Ag News

05.30.2018

• An Overview of Crop Insurance: Recent Congressional Research Service Report
• 2018 Cotton Contracts Soar To 90 Cents
• Crop Progress Report: 05.29.18
• Groups Sue Over RFS Refinery Waivers
• Justice Department Demands $9 Billion in Competitive Divestiture from Bayer
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Hits Second Highest Level on Record
• US Corn Planting Progress Surpasses Five-Year Average
• Ag-Blockchain Nexus Growing Consumer Groups Point to Blockchain as Tool to Improve Food Traceability
• New Study: ‘Efforts to Limit HPO Would Increase Risks to Farmers’
• Tariff Fears Intensify
• Trump to Impose $50 Billion in Tariffs on Chinese Imports
• DOJ approves Bayer-Monsanto merger–Updated: DOJ requires Bayer AG to divest assets worth $9 billion
• Ag Markets Start Short Trading Week Lower
• NAFTA Talks Continue, Time Running Short
• Vertical Farming Market Forecast To Grow 24% Annually
• Meteorologist: 2018 Weather Pattern To Parallel 2012
• Well Owner Network Program Helps Texans Protect Private Water Wells
• Texas Cotton: Fleahoppers, Stink Bugs, and Bollworms
• Cotton Producers are Being Reminded that Sign-up for the Cotton Ginning Cost Share (CGCS) Program Ends this Thursday, May 31
• Wheat Harvest Underway- Oklahoma Wheat Commission Expects Fast Harvest Because of Huge Number of Abandoned Acres
• US Corn Planting Nears Completion While OK, KS Wheat Crop Condition Declines Ahead of Harvest

05.29.2018

• 3 Big Things Today, May 28
• Tough Road for Farm Bill
• Grassley-Conaway Subsidy Feud Escalates
• Brazil Strike Impact global Commodity Trade
• China Trade Risks Prove Manageable for U.S. Ag Traders
• Trump Administration Seeks to Streamline Farm Labor Program for Ag Employers
• Four Steps to Solve the Mystery of Whether It’s Herbicide Injury or Disease
• Hopes for El Nino by Autumn: No Easing Of Southwest Drought
• Texas Cotton: Fleahoppers, Stink Bugs, and Bollworms
• Texas Sorghum: Stink Bugs and Headworms
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Hits Second Highest Level on Record
• New Hours of Service Bill in U.S. Senate: Transporting Livestock Across America
• U.S. Officials Criticize EU’s Biotech Approval Process At WTO Meeting
• 10 Largest Landowners in the U.S. Named
• Boston Consulting Study Reports Five Trends Reshaping Farming
• USDA, University Study Compares Farmers Using Dealer Financing And Those With Conventional Lender
• Start Up Crop Pro Insurance Cancels Policies, Lacks Reinsurance
• Doud Says USTR Is Searching For More Trade Opportunities Outside of NAFTA
• Implement Dealer Financing and Farm Financial Stress

05.25.2018

• Mapping the Fate of the Farm, 2018 House Edition
• USDA Warns Vendors of Fake DocuSign Scam
• USDA Heavily Involved in Trade Talks
• Cattle Groups Applaud Introduction of Livestock Hauling Bill
• Retail Gasoline Prices Continue to Rise
• Drought Monitor: May 24, 2018
• What Surprise Does Washington Hold for Next Week?
• Planting Roots, Desert Oasis in Texas | Growing Alfalfa in Texas
• Cattle Ease on Positioning Ahead of USDA Supply Report; Hogs Up
• Trump Administration Vows To Fix Immigration
• Trump Administration Agencies Pledge H-2A Reform Efforts
• Pay Attention To These Two Economic Red Flags
• Mulling Over Prevented Planted Acres? Here Are Some Resources
• OKAgFund Endorses, Funds Candidates in Elections
• Study Finds Crop Rotation Decreases Emissions
• Ag Law Expert Explains Corn Producers’ Options In Syngenta Lawsuit Settlement
• Kim Anderson Says Bad Weather, Poor Crop Conditions Have Driven Wheat Prices Up Over $5.20

05.24.2018

• House to Vote Again on Farm Bill on June 22
• Bill Aims to Protect U.S. Organic Industry from Fraudulent Imports
• US-China Trade Agenda: Chief Ag Negotiator: China Wants the ‘Goose’ that Leads to Prosperity
• U.S. Seeks to More Than Double Ag Exports in Talks With China
• Ag Policy Blog Collecting Farm Payments But Not Working on the Farm
• Enlist Cotton Acreage Triples, Enlist Corn Joins the Landscape
• Trump Backs Away from China Trade Deal
• Trump’s Trade Policy May Cost Farmers
• Wheat Outlook – Bullish Charts Keep Wheat Hopes Alive
• China Inc Returns to U.S. Soybean Market as Trade Tensions Ease
• China Signals to State Giants: ‘Buy American’ Oil and Grains
• Ryan Vents Frustratio Over GOP, Immigration
• 7 Insights: Wiesemeyer’s Wisdom on Washington
• New Crop Insurance Study Provides Valuable Farm Bill Insight
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Appoints Two Producers To Federal Crop Insurance Corp’s Board Of Directors

05.23.2018

• Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue: “Trump Administration Stands Behind Ag Producers”
• Steps Outlined for the Next Farm Bill Vote
• Wheat Holding Firm
• Reaction to U.S.–China Trade War Truce
• China, U.S. Near Deal on ZTE Reprieve; Beijing Cuts Auto Tariffs
• China Denies it Has Offered a $200 Billion Package to Slash U.S. Trade Gap
• China’s Buyers Balk at U.S. Corn on Trade Fears, GMO Controls
• Rest of the Story: China Framework Agreement: Analysis by Jerry Gulke
• Agriculture Is A Common Bargaining Chip in Trade Negotiations
• Crop Protection Companies Readying Business Plans For Robot Sprayers
• What do $3.80 Corn and $10 Soybean Midpoints Mean for 2018 Crop Revenues?
• Dire Drought Dampening Outlooks in Cotton Country
• On a Tear: New Crop Cotton Futures in the 80s
• Texas Field Reports: Corn, Sorghum Producers Face Weather, Market Uncertainties
• Poor OK and KS Wheat Conditions Get Minor Bump While Corn Planting Nears Completion this Week
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices

05.22.2018

• May 21, 2018 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Paulsen Releases Report “For Women Only: How To Get Ahead In Agribusiness”
• Trump Tweets: China to Buy ‘Massive Amounts’ of U.S. Farm Products
• Farms Under Threat: The State of America’s Farmland Report Sounds a Stark Warning
• President Trump Says China Will Buy ‘Practically as Much as Our Farmers Can Produce’
• U.S. – China Trade Truce May Not Last
• China Lifts Sorghum Tariffs, Agrees to Purchase More U.S. Goods; U.S. Suspends Tariff Implementation
• Trade Deal with China Means Most for New Crop Soybeans, Meats
• Paul Ryan Extends NAFTA Deadline
• Trump Focuses on ‘Good’ NAFTA Not Deadlines
• Texas Upper Coast Cotton: Lygus and Fleahoppers with a Side of Spidermites
• Solar and Wind Dominate as Investment to Reach $2.20 Trillion
• Organic Farmers Assn Applauds USDA For Terminating Organic Checkoff Program
• Farmers For Free Trade Issues 4 Steps To Improve U.S.-China Ag Issues
• USDA Issues: “Wheat Outlook” Report
• Poor OK and KS Wheat Conditions Get Minor Bump While Corn Planting Nears Completion this Week