Ag News

12.17.2019

• Ag Funding Bill Includes $1.5 Billion In Additional Disaster Aid
• USMCA dispute is apparently resolved
• U.S., China Trade Deal Sparks Early Santa Claus Grain Rally
• U.S., China Trade War Seen as Biggest 2019 Story, Economists Say
• Booker Introduces Bill That Would Reshape Livestock Farming
• Grower Sets New World Record with Corn Yield of 616.2 BPA
• Decisions being made on China-U.S. trade agreement
• Ethanol: A Rollercoaster Year in Review
• Sino-U.S. Trade Deal: Big Numbers, Few Details, Many Questions For Ag
• How China Tariffs on U.S. Commodities, Energy Stand After ‘Phase One’ Trade Deal
• Wheat Market Rises on Trade Agreement Coattails
• Crash shines light on immigrants in Christmas tree workforce | November 29th crash shined a light on Oregon’s immigrant farm workers
• Hopeful Signs for Biodiesel Tax Incentive
• Ag Economic Insight: The 2019 Agricultural Year In Review
• USDA Releases "Cotton And Wool Outlook" Report
• USDA Releases "Season Average Price Forecasts" Report

12.16.2019

• Washington Week Ahead: USMCA, FY20 spending on tap in pre-Christmas rush
• Here Is The Report To FCA On Ag’s Condition And Farm Credit System
• Doubts Emerge About Chinese Agricultural Purchases of $40-$50 Billion After Initial Deal, “How Would They Do It?”
• Jerry Gulke: Alas, We Have A Deal With China, Or Do We?
• Phase One of US-China Agreement Includes Large Purchases of Farm Goods, Lower Tariffs
• Ag View Pitch: Hope for China trade deal
• What Farmers Were Reading Last Week, December 6-13
• Peterson Leaning, Van Drew Certain to Vote Against Impeachment
• How US-China trade deal achieved a little but left out a lot
• Mexico Balks at USMCA Labor Provision
• Promise, challenges of outcome-based pricing

12.16.2019

• Washington Week Ahead: USMCA, FY20 spending on tap in pre-Christmas rush
• Here Is The Report To FCA On Ag’s Condition And Farm Credit System
• Doubts Emerge About Chinese Agricultural Purchases of $40-$50 Billion After Initial Deal, “How Would They Do It?”
• Jerry Gulke: Alas, We Have A Deal With China, Or Do We?
• Phase One of US-China Agreement Includes Large Purchases of Farm Goods, Lower Tariffs
• Ag View Pitch: Hope for China trade deal
• What Farmers Were Reading Last Week, December 6-13
• Peterson Leaning, Van Drew Certain to Vote Against Impeachment
• How US-China trade deal achieved a little but left out a lot
• Mexico Balks at USMCA Labor Provision
• Promise, challenges of outcome-based pricing

12.13.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, December 13, 2019
• Ag Secretary Perdue Highlights Potential ‘Bonanza’ for Ag Sales if China Follows Through
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – Dec. 13, 2019
• Ag immigration bill advances out of House
• Perdue says ‘enforceability’ is key to U.S.-China agreement
• NFU, AFBF on Farm Workforce Modernization Act
• Trump Agrees to Limited Trade Deal With China, New Tariffs on China Delayed
• Income Taxes – Year-End Planning Checklist for Ag Producers
• USDA Announces No Actions Under Feedstock Flexibility
• CropLife Lists The 100 Largest Crop Input Retailers In The U.S.
• Mapping the Market Facilitation Program

12.12.2019

• 3 Big Things Today, December 12, 2019
• House passes farm labor bill; industry shifts focus to Senate
• Ag Groups Partner to Address Stress in Rural America
• A Deal On USMCA, But Final Approval Will Wait Until 2020
• US Ethanol Stocks Build as Demand Nosedives, Output Gains
• Last Week’s Enormous Cattle Slaughter and 2020
• Chinese skeptical of America’s fake meat
• Deadline Looms for 20% of Farmers Without Health Insurance
• Analysis: Finding A “Game Plan” for 2020
• How Will USDA Account for Bushels Still In The Field?
• Farms.com Acquires USAgNet’s ‘State’ Ag Connection Network
• National Wheat Growers Assn to Move Offices, Will Stay on Capitol Hill

12.11.2019

• USMCA Is Big Win for Ag, Says Perdue
• Deal Reached on USMCA | House Could Vote Next Week on Trade Pact, a Priority for Farm Groups
• Painful Ag Restructuring if Sino-U.S. Trade War Persists
• USDA Leaves Corn and Soybean Production, Supply and Demand Unchanged
• Dec. 10 USDA Reports Show China Boosting Production
• Is farm comparison a trap?
• U.S. unlikely to impose new Chinese tariffs on Dec. 15
• Al Kluis: Grain Market Outlook for the Election Year The four-year cycle in grain prices projects higher prices
• Texas Farm Bureau’s statement on USMCA progress
• Harder statement on USMCA agreement | Harder joined dozens of moderate Democrats in July to call for final vote by year’s end
• Results Of Study About What Can Be Done To Stop GMO Opposition On Social Media
• Inaugural Board Of Directors Named For The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol