Ag News

10.02.2019

• Farm secretary: No guarantee small farms will survive
• USDA Clarifies Prevented Planting “Top Up” Payments
• Perdue Hints At Permanent Prevent Plant Date Changes At Dairy Expo
• Analyst says fears of recession are weighing on grain markets
• $9 Soybeans, $4 Corn are on the Board Tuesday
• Members appointed to beginning farmers committee
• Progress on the Food Safety Modernization Act
• USDA to Hear from Stakeholders about Statistical Programs
• Farmer Sentiment on Current Conditions Slips in September
• 9 findings from USDA beginning farmers report
• Choosing Between ARC-CO and PLC

10.01.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, October 1
• USDA Revises 2019 Small Grains Forecast
• Organic Farm Commodity Sales Doubled Between 2012 & 2017
• Washington Insider — Tuesday Wall Street Warns Against Betting on Trade Truce
• A new WOTUS definition coming
• Economists Expect More Producers to Elect PLC Program Amid Low Commodity Prices
• Oil Higher on Morning Trade
• Executive Branch Quiet About Potential Biofuels Blending Agreement
• Crop Progress Report
• 5 Ways to Cope With Tough Times Technology Use, Seeing Out Alternative Markets are Some Ways to Manage
• AMS advances rule on ‘origin’ of organic livestock
• USDA Seeks Input on CRP Environ
  

09.30.2019

• Topping Up Prevented Planting USDA, Insurers Increase Prevented Planting Indemnities for Farmers
• Can USDA Stocks Report Help Clarify Outlook?
• A Quarterly Checkup From USDA
• ERS scales back in wake of mass employee exodus | Nearly 40 Economic Research Service reports covering issues affecting food and agriculture to be delayed or halted
• 3 Big Things Today, September 30
• Top 5 Farms with the Largest Acreage in the U.S.
• State corn grower leaders issue letter to Trump
• OK Cattlemen support investigation of cattle market
• USDA Seeks Input on CRP Environmental Assessment
• USDA Issues New Report: An Overview Of Beginning Farms And Farmers
• Analysis: Working Capital And Debt Still Point To A Challenging Farm Economy
• There’s Time to Make Good ARC or PLC Decisions

09.27.2019

• 2019 RMA Crops’ Indemnities Map as of 9/23/2019
• 2019 RMA Crops’ Indemnities Table as of 9/23/2019
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – Sept. 27, 2019
• Ethanol Producers Continue to Cut Costs
• Senate Hearing Highlights Issues in Cattle Markets, Advocacy for USMCA
• ARC safety net improves for 2019
• Weekly Export Sales – good news is hard to find
• Why is China Buying US Soybeans?
• USDA Boosts Prevent Plant Payments
• Federal Meat Inspectors Face Work Overload, Burnout
• Growing Portion of Democratic ‘Aggies’ Supports Investigation of Trump
• Will the impeachment inquiry overshadow the USMCA?
• Analysis: Hemp Is Big Risk But Big Return
• Senate clears bill to keep government open, trade aid flowing
• DTN Cotton Close: Lower on Poor Sentiment
• Senators to Trump: Withdraw Proposal to Take Away Food Assistance

09.26.2019

• Press Release: Secretary Perdue Statement on Signing of US-Japan Trade Agreement
• Japan Trade Deal Opens Markets for $7 Billion in U.S. Products – Trump
• Censky calls Japan trade deal “big win” for US agriculture
• Trump, Shinzo Abe sign ‘first stage’ of trade pact
• Senator Warns Democrats Not to Stall USMCA Over Impeachment Inquiry
• The U.S. Corn Harvest Is on a Slow Boat to China
• Increasing demand remains key to the livestock sector
• NCBA President testifies on state of cattle industry
• Iowa Senator Grassley: Farmers Patient With China, Not So With Biofuel Delays
• Texas Field Reports: Cattle Prices Below 5-Year Average, Herd at 8-Year High

09.25.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, September 25
• Consumer Group: Fake Meat is Factory Food
• President on China Trade Talks: "I’m not Looking for a Partial Deal
• Top item on Democrats’ climate agenda faces ag pushback
• Fertilizer Prices Drop for Sixth Week in a Row
• Iran Pres. to Address UN Amid Tensions
• 2020 Corn Vision, Already
• Teen Climate Activist Wins ‘Alt. Nobel’
• US/Japan deal might not be signed this week
• Here’s What’s Holding Up the Japanese Trade Agreement
• Farm Balance Sheet: Debt/Asset Ratio and Interest Expense Ratio9-24
• DTN Grain Close: Spring Wheat Keeps Pushing Higher
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Spring Wheat Crop Quality Impacted by Weather Conditions
• NRCS Implementing 2018 Farm Bill Programs
• The Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Option in the 2018 Farm Bill