Ag News

12.13.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, December 13, 2019
• Ag Secretary Perdue Highlights Potential ‘Bonanza’ for Ag Sales if China Follows Through
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – Dec. 13, 2019
• Ag immigration bill advances out of House
• Perdue says ‘enforceability’ is key to U.S.-China agreement
• NFU, AFBF on Farm Workforce Modernization Act
• Trump Agrees to Limited Trade Deal With China, New Tariffs on China Delayed
• Income Taxes – Year-End Planning Checklist for Ag Producers
• USDA Announces No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility
• CropLife Lists The 100 Largest Crop Input Retailers In The U.S.
• Mapping the Market Facilitation Program

12.12.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, December 12, 2019
• House passes farm labor bill; industry shifts focus to Senate
• Ag Groups Partner to Address Stress in Rural America
• A Deal On USMCA, But Final Approval Will Wait Until 2020
• US Ethanol Stocks Build as Demand Nosedives, Output Gains
• Last Week’s Enormous Cattle Slaughter and 2020
• Chinese skeptical of America’s fake meat
• Deadline Looms for 20% of Farmers Without Health Insurance
• Analysis: Finding A “Game Plan” for 2020
• How Will USDA Account for Bushels Still In The Field?
• Farms.com Acquires USAgNet’s ‘State’ Ag Connection Network
• National Wheat Growers Assn to Move Offices, Will Stay on Capitol Hill

12.11.2019

• USMCA Is Big Win for Ag, Says Perdue
• Deal Reached on USMCA | House Could Vote Next Week on Trade Pact, a Priority for Farm Groups
• Painful Ag Restructuring if Sino-U.S. Trade War Persists
• USDA Leaves Corn and Soybean Production, Supply and Demand Unchanged
• Dec. 10 USDA Reports Show China Boosting Production
• Is farm comparison a trap?
• U.S. unlikely to impose new Chinese tariffs on Dec. 15
• Al Kluis: Grain Market Outlook for the Election Year The four-year cycle in grain prices projects higher prices
• Texas Farm Bureau’s statement on USMCA progress
• Harder statement on USMCA agreement | Harder joined dozens of moderate Democrats in July to call for final vote by year’s end
• Results Of Study About What Can Be Done To Stop GMO Opposition On Social Media
• Inaugural Board Of Directors Named For The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol

12.10.2019

• Perdue Doesn’t See New China Tariffs Coming Sunday
• Deal reportedly reached on USMCA
• Study: Trade War Cost Americans Additional $42 Billion
• Pelosi, Trump Near Handshake Deal on USMCA
• Dicamba Fatigue | States Report Another Year of Dicamba Injury to EPA
• December 9, 2019 Crop Progress Report
• Ag Economic Insights: Trade War Continues To Weigh On U.S. Agriculture
• Secretary Perdue optimistic on China, USMCA deals
• Corn Harvest Is 92% Complete
• Farm-Labor Reform Bill Heads For House Vote This Week
• Texas Farm Bureau President Says Eminent DomainBattle Not Over
• Polly Dobbs: Protect Your Farm and Assets From Divorce
• Senator Urging FCC to Prioritize Rural Broadband
• Selling Out of Peanuts

12.09.19

• 3 Big Things Today, December 9, 2019
• Washington Week Ahead: Crunch time for USMCA, China, spending talks
• Conservation Reserve Program Signup Begins Dec. 9
• USDA Reminds Producers Facing Delayed Harvest to Contact Insurance
• Trade Leaders Plead for Congress to Act on Tax Extenders
• US and Mexico reportedly send USMCA proposal to Pelosi
• China Reduces Ag Tariffs Chinese Officials Agree to Waive Tariffs on Soybeans, Pork
• Cheney:Leaving Mideast Benefits Russia
• Bayer agrees to postpone Roundup trials
• EPA rejects ban on poison bombs against cattle predators
• FDA Flexible in Starting Routine Small Farm Inspections
• The 2019 Global Food Security Index Is Released

12.06.2019

• Japan Approves Ag and Digital Trade Deal with U.S.
• Farm Service Agency Opens CRP Enrollment Through Feb. 28, 2020
• Grassley Hopeful Trump Changes RFS Rule | Senator Recalls Conversation With White House About Biofuels Rule
• Basis tightens from lack of farmer selling
• Soybean Market Adds 16¢ in Two Sessions
• Rumors swirl following comment period for supplemental biofuels proposal
• Grain elevators to face revenue pressure in 2020
• Two-Headed Consumer Demands Change from Farmers, Food Companies
• USDA kicking off first CRP general signup in four years
• USDA’s efforts to trace cattle from hoof to plate face more headwinds
• Texas Field Reports: Cotton Belt Experienced Tough 2019
• USDA: Since 1970, Increasing Cattle Weights Have Fueled Growth Of Beef Production As Cattle Numbers Have Decreased
• Joe Outlaw (professor and Extension economist and co-director of the Texas A&M Agriculture Food Policy Center (AFPC) named Wheat Man of the Year