Ag News

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

08.02.2018

• Over Half Of U.S. Farms Lose Money, USDA Study Shows
• Trump, Lighthizer Preparing for More Tariffs on China
• Trump Defends Trade Policies
• Secretary Perdue Discusses Trade Aid, while Trade Talks with China Show Little Progress
• U.S. to Consider Higher Tariff on $200 Billion of China Imports
• U.S. Share of World Economic Growth: Implications for U.S. Trade Policy
• POLITICO Poll: 60-Percent of Rural Voters Support Ag Trade Aid
• Despite Trump’s Desire to Approve E15, EPA’s Head Remains Uncommitted
• EU Touts Jump in Soybean Imports From U.S.
• August Starts With Weaker Farm Markets
• DTN Cotton Close: Sharply Lower on Trade War Fears
• Jim Inhofe Applauds Senate Passage of Appropriations Bills that Support Rural Development in Okla.
• Senate Approves Roberts’ Efforts To Improve Access To New Drugs For Animals

08.01.2018

• As Farm Bill Conference Kicks Off, Farmer Angst Grows Over Foreign Actions
• Lawmakers Stress Importance of Crop Insurance as Farm Bill Moves Forward
• Biofuel, Environmentalist, Petroleum Groups Push to Force EPA’s Hand on 2018 Rule
• Soybeans Rally 22¢ Tuesday due to Stale Crop Conditions
• Perdue Says WTO Needs More Enforcement
• Russia Flexes its Agricultural Muscles
• U.S., China Seek to Restart Talks to Defuse Trade War
• Trade Wars: ‘No Winners, Only Casualties’
• Trump Remark Adds Urgency, Confusion to E15 Debate
• Texas Field Reports: Pest Numbers Climbing in South Plains, Panhandle
• U.S., Mexico, Leaving Canada behind in NAFTA Talks
• U.S. Crop Protection Market Sees Sales Increase
• U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Study Reports Additional $29 Billion In Trade Aid Needed
• Farming in the Digital Age
• Trade Timeline and Corn and Soybean Prices

07.31.2018

• Lawmakers Stress Importance of Crop Insurance as Farm Bill Moves Forward
• Secretary Perdue Cautions Against Expectations of Large Payments Based on Price Declines
• U.S. Says Farmers Could Get Cash Aid by October But Will Not Be Made Whole
• EU Court Ruling on Gene Editing Could Hold Up Future US Crop Traits
• Wheat Leads Grains Higher
• Do Not Give Your Storage Away
• Crop Progress Report
• This Why Farmers are So Angry at the Federal Government
• Ross: NAFTA Negotiations With Mexico Going Well
• Wheat Stays Double Digits Higher Monday
• Crop Progress: Are We Headed For Record Yields?
• Perdue Pushes for Inclusion of Ag in U.S.-EU Trade Talks
• House Moves Forward with 2018 Farm Bill Process
• USDA Opens Election Period For Seed Cotton Progam
• Texas Approves Use of NUFARM’S Cotton Herbicide Duplosan

07.30.2018

• U.S. Says Farmers Could Get Cash Aid by October But Will Not Be Made Whole
• U.S. Farmers to Get Billions in Aid by September, Perdue Says
• Op-Ed By Ag Secretary Perdue: President Trump Stands By American Farmers
• President Trump Looks for Ways to Dial Back Farm Stress Tied to Trade and Tariffs
• President Trump Asks Farmers for Their Patience
• G20 Ministers Oppose Protectionism
• Seeking an Increase in CRP Acreage
• Economist Says Trump Aid Package Lacks Substance
• Gulke: Reasons to be Optimistically Cautious
• On Trade, Trump Turns GOP Orthodoxy On Its Head
• Are You Prepared to Survive a Trade War?
• ‘Let the President Do His Work,’ Say Farmers at Trump’s Job Rally
• USDA Official Pleased With Reaction to ‘Farm Aid’ Plan
• Trump Hints at E15 Waiver Coming Soon
• Wheat Reaches a Tipping Point
• Sorghum: Farmers Want Fair Trade for All, But Economic Pain Has to Be Addressed
• Cattlemen Urge Pres.Trump To Support USDA’s Oversight Of Lab-Grown Fake Meat
• Agricultural Trade: Soybean Issues
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed for Week Ending July 27, 2018

07.27.2018

• Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue: “President Trump Stands By American Farmers”
• “Tariffs Hurt the Heartland” Campaign is Launched
• Developing the Plan for Emergency Aid Package
• What They Are Saying: Support for President Donald J. Trump’s Plan to Protect American Farmers from Unjustified Trade Retaliation
• President Trump Asks Farmers for Their Patience
• Lighthizer: China Trade Battles Could Take Years, But Mexico Deal Very Close
• Trump Secures Concessions from EU to Avoid Trade War
• U.S. Downplays Hopes for China Deal Soon Amid EU, Nafta Progress
• Banker: Farmers Need Free Markets Not Government Handouts
• Farm Markets Retreat, Remain Mostly Higher Thursday
• Some Ag Leaders in Congress Were Silent While Pro-Trade GOP Lawmakers Lashed Out
• Uncle Sam to the Rescue: Will Bailouts Keep Farmers in Trump’s Corner?
• Discount Not Discourse to Boost U.S. Soy Sales to EU
• Texas Panhandle: Bt Corn – What’s Up With All the Corn Earworms?