Ag News

07.02.2018

• Bipartisan Farm Bill Sails Through Senate After Crop Insurance, Cuba Drama
• NCC: Senate’s Farm Legislation Raises Serious Concerns for Cotton
• Canada Announces Tariffs on $12.6 Billion of American Goods in Steel Dispute
• USDA Numbers Set the Stage for Summer Rally
• Final Countdown: Last U.S. Soybean Cargo Heads for China Before Tariff Jump
• Soybeans Are King in Acreage Competition With Corn
• US Crop Acreage Largest Since 2014
• Interest Rates on the Rise for Farmers
• Center for Disease Control Retracts Study on Farmers’/Ranchers’ Suicide Rate
• USDA Highlights Benefits of Tax Cuts & Jobs Act
• Senate Approved Reauthorization of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
• Signal to Noise: SCOTUS, Trump, Grassley, Ethanol, Oh My
• Cattle Markets Continue March Lower
• Amendment to Challenge Commodity Checkoff Programs Defeated
• America’s Farmers Need Washington to Address an Overvalued Dollar
• Help Wanted: Is the Answer Outside U.S. Borders?
• U.S. Peanut Acreage is Down Twenty Percent
• U.S. Cotton Acreage is Up Seven Percent

06.29.2018

• Farm Policy News: Excellent Overview – Farm Bill Passes Senate
• ***VIDEO: Secretary Perdue: President Trump Will Protect Farmers From China
• Estimated Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Farms and Farm Households
• Senate Farm Bill Passes Easily
• Farm Futures: Senate passes Farm Bill 86-11
• Are Friday’s USDA Reports Too Late?
• Understanding Budget Implications of Cover Crops
• Can USDA Stretch Corn, Soybean Farmers’ Safety Net With Tariff Relief?
• Ag Markets Take Part In Sell-off Thursday
• Amendment to Tighten SNAP Requirements Goes Nowhere in Senate
• AFBF Leader Says Down Farm Economy Plays Major Role in Trade Talks
• Amendment to Challenge Commodity Checkoff Programs Defeated
• USDA Report Highlights Benefits of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for Farmers
• USDA Report to Aid Growers in Seed Cotton Program Decisions

06.28.2018

• Grassley Wins Tougher Farm Payment Rules for Senate Bill
• Can USDA Stretch Corn, Soybean Farmers’ Safety Net With Tariff Relief?
• Senators Try to Use Farm Bill to Reel in Trump’s Trade Strategy
• Sec. Perdue Won’t Leak Possible Tariff Relief Plan
• Farmers Urge Suspension of Mexican Tariffs
• Corn, Soybean Prices Flounder; Sec. Perdue Reiterates Promise to Stand with Farmers
• Will USDA Deliver Silver Bullet for Ag Markets Friday?
• Senate Taking up Amendments Wednesday on CRP, Possibly Payment Limits
• Iowa Sen. Grassley Suggests EPA not Following Administrative Procedures Act
• Fertilizer Prices Mostly Higher Third Week of June
• Harley May Be the Canary in the Coal Mine
• Thompson On Cotton: Hints Ahead On Chinese Buying?
• Corn, Soybean Prices Flounder; Sec. Perdue Reiterates Promise to Stand with Farmers
• Farmer Co-Ops Applaud Inclusion Of Buy American Amendment In Senate Farm Bill
• Measuring the Accuracy of Forecasting Corn and Soybean Yield with Good and Excellent Crop Condition Ratings

06.27.2018

• U.S. Agriculture Secretary Says Farmers Understand China Trade Fight
• Grassley Statement on EPA’s Proposed 2019 RFS Biofuels Levels
• Farmers Say Contracts, Not Compensation are Needed in Trade Deals
• It’s Still ‘Kinda Flakey’ to Destroy Farm Policy with Anti-Farmer Amendments
• EPA Boosts Biofuels Across Board, But Leaves Corn Ethanol Alone
• Trump Proposes Hitting Oil Refiners With Boosted Biofuel Quotas
• Trade Fight’s Danger Signs
• Ag Markets Trade Mixed Tuesday
• Branstad in China Sees Great Potential for U.S. Ag
• USDA Takes Comments on Removing "USA" from Foreign Grass-Fed Beef
• Lightning Strike Kills a Dozen Cows, Sparks Strange Facebook Comments
• El Niño’s Return Could Hinder Harvest In South, Dry Temps In North
• Comprehensive, Multi-Year Study Reconfirms AccuWeather Accuracy
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• New Phase in Peanut Board Campaign

06.26.2018

• Perdue: Trump Will Not Let Farmers Bear Brunt of China Retaliation
• Does Farm Growth Always Mean Adding Acres?
• Crop Progress Report: June 25, 2018 (PDF)
• Biofuels, Petroleum Interests Push for $1 Biodiesel Blenders Credit Extension
• Price Swings Fade Farm Profitability Chances, Economist Says
• Soybeans Crumble 21¢ per Bushel Monday
• Branstad in China Says U.S. Will Keep Trade Pressure On
• Why Consolidating Food Safety Efforts Won’t Work
• Rest of the Story: A New Cold Tariff-War
• EPA May Increase Biofuel Use Requirement by 3 Percent
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Running at 22 Year Highs
• Rate of Farm Loan Rejections Almost Doubles Among Banks
• USDA to Help Producers Prepare for Addition of Seed Cotton to Two Key Safety Net Programs
• Texas Grower Plants Winter Canola as Alternative to Wheat
• The True Cost of Bin-Run Wheat Seed

06.25.2018

• Rural America to U.S. Senate: Do No Harm to Crop Insurance: More than 600 trade organizations and companies throughout rural America sent U.S. Senators a clear message today about crop insurance as they prepare to debate the 2018 Farm Bill.
• Rural Mainstreet Economy Expands for June
• Trump’s Government Overhaul Plan at a Glance
• Trump Administration Plan Would Shift USDA Programs
• Trump Jabbed First, and Now World Hits back in Trade Fight
• Congress Urged to Focus on Immigration Reform
• Cattle on Feed Up 4%
• Dicamba Injury Is Back in 2018
• Beating Credit Challenges
• Texas Department of Agriculture HayHotline: Connecting Buyers and Sellers
• More Peanut Export Numbers
• EPA Reported To Set 3% Increase In Biofuel Use Requirement
• Kansas Farmer Outlines Costly Toll Of Overregulation At Congressional Hearing
• Interest Rates in 30-Year Perspective: The Case of U.S. 10-Year Treasury Rates