Ag News

07.19.2018

• House Sends Farm Bill to Conference
• Senate Ag Leaders Issue Statement On House’ Vote
• Lawmaker Taking Steps to Remove Trump Tariffs
• U.S. Farmers in Poor Position for Trade War, Markets Expert Says
• ‘It’s Really up to China,’ Says Perdue in Assessing Course of Trade War
• Trump Says U.S. May Pursue Separate Trade Deal With Mexico
• Farmers, Ethanol Interests Plead With EPA to Reallocate Lost Biofuel Gallons
• Who Wins Trade Wars: Farm Futures Commentary
• Determining Trade Damage “Will Be Hard”
• Cotton: China’s Potential Tariffs and U.S. Exports – Lessons from History
• Wheat Outlook: Record Spring Wheat Yields; All Exports Boosted
• Japan, EU, Sign Trade Agreement
• Turf War Between FDA and USDA Over ‘Fake Meat’ Heats Up
• Remain Vigilant for Palmer Amaranth

07.18.2018

• Perdue: Farmers Can’t Pay Bills on Patriotism
• Will Soybean Crop Insurance Payments in 2018 Offset Low Prices?
• Farm Bill Leaders Still Working on Starting Conference Talks
• Farmers Continue to Support Trump Despite Falling Incomes
• Chinese Tariffs Take Toll on Soybean Markets
• Press Release: U.S. Wheat Associates Launches New Website
• U.S. Wheat Associates Website
• Ag Secretary Says Technology Offers a Level Playing Field, Yet Rural Internet is Terrible
• Congressional Delegation Asks New EPA Head to Reconsider Waivers Program
• Mexico, Canada Want NAFTA Talks Finished by Year End
• Farm Foundation President: Tariffs Hit Ag at Worst Time
• USDA Disaster Recovery Assistance Applications Now Open
• COFCO Says China Can Replace U.S. Soy Imports With Alternatives – State Media
• Determining Trade Damage "Will Be Hard"
• Perdue Applauds USDA Undersecretary Selection
• USDA Names Leaders at National Peanut Board
• Stuff Animal Rights Activists Say: 2018 Edition
• Marketing Options for Old Crop are Limited
• Last Call for Responses as NASS Winds Down the Data Collection Phase of the 2017 Ag Census

07.17.2018

• Agri-Pulse Releases ‘Export or Bust’ Ebook on Trade: Click for Ebook
• Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• DTN Grain Close: Soybeans Higher, Wheat Lower on Quiet Day
• Determining Trade Damage Will ‘Be Hard’
• DTN Closing Grain Comments 07/16/18
• EU Pushes China on Trade, Saying It Could Open Up if It Wanted
• U.S. Launches Five WTO Challenges to Retaliatory Tariffs
• New Test Can Determine Nitrogen Levels in Soil
• Tractor Prices on the Rise, Industry Faces Double Whammy with Tariffs
• Europe’s Heatwave Is Ruining This Year’s Harvest
• Despite Trade Tensions, Trump Still Favored In Farm Country
• Syngenta Settlement Nears Payout
• USDA Announces Almost $2 Billion in Hurricane, Wildfire Disaster
• DTN Livestock Close: Cattle Launch Week Sharply Higher
• DTN Cotton Close: Dec. Contract Finishes Lower
• Soybean and Corn Export Outlook
• Ag Shippers: NAFTA Trade War Costly
• USDA: Using Futures Prices to Forecast the Season-Average Price and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Payment Rate for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat

07.16.2018

• U.S. Corn, Soybean, Wheat Exports and USSR Grain Embargo: Contemporary Implications
• Washington Week Ahead: House Readies Farm Bill Talks
• Why Aren’t Corn Prices Higher
• Funds Dump Corn
• Brazil Soy Area to Hit Record Next Season – Safras & Mercado
• Japan Will Allow U.S. Sheep and Goat Exports into the Country for the First Time in 14 Years
• Chinese Trade Surplus with U.S. Hits High Amid Tariff Concerns
• Chinese Tariffs Take Toll on Soybean Markets
• A New Paradigm Shift in the Grain Markets?
• Prices Dive, Look For Opportunities, Maintain Ownership
• Trump and UK Prime Minister Affirm Plans for Trade Pact
• Farm Credit Administration Submits Rule Prohibiting Borrowers from Being on FCS Boards
• House Committee Directs FCC To Create Task Force On Precision Agriculture
• A Plan to Reallocate Waived Biofuels

07.13.18

• July 12 WASDE Report
• USDA Adds a Few Bushels to Harvest Totals in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas in July Report
• Documents, Schedule Suggest Pruitt Changed Biofuel Reallocation Plan After Meeting With Sens. Cruz, Toomey
• Who Will Regulate Lab Meat?
• Editorial:The Danger of a Bad and Difficult Trade War
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Futures Gain After USDA Report
• Importers Snap Up Cheap U.S. Soybeans as China Stops Buying
• Senate Votes 88-11 To Have a Say on Tariffs
• Senate Vote Shows Concern Over Tariffs
• Summary of ERS Report on International Food Security
• USDA Names Members and Alternates to the National Peanut Board
• EPA Reportedly Ditches Hardship Waiver Fix
• Witnesses Explain Multiple Benefits Of Public Lands Grazing At Congressional Hearing
• EPA 2019 RFS Proposed Rulemaking: What You See Is Not What You Get

07.12.2018

• U.S. Announces $200 Billion Tariffs on Chinese Goods
• What Any American Who Eats Should Know About Trump’s Trade Fight for Farmers
• Tariff Talk Nudges Grains to New Lows
• Grassley Says Farmers Are Nervous About Trade
• Trump Trade Policies Unnerving Farmers, GOP Lawmakers Say
• Soybean Market Craters by Double Digits on News of More Tariffs
• How Will Tariffs Impact Today’s USDA Reports?
• Flash Boys on the Farm? Arms Race Gets Unleashed Over Crop Data
• Resolution Overwhelmingly Passes Seeking Greater Congressional Role in Tariff Disputes
• NAWG is Asking Trump to Protect Farmers from Trade Retaliation
• Republicans Walk Tightrope on Trade
• Wheeler Tells EPA Employees He’s Got Their Backs
• EPA Scraps Detailed Plan to Force U.S. Refiners to Blend More Biofuels
• Acting U.S. EPA Chief Says He Will Carry Out Trump’s Mission
• DTN Cotton Close: Market Sharply Lower on Trade War Fears
• Chinese Tariff on U.S. Pork Tops 60%, Producers Face Financial Crises