Ag News

09.23.2019

• Washington Week Ahead: Bill to keep farm payments flowing nears finish line
• U.S.-China trade talks had possible setback
• Hopes for Trade Breakthrough Fade as China Cancels U.S. Farm Visits
• Ag Industry Asks IRS Not to Change Cash Accounting Method
• Labor Department Finalizes Rule Allowing Online Advertisements for H-2A Visas
• US Ethanol Plant Run Rate at 93.8% YTD
• 7 ag stories you might have missed the week ending – Sept. 20, 2019
• USDA: cattle on feed placements drop 9%
• ASF global outlook continues to worsen
• ARC-CO vs. PLC: Which Won in the 2014 Farm Bill?
• Rural Mainstreet: 4 of 10 Bankers Report Recession Conditions
• Precision Livestock Market at $3 Billion, Growing 9 Percent Annually
• Grain Barge Movements Up 36% Compared to Last Year
• Congress Nasty Fight to Keep CCC Funded, MFT Payments Flowing

09.20.2019

• House Ag leaders lash out over trade aid, Conaway called ‘racist’
• Spending bill advances to fund agency relocations, farm bill programs
• Former ag secretaries join Perdue to push USMCA
• Face-to-face talks resume between China, U.S.
• U.S., Chinese Trade Deputies Face off in Washington Amid Deep Differences
• Trump Administration Rolls Back “Waters of the U.S.” Rule
• Perdue Confirms Chinese Farm Visits During Bipartisan Event on USMCA Ratification
• Ag Interest Rate
• Lawmakers Spar Over CCC Dispute
• House Passes Funding Bill With USDA Funds; Dairy Program Sign-up Extended
• U.S. Biofuel Credits Slump Ahead of Trump Meeting with Senators -Traders
• More money for farmer’s mental health, dairy innovation
• NASS releases agriculture census query option
• Finding farmland: Resources to support land access
• Oklahoma Set to Ban Garbage Feeding
• AGDAILY.com Launches First-of-its-Kind Ag College Guide
• USDA: Rising Wages Point To Tighter Farm Labor Market In The U.S.

09.19.2019

• Ag Chair Says No Hold on CCC Funds | Democrats Won’t Delay CCC Renewal in Continuing Resolution After Aggies Push Back
• Trade aid payments held hostage
• Ag Secretary: Deal With China Must Go Beyond Agricultural Purchases
• China’s trade olive branches: Goodwill gesture or self-serving failsafe?
• Lasting compromise on biofuels eludes Trump
• Investors Want To Hear Yield Reports, Analyst Says
• Senate vs. House Confrontation Looms Over Relocating ERS and NIFA
• Soybean prices might’ve bottomed out
• AFBF seeks NRCS appeals reform in wake of court decision
• NASS Releases 2017 Census Of Agriculture Zip Code Tabulations
• Farm Bureau: USDA Must End Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Abuses

09.18.2019

• USDA Opens Enrollment for Ag Risk Coverage, Price Loss Programs
• Weekly Farm Economics: The Agricultural Risk Coverage — County Level (ARC-CO) Option in the 2018 Farm Bill
• Recent Trade Developments Could Bring Good News to America’s Heartland
• Japan Trade Agreement Would Be Boon For U.S. Animal Food Industry
• Traders Await Next Catalyst
• China business leader tells U.S. ag to hang in there
• Trump tells Congress he’s ready to sign deal with Japan
• Trump May Reallocate Waived RFS Gallons
• Will storage hedge work again this fall?
• Farm Credit hears ag economy update-Slower economic growth in key U.S. agricultural export markets is a growing concern
• U.S. Worker, Food-Safety Advocates Sound Alarm Over New Hog Slaughter Rules
• USDA Modernizes Swine Slaughter Inspection for the First Time in Over 50 Years
• Watch for Addiction, Suicide Warning Signs
• World food prices dip in August
• Progress on a Tentative Agreement on Biofuels Blending
• Campaign Asks Ranchers To @realDonaldTrump
• DTN Livestock Close: Volatile Action Across All Contracts
• Texas Field Reports: Wheat Acres Expected to Go Down, Production Up
• DTN Cotton Close: Sharply Lower on Rethink

09.17.19

• USDA Opens Enrollment for Ag Risk Coverage, Price Loss Programs
• Secretary Perdue celebrates Farm Safety Week
• USDA authorizes storage of cotton outside in designated areas of TX, CA, AZ
• Politics Over MFP Funds |House Ag Democrats Call for Funding MFP Payments Without Budget Delays
• House Dems likely to clear way for trade payments
• Crop Progress Report 09.16.19 (PDF)
• Diesel Prices Spike Ahead of Harvest | Diesel Fuel Prices Surge Following Drone Attack on Saudi Arabian Oil Facilities
• China buys $67 million Worth of U.S. Soybeans as Trade War Eases
• Taiwan Prepares to Buy U.S. Ag Products
• RFA: Ethanol can help in wake of Saudi oil crisis
• Progress on a Tentative Agreement on Biofuels Blending

09.16.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, September 16
• Trade Tensions Simmer; China Purchases U.S. Farm Goods as African Swine Fever Impacts Pork Market
• U.S. Biofuel Credits Rise 10% on Report of Tentative Biofuel Reform Deal -Traders
• Trump Trade-War Aid Sows Frustration in Farm Country
• NPPC optimistic about tariff-lifting reports from China
• Signal to Noise: Could Dems Stop MFP Payments?
• Washington Week Ahead: Democrats risk trade aid fight as shutdown looms
• National Farm Safety and Health Week is September 15-21
• Glimpsing the future of precision agriculture