 of 4 Banks Restructuring Farm Loans
• NAFB Releases Farmer Survey Results Regarding COVID-19

• Which is Better – CFAP or MFP
• USDA pledges fast delivery of COVID-19 aid while it considers expanding coverage
• Branstad still hopeful for more ag purchases under ‘phase one’ deal with China
• Trump launches coronavirus aid to agriculture, with a $750,000 top payment
• Soybeans marketed before January 15th not eligible for CFAP payments
• Taking Interest in Interest Rate Effects on Ag Prices
• Eligible bushels for coronavirus payment remain unclear, economists say
• Ethanol COVID-19 Relief Gains Momentum | House, Senate Bills Would Provide Financial Assistance to Biofuel Producers
• Trump says U.S. should halt cattle imports
• 50-State survey: Liability for pesticide drift
• ‘Owning Your Piece of Texas’ workshops rescheduled Workshops focus on Texas landowner laws
• Lawyer at grain briefing foresees workplace COVID litigation
• Michigan farmers impacted by flood damage
• Biden rips Trump over handling of food supply disruptions
• Report Predicts Summer National Fuel Prices Down 35 Percent
• Protecting American Wheat Fields
• FFA Launches Crises Relief Program To Assist Chapters During Pandemic
• USDA Releases "Season-Average Price Forecasts" Report
• USDA Releases "Oil Crops Outlook" Report
• NAWG: Necessary CFAP Assistance Provided For Some Wheat Growers, Leaves Others Behind

• CFAP Payment Rates: Scroll to bottom of this linked page
• USDA PRESS RELEASE 05.19.2020: USDA Announces Details of Direct Assistance to Farmers through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
• CFAP applications to open May 26
• CFAP Sign-up Details Released President Trump Announces Aid Package Sign-up for Farmers, Livestock Producers
• Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) FAQ
• CFAP Payment Breakdown USDA Spells Out Payment Details and Formula for Coronavirus Aid
• What you should know before you cash in equity
• Deep dive: Can technical analysis predict futures prices?
• Startup aims to slash farm costs by sidestepping distributors
• Meat production to rebound sharply after coronavirus slowdown – USDA
• Congressman calls on Perdue to look into processing discrimination
• 10 tips for navigating your farm through coronavirus
• House votes to double coronavirus payments to agriculture
• Farm Journal Live: CFAP Details with Jim Wiesemeyer
• Economist Says COVID Aid Will ‘Help Avert Disaster’
• AgriTalk: R-CALF CEO Discusses Cattle Industry During Pandemic
• Trump suggests ‘terminating’ deals that bring cattle into US
• USDA ISSUES "WHEAT OUTLOOK" REPORT

USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance program on April 17, 2020. CFAP will use funding and authorities provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, and other USDA existing authorities. https://www.farmers.gov/cfap

• House votes to double coronavirus payments to agriculture
• Virtual ‘Boots on the Ground’ for 2020 Winter Wheat Tours
• Crop Progress Report Texas
• Crop Progress Report Oklahoma
• Worst may be over, says ethanol leader
• Coalition calls for ‘corporate’ meat boycott to improve working conditions
• NCBA: More price discovery is needed, but not through government mandate
• Amid Phase One Frustration, China Asks Food Companies To Boost Commodity Supplies as COVID-19 Fears Linger
• NASS Surveys are online! Convenient, Fast, and Secure. Respond from your desktop or mobile device.
• FCC to finalize $16B rural broadband auction guidelines next month
• USDA nears release of coronavirus relief payments
• China Approves Protocol Allowing Access For U.S. Barley
• Another USDA Inspector Dies of COVID-19 at Meat Plant
• USDA Releases "Cotton And Wool Outlook"
• USDA Releases "Feed Outlook" Report

• USDA officials: Prepare paperwork for CFAP No word on when direct payments will begin, but farmers will have to apply with their local FSA office
• Washington Week Ahead: White House clears way for coronavirus payments
• US Feeders Have to Increase Efficiency to Avoid Collapse
• FDA Guidance Still Complicating Ethanol Alcohol for Sanitizer During Pandemic
• KC Wheat Turns Bearish Early in 2020
• House Passes Biofuels Relief Measures, AGs Want RFS Waiver
• U.S.-China edge closer to confrontation
• Amid Phase One Frustration, China Asks Food Companies To Boost Commodity Supplies as COVID-19 Fears Linger
• The internet (for agriculture) was born 25 years ago
• 7 ag stories you might have missed the week ending- May 15, 2020
• What was happening in ag machinery 25 years ago?
• Jerry Gulke: Time is Running Out for Patience
• Texas LGRV Cotton: Heavy Whitefly, Aphid Populations
• USDA: New Biotech Rule Paves Way for Agriculture Innovation
• Plant-Based Protein Foods Receive Record Level Of Investment So Far This Year