Ag News

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

06.22.2018

• Farm Bill Squeaks Ahead After Getting Tied Up in Partisan Divide, Immigration Debate
• With Defeat of Goodlatte Bill is Ag Guest Worker Reform Dead?
• "Securing America’s Future Act" Fails, Ag Immigration Reforms Gone for Now
• Double Whammy: U.S. Pork, Fruit Producers Brace for Second Wave of Chinese Tariffs
• EPA Considers Delaying Friday Biofuel Announcement – Sources
• EU Tariffs on U.S. Ag Goods Making Waves
• Researchers Use Twitter to Map Spread of Southern Corn Rust
• Has the Era of Decreasing Per Acre Corn Costs Come to an End?
• Grain Economist Kim Anderson Says Prices are on the Move and Summer Crops are in the Spotlight

06.21.2018

• Friday is Deadline for Second House Farm Bill Vote
• Trump Administration Considering ‘Tariff Payments’ to Farmers
• Trump Faults China’s Economic Policy as Threat to U.S. Security
• When Will Trump Start Mitigating Tariff Pain?
• AgriPulse: Senator’s Frustratons Rise With Trump’s Tariffs
• Scathing Report On China’s IP Breaches Released, EU Implements Tariffs
• World Lurches Towards Trade War
• Trade War Fears Cause Soybean Prices to Hit 9-Year Lows
• Heitkamp: Trade War Strikes at Rural Economies
• Farm Markets Close Higher Wednesday
• Suit Sheds Light on Race for $240 Billion Farm Tech Market
• Immigration Bill in House Changes Ag Guest-Worker Program, But Passage Unlikely
• USDA Designates Five Counties in Texas as Primary Natural Disaster Areas