Ag News

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

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