Ag News

08.10.2018

• Temporary Resolution Reached in Texas on Cattle Fever Tick Spray Boxes
• Row-Crop Yields the Focus of August WASDE Report
• Will The August WASDE Be A Game Changer?
• Crop Prices Ease Lower Ahead of Friday’s WASDE Report
• Court Orders E.P.A. to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems
• Ag Groups Fear Ban Hurts Farmers’ Ability to Battle Insects
• Seeing Lower Farm Income and Prices, Bankers Report Tougher Credit Climate as Well
• U.S. Farm Loan Repayment Rate Slows -St. Louis Fed
• Economic Research Service Moving Out of Nation’s Capital
• European Court of Justice Makes a Bad Decision on Gene Editing
• 10 Things to Know About Ag Trade
• Farmers for Free Trade Continues to Push Back Against Tariffs
• Sign up for CRP by Aug. 17
• Market Watcher Brady Sidwell Says Wheat Prices Could Top Current Highs if More Foreign Crops Fail

08.09.2018

• Farm Markets Close Slightly Higher On Weather Threats Wednesday
• For Farmers, Trump’s Tariffs Are Far Worse Than Any Bad Trade Deal: By Bart Ruth, opinion contributor —The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of Fowler Agency, LLC
• China Tariffs: The Last Straw for Our Weak Ag Economy – Commentary
• Trump Administration Moves Ahead On Additional Tariffs, Ag Products Included
• Texas Farm Bureau Joins Farmers For Free Trade
• One Group Plans Ad Buys in Ag States Opposing ‘President Trump’s Trade War’
• Chief Ag Negotiator Says NAFTA Talks Progressing with Mexico, but Not Canada
• Wheat Outlook–History Gives Hope for Wheat Rally
• Ag Economy Falls 26 Points in July
• Doud Rips China, India Farm Subsidies
• Frustration Brews in the Ethanol Industry
• Low Unemployment Creates Farm Labor Pinch Point
• Will The August WASDE Be A Game Changer?
• Farmers Sharing Poor Crop Conditions On Social Media
• Market Watcher Brady Sidwell Says Wheat Prices Could Top Current Highs if More Foreign Crops Fail
• DTN Cotton Close: Lower in Tedious Technical Trade

08.08.2018

• Farmers Express Serious Economic Concerns In Latest Ag Barometer
• Next Round of US Tariffs Set
• The Sun Sets on Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC)
• Truth, Lies and Power: A Farmer Fights The Feds
• Trade Chairman’s Message to Producers: When It Comes to Solving Market Volatility "I’m on the Job"
• Trump Administration Returns Water-Permitting Authority Back to States, Good News for Agriculture
• Deadline Nears for Continuous CRP Enrollment–USDA Will Not Open a General Signup This Year; Extension Offered to Existing Participants
• Dry Conditions Force Cattle Producers to Scramble for Alternative Feed Sources
• Equal Access to Justice Act is Not Equal for Farmers
• Soybeans Have a Story, Close 12¢ Higher Tuesday
• Cargo of U.S. Soybeans Heading Toward China, Despite Tariffs
• U.S. Crops Are Showing Signs of Declining, Analyst Says
• Cotton "Kryptonite" for Weed Resistance
• Corn and Soybean Budgets for 2018 and 2019: Low Returns Ahead

08.07.2018

• USDA’s Trade Aid Prevents Farm Income Crisis, Economist Says
• US Infrastructure: Still in the Back of the Funding Line
• Crop Progress Report: 08.06.18 (PDF)
• USDA Crop Progres: Quality Ratings Tilt Downward
• Trade Dents Farm Support for Trump
• Wheat: Heat Wave Impacting Outlook, Prices
• Wheat Rises 18¢, Soybeans Fall 8¢ Monday
• Less Than 50% Of Farmers Plan To Participate In Tariff Aid
• Ag Holds Roundtable on Lawsuit Abuse
• USDA Invests $345 Million in Rural Electric Infrastructure (Including Oklahoma)
• USMEF Reports Tremendous First Half for U.S. Beef Exports, Pork Exports Still ahead of 2017 Pace
• NDFB President Uncertain with USDA Farmer Aid

08.06.2018

• As Farm Bill Heads to Conference, A Look Back
• 42nd Annual Randall County Ag Day and Crops Tour, Canyon, Aug. 28
• U.S., China Trade Spat Persists
• China Says $60 Billion More in US Exports Face Tariffs After New US Tariff Proposal
• USDA’s New Crop Report Procedures Shut Out Journalists’ Early Access
• Tax Code Changes Make Charitable Remainder Trusts More Attractive
• Big Speculators Go On Buying Spree in Crop Markets
• Trump Administration Lifts GMO Crop Ban for U.S. Wildlife Refuges
• EPA Emails Show Agency Approved Dicamba Label Changes After Consulting With Monsanto
• Remember When ‘Freedom to Farm’ Became ‘Freedom to Fail’? – Commentary
• U.S., China Seek to Restart Talks to Defuse Trade War
• Senate Approves ELD Delay for Livestock Haulers
• Index Shows Slower Growth: Tariffs Impact Two-Thirds of Firms
• Texas Cattlemen Take Issue With Commissioner’s Decision to Ban Use of Spray Boxes
• Net Return Prospects for Cattle Finishing in the Second Half of 2018
• USDA Undersecretary Greg Ibach Shares His Vision for National Beef Production Traceability System

08.03.2018

• History Shows Farm Bill Extension is Likely
• USDA-NASS Updates Provide Snapshot of Farm Economy Variables
• White House Says Agriculture, Connectivity Are Top Priorities
• Report: Food Hardship is Up in the U.S., Strong Farm Bill Needed
• U.S. Total Farm Production Expenditures Rose in ’17
• It’s Costing More To Farm, USDA Study Shows
• Biofuel Groups Praise Acknowledgement of Fuel in Emissions Proposal
• U.S. China Seek to Restart Talks to Defuse Trade War
• Senate Passes One-Year ELD Extension for Livestock and Insect Haulers
• Despite Trump’s Desire to Approve E15, EPA’s Head Remains Uncommitted
• Corn, Wheat Markets Find Buyers Thursday
• USDA-NASS Updates Provide Snapshot of Farm Economy Variables
• Kim Anderson Says Oklahoma Commodity Prices on the Rise, It Might be Time to Sell Some Wheat
• Wheat Gets Downgraded Again
• Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates Set for August
• U.S. May Raise Chinese Import Tariffs To 25%
• Purdue Study Finds Climate Change Will Have Strong Impact On Farms
• Setting 2019 Cash Rents with Price Uncertainty due to Trade Disputes