Ag News

03.28.2019

• Weakness Prevails for Wednesday’s Ag Markets
• Renewed Push for the USMCA
• Agriculture Leads Bankruptcy Filings, Report Shows
• Senators Sponsor Bill Expanding Family Farm Protections
• Mixed Moves in Retail Fertilizer Prices
• ASA unhappy with Trump’s comments on tariffs
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Provides Comment On Farm Bill’s Trade Programs
• Corn and Fertilizer Prices: Correlation Doesn’t Mean Causation
• Trump Won’t Settle for Less Than an ‘Excellent Deal’ With China
• China Rejects Canadian Canola Shipment Over Pest Contamination
• Chinese researchers claim they are one step closer to African swine fever vaccine
• Tyson Foods Begins DNA Testing Beef to Prove Genetics
• California Jury Finds Bayer Liable for $80 Million in Second Glyphosate Trial
• Senators Launch Probe Into Conservation Easement Tax Fraud
• 2019 Salary Survey
• What’s Helping to Hold Up Land Values?
• Boswell defends ERS, NIFA moves to skeptical Dems

03.27.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, March 27
• Morning Market Review for March 27, 2019
• Sen. Roberts Comments on Green New Deal
• Transportation Disruption Means Soaring Costs for Ethanol Plants, Feedlots
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Finance First: Are projected breakevens important?
• Reimbursement for Grain Lost in Flooding May be Question for Congress
• 7 Ways to Change Your Business in 2019
• Chinese Researchers Claim They Are One Step Closer to African Swine Fever Vaccine
• Minnesota Farmer Says Trade Deals Need to Be Done "Yesterday"
• Prospective Plantings: Acreage Shuffle Likely
• DOJ Lawyer Tells Court EPA Could Have Chlopyrifos Decision Soon
• Farm Futures Planting Survey Shows Less Corn Acres than USDA
• Weekly National Peanut Prices

03.26.2019

• Morning Market Review for March 26, 2019
• 3 Big Things Today, March 26
• Grain Markets Strengthen On Wet Weather Outlook
• Dicamba-Stacked Corn on the Horizon
• Disaster aid bill facing a tricky path
• Texas needs another veterinary school
• Will new FDA leadership approve more GE foods?
• AFBF Launches Women in Agriculture Survey
• 101 Agriculture, Food, And Science Organizations Urge Congress To Block USDA Moves
• USDA Releases "Food Price Outlook" Report

03.25.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, March 25
• Washington Week Ahead: U.S. Negotiators to China, Senate Mulls Disaster Aid
• EPA May Limit State Restrictions on Pesticide Use, Such as Dicamba
• Basis Outlook – Weather and demand make basis volatile
• Four Agronomic Challenges Farmers Will Face in 2019
• Flooded Corn Must Be Destroyed, Not Sold
• China Buys Most U.S. Corn in 5½ Years as Trade War Persists
• U.S. Trade Delegation Prepares for China Trip
• Trade Uncertainty, Low Prices Weigh on Farmers
• 2019 Acreage A Moving Target
• Applications Available for Conservation Program
• Weekend Ag Update
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up Another One Percent in February
• Livestock Hauler Carrying 3,000 Pigs Overturns on Interstate 70 – National Pig Day
• MillerCoors Sues Anheuser-Busch Over Anti-Corn Super Bowl Ads
• Rural Mainstreet Index Rises for March

03.22.2019

• Tariffs on China ‘for a Substantial Period of Time,’ Says Trump
• Rural Bankers: 18% of Grain Farmers Facing Negative Cash Flow
• Weekly Export Sales March 21, 2019
• Dicamba-Stacked Corn on the Horizon
• USDA Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool
• Perdue: Safety Net Programs May Not Be Enough
• Ag Downturn Weighs on Farmer’s Mental Health
• Untold Amount of Grain Lost
• Weekly Highlights U.S. Export Sales* Cotton Updated
• USDA meteorologist: ‘I think planting delays are inevitable.’
• EPA Identifies 40 Chemicals to Prioritize for Risk Evaluation
• Texas Ag Trade: Uncertainty, Low Commodity Prices Weigh on Outlook

03.21.2019

• Trump Considering Leaving Tariffs on China After Deal
• FDA reworking ag water rules
• Farm Bill Offers More Conservation Tools in EQIP
• Senators Push FCC to Improve Broadband Data Maps
• Stocks Mixed After Fed News
• Crop Insurance Wins Wide Support on Capitol Hill and In Countryside
• Brazil Agrees to Let Some Wheat Enter Duty-Free, an Opening for U.S. Grain
• U.S., China Trade Talks Persist, While Flooding Compounds Stress on the Ag Economy
• UPDATE: President Confirms New Round of U.S.-China Trade Talks Coming
• Floodwaters Threaten Millions in Crop and Livestock Losses
• NOAA & Export Sales Could Steal the Show
• Texas: Cotton Marketing Workshop, Lubbock, April 3
• EPA Identifies 40 Chemicals to Prioritize for Risk Evaluation
• Proposed Budget Cuts Affect Cotton Producers
• USDA Issues "Agricultural Projections To 2028" Outlook Report