Ag News

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

05.21.2018

• House Ag Leaders Look for New Path Forward After Farm Bill Defeated
• Trump Focuses on ‘Good’ NAFTA Not Deadlines
• Mnuchin Says US and China Putting Trade War on Hold
• Chinese Ministry Announces End of High Anti-Dumping Tariff Against Sorghum
• Sorghum Producers Say China’s Decison is Win-Win
• Spraying Dicamba? Better Have a Back-Up Plan
• Perdue Less Optimistic as NAFTA Faces Timing and Workload Challenges
• The Humane Society Aims to Influence Animal Ag Through Churches
• Seed Cotton Program: Bipartisan Budget Act Requires Producer Action
• Farm Income, Credit, Weakening
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

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