Ag News

01.20.2020

• Watch Trump Speech at AFBF Live
• Trump Thanks Farmers President Points to Trade, Economic, Regulatory Wins in Farm Bureau Speech
• Trump Approval Strongest Yet as He Heads to Farm Bureau Convention
• Wife of AFBF President Duvall Passes as Convention Gets Underway
• Why sell at $4.05 when I think (know) I’ll get $4.17?
• Trump says, "Despite impeachment, the farmers are sticking with Trump"
• Dim ag outlook kicks off 2020 Farm Bureau convention
• USDA payments on corn and wheat more likely with PLC
• What Farmers Read January 10-17
• USDA announces school & summer meals reforms
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- January 2020
• Jerry Gulke: Phase One Equals Volatility and Opportunity
• Is Hemp the New Soybean?
• Rabobank: China Needs to Purchase More Than Grains to Fulfill Trade Deal
• Corn-Soybean Rotations vs. Diverse Cropping for Carbon Storage
• USDA Seeks Input on New Ethanol Sales Infrastructure Incentive Program

01.17.2020

• Secretary Perdue Statement on Senate Passage of USMCA
• Senate Passes USMCA, New North American Trade Pact
• Farm groups react to passage of USMCA
• Senate Passes USMCA, Providing Reassurance and Certainty to Farmers
• Deal Spotlights Another Trade Victory for Trump as Gains Expected for Agriculture
• The China deal: A big, beautiful monster indeed Buy the rumor. Sell the fact
• Lost Connections | Bridging the Gap Between Consumers and Food Producers
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – Jan. 17, 2020
• Farm Progress America, January 17, 2020
• U.S. farmers expected to get third tranche of trade aid despite Phase 1 deal -Perdue
• Doubts Remain Over U.S.-China Phase One Trade Agreement
• Kubota Unveils Autonomous X-tractor Concept
• USDA Seeks Input on New Ethanol Sales Infrastructure Incentive Program
• Bank Loans to Farms Lowest in Almost 7 Years

01.16.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, January 16, 2020
• Perdue: Phase I ‘a Bonanza for American Agriculture’
• Trump Signs Phase-One Deal President Boasts US Farmers Will Need Larger Tractors to Meet Demand From China
• China to boost U.S. purchases by $76.7 billion in first year of trade deal
• What’s in the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade deal
• Reaction to phase one trade deal
• Grassley says he will blow the whistle if Chinese backslide on trade deal
• FARM POLICY FACTS: Our View: New Year, Same Tired Criticisms of Farm Policy
• US Ethanol Production Rises to Near-Record High for Week Ended Jan. 10
• Administration Hits Record-Low of New Regulations in 2019
• FSA: Enroll Soon in Risk, Price Loss Coverage Programs
• Rep. Mike Conaway Receives NAWG’s Wheat Leader Award
• Wheat Groups: Phase One Trade Deal Should Restore China’s Demand
• China Trade Deal A "Game Changer" For Beef Producers, NCBA Says

01.15.2020

• USDA official sees trade progress for ag
• FAS Administrator Points to Possible Areas of Peril, Such as ‘Sustainability’ Debate
• Wheat remains Tuesday’s market leader
• Cotton grower: ‘We’ve let others define us for too long’
• Before buying farmland, run the numbers
• Will Dispute Arises Over Definition of ‘Personal Effects’ | Texas Agriculture Law Blog by Tiffany Dowell Lashmet
• Future technology expected to help remove guesswork in farming
• When USDA stops paying rent, idled land usually goes back into crops
• USDA Reports on Amount of Land Exiting CRP
• Market analyst expects minimal industry impact from Walmart’s beef supply chain
• Scientists Discover Two Genes Which Cause Heart Failure In Feedlot Cattle
• The impact of Australian wildfires on the cattle industry
• Tools developed to fight human trafficking in Texas
• Trump administration drops China’s ‘currency manipulator’ label
• MFPs Could be Delayed into February, Third Round in Question

01.14.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, January 14, 2020
• Signing of phase one trade agreement is set for Wednesday
• Senate passage of USMCA could be delayed
• President Expected to Tout USMCA, China Trade Wins
• Farm Progress America, January 14, 2020
• A quick summary of USDA’s January 10 report
• Think Calculus When Reviewing the Latest USDA Reports
• Groups Call Packers and Stockyards Rule a Small Step
• 2020 Spending Bill Gives Money to Aging US Waterways; Is It Enough?
• Judge rules AB5 doesn’t apply to truckers
• Phase 1 commodity targets likely more than China can chew – analysts
• USDA proposes new criteria for fair play in livestock marketing
• The new math of weed management
• Trump to headline Farm Bureau convention for 3rd straight year
• USDA Reports on Amount of Land Exiting CRP
• AEM Reports 2019 Full-year Tractor, Combine Sales
• Ag Industry Leaders Gathering At White House For China, U.S. Trade Agreement
• Purdue Economist Issues Cattle Finishing Net Return Prospects For 2020 Report
• USDA Reports On What Happens To Land Exiting CRP
• USDA Releases "Agricultural Productivity In The U.S." Outlook Report
• President Trump Announces Significant Changes In Environmental Laws

01.13.2020

• January 2020 WASDE report (PDF)
• Jerry Gulke: USDA Report Amplifies Importance of Phase One
• Washington Week Ahead: China, US to sign trade deal, USMCA likely delayed
• “Dimmed” Hopes That China Will Double U.S. Farm Purchases, as Phase-One Deal Signing on Schedule
• Chinese trade delegation to arrive in Washington D.C. Monday
• 7 Ag stories you might have missed last week
• Phase One With China is ‘Pretty Much All For the Farmers,’ Says Trump
• Weekly Export Sales – 2019 ends with a whimper
• USDA Bumps Corn Yield, Soybean Production
• Trump Proposal Said to Speed up Approval on Grazing Permits, Other Areas
• U.S. had 14 weather disasters costing $1 billion or more in 2019
• Global food prices jump to five-year high
• Livestock rule unlikely to provide needed protections
• Signal to Noise: Ag Leaders to Push for Third MFP Payment
• USDA Adds 107 Million Bu. to Beginning Year Corn Stocks
• China Suspends Biofuel Initiative, A Blow To Corn Demand
• ADM Reportedly Close To Exiting Biofuels Business
• Texas Rancher Named Conservationist Of The Year