Ag News

11.30.2018

• Tentative Farm Bill Deal Reached
• Farm Bill Deal Includes Key Commodity Program Changes
• Details of Proposed Farm Bill–SNAP Working Requirement Jettisoned
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Applauds Farm Bill Negotiators For Moving Process Forward
• USDA Lowers Agricultural Export Forecast and Trade Aid Payments Begin, as Markets Continue to Adjust
• Trump Administration Continues RFS Waivers
• Administration Temporarily Halts EPA Biofuel Waiver Program
• FarmDocDaily: Federal Budget Discipline and Reform: A Review and Discussion, Part 1

11.29.2018

• BREAKING NEWS: Possible Agreement Reached on Farm Bill
• Market Facilitation Program (MFP): Deadline for Signup is January 15
• Market Facilitation Program Info and PDF Application (Scroll to Middle of the Page)
• President on Climate Change Report: “I Don’t Believe It”
• After Months of Buildup, Several Industries Look for US-China Trade Truce
• Max Armstrong Looks at One Farmer’s Move to Automated Farming
• Penny for Your Corn? Stingy Trade-War Aid Irks U.S. Farmers
• 7 Ag Tech Advancements From 2018
• Soybeans Close Up Double Digits for Second Straight Day
• Administration Temporarily Halts EPA Biofuel Waiver Program

11.28.2018

• Online Tool Determines Cover Crop ROI
• Top Democrat Says House GOP, White House Forestry Demands Could Bring Down Farm Bill
  
• New Dicamba Registration Complicates Lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Report Addresses Everyday Effects of Changing Climate
• Crop Drop: China Swine Fever Outbreak to Curb Its Soybean Imports
• EPA Will Not Reallocate Waived Biofuel Volumes to 2019 Mandate -Official
• The G-20 Wait Continues
• What’s Next for Cattle and Hogs
• House GOP Proposes Extension, Phaseout of Biodiesel
• Texas Field Reports: Peanut Production Acreage Down 43% from 2017
• Yield Decline Projected for 6 Major Crops – National Climate Assessment – DTN
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• EPA’s RFA Waiver Ruling Will Infuriate Corn Industry, USDA

11.27.2018

• The Top 10 Stories From Agriculture.com in 2018
• Big Meeting Between Trump and Xi Later This Week
• Regions Vary, But Major Crops Poised to Suffer Under Higher Pollution Scenarios
• GOP Lawmakers Want USMCA Passed This Year
• Final Report of Season Shows Row-Crop Harvest, Winter Wheat Planting Behind Average
• USDA Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Soybeans Plunge Monday on U.S.-China Trade Worries
• 2019 Outlook: Corn Markets Hinge On Acreage Battle
• Texas: Swisher County Ag Day, Tulia, Dec. 5
• Peanut Industry Hit Hard in 2018
• Important Deadline for Seed Cotton Producers

11.26.2018

• Washington Week Ahead: Producers Await Farm Bill Talks, 2019 Biofuel Mandates
• Trade War- Market Disruptions Persist
• Collapsing Energy Market Depresses Ag Commodities
• Gifting Strategy Could Cause Higher Tax Bill for Next Generation
• Weekly Export Sales: Corn, Soybean Exports on Track
• 10 Predictions for Farmers in 2019
• Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Could Be Gone by USMCA Signing
• Trump Administration Continues Mixed Signals on China
• Statistician Group Opposes USDA Plan to Move ERS
• Current Brexit Plan No Good For U.S. Farmers
• CoBank on the Farm Co-op Merger Wave
• Texas: Swisher County Ag Day, Tulia, Dec. 5
• Trump Being Pressured to Lift Tariffs on Canada, Mexico
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 3 Percent
• NFU Study: Farmers Receive 11 Cents Of The Thanksgiving Food Dollar

11.21.2018

• Farm Policy Facts Editorial: Unifying a Divided Nation
• Looking Towards the Crop Insurance Safety Net in 2019
• Patriotism, Agriculture Shape New Leader of Biofuels Interest Group
• Syngenta Pulls Back on North American Hybrid Wheat
• Soybeans Close 7¢ Higher Tuesday
• Should You Sell Soybeans on the Rally?
• Ethanol Groups Unhappy with Chevron Waiver Announcement
• Corn Growers Want More Tariff Aid
• Markets Pullback as Trade Talk Tensions Rise
• Higher U.S. Peanut Exports
• USDA Issues: "Wheat Outlook Report"
• Enrollment of ARC and PLC farms for seed cotton ends Dec. 7