Ag News

05.10.2018

• Agreement Ensures Building of First U.S. Public Vet School in 40 Years-Texas Tech/Amarillo
• 31 Million Acres Lost: Development Cuts Into U.S. Farmland
• Monsanto Halts Plan for Bt Soybeans in US
• WASDE: USDA Reports Preview A Gaggle of Guesses
• 5 Key Findings From Farmland Loss Report
• Tyson, Cargill and Fosun May Buy McDonald’s Nugget Supplier
• Ag Markets Sink Wednesday
• U.S. Senators Ask Billionaire Icahn for Refinery Waiver Details
• Sales of High-Ethanol Gas Allowed Year-Round
• Trump Says Ethanol Exports Could Count Toward U.S. Biofuels Quotas -Sources
• Explaining Ethanol: What You Need to Know About RVP, E15, and More
• Frozen Berries for Fresh Produce Program
• CME Live Cattle Prices Buckle Under Big Supply Worries; Hogs Down
• The Rise in Implement Dealer Financing

05.09.2018

• Wheat Growers to Discuss Farm Bill During Fly-In
• Study: NAFTA Withdrawal Means Higher Prices, Fewer Jobs
• EPA, USDA to Explore Attaching RINs to Ethanol Exports
• White House RFS Meeting Points to Positive Outcomes for Ethanol
• Is White House RFS Decision Really a "Win-win"?
• Biofuel Uncertainty, RINS Cap Dead But Ethanol Export Credits are On the Table
• Groups Argue Pruitt Should not be Involved in Water Rule Drafting
• Choppy Markets Start USDA Countdown
• A New Crop of Farmers is Emerging
• Conaway Touts Farm Bill SNAP Policies at American Enterprise Institute
• U.S.–China Trade War Could Disrupt Trade Elsewhere
• Importing Food Damages Domestic Environment
• What’s Going On With Interest Rates?
• Texas Field Reports: Alternative Crop Interest Remains Steady Despite Lower Prices
• Cotton: Sustainability Project Tops Million-Bale Mark In U.S. Last Year
• Judge Reduces Smithfield Fine from $50 Million to $2.5 Million
• China Trade Discussion Continues Next Week
• Corn, Wheat and Cotton Remain Bullish

05.08.2018

• May 7, 2018 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• The President Ready to Make Decision on RFS
• NAFTA Talks Enter Critical Week with U.S. Pushing Hard Line
• Pelosi Visits Central Iowa Farm, Warns RFS Under Attack
• Anti-Agricultural Opinion: 6 Ways the House Farm Bill Betrays Perdue’s Principles
• Groups Argue Pruitt Should not be Involved in Water Rule Drafting
• ICYMI: Crop Insurance Must be Protected in Upcoming Farm Bill
• House Republicans Will Pass Farm Bill on Their Own, Says Conaway
• Soybean Market Gives Up 25¢ Monday–Corn and Wheat are Weaker Too
• Interest Rates on Farm Loans Increase, Pressure on Some Farm Operators Could Follow
• When Does ‘Do No Harm’ Actually Hurt Ag Trade?
• Trump Pledges Guestworker Program For Ag
• Texas Cotton: Problems with Thrips, Fleahoppers
• American Agri-Women to Meet in D.C.
• Corn Growers Thank Ag Sec’y Perdue, Urge Continued Advocacy
• More Incremental Deterioration in OK’s Wheat Crop in May, as Conditions Hold in KS, Improve in TX

05.07.2018

• Texas Tech’s Brashears Nominated for Top USDA Food Safety Post
• Secretary Perdue Applauds President Trump’s Selection for USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety
• Why Republicans Should Fear a Rural Revolt in 2018
• How Will Farm Bill Debate Settle PLC vs. ARC
• New Crop Insurance Study Provides Valuable Farm Bill Insight
• Farm Bill Expected to Meet Resistance
• Will Farmers Be Protected If There’s a Trade War?
• EU, Mexico Reach New Agreement on Trade
• President Trump Sets RFS Meeting for This Week
• Brazil to Challenge U.S. Cotton Subsidy Program
• Peanut Consumption Up Two Percent in U.S.
• Foreign Cheating Continues As Farm Bill Debate Unfolds
• Experts Say Rising Interest Rates Could Pressure Farmers’ Balance Sheets
• What is Bioengineered Food
• Kansas Winter Wheat Yields Projected to Fall 19% as Drought Curbs Output
• USDA Trade Data Update, and China Trade Dispute Weighs on Exports
• U.S. Trade Commission Returns From China Meeting, Nations Still Farm Apart
• Update On China’s Stopping To Purchase U.S. Soybeans
• Posted May 4, 2018: DTN Cotton Close: Explodes to New Contract Highs

05.04.2018

• New Crop Insurance Study Provides Valuable Farm Bill Insight
• Brazil to Challenge U.S. Cotton Subsidy Program
• Farmer’s Share of Food Dollar Falls to 15-Year Low
• Farm Bill Outlook from House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D., Minn.)
• Drought Streak Ends on Technicality
• Weekly Export Sales: ‘Big Three’ Best Expectations
• Why is Software Such a Pain?
• Farmers Increasingly Look to Supply Management to Steady U.S. Agriculture
• Another White House Biofuels Meeting is On Tap
• Trump Economics Team in China
• Cotton Takes Root in the Southwest
• Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative Executive Order
• USDA Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule for National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard
• Continued Review of Fixed Price Farm Policy
• Kim Anderson Says Farmers May See the Price of Wheat Climb 50 Cents, But at the Cost of Quality

05.03.2018

• How Much Cotton Will SW Farmers Plant?
• Mnuchin: ‘We Will Protect Our Farmers’
• Ag Barometer Declines Second Month Amid Looming Trade Concerns
• A New Crop of Farmers is Emerging
• Paulsen Releases White Paper “How Women Can Get Ahead In Agribusiness”
• Perdue Comments on North Carolina Hog Ruling
• Inflation Gauge Surges to Highest Level in 7 Years
• An Open Letter to NASS Statistics Division Director Kerestes
• USDA Undersecretary “More Optimistic Than Not” On Trade
• Bunge: China has Stopped US Soybean Purchases
• Markets Wait: Just How Bad do Scouts Think Wheat Crop Is
• White House Sets Meeting With Senators on Biofuels Next Week -Sources
• Chances for U.S.-China Trade Breakthrough Seen Slim in Beijing Talks
• What’s Behind Meatless Mondays?
• Why the Humane Society Says It Gets a Bad Rap from the Livestock Industry
• Conservative Groups Demand Farm Program Reforms
• Texas: Marketing Plans Help Farmers Capitalize on Grain Markets