Ag News

06.15.2018

• Farms Large and Small Could Benefit from Crop Insurance
• Trump Approves Tariffs on $50 Billion Worht of Chinese Goods
• Agricultural Associations Turn To Congress For Help: We Need #TradeNotTariffs
• With Ethanol Issues at Forefront of Farm Concerns, Administrator Touts WOTUS
• Ag Groups Tweet #TradeNotTariffs – Farmers Push for Trump Administration to Back Off Expected Tariffs on China
• House Will Vote Next Week on Competing Immigration Bills
• Trade Relations with US Worry Futures Traders
• Ag Markets Under Heavy Weather Pressure Thursday
• Wheat Market: U.S. Farmers Have What the World Needs
• Plains Grains Reports Oklahoma Wheat Harvest 81% Done- Texas 69% and Kansas 19% Complete

06.14.2018

• Senate Farm Bill Moves Forward With Amendments
• Trump’s Trade Gambles Heighten Stakes for U.S. Agriculture
• NCIS Launches Website Highlighting Crop Insurance in All 50 States
• Trump Set to Launch Tariffs Against China
• China Tariff Announcemen Expected Friday
• Cargill Exec Warns World Risks Sliding Into Isolationism
• A 270% Tariff from Canada? In Some Cases It’s Even Higher
• U.S. Pursues Action on Poultry, Beef, Biotech Crops in China Trade Talks -Official
• Federal District Judge Blocks California’s Efforts to Call Glyphosate Cancer Causing Until Matter is Settled in Federal Court
• Informa Economics Releases Acreage Report

06.13.2018

• Could US Farmers Benefit From North Korea Denuclearization Announcement?
• Cargill Warns Trade Has Become `Villainized’ and Misunderstood
• U.S. Grain Stocks Get Smaller, USDA Report Shows
• Futures Rally on Bullish Corn, Soybean Data
• U.S. EPA Chief Hints He Could Order More Ethanol in Fuel
• Grassley’s Farm Bill Challenge: Limit Subsidies to Actual Farmers
• Trump’s Trade Gambles Heighten Stakes for U.S. Agriculture
• U.S., Canadian Farm Groups Support Trade
• Virtual Reality Ranch Tours
• Bill Sets Up Group to Study Trucking Regulations
• Immigration Bills to Get House Votes Next Week in GOP Compromise
• Texas Cotton: 6 Farm Bill Discussion Meetings in June, July
• Chinese Farmers Ordered to Plant More Soybeans
• Ted Cruz says Biofuel Policy Overhaul May be Revived
• U.S. Tractor Sales Up 17% In May, Combine Sales Up 52%

06.12.2018

• States That Supported Trump Would Get Hit Hardest in a Canada Trade War
• Perdue Scheduled to Talk Trade with MacAulay
• Official Debunks Report China Could Buy $70 Billion of U.S. Products
• Tweaks and Nudges Expected in June WASDE Report
• Quick Take: Recent USDA Trade Data
• Mexico Calling for Flexibility in NAFTA Talks
• USDA Crop Ratings Blow Year Ago Grades Out Of The Water
• President Continues Elevating an Issue Involving a Small Fraction of US-Canadian Trade
• White House Tries to Provide Clarity on Cloudy Trade Picture
• WOTUS on Hold in 24 States: EPA Receives Increasing Support for Rewrite From Legal Cases
• Does Canada Really Charge a 270% Tariff on Milk
• Novak Moving from NCGA to CropLife
• Ted Cruz says Biofuel Policy Overhaul May be Revived
• Eat Wheat: Consumer Demand Rising
• Wheat Harvest in Oklahoma Nearly Halfway Complete as US Corn, Soybean Crops Progress Nicely

06.11.2018

• Washington Week Ahead: Senate Ag Looks to Advance Bipartisan Farm Bill
• Reactions Come In As Senate Releases Their Farm Bill
• Senators Stress Bipartisan Nature of Farm Bill With Few Major Changes From Current Law of Farm Bill Text
• Farm Policy Facts: Our View: They’re Baaaack…and They’re Still Wrong
• NFU, AFBF Comment on Farm Bill
• EPA to Tackle Costs, Benefits in Rules Pruitt: Changes to Provide ‘Clarity,’ ‘Real-World Accuracy’ on Impact of Agency’s Decisions
• Ag Groups Take Action in WOTUS Case Legal Battle Continues While EPA Rewrites Water Rule
• GOP Wants NAFTA by Labor Day; Trump Wants Russia in G8
• Have the Markets Factored In A Negative USDA Report?
• USDA’s Farmers.gov Receives $10 Million in Funding for Development
• Dicamba Damage Limited To Specialty Crops So Far
• U.S. Offers List of Ag Concessions Wanted From China
• Gambling on Exports: A Review of the Facts on U.S. Agricultural Trade
• Plains Grains Calls Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Half Done at Fifty One Percent Complete- Kansas Just Starting

06.08.2018

• Senate Ag Leaders Reach Deal on Farm Bill
• White House Plans To Shelter Farmers From Tariff Impacts
• Senate Aide: Key Commodity Title, CBO Score Holding Up Release of Farm Bill Text
• Senate Farm Bill Expected Thursday
• Senate Announces Farm Bill Consideration: Business Meeting to Consider the 2018 Senat Farm Bill Planned for June 13th
• Group of 10 Senators Challenge Trump Over Tariffs
• President Trump Rejects Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard
• Chief Ag Negotiator: ‘It’s Time To Play Offense’
• Bayer Closed the Monsanto Deal, Now What?
• Wheat Outlook – Make Plans for a Rally in Wheat
• China Trade Hopes Buoy Prices
• Lauritsen Hopeful on Long-Term Ag Trade Solutions
• The Wheat Market Is On a Roll
• Washington’s $600M Push To Build Better Rural Internet
• Ethanol Groups May Not Get Year-Round E15 Without Concessions
• U.S. Offers List of Ag Concessions Wanted From China
• Reviewing Directions in Conservation Policy: CSP and EQIP in the House Farm Bill