Ag News

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

10.12.2018

• USDA Trims Size of Corn and Soybean Production
• Secretary Perdue Comments on USMCA
• Cropland Values to be Tested by Rising Interest Rates
• Dept Of Homeland Security Issues Report "Hacker Threats To Precision Agriculture"
• New Data Shows A 45% Spike In Tariffs Being Paid By American Businesses And Consumers
• Bayer Stocks Surge After Judge Favors Slashing Damages in Roundup Case
• Hurricane Michael Devastates Southern Crops
• North Carolina Ag Losses From Florence Soar to $2.4 Billion
• Chinese Espionage Includes Agriculture
• Texas: Fall Cover Cropping – Is It for You? What You Should Know.
• Mark Hodges Reviews Oklahoma’s Wheat Crop Past and Present and What’s in Store for the Future

10.11.2018

• All Eyes on October Crop Estimates
• President Trump Opens Door to Increased Ethanol Use
• Feeder Steers Trade Mostly 2.00-3.00 Lower, Heifers Sell 5.00-8.00 Lower Wednesday at OKC West
• Dow Sinks 831 Points
• Bayer Gets New Trial on Punitive Damages in $289 Million Weed-Killer Case
• ‘It Has Been A Horrible Harvest, So Far,’ Analyst Says
• Texas Field Reports: Cattle Prices Rise Amid Improving Hay, Forage Conditions
• Texas: Soil Health – 5 Common Misconceptions
• Texas: Fall Cover Cropping – Is It for You? What You Should Know
• Texas: Seed Cotton Farm Bill Training, Lubbock, Oct. 16
• USDA Reports 34% Of Corn Harvested, 32% Of Soybeans, Both Ahead

10.10.2018

• U.S. Agriculture’s Perdue Says Farmer Aid Could Be Less Than First Estimated
• Ag Secretary Perdue Issues Statement on E15 Change
• Ag is About to Get Disrupted. Are You Ready?
• ‘Promises Made, Promises Kept On Ethanol,’ Trump Tells Farmers
• Crop Progress Report (PDF) 10.09.18
• Top Steer Sets New Record at State Fair of Texas
• Diesel Fuel Prices on the Rise
• Consumers’ Money Anxiety Index Lowest in 50 Years
• Ag Leaders Across Five Decades Unite to Oppose USDA Plans
• Agri View: America’s Roads Falling Apart
• U.S. Agriculture Coalition Pushes for Next conference to Expand Cuba Trade
• Winter Wheat Planting Over Halfway Done Across Southern Plains According to Latest Crop Report

10.09.2018

• Trump Directs EPA to Allow Year-Round E15 and a More Transparent RINs Market
• Soybeans Could be a Cattle Feed Option
• Seed Selection for 2019 is Underway, as Harvest Lags for Some
• With Big Grain Supplies, Importance of Trade Deals Builds
• Stabenow on “Positive” USMCA and Trade Issues
• Consumers’ Money Anxiety Index Lowest in 50 Years
• Study: 19 Million Rural Americans Lack Broadband Internet Access

10.08.2018

• Washington Week Ahead: Trump Heads to Iowa Amid E15 Anticipation
• Tariff Realities: Trade War Changes Bean Storage, Pricing Plans
• In Light OF USMCA, Ag Sec’y Perdue Supports Removing Canada, Mexico Tariffs
• Diversification, Infrastructure Needed to Offset Potential Loss of Chinese Market
• Farmers Report On How They will Market Their 2018 Crop
• USDA Releases 2017 ARC-County Payments
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed: Week Ending Oct. 5, 2018
• U.S. Ethanol Exports to Brazil Drop to Nearly 3-year Low
• I See You, FarmHers
• Reports Discuss Soybean Export Variables
• Trifecta of Factors Send Grain Prices Higher…But Will It Last?
• 57% Of Growers Are Storing Their Grain Unpriced. But There’s A Reason
• U of Illinois Team Looks To Robots, Not Chemicals, For Weed-Free Crops