Ag News

05.18.2020

• 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

05.15.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, May 15, 2020
• Perdue Says Aid Coming ‘Very Soon’ as Groups Highlight Struggles for Industries Such as Ethanol
• USDA Short on CFAP Details | Sign-Up Date Still Not Set, but USDA Wants Producer Paperwork Prepared
• Pelosi, GOP Exchange Barbs Over New Economic Relief Package
• USDA to Deregulate Certain Genetically Engineered Crops
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – May 15, 2020
• Bottlenecks in the supply chain will have lasting effects on producers
• Depressed ethanol consumption to last through 2021
• Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2020 First Quarter Farm Economy Conditions
• U.S., China Trade Issues: Meeting Phase One Targets a “‘Herculean Task”
• You May Be in a Better Financial Position than You Think
• Texas Field Reports: Alternative Crop Acreage Up, Market Conditions a Mixed Bag
• May WASDE Better Than Expected for Corn
• Kansas City Fed: Agriculture In The Tenth District Feels Initial Effects Of Pandemic

05.14.2020

• MFP Made Farmers Whole Study: MFP Payments Larger Than Short-Term Price Impact of Trade War
• China likely to speed up buying of U.S. farm goods – COFCO exec
• Crop Insurance Backs Farmers During Unprecedented Uncertainty
• Russia sent 25,000 tonnes of wheat to North Korea
• US soybean exports feed rising Chinese demand
• The Straight and Narrow Path Won’t Be the Road Cattle Take
• Senate bill would require 50% cash cattle sales
• Packers, NCBA Oppose Cattle Bill | North American Meat Institute Argues Packers Have Acted Fairly During Pandemic
• How WASDE wobbled grain prices
• Coronavirus could pare meat consumption by 10 pounds per American
• COVID-19 Roils Ag Markets- Income, Food Prices, Production Impacted as Legislators Weigh In
• FOCUS-Truckers hit by coronavirus pandemic face rocky road to recovery
• Newest House coronavirus aid proposal includes biofuels and livestock producers
• USDA lowers meat production estimate but sees 2021 bounce back
• ADM Optimistic China’s U.S. Ag Products Buying Will Hit Phase 1 Target
• New Website Connects Livestock Producers to Carbon for Composting
• $2.60 December Corn Futures are Possible, Not Inevitable. Here’s Why
• Paycheck Protection Program loans may increase tax burden
• Farm Journal’s Trust In Food Project Releases Research “U.S. Farmers’ Perspectives On Water”
• USDA Releases “Resource Requirements Of Food Demand In The United States” Report

05.13.2020

• USDA Hosting COVID-19 Payment Webinar Thursday
• House Democrats propose billions in additional farm relief
• Legislation for Cash Cattle Citing Market Concentration, Senators Seek Greater Negotiated Cash Trade
• Farmland Sales Report Farmland Values Steady Amid Shift to Online Auctions
• AGs: Mandate COVID-19 Safety at Plants | Attorneys General Ask Trump for More Enforcement of COVID-19 Guidelines
• Biofuel Groups Ask Congress for Relief With More Than 70 Ethanol Plants Idled, Ag, Biofuel Groups Plead to Lawmakers
• Domestic corn, soybean stockpiles swell amid pandemic | Wheat prices tumble on larger than expected U.S., global stockpiles
• STCGA surveys gins to identify plastic contamination issues
• China, U.S. make nice on trade
• Even a bearish corn report can’t make things worse, analyst says
• U.S. lawmakers include biofuels aid in latest proposed relief bill
• Senate bill aims to increase transparency in cattle pricing
• Senate Judiciary Committee holds employer liability hearing
• Hawley signs letter urging DOJ investigation
• Final 2019 Cotton Crop Numbers
• NCGA Releases Its Latest "World Of Corn" Publication

05.12.2020

• Texas ag losses from pandemic could be $6-8 billion
• Oklahoma releases May 2020 wheat crop estimate, acres down from 2019
• Crop Progress Lower Than Expected as Traders Focus on WASDE Report
• May 12, 2020 WASDE Report (PDF)
• May 11, 2020 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• House Democrats focusing on phase four coronavirus relief package
• Investors buy soybean futures Monday
• The effects of COVID-19 on food and agriculture traceability
• Does the corn market REALLY need to go to $2.50?
• Farm Progress America, May 11, 2020 Max Armstrong talks about a new mental wellbeing site being offered by one seed company
• As Americans Get Back Behind the Wheel, Better News for Ethanol
• Worst Cold Snap Since 1966 Has Farmers Assessing Potential Damage
• Viral Pathogens Survive in Feed During 6,000-Mile Journey
• U.S. to Start Buying Dairy, Meat & Produce from Farmers
• New Online Women In Agribusiness Resource Center Provides Clarity On Ag Supply Chain Issues
• Farm Journal Virtual Event Registration for FARM COUNTRY UPDATE: THE ECONOMIC, SUPPLY CHAIN AND POLITICAL IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON U.S. AGRICULTURE

05.11.2020

• COVID-19 Has Caused an “Agricultural Tsunami” – While USDA and DOJ Investigate Livestock Market Issues
• Jerry Gulke: Is Government-Induced Supply Control In Our Future?
• Washington Week Ahead: House Democrats rush to craft Phase 4 relief plan
• Senators Introducing The Bill "Farm System Reform Act," Bans "Factory Farms"
• USDA Approves $1.2 Billion In Food Purchases To Help America’s Needy
• U.S., China Trade Talks Remain “On Track,” Phase One Obligations Expected To Be Met
• U.S. to start purchasing $3 bln worth of farm goods -Trump
• A price paradigm shift for corn is coming, analyst says
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• USDA will release the May supply/demand report on Tuesday, May 12 – Wheat holds for another week, analyst says
• Pence says food supply is ‘a great success story’; Duvall reminds him it starts with farmers
• Farm bankruptcies are up
• FDA Issues Guidance on Animal Drug Shortages During COVID
• Autonomous Tractors Plant Iowa Farmer’s Corn Crop
• USDA To Modify Payment Limits For COVID-19 Payments