Ag News

05.18.2018

• House Expects Farm Bill Vote Today
• NCBA Urges “No” Vote On Brat/Blumenauer Farm Bill Amendment
• Peterson, Conaway at Odds Over Farm Bill
• Seed Cotton Program: Bipartisan Budget Act Requires Producer Action
• Trump Doubts Success in Rebalancing U.S.-China Trade as Talks Get Under Way
• Secretary Perdue Applauds Red Tape Reduction for Farmers
• Is NAFTA Within Reach?
• Auction Website Plays Matchmaker to Help Rent Farmland
• Monsanto Halts Plan for Bt Soybeans in US
• Grassley Tells Pruitt to Back Biofuels or Get Out
• China Triples Soybean Purchases from Russia
• Warming Planet Could Mean Bigger Corn Crops for U.S.
• Drought Outlook Seasonal – June, July, Aug.5-17
• Farmers Union Wants USDA to Proactively Address Farm Suicides
• China Drops Probe Into U.S. Sorghum Shipments

05.17.2018

• Peterson Floor Statement on H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018
• Grassley May Seek Pruitt’s Resignation Over Ethanol
• As Mother Nature Rages, Agriculture’s Critics Attack
• Most Fertilizer Prices Rise
• Beef Exports Hit Chicken-Egg Snare
• 10 Top Types of Commercial Agribusiness Insurance Claims
• Midweek Farm Prices Turn Lower
• Trade Update: NAFTA, China
• Lawmakers Renew Call for Completing NAFTA This Week
• NAFTA: Are Canada, Mexico Ready To Seal The Deal?
• Which Farm Dangers Cause the Most Insurance Claims?
• Pre-Harvest Hedging and Revenue Protection
• Texas Sorghum: Resistant Varieties, Beneficial Predators Help Battle Sugarcane Aphids
• Texas Cotton: Less Water for Young Plants Doesn’t Hurt Yield, Improves Drought Tolerance

05.16.2018

• EPA Chief’s Job Threatened Over Biofuel
• Crop Insurance: Premium Subsidy and Insured U.S. Acres – Impact by Crop
• NAFTA Talks Likely to Miss May Deadline
• Agriculture And Its Related Industries Added $1 Trillion To U.S. GDP In 2016
• Rough Road Ahead for Farm Bill
• Texas Panhandle Wildfire Burns 74,000-acres
• New Crop Traits Target Photosynthesis for Bigger Yield Gains
• An Update on Global Warming , ‘Climate Change’
• Change Your Twitter Password
• Drought Damages Big Portion of Corn in Brazil’s Mato Grosso
• Grassley Says EPA Chief Must Slow Refinery Waivers or Resign
• Novak: New Definition of RFS "Hardship" Needed
• EPA Biofuel Volume Mandates Delivered to White House
• USDA Launches Ag Resource Management Survey
• Trade Update: NAFTA, China
• Biggest Threat to U.S. Produce Is Waiting On Chinese Customs

05.15.2018

• NAFTA Talks Likely to Miss May Deadline
• USDA to Terminate Organic Checkoff Rulemaking
• Letter Signed by 300 Farm Groups Opposing Amendments That Could Critically Hurt Farm Families
• House Plans ’18 Farm Bill Vote This Week
• Former Author of RFS Legislation Sees Octane Levels as Advancement for Ethanol
• Texas Crop Progress Report
• Oklahoma Crop Progress Report
• Weekly Grain Movement – Which crops are staying ahead of forecasts?
• Report That China Won’t Enforce Tariffs On Ag Products Boost Soybean, Pork Prices
• Trump Deal on China’s ZTE May Reduce Ag Tariff’s
• China’s Multi-Story Hog Hotels Elevate Industrial Farms to New Levels
• Farmland Transition: When Grandma and Grandpa Don’t Plan Well
• Wheat Outlook: Russia’s Export Projection Raised While U.S. Exports Trimmed
• Cotton Outlook: Global Mill Use To Rise for 7th Consecutive Season

05.14.2018

• Trump Urges Speedy Work on Farm Bill; GOP Sets House Debate
• Trump Weighs Rejoining TPP as He Tones Down China Trade Threat
• Trump Predicts China Will Be First to Buckle in Trade Dispute
• China Tech Giant Crippled, US Imports Held
• Fed Lifts Rates, Steepens Path Through 2020 For More Hikes
• U.S. China Trade Talks Set to Continue as Trade Row Persists
• USDA Ag Board Defends Claims that WASDE Report Methods are Outdated – DTN
• All Wheat Was Not Created Equal
• COTTON SPIN: New crop cotton’s new outlook: At least one good summer rally?
• USDA: Farmers Face Unrivaled Income Volatility
• What to Consider Before Converting to an S-Corp
• Biofuel Groups Laud Year-Round E15 Move, But RINs on Exports Could Nullify Gains
• Trump Biofuel Policy Overhaul to Include Fewer Refinery Waivers – Source
• Trump Predicts China Will Be First to Buckle in Trade Dispute
• Lawmakers, USDA Leaders Meet with President Trump to Discuss Farm Bill
• Premium Subsidy and Insured U.S. Acres: Differential Impact by Crop
• Comparing ARC-CO and PLC Payment Profiles, 2014-2016 Crops
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Last Week
• Texas Cotton: Wireworms are Tough Customers

05.11.2018

• May 10, 2018 WASDE Report
• Pruitt Targets ‘Farm Dust’ Regulation
• USDA Board Chairman Pushes Back on Notion USDA Analysis is Staid, Short on Data-Debating the WASDE Data
• China Increases Inspections of U.S. Ag Imports
• Agri View: Trade War
• 5 Key Findings from Farmland Loss Report
• China Set to Trim 2018/19 Soybean Imports as Trade Row Boosts Prices
• Vessels Carrying U.S. Sorghum to China Switch Destinations to Japan, S.Korea
• Secretary Perdue Restarts Back to Our Roots Tour
• US Wheat Crop Shrivels in Drought, Large Global Supplies
• El Nino Coming Back?
• Crop Production: Winter Wheat Down 6% from 2017
• WASDE Cotton: Smaller Domestic Production, Higher Ending Stocks
• Texas Field Reports: Alternative Crop Interest Remains Steady Despite Lower Prices
• Co-Bank: Rapid Growth of Blockchain Brings Opportunity, Change to Agriculture
• USDA Predicts Oklahoma Wheat Crop at 52 Million Bushels- Forty Seven Percent Under the Size of the 2017 Crop
• Trump Holds Off On Farm Bill Veto Threat
• House Committee on Agriculture Report to Congress Confirms Commitment to Efficient Irrigation