Ag News

06.04.2019

• Long-Stalled Disaster Aid Clears Congress
• China Suspends U.S. Soybean Purchases
• Farm Policy Facts: Our View –Financial Woes on the Farm Bode Ill for the Nations
• Farmers Unsettled by U.S. Tariff Threats, While USDA Projects Lower Agricultural Exports
• Crop Progress Report: June 3, 2019
• Crunch Time: 31 Million Corn Acres Unplanted
• Trump Says Mexico to Discuss His Tariff Threat in DC
• Syngenta Announces Global Introduction of Novel Seed Treatment Fungicide Vayantis
• USDA Says States Can’t Block Hemp Transports
• Pulse Poll: More Than a Third of Farmers to Take Prevent Plant
• USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates
• Stabenow Applauds New Crop Insurance Benefits for Farmer Veterans
• Ag Economic Insights Issues Report "Trade War Consequences And Impacts"

06.03.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, June 3
• Mexico And U.S. Gear Up For Tariff Talks As Trump Doubles Down On Threat
• U.S. Businesses, Farm Groups Warn Tariffs On Mexico Raise Costs, Create Uncertainty
• USDA Reports Nation’s Ag Exports At Three Year Low
• EPA Finalizes E15 Rule Agency Leaves Potential Biofuel Credit Reforms on Table for Later Time
• A Roundup of Recommendations for Late Soybean Planting
• Washington Insider — Monday Trade Fights Ramp Up
• Praise for Thad Cochran
• Farmers Face Difficult Decisions as Spring Planting Lumbers On
• Jerry Gulke: Prices Blow Through Overhead Resistance; What’s Next?
• Farmers Used Rally As Opportunity To Drain Elevator Space
• Washington Week Ahead: House Set to Clear Long-Awaited Disaster Aid
• Texas LRGV: Cotton Blooming; Sugarcane Aphid in Grain Sorghum
• Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 05-31-19
• Lower Peanut Stocks
• “Undercover” Videos Are Not Going Away: Hire Carefully

05.31.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, May 31
• Perdue Mulls Inclusion of Unplanted Acres in Trade Aid
• RMA: Companies ready for prevent plant claims
• Disaster Relief Advances Congress, President Agrees on $19 Billion Package Covering Hurricanes, Floods
• Trump to Impose 5% Tariff on Mexican Goods
• Canada, Mexico, President Trump Take Action Toward Approval of USMCA
• Trade: China Halts U.S. Soybean Purchases, While USMCA Prospects Unfold
• Historic Flooding Hits Farmers in South-Central US
• Trade Aid Not a Solution: Farm Groups Praise Aid, President, But Keep Asking for Long-Term Trade Resolution
• Should You Plant or Take Prevented Plant Coverage?
• Weather Chaos Expected to Leave Record U.S. Corn Acres Unplanted
• A Need For Tech-Savvy Farmers Plagues The Agriculture Industry
• Demand For CBD Products Spurring Large Increase Of Farming Operations Of Cannabis In U.S.

05.30.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, May 30
• RMA: Companies ready for prevent plant claims
• Crop Progress Report
• Corn Prices Surge to Three-Year High
• Planting Progress Remains at a Record Low
• Ag Economist Sees Big Drop in Corn Acreage and Yields
• Court Tosses 2015 WOTUS Rule
• China Puts U.S. Soybean Purchases on Hold
• Late Planting with Grain Sorghum Could Provide Opportunity
• Another Right-to-Farm Victory
• SF Special: Chuck Grassley, A Senate Force For Farmers
• USDA Marketing Assitance Loan Deadlines Near
• Rural Broadband Deplyment Report Receives Mixed Reviews

05.29.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, May 29
• Trump Tariff Payments Could Triple Farm Subsidies This Year
• Corn Prices Surge to Three-Year High
• Revisit Hedges as Late Planting Season Begins
• DTN Early Word Opening Livestock Follow-Through Pressure Expected
• Fertilizer Outlook – Fertilizer Industry Scramble to Adjust
• USDA WASDE predicts $4.70 average wheat price
• AgriLife Extension opens new plant disease diagnostic lab in Amarillo
• ERS, NIFA employees expected to be relocated this summer
• Renewable Fuel Standard Act Introduced: Bill sets June 1 deadline for submitting small refinery exemption petitions
• 11 findings from aerial applicator survey (Including Texas)
• New Attempt for House Passage of Disaster Bill Possible This Week
• High Risk of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome This Spring
• Ag Economist Sees Big Drop In Corn Acreage–And Yields
• Japan braces for more pressure from Trump
• Questions Surround Trade, Disaster Relief as Farmers Struggle to Plants
• Perdue Responds to UGA Study on USMCA

05.28.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, May 28
• USDA: Use Of Insect-Resistant Cotton And Corn Seeds Increase Quickly, Now Widespread
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Hits Another Record
• Comparing Livestock Productivity Since 1993
• Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act Introduced
• Judge Rejects Plan for Public Land Grazing Allotments
• Farm Groups Praise Aid, President, But Keep Asking for Long-Term Trade Resolution
• Senator Asks EPA’s Inspector General for RFS Waiver Investigation
• While in Japan, Trump Comments on China
• U.S. Court Rules in Favor of MillerCoors in a Sour Fight With Rival Bud Light
• Texas Farm Bureau on trade assistance package
• May 24: Disaster Bill Fails in the House
• Farmers Show Cautious Optimism for Tariff Aid Plan
• Will USDA Avoid Skewing Planting Decisions?
• Strong Weekend Storms Continue to Delay Planting