Ag News

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

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