Ag News

03.05.2019

• Secretary of State Listens to Iowa Farmers’ Concerns and Expresses Confidence in China Talks
• Perdue Explains Why Corn Growers Only Received 1-cent Per Bushel in Trade Aid
• US Trade Policy Flux Hurting Farmers: Purdue Economists Say Agriculture Still Benefits if US Re-enters TPP
• Tax Credits to Consider: Solar, Fuel, WOTC
• Sign-Up for ARC and PLC May Begin September 1
• General Mills Aims to Drive Regenerative Agriculture on 1 Million Acres by 2030
• EPA Sends Proposed Rule for Higher Ethanol-Blend Gasoline to White House
• It Is All About China, When It Comes to Commodity Prices This Year
• U.S. and China Could Reach Trade Deal Soon
• Farmers Union President Expects Farm Bill & Supply Management Discussions at Convention
• Perdue’s #1 Wish
• Bud Light Pays for Super Bowl in Lost Sales, Miller Lite Gains Ground
• Ocasio-Cortez Seeks Ag Data on Green New Deal
• Mississippi Lawmakers Have Fears About ‘Fake Meat’
• Weekly Outlook: Corn at the Halfway Point
• Increase in Peanut Consumption
• Rising Interest Rates and Volatile Trade Discussed by Purdue Ag Economists in Orlando

03.04.2019

• Washington Week Ahead: Negotiators Struggle Over Details of China Deal
• Crop Insurance Decisions for 2019
• Farm Program Enrollment Dates Announced
• Trump Asks China to Lift Tariffs on U.S. Farm Products
• It is All About China When It Comes to Commodity Prices This Year
• Ag Secretary Says Trump-Xi Meeting Could be Success or Detriment to Farmers
• This Pest Costs Soybean Farmers $1 Billion Annually
• Farmers Union President expects farm bill & supply management discussions at convention
• FSA Administrator comments on implementing new farm bill
• Peterson Questions Secretary Perdue About AFS
• Analysts Say Oil, Corn and Gold Are Markets To Watch
• Perdue: EPA Will Approve Year-Round E15 by June 1 Deadline
• Farmers Leave Classic with Many Issues Still Unresolved

03.01.2019

• Congressman Peterson Applauds IRS Decision on Filing Deadline Waiver for Farmers
• Peterson Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue
• Sen. Pat Roberts Applauds Andrew Wheeler Confirmation To EPA Administrator
• Perdue Reiterates Need to Restore Original Intent of SNAP: A Second Chance, Not A Way of Life
• Senate Ag Committee Hearing with Secretary Perdue
• U.S. Farm Debt Soars to Levels Seen During 1980s Farm Crisis -Perdue
• Brown, Thune Want Commodity, Conservation Programs Prioritized
• Farm Markets Ignore Strong Export Sales Thursday
• Lighthizer Says Much Remains to be Done to Get Trade Deal With China
• Win for US Wheat, Rice Farmers Over China Could Get Bogged Down in Trump’s WTO Dispute
• Perdue: EPA May Miss E15 Deadline
• Lines Drawn on Proposed WOTUS Rule
• Economists Don’t See Farm Crisis Bankruptcies, Loan Delinquency Rates Don’t Reflect Ag Economy in Distress
• Weekly Export Sales: China purchases continue to roll in
• USDA Will Proceed Slowly on Industrial Hemp
• Texas Livestock: Can Drones Aid Sick Cattle?
• USDA Announces Investments to Improve Rural Electric Infrastructure and Finance Smart Grid Technologies
• Trump Budget Proposal to Include USDA Cuts
• Senate Passes Pesticide Registration Act, Moves On For President’s Signing

02.28.19

• At House Ag Committee, Secretary Perdue Addresses the State of the Rural Economy
• House Ag Chair Conaway’s Opening Statement On "State Of The Rural Economy" Hearing
• Perdue Sets Farm Bill Dates, Says Broad Immigration Proposal in Works
• Brown, Thune Want Commodity, Conservation Programs Prioritized
• U.S. Farm Debt Soars to Levels Seen During 1980s Farm Crisis -Perdue
• Lighthizer Sees Bigger China Ag Trade US Trade: Representative Stresses Need to Keep Tariffs on Table to Hold China to Trade
• Perdue: EPA May Miss E15 Deadline: Despite October Promise From President, E15 Approval May Be Delayed
• Asia Shares Down After Trump-Kim Talks
• Traders Wait for Export Sales Confirmations
• Texas Livestock: Can Drones Aid Sick Cattle?
• NCGA Lays Out the Bottom-Line Benefits of Sustainability
• March is National Peanut Month

02.27.2019

• Texas survey indicates strong public support for eminent domain reform
• Trump Will Try Again to Cut USDA, Says Perdue
• U.S. Asked China for Lower Ethanol Tariffs, Says Perdue
• TRADE UPDATE: President Trump Predicts “Signing Summit” With China
• Grains Slide Lower, Favorable Weather Down South
• Is new North American trade deal good for U.S. agriculture?
• Does Trump’s WTO policy put farmers in crosshairs?
• FDA to Modernize Oversight of Imported Food
• USDA Has Allocated $8 Billion to Offset Tariff Losses
• Discussing Peanut Numbers
• New USDA Cattle on Feed Report
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Calls For Removal Of Steel Tariffs To Pass USMCA

02.26.2019

• Farm Bill Listening Session | USDA | Washington, DC | 8:00 a.m. Central: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l80xpmMmyA
• Soybeans Close Slightly Higher, Wheat Down 19¢ Monday
• What Is Going On With Wheat Prices?
• Censky: Trump Expects China to Buy Broad Range of Ag Products
• Ag Outlook Highlights Challenges to Rural Broadband, Ag Transportation
• World Shares Fall on Tuesday
• New North American Trade Deal Good for U.S. Agriculture
• U.S. ‘Will Not Be Bought Off’ by China Soy Deal in Trade Talks -Perdue
• Median Income Doesn’t Reflect Farm Economy Economist Says
• Anti-Tariff Campaign Encouraged By Trump’s China Tariff Decision
• ASA: China purchases continue, but so do tariffs
• Soy Growers Disappointed in Tariff Progress
• Is the world more reliant on ag trade?
• Trump Extends China Tariff Deadline