Ag News

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

03.20.2019

• Report: U.S. GDP Could Lose $290 Billion Due to Tariffs
• Debt Figures Raise Questions of Whether Farm Debt is on Cruise Control
• EPA Approved Refinery Waivers Raise Ire of Biofuels Industry
• Snowmelt, Rain Wreak Havoc on US River Systems
• US and China Seek April Trade Deadline
• Farm Markets Lose Their Upward Momentum Tuesday
• Another Jury Rules Gyphosate Caused Cancer
• Progress Being Made in U.S. China Talks Despite Delay in Announcing Deal
• Volatile Session for Cattle Futures
• American Ag is Already Sowing the Seeds for the International Markets of the Future
• Texas Field Reports: Beef Cattle Numbers Rise, Cull Cow Prices Drop
• China Absorbs 90% of Russian Soybean Exports in January

03.19.2019

• China Trade Deal Pushed at Least Into June
• U.S. Agriculture Secretary Perdue on Trade Talks With China, Japan, EU
• Over one-third of U.S. Senate calls for certainty for biotechnology in China trade talks
• USDA Agricultural Projections to 2028- Focus on Corn, Soybeans
• EPA’s Wheeler Dedicated to Clear, Concise WOTUS Rule
• Farm Success: Is it All in the Details?
• Nebraska Floods: How They Happened
• The Grain Markets Close Weaker, Monday
• USDA Gives Trade Updates on USMCA, China, Japan
• Wheat Market Has Had a Washout Month, Analyst Says
• Big Acreage Shift Needed to Spark Corn, Soybean Market Rally
• American Coalition for Ethanol CEO says E15 rule “has to be bulletproof”
• Jury Still Out in Latest Glypostate Case
• Ethanol Consumption Down for the 1st Time in 20 Years
• Texas: Northeast Panhandle Cotton Conference, Perryton, April 2
• Issues with U.S. Peanut Exports
• USDA Announces Rural Community Facility Investment

03.18.2019

• Wheat and Cotton Seed ARC or PLC
• Farm Policy Facts: Our View: OMB Budget Cuts Twice, Measures Once
• 7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed Last Week
• U.S., China Trade Deal Cannot Be Taken for Granted
• Meet the New EPA Boss, Not the Same as the Old Boss
• Lawmakers Push For USMCA Passage
• EPA Grants Five More Small Refinery Exemptions
• Texas Cotton: Acreage Continues to Climb in Northern Panhandle
• Growers Plan to Plant Large Soybean Crop, Despite Trade Uncertainty
• Peanut Referendum Announced
• Trade a Big Issue for NCBA
• African Swine Fever Could Swing China Negotiations in US Favor
• Accumulating Liabilities
• Nebraska Remains in State of Emergency