Ag News

• Farm Bill Conference Committee Begins Work
• USDA Launches Trade Mitigation Programs–Stopgap Measure Will Allow President Trump Time to Strike Long-Term Trade Deals
• Farm Bureau State Presidents Meet With Trump, Express Trade Concerns
• NAFTA Talks Resume Today Amid Trump’s Threats to Walk Away
• Bayer CEO Has ‘No Regrets’ for $63 Billion Monsato Purchase –
• USDA Exports – Mexico Buys Corn: Marketing Year for Corn Began Sept. 1
• Argentina’s Export Tax to Drive Corn Acres Lower
• Perdue Explores Non-Meat Options
• AgriTalk: Podcast–USDA Payment Is An "Embarrassment"
• Ag Groups, Others Challenge USDA’s Methodology In Calculating Trade Aid Payments
• USDA Projects Record Corn Yields for 2018-19

• Trade Aid Signup Starts Farmers Need Crop Production, So Enrollment for Most Will Likely Come Later
• Press Release 09.04.2018: USDA Launches Trade Mitigation Programs
• Crop Progress Report
• USDA: Farm Sector Profit Projected to Decline in 2018
• U.S. Wheat Associates Closes Moscow Office
• Should Your Worry About Agribusiness Consolidation
• Ag Economy Barometer Rebound by 12 Points in August 2018
• Canada to Stick to Guns at NAFTA Talks Despite Trump Pressure
• NAFTA Partners Say Trilateral Agreement a Must
• Cargill: Trade Dispute Between U.S., China Hurting Farmers
• China Predicted to Cut U.S. Soybean Exports
• FAPRI 2018 August Baseline Update for U.S. Agricultural Markets
• Farm Equipment Magazine’s Top 10 Read Articles in August
• Texas: Swisher County Corn and Sorghum Tour, Tulia, Sept. 11
• Texas Commodities Make Debut on P.I.E. Tour

• Washington Week Ahead: Farm Bill Negotiators Meet as Deadline Looms
• Ag Sec’y Perdue’s Comments At The Farm Progress Show
• White House Offers Intent to Move Forward on NAFTA
• Trump Threatens to Add $200 Billion in More Tariffs
• Canada-U.S. Trade Talks Set To Resume Amid NAFTA Impasse
• Fifteen States Want Supreme Court to Rule on State Livestock Standard Laws
• FSA Administrator Highlights Market Facilitation Program; Chinese Ag Imports Projected to Decrease
• USDA Releases Its 2018 Farm Income Forecast, Falling Again
• USDA Launches Webpage Highlighting Resources to Help Rural Communities Bridge the Broadband e-Connectivity Infrastructure Gap
• Lawsuit Filed Over Oil Refinery Waivers
• Agriculture Trade Surplus to Shrink
• Agri View: Agriculture Feeling the Pain
• USDA to Make Food Purchases
• EPA Intends to Focus on Increased Compliance
• UPDATED- Tropical Storm Gordon Might Pay Oklahoma a Visit by Friday

• 15 Questions and Answers on the USDA Trade Retaliation Mitigation Payments
• China Leaves U.S. Soy Exporters’ Conference Without Purchasing
• Net Cash Farm Income To Reach 9-Year Low, USDA says
• Trump Threatens $200 Billion in Tariffs
• Trump Threatens to Withdraw U.S. From World Trade Organization
• Farmers Typically Sell Soybeans at Harvest, But May Have to Scramble to Store Them
• Canadian, U.S. and Mexican flag U.S. and Canada work to reach a deal on NAFTA
• Net Farm Income Forecast to Decline
• Court Ruling Revives WOTUS in 26 States
• Canada Worried About Trump Trade Threats
• Farm Income: USDA Forecast for 2018 and First Estimates for 2017
• Texas: Swisher County Corn and Sorghum Tour, Tulia, Sept. 11
• USDA: Peanut Price Highlights Posted on August 30, 2018
• Texas Rep. Says Farm Bill Must Meet Objectives
• Have Wheat Prices Bottomed? Kim Anderson Says We Won’t Know Until Southern Harvest is Done

• The Documents You’ll Need To Get A Tariff Payment
• After the Bell: Growers Hit By Disaster Left Out of Tariff Relief
• FarmDocDaily: Dispatches from the Trade Wars
• Perdue: President Wants E15 Done – Ag Secretary Shows Support for RFS While Defending Trade Aid at Farm Show
• Trump Wants Year-Round E15 Approval Next Week, Says Perdue
• Are Farmland Values on Shaky Ground?
• High Dollar Farmland: Can You Really Afford It?
• Chinese Soy Buyers Tour U.S. Farm as Trade War Drags On
• Senate Confirmation of USDA, CFTC Posts
• USDA Webpage to Help Rural Communities with Broadband
• Groups Support Moratorium on Ag Mergers Bill
• NCC on Support for Cotton Growers
• Oklahoma Growers Prepare to Plant Wheat, Make Up for Lost Forage in 2017

The following statements have been released in repsonse to the USDA’s short-term relief strategy to protect agricultural producers from tariffs. The recently announced programs aim to assist agricultural producers to meet the costs of disrupted markets.

• U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
• National Farmers Union
• American Farm Bureau Federation
• American Soybean Association
• National Corn Growers Association
• National Association of Wheat Growers

• Chairman Roberts’ Statements on Administration’s Trade-Related Announcements
• New Series Documents Crop Insurance’s Importance as Congress Hammers Out Farm Bill
• Trump’s Farmer Bailout: Half Now, the Rest Later – Maybe
• Grassley Says He is Encouraged by NAFTA Breakthrough With Mexico
• Bilateral Is Good, Trilateral Is Better in NAFTA Talks, Say Farm Groups
• Clock is Ticking on NAFTA Deal
• Corn Growers Disappointed: USDA’s Trade Aid Package is a Disappointment to Corn Farmers
• 3 Big Things Today, August 29
• John Deere Unveils 9000 Series Self-Propelled Forage Harvesters