Ag News

05.07.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, May 7
• Lighthizer says China backed away from trade commitments
• ASA President ‘Shocked’ By Trump Tariff Tweet
• USTR Confirms Plan to Hike Tariffs on China
• Trump Threatens More Tariffs
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Planting Slips Further Behind Average Pace
• Texas Crop Progress Report
• Oklahoma Crop Progress Report
• Robo Farming: Sabanto Autonomously Plants Soybeans in Iowa, North America
• World Shares Mixed on Tuesday
• Farm Wife: Growing Cotton is Personal, Not Just a Commodity
• Farmer Suicides, Mental Health are Real Problems
• 3 Ways Consumer Trends Impact Your Farm
• Purdue On Assessing Ag Producers’ Purchasing And Marketing Skills
• Number of Employees Leaving USDA’s ERS Doubled Over Moving Plan

05.06.2019

• Trump Sticks By Tariffs: Grassley Mum on Trump’s Trade Meeting Response to GOP Senators
• Lab-Produced Meat on Rise Ag Challenge: Meeting Changes in Consumer Demand
• Trump ‘Firm’ on China Structural Demands, Tariffs Part of Enforcement -Pence
• China Considers Canceling Trade Talks With U.S., WSJ Says
• Congress Working Towaards Solutions for Livestock Haulers
• Kansas City Fed: Ag Banks Make Adjustments
• Warren Buffett: America, Lucky Genes and Compound Interest
• By The Numbers: The Farm Bank Landscape
• Washington Week Ahead: China talks continue, Congress seeks disaster aid deal
• Texas Cotton: FOV4 Fungus – Don’t Buy Pima Seed from California or El Paso Valley Region
• Cleveland on Cotton: Brazil Prices Undercutting U.S. Offers to China
• Climate Change: Political Trigger and Real Fact – Commentary
• Perdue Announces Top Sites for ERS and NIFA Relocations
• Farmers Report How Much Time It Takes To Plant Their Corn Crop
• Ag Lawyer: 737 Max Crashes Are A Preview Of Driverless Liability Issues To Come
• Beyond Meat debuts as year’s top U.S. IPO
• Assessing Procurement and Marketing Skills

05.03.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, May 3
• Ag Sec’y Perdue: China Purchases Will Be "Very, Very Good"
• Sorghum Acres Expeted Decrease Despite Excellent Growing Conditions
• DTN Early Word Grains | Grain Markets Higher on Wet Forecast, Planting Delays
• Discouraging Times for U.S. Wheat Producers
• Why Didn’t the Levee Protect the Town of Hamburg, Iowa
• USDA Could Help Pave the Way for Farmtech Adoption: Where Are You, Sonny Perdue?
• USDA: China passed on U.S. pork last week
• Eminent Domain Reform Unites Farmers
• UPDATE: China’s Leader to Visit the White House in June
• A Push to Renew the Biodiesel Tax Credit

05.02.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, May 2
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends: Most Fertilizer Prices Move Lower
• Mixed Ag Markets on Weather, Trade and On-Farm Supplies
• Cattle Producers’ Beef With Meat Packers Could Be a Lose-Lose Scenario
• Perdue Indicates Japan "Ag" Trade Deal Could Happen Soon
• Delegation Examines Impacts of U.S. Trade Policy
• Supreme Court May Address CWA’s Treatent of Groundwater – Or Not
• Canadian Government Taking Action for Canola Sector
• Researchers Find New Clues for Improving Wheat
• Late Planting and Projections of the 2019 U.S. Corn Yield
• CSP Signup Deadline Nearing
• Despite Court Rulings, Sales Of Bayer’s Roundup Climb
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Prioritizes 2018 Farm Bill For Fiscal Year
• NCBA Welcomes Legislation To Help Livestock Haulers
• National Survey Highlights Farmer Stress

05.01.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, May 1
• Crop Insurance Loss Ratios in 2018
• Effort Leads to Overhaul of USDA Livestock Insurance
• Trump, Pelosi, Schumer Reach Infrastructure Agreement
• More Farm Aid Is a Miscommunication, USDA’s Perdue Says
• Perdue: President Playing the Long Game| Ag Innovation, Better Trade Deals Will Boost Ag Finances
• Washington Insider: Wednesday: The Fed’s Problem With Inflation
• Grains Higher as Forecasts Remain Bleak
• Mulvaney Says U.S. Ready to Walk If No China Trade Deal Soon
• U.S. EPA Stalls Biofuel Waiver Transparency Plan After White House Blowback -Sources
• Why African Swine Fever Will Have a Devastating Impact on the Pork Industry
• EPA Reaffirms Glyphosate is Not a Cancer Risk
• USDA Releases Report on Rural Broadband
• USDA: Share of Highly Leveraged Farm Businesses on the Rise
• Texas Field Reports: Sorghum Acres to Decrease Despite Excellent Conditions
• Farmers Business Network Releases Its 2019 FBN Network Trends Report

04.30.2019

• Farmers Voice Concerns to Perdue
• USDA Extends Deadline for MFP Payments
• Rural Interests Dissect WOTUS Rule Commenters Express Concern on Treatment of Ditches in Proposal
• Lawsuit Alleges Meatpacker Conspiracy Class Action Points to Cattle Price Fixing Through Slashing Slaughter Volumes
• Stocks Tick Up to Another Record High
• April 29, 2019 Crop Progress Report (PDF Version)
• Farmer’s Share of the Food Dollar Falls to All-Time Low
• Indiana’s Lugar, soft-spoken statesman in Senate, dies at 87
• Study: Adding Sulfur May Boost Wheat Yields, Quality
• Trump says U.S-Japan are making progress in trade talks
• Mnuchin says enforcement part of trade deal (China) ‘close to done’
• American Bankers Association Farm Bank Performance Report
• CSP Signup Period Ends May 10
• USDA: Share Of Highly Leveraged Farm Businesses Is Forecast To Increase
• Farmers Nat’l Co. On Real Net Farm Income Trends And Outlook
• USDA Issues Food Price Outlook