Ag News

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• USDA Ag Board Defends Claims that WASDE Report Methods are Outdated – DTN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

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