Ag News

01.02.2019

• Crop Insurance Considerations for 2019
• Shutdown Slows Farm Bill Implementation
• Texas Cotton: Too Many Seed Per Acre?
• Gas Prices Continue to Fall into the New Year
• Government Shutdown Impacting Tariff Payments And Loans
• Government Shutdown: Impact on Soybean Exports and Trade Mitigation Payments
• Trade Disruptions Led to New Negotiations and an Aid Package for Farmers
• USDA: Producers Who Already Certified Production With FSA Will Continue Receiving Trade-Aid Payments
• Grain Markets Expected Better to Start on South American Weather
• 3 Big Things Today, January 2
• Safety Exemptions for Livestock Haulers Raise Concerns for Others on the Road
• Full Year: Agri Marketing’s Stock Index Even With General Market
• Iowa State Ag Economist Issues 10 Predictions For 2019

12.31.2018

• Farmers Risk Loss of Federal Payments, Loans
• USDA: Producers Who Already Certified Production With FSA Will Continue Receiving Trade-Aid Payments
• USDA Updates Functions During Lapse in Funding
• Government Shutdown Causing Market Uncertainty
• Bankers Praise Farm Bill’s Credit Title
• Wrapping Up 2018 With Our List of the Best, and Worst Farm Happenings
• How to Tax Plan for the Second Round of Market Facilitation Payments
• U.S., China Trade Truce 1/2 Over
• Executive Women in Agriculture: 5 Must-See Speakers
• 2019 Farmland Outlook: Values Stay Resilient
• AgriPulse: 2018’s Top Stories: Farm Bill, Trade Wars, and More
• Texas: Southeast Panhandle Ag Conference, Memphis, Jan. 16
• Ag Economist David Kohl Reviews 2018
• NASS Collects Nearly Half-Million Census of Ag Questionnaires Online
• Nat’l Ag Law Center Lists Top 10 Issues

12.28.2018

• After Friday, FSA Offices to Close Until Agreement Reached to End Shutdown
• China To Drop Tariffs On 700 Products, Some Are Ag
• Government Shutdown Causing Market Uncertainty
• 10 Things to Know About the 2018 Farm Bill
• Tax Reform, a New Farm Bill, and Harsh Weather Conditions for Farmers
• WOTUS Questions May Soon Have Answer
• Falling Ethanol Prices, Rising Health Insurance Costs and Continuing Dicamba Drama
• Cargill, ADM to Form GrainBridge, and Farmers Want to Know More About What it Means
• 7 Ag Tech Advancements From 2018
• Successful Farming: 10 Predictions for Farmers in 2019
• DTN Cotton Close: Spills on Dow Volatility
• ARC Farm Program Failed in 2017, State-by-State Examination – Commentary
• Payment Updates in New Farm Bill

12.27.2018

• FSA County Offices Remain Open Through Friday
• Ag Markets Pullback as Equity Markets Surge
• Falling Ethanol Prices, Rising Health Insurance Costs and Continuing Dicamba Drama
• 3 Big Things Today, December 27
• Collin Peterson Favorite to Chair the Agriculture Committee
• 7 Ag Tech Advancements From 2018
• Some USDA Services to Continue During Shutdown
• Perdue Details USDA Functions During Government Shutdown
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Lists USDA’s 2018 Accomplishments
• New WOTUS Rule is ‘Relief’ to Corn Producers
• 2019 Farmland Outlook: Values Stay Resilient
• DTN Cotton Close: Market Moves Higher With Dow
• U of Illinois Economist: Plan for $4 corn and $9 Soybeans are the Numbers to Calculate with this Marketing
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Announces ERS, NIFA Agency Site Selection Criteria
• 2018 in Pictures: Texas Tours to Celebration Cotton to Roadside Beauty
• Japanese Wagyu Ranch Partners with Lab-Grown Meat Company

12.21.2018

• Ag Secretary Perdue Comments on Farm Bill Signing
• Farm Bill Done, But President Focused on Funding Battle
• New Farm Bill with Strong Crop Insurance Becomes Law
• China Poised to Buy More U.S. Soybeans Soon -Sources
• USDA Releases Rule for Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods
• USDA to Restore Original Intent of SNAP
• Farm Bill Signed, SNAP Proposal Released, and Trade Aid Payments Approved
• FSA To Start Processing MFP Payments as Shutdown Deadline Looms
• The Run Continues: December 2018 Cattle on Feed Up 2% Over Year Prior

BREAKING NEWS: 12.20.2018

President Trump Has Signed the Farm Bill Click here to watch the signing ceremony.