Ag News

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

• Farmer Trade Aid Detailed: USDA Plan Draws Some Criticism From Commodity Groups as Soybean Payments Dominate
• Farm Futures: USDA Unveils Plans to Assist Farmers Impacted by Retaliatory Tariffs: Signup begins Sept. 4, 2018.
• How Much Will Your Tariff Payment Be?
• Trump to Cut Soybean Farmers a Check for Up to $1.65 per Bushel
• US, Mexico Reach Trade Deal President Trump Says Farmers Who Have Stuck by Him Will be Pleased With Deal
• Perdue on U.S. – Mexico Trade Agreement
• U.S. – Mexico Trade Deal Has Zero Ag Tariffs
• Trump Says He’s ‘Terminating’ NAFTA, Anounces New Trade Agreement With Mexico
• U.S., Mexico Reach NAFTA Deal. Is Canada Next?
• 3 Big Things Today, August 28
• Farm Policy News: USDA Outlines Trade Assistance; While President Trump Touts U.S., Mexico Trade Agreement
• DTN Early Word Grains Wheat Stages Recovery, Row Crops Chop
• Crop Progress Report: Aug. 27, 2018 (PDF)
• China Struggles to Curb Reliance on U.S. Market
• Which 10 States Have the Highest Cash Rent?
• COOL 2.0: Comment Period Extended for “Product of U.S.A.” Labeling
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers: USDA’s Aid Package Fails To Consider All Commodities
• Iowa Soybean Assn Issues Statement On Trade Aid Proposal
• Cattle on Feed Report
• Primary Runoff Elections Set as Oklahoma Voters Make Their Choices
• Basis Levels Not Considered in USDA Aid

• U.S., Mexico Said Poised to Reach Nafta Deal Soon as Monday
• Trade Aid for Farmers Announcement Delayed Until Today, Other Comments by Ag Sec’y Perdue
• Trump Administration Details One-Time Aid Programs to Help Farmers Facing Tariff Pains
• Russia to Offer Sale of 2.5 Million Acres to Raise Soybeans for China
• U.S., China Trade Conflict Could Escalate as Talks Floundered; While USDA Sets to Release Trade Aid Details
• Futures Drop as Harvest Looms
• Cattle on Feed Report Summary
• Bumper Crops and Ecopolitical Events Pressure Markets
• Bayer CEO Defends Glyphosate in Wake of Trial Verdict
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Week Ending Aug. 24, 2018
• Texas: Free Farm Bill Workshop, Lubbock, Aug. 28-29
• Texas A&M 2018 Wheat Picks List Released
• Operating Profit Margin Benchmarks: This article examines trends in the operating profit margin for a sample of farms over a ten-year period and develops financial performance benchmarks. Specifically, using KFMA whole-farm data for farms with continuous data from 2008 to 2017, the operating profit…Read this Article

• U.S. Agriculture Secretary: Farm Aid Details May Be Disclosed Monday
• Farmers for Free Trade News Release: 10 Questions from Farmers onUSDA Aid Package
• USDA Payments Expected After Labor Day
• Senate and House Ag Leaders: Farm Bill Meeting Sept. 5
• Illegal Immigrant Farmworker Brings Political Heat on Farm Guest-Worker Legislation
• Three More States (Including Texas) Enter Fray in Attempting to Halt Water Rule
• European Drought Impacting Production, Potential Opportunities for U.S. Farmers
• U.S.–China Impose More Tariffs on Each Other’s Goods
• U.S.-China Trade Talks End with No Breakthrough as Tariffs Kick In
• Joint Letter Sent to President Trump on Lab-grown Meat Regulations
• NAMI, Memphis Meats Offer Regulatory Suggestions for Cell-Based Meat
• Kim Anderson Says Falling Wheat Prices Have a Good Chance to Recover if Foreign Crop Yields Fail

• Texas: Free Farm Bill Workshop, Lubbock, Aug. 28-29
• Independent Seed Companies Weigh in on Dicamba Controversy
• European Drought Impacting Production, Potential Opportunities for U.S. Farmers
• Wall Street Marks Longest Bull Run
• Could Monsanto’s $289 Million Loss Hurt Agriculture?
• Soybean Prices Close 15¢ Lower Wednesday
• USDA Prepares to Unveil Massive Trade Aid Package on Friday
• Another Round of China, U.S. Trade Talks to Start
• Iowa Farmer Threatened in Tibbetts Case
• Cattle Lose $30, Hogs Lose $40 Per Head
• U.S., China Impose New Tariffs on Each Other as Talks Resume
• How Will $12 Billion Trade Aid Package be Distributed?
• USDA Issues: "Wheat Outlook" Report
• Mexico, U.S. NAFTA Agreement Expected To Be Announced

• Legal Battle on 2015 WOTUS Rule Rages on in Multiple Federal Courts
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• USDA Prepares to Unveil Massive Trade Aid Package
• What to Watch in U.S., China Talks
• Marketing Soybeans Is A Tough Decision Getting Tougher, Economist Says
• Deadline Extended for ‘Product of U.S.A.’ Comments
• Hours of Service Changes Considered by Department of Transportation
• Third U.S. Soybean Vessel Left in Limbo Off China Unloads Cargo
• California Supreme Court Declines to Hear Glyphosate Appeal
• Texas Field Reports: Rain Helps Some Areas, Others Not Enough to Matter
• USDA Issues: "Cotton and Wool Outlook" Report
• Commodity Prices Have Landowners Searching for Additional Income