Ag News

09.14.2018

• USDA Details Trade Damage Estimate Calculations
• Senators Demand Turnaround on Agriculture Trade
• Senate Ag Committee Chair Roberts’ Opening Statements On Trade Hearing
• Senate Committee Holds Hearing Titled "Perspectives on U.S. Agricultural Trade
• Second Round of Tariff-Related Aid to Farmers May Come in December -USDA
• U.S. Invites China to Trade Talks as Tariffs Loom
• Farm-State Senators Press for Trade-War Mitigation
• USDA Publishes Market Facilitation Models
• USDA Details Trade Aid Metrics Department Explains Its Formula for Aid Payments as Groups Ramp Up Focus on Tariffs
• Three States Granted WOTUS Injunction Texas Attorney General Letter Leads to Ruling on Waters of US Rule
• New VitTellus Soil Health Test Now Available
• Senate Ag Committee Holds Hearing on U.S. Agricultural Trade
• Airlines’ Biofuel-Powered Flights Might Soon Take Off
• China Lowers Its Soybean Import Forecast by 11-Percent
• Wheat Groups Welcome Senate’s Attention On Trade Policy Risks And Opportunities

09.13.2018

• Pressure On Ag Markets Increases as Foreign Currency Values Decline, U.S. Interest Rates Rise
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- August 2018
• Seed Cotton Provision Update for RGV Cotton Producers
• Letter to President Spells out Urgency for Farmers, Ethanol Producers
• Trump Duties Spur Industry Campaign to De-Escalate Trade War
• Mexico Goes to U.S. to Advance Nafta Deal With or Without Canada
• TransAtlantic Trade Talks Slow, Unsteady
• Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Invites China to Talk Trade
• Groups Ask Trump to Allow Year-Round E15 Sales
• Why Aren’t Land Values Plummeting–That’s a Trick Question
• U.S. Farmers Scramble to Harvest Crops as Hurricane Looms
• USDA Releases New Crop Estimate, Corn Price Plunges
• Texas Cotton: New Race of Fusarium Wilt – How to Limit Spreading
• Texas Wheat: Extension Variety Picks for 2018-19
• Ag Groups Voice Support of Private Property Rights
• 2018 Oklahoma State Fair Begins 11-Day Run

09.12.2018

• USDA Reports Preview As Harvest Nears, Time for Another WASDE Report
• Washington Insider — Wednesday TransAtlantic Trade Talks Slow, Unsteady
• Crop Progress Report: September 11, 2018
• Why Aren’t Land Values Plummeting? That’s a Trick Question
• Trade Talks Progress Between U.S. and European Union
• 3 Big Things Today, September 12
• U.S., Canada Search for Way to Bridge Nafta Divide
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Leading Trade Organizations Join Together In Major Campaign Against Tariffs
• President Trump Threatens China With More Tariffs
• Wheat Planting Gets Underway in Oklahoma, According to Crop Progress Report, with 2% Complete

09.11.2018

• USDA Crop Progress Report Delayed Until Today
• Crop Insurance Helps Preserve Farming for Future Generations
• Brazil Farmers Vie for Soy Contract During U.S.-China Trade War
• Wheat Closes 17¢ Higher Monday
• U.S. Agriculture Chief Says NAFTA Deal Must End Canada’s Milk Protein Scheme
• Dollar Strenth Defining Trade Dynamics
• Doud, McKinney Discuss Trade Issues at Omaha Conference
• Trump Dangles Threat of More China Tariffs
• Continued EPA Waivers Could Cost the Ethanol Industry $20 Billion
• Perdue Calls for Help Toward a Better Guest-Worker Program
• DTN Cotton Close: Sharply Higher, Awaits Onslaught of Florence

09.10.2018

• Farm Bureau President Reports On His Meeting With President Trump, VP Pence
• Crop Insurance Helps Preserve Farming for Future Generations
• The Law of the Land: Thoughts on 199A Rules
• FAPRI Says More Waivers Damage Expected Analysis Shows–RFS Exemptions to Cut Corn Demand by 1.6 bb
• 7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed This Week–Sept. 7, 2018
• What Should My Farm Benchmark?
• Congressman Frank Lucas Leads Letter to Chairman Pai on Rural Wireless, Broadband Challenges

09.07.2018

• Farm Bill Conferees Speak out for Crop Insurance
• How Did Soybeans Receive Three-Fourths Of Initial Aid? USDA To Explain
• Conservation’s Bottom Line Farmers Can See Financial Benefits, But Landowners See Biggest Gains in Value
• NAFTA Hurdles Remain for U.S. and Canada
• Here’s Why it Matters Which Government Agency Regulates Fake Meat
• NCGA, NAWG question USDA Trade Aid Formula
• IFCA Wants June 30th Cutoff And Other Dicamba Restrictions
• U.S. Pork and Beef Export Volumes Strong in July; Pork Value Squeezed by Higher Duties