Ag News

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

04.29.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, April 29
• ADM Execs See Stronger Second Half of 2019 on China Trade Recovery
• DTN Early Word Grains Grains Mixed on Planting Delays, Rain for the Southern Plains
• DTN: Washington Insider– Storm Aid Battle Intensifies
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Week Ending April 26, 2019
• Sell Early, Sell Often, and Cover With Calls, Says Market Analyst
• Farmworkers, Owners debate Labor Rules
• Washington Week Ahead: China Talks Resume, Congress Faces Full Agenda
  

04.26.2019

• Dealing with Stress: Ag Stress Tough on Body, Mind
• An Explanation for Soybeans’ Day-to-Day Swings
• Tillable Introduces Hassle-Free Lease
• Floods Stall Fertilizer Shipments in Latest Blow to Farmers
• Economist: Walmart’s Beef Announcement is Part of an Industry Trend
• IBM and Yara Partner For Digital Farming Platform
• UPDATE: 37 People Hospitalized Following Anhydrous Ammonia Leak
• Monsanto appeals state court’s $78.5M Roundup verdict
• 12-Year Research Explores Cover Crop’s Benefit to Soil
• Study Shows What Industries Are Hiring, Agriculture Down 11%

04.25. 2019

• Class Action Points to Cattle Price Fixing Through Slashing Slaughter Volumes
• Iowa Manufacturers, Farmers Call on President Trump to Roll Back Tariffs
• Two New Soybean Diseases to Watch for in 2019
• Washington Insider — Thursday New Smarter Weather Model Planned
• Door Opens for More Livestock Insurance
• Walmart Creates Angus Beef Supply Chain, Cutting Out Meat Processors
• USDA Will Not Survey for Volume of Grain Lost to March Floods
• Ag Markets Incur More Losses Wednesday
• Strengthening the Voluntary Recall Process
• Sonny Perdue: Modernizing Rural Broadband Infrastructure
• Farm Bank Lending Rises to $108 Billion in 2018

04.24.2019

• House Bill Mirrors Senate on Farm Bankruptcy Update
• Lawsuit Says Tyson, Cargill, JBS Conspired to Suppress Beef Prices Paid to U.S. Ranchers
• Crop Progress Report
• Corn, Spring Wheat Planting Well Below Average Pace
• S&P 500, Nasdaq Close at Record Highs
• Bayer CEO Faces Growing Opposition from Shareholders
• Plan aims to help farmers mitigate climate change
• House to Take Up Family Farm Bankruptcy Protection Bill
• USDA Opens Application Portal for New ReConnect Rural Broadband Infrastructure Program
• U.S., China Trade Talks- Planned Timeline and Agricultural Issues
• Texas Field Reports: Pastures, Rangelands Experience Weedy Spring
• New Spreadsheet Available for Prevented Plant