Ag News

04.10.2020

• Smaller pot of money for coronavirus relief, says Perdue
• Trump: Money going to farmers ‘in the pretty near future’
• USDA extends marketing assistance loans to full year
• 3 Big Things Today, April 10, 2020
• As Farms Prepare For COVID-19, Contingency Planning Takes on New Urgency
• April 9 WASDE Report PDF
• USDA Working on Aid Package | Industry Requests for Support Overwhelm Funds Provided to USDA
• Farmers urged to be patient with new-crop pricing, analyst says
• USDA-FAS Reports Provide Updates on Ag Trade, Production, and COVID-19 Impacts
• John Deere Making Face Shields for Healthcare Workers
• National FFA Cancels Washington Leadership Conference

04.09.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, April 9, 2020
• Perdue: USDA hurrying to distribute farm aid
• USDA to probe COVID-19 impact on beef prices
• WTO sees “ugly" trade plunge worse than in financial crisis
• USDA Reports Preview April WASDE Braces for Demand Reductions
• Taxlink The Overly Complicated Self-Rental and 199A
• Kub’s Den | Energy Markets Spooked By ‘Overpriced’ Corn
• Ethanol Blog | Refining Interests Consider Appeal to SCOTUS on Small-Refinery Exemptions
• 3 lessons for grain marketing in volatile times
• Brazil and Argentina Clobbered by Drought
• Court rejects refiners’ request for rehearing on SRE ruling
• NCBA Requests President Trump Expand USDA Market Investigation, Examine Futures Markets

04.08.2020

• Texas: Unique COVID-19 Social-Distancing Message for Farmers
• Planting Gets Underway as Farmers Adjust to State and Regional Lockdowns
• Rural COVID-19 cases growing faster than urban
• Treasury Seeks More Funds; Ag Supporters Want Access to Another SBA Program
• POET Idles Three Plants, Delays Startup POET Puts on Ice About 330 Million Gallons of Annual Ethanol Production
• EPA Must Still Decide How to Apply Court Ruling on RFS Waivers Case
• USDA weighs in on pandemic impact
• Will ethanol wreck corn’s 97-million-acre potential?
• Milk dumping is a coronavirus reality
• 7 ways to slice COVID-19 risk during planting
• The Daily COVID-19 Rundown
• Produce industry seeks $5B in compensation for pandemic impact
• Farmer Sentiment Plummets as COVID-19 Pandemic Hits
• Senators Call on USDA for More Funds to Biofuel Industry
• NASS to Re-Survey Farmers with Previously Unharvested Crops
• Cattle Producers Find Alternative Ways to Buy Bulls
• Crop and Livestock Prices Plunge Under Weight of COVID-19 Uncertainty
• Revision of 2020 Crop Budgets with COVID-19 Induced Lower Corn and Soybean Prices

04.07.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, April 7, 2020
• Risk management – or disaster management
• Texas: Unique COVID-19 Social-Distancing Message for Farmers
• USDA: Texas Crop Report Released April 6, 2020
• Crop Progress Report April 6, 2020
• Coronavirus Hits Packing Plants Two Iowa Plants Suspend Operations as Packing Industry Sees More Positive COVID-19 Cases
• 3 of 4 US Hospitals Facing COVID-19
• First Crop Progress Report of Season Shows Winter Wheat Conditions Above Last Year
• Farmers Who Sell Directly to Consumers Face Uncertainty, But Some See Higher Demand
• Economist: Farmers must act now to participate in SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program
• CARES act offers quick loans to keep farms afloat
• Fertilizer prices fall to lowest levels in a decade, economist says
• Record-breaking prices given for premium iron
• Can WASDE Numbers Revive Markets This Time?
• FDA Relaxes Some Inspection Rules During COVID-19
• A Historic Jump in the Money Anxiety Index Resembling September 11, 2001

04.06.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, April 6, 2020 News
• Washington Insider — Monday Trade Policy Criticism Intensifies
• Economist: Farmers must act now to participate in SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program
• Farm Bureau makes sweeping appeal to USDA to rescue producers nationwide
• Producers Face Numerous Market Challenges as USDA Considers Aid Distribution
• Rural America Rallies to Fight COVID-19
• Risk management – or disaster management
• COVID-19 has widespread impact on ag
• USDA says to restrict contact with animals if sick with COVID-19
• Global Food Markets “Well Balanced” During COVID-19 Outbreak, But Trucking Issues a Concern
• farmdoc daily live: Coronavirus and Ag Webinar| This week’s schedule
• Jerry Gulke: What Are the Grain Markets Telling Us?
• USMCA Countries Miss Notification Deadline
• USDA Confirms SARS-CoV-2 in New York Zoo Tiger

04.03.2020

• Farms eager for forgivable loans as SBA updates rules
• SBA Says No to Ag Aid Farm Groups Question SBA Loan Restrictions
• AFBF: Ag Must Be Included in Disaster Loan Program
• Farm Journal Live: How is COVID-19 Impacting the Ag Economy?
• Roberts: $9 billion for livestock producers
• 3 Big Things Today, April 3, 2020
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – April 3, 2020
• Successful Farming | What farmers are reading this week, March 27- April 3
• Texas grower diversifies with sunflowers; hopeful markets will rebound
• Conservation Reserve rental rates fall by $8 an acre for new land
• Brazil’s southern soybean crop seen at 8-year low, crop tour reports
• COVID-19 Impacting Food Purchasing Dynamics, as Ag Labor Concerns Persist
• United States Grain Stocks Down from 2019
• Texas Field Reports: Boom Year Potential for Producers with Deep Soil Moisture