Ag News

10.22.2018

• Ag Sec’y Perdue: "USMCA A Trade Deal For The 21st Century"
• Rural Mainstreet Index Expands, Bankers Expect Farmland Prices To Continue Decline
• Pushing Back at Critics, Cotton Growers Say Federal Support Has Fallen
• Trade War May Be More Than “a Short-Term Hiccup” for Agriculture
• Chinese Broaden Propaganda Drive in Heartland: China Daily Takes out 4-Parge Advertising Section in the Des Moines Register
• HRW Wheat Winding Down
• Texas Court Asked to Vacate 2015 WOTUS
• Spike in Big U.S. Farm Loans May Add Risk to Ag Banks -KC Fed
• Is Now the Time to Make Sales or Hold?
• Bullish Cattle on Feed Report Lightens Supply for 2019
• USDA Reports Lower Cattle Placements
• EPA Will Issue Higher Ethanol Blends in February
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 5 Percent
• KC Fed: Farm Loan Volume Up 30%

10.19.2018

• Stocks Sink on Weak Industrial Earnings
• Trade Off: China Soybean Imports Set for Biggest Drop in 12 Years Amid Tariff Conflict
• USDA To Maintain Offensive Stance With Trade Agreements
• Trade Talks: U.S. Pushing for Agreements with Japan, EU, UK
• Kudlow Suggest Trade Talks With China Aren’t Progressing
• Weekly Export Sales: Corn, Soybeans Disappoint
• Cotton Not Just for T-shirts Anymore
• EPA Chief Says Agency Can Expand Ethanol Sales Without Congress
• ARC-CO Payments Underway: Expect Few for ’18
• After Updated KORUS and USMCA, U.S. Trade Agenda Continues
• Farmers Say Rural Communities Need More Help From USDA
• Texas Field Reports: Tough Year for Grain Growers
• Cotton: Texas A&M’s Edible Cottonseed Passes Major Regulatory Hurdle
• Wheat Market: U.S. Exports Unchanged, Decreasing Global Production
• Drought Almost Gone Across Oklahoma
• Kim Anderson Says US Will See Wheat Prices Rise When Russia Runs Out of Wheat, on SUNUP!

10.18.2018

• 3 Big Things Today, October 18
• Trump Administration Seeks Trade Agreements With Japan, Europe and UK
• Financial Outlook – Wall Street Faces More Angst
• USDA’s Soybean Yield Estimate a Miss?
• Ethanol Production Dips, Supplies Rise
• McConnell Says New NAFTA Won’t Happen This Year
• New WOTUS Rule Projected for September 2019
• EPA Expects New E15 Rule to be Drafted by May
• Taiwan to Increase Soybean Imports From U.S. by 30%
• FDA Studying Approval of Edible Cottonseed
• Roberts Comments on Pending Trade Negotiations
• Update On Dicamba Approval Decision

10.17.2018

• 3 Big Things Today, October 17
• Group Warns Food Supply Won’t Meet Future Demand Without Productivity Gains
• U.S. Wheat Exports to Rise in Second Half of Season -USDA Official
• Lighthizer Tells Congress He’s Seeking Separate Trade Deals With EU, Japan, And the UK
• Two Ships With U.S. Soybeans Head to China With Trade War Lingering
• Trump Announces Plan for Trade Deals With Japan, EU and UK
• Texas Field Reports: Tough Year for Grain Growers
• USDA Begins Issuing Farm, Conservation Payments
• CoBank Economic Outlook: Rising Output Compressing Ag Margins
• Ships Filled With U.S. Soybeans Heading For China
• Farmers National Co.: 2019 To Be A Pivotal Year In Ag
• Trudeau Says USMCA Keeps China Trade Door Open
• Where Artificial Intelligence Could Take Agriculture
• Monica Miller Introduces the Oklahoma Rural Association – A Collective Voice for Rural Oklahomans

10.16.2018

• Secretary Sonny Perdue Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments in Excess of $4.8 Billion
• Conaway Determined to Complete Farm Bill This Year, But Acknowledges Several Issues Remain
• Crop Progress, 10.15.2018 [pdf]
• 3 Big Things Today, October 16
• Expiration of the 2014 Farm Bill, CRS Report
• Texas: CRP Risk Management Decision Aid Available
• Damages To Ag Industry From Hurricane Michael Estimated At $1.3 Billion
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Welcomes ARC And PLC Farm Payment Relief

10.15.2018

• USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments
• USDA Begins Issuing $4.8 Billion In Farm Safety Net, Conservation Payments
• A Benign WASDE Surrounded By Turmoil
• Washington Insider — Monday Emerging Markets Rattled
• How Will African Swine Fever Affect World Supplies and Prices?
• U.S. and China Plan Talks in November, While Soybean Trade Flows Adjust
• Data Drives Customized Crop Insurance Plans
• Pres. Trump Dims Hopes Of Resolving China Trade War
• CoBank Economic Outlook: Rising Output Compressing Agricultural Margins
• On Nat’l Farmers Day Wrangler Announces Cover Crop Educational Program
• More On Judge’s Re-Considering Roundup Lawsuit Case
• Value of US Production of Farm Commodities amid Tariff Conflict