Ag News

03.16.2018

• Premium Subsidy and Insured U.S. Acres
• Farm Bill: SNAP Issues Hamper Timeline
• Conaway, Roberts Discuss Farm Bill Delays
• House Bill Exempts Farms from Reporting Emissions
• Ron Hays Talks WOTUS, RFS and Dicamba with EPA’s Scott Pruitt Ahead of His Remarks at 2018 Oklahoma Youth Expo
• Walmart Files Six Patents for AgTech Projects
• Farm Bureau Compares Crop Insurance to Ad Hoc Disaster
• Farmers Win Missouri River Flood Case | Judge: Corps of Engineers’ Basin Management Responsible for Recurring Floods
• Greed vs. Fear in Grain Marketing: Does Today’s Price Provide Enough Profit?
• Dicamba Label Requirements: 5 Red Flags
• Trudeau’s Strategy to Play Nice With Trump Seems to Be Working
• Bayer Faces U.S. Antitrust Hurdles for Monsanto Merger – Bloomberg
• Importers Buy U.S. Corn at Record Rate as Drought
• Weather Outlook for April 2018
• Ibach on Section 199A Tax Code Fix Agreement

03.15.2018

• FarmBill Release Delayed
• Perdue Issues Statement on Rural Infrastructure
• ACRE Act Stops Unintended Regulation of Farms
• Agreement Reportedly Reached on Section 199A Fix
• Dicamba Label Requiremnts: 5 Red Flags
• 199A Tax Code Fix Is No Fix, Farmers Say
• Ag Markets Weaken Wednesday
• Court Says Floods Are U.S. Government Responsibility
• Farm Bill: SNAP Issues Hamper Timeline
• PRIA Reauthorization Effort Going Down to the Wire
• US Cranberries First Casualty of Trade War
• DTN Cotton Close: Ends on Slight Old-Crop Gains
• Update On Farmers Business Network, Doubles In Size Each Year
• Texas Field Reports: Good Domestic, Export Demands for Beef Continue

03.14.2018

• Farm Bill Put in Jeopardy Over Food Stamp Work Requirements
• Perdue Expresses Concerns About New NAFTA Argreement
• Farmers Eye Tax Relief, Some Uncertainty, as Tax Bill Crosses Finish Line
• Soybeans Close 8¢ Higher, Corn Is Also Up on Tuesday
• Looking Ahead To Spring Planting
• Biodiesel Proponents Ask for Tax Credit Extension
• Economists Say Steel and Aluminum Tariffs Won’t Have Much Economic Impact
• EPA Eased Dicamba Regulations Following Monsanto Research, Records Show
• How Blockchain Will Impact Agriculture
• U.S. Biofuels Sector Blasts EPA Settlement With Bankrupt Philadelphia Refinery
• Hours of Service Waiver for Ag Haulers
• ASA President Seeks Trump Meeting on Retaliation
• FAPRI Baseline: Farmers Still Caught in Economic Squeeze
• Lawmakers Reach Agreement On Section 199A Change
• Does A “Compromise” On The RFS Exist?
• Texas Grain Sorghum: Hybrid Tolerance to Sugarcane Aphid Shows Dramatic Results

03.13.2018

• Farm Bill Draft To Be Released This Week
• 3 Big Things Today, March 13
• FAPRI Baseline: Farmers Still Caught in Economic Squeeze
• Settlement Reached in Syngenta Agrisure GMO Corn Lawsuit
• Inhofe Questions Witnesses on FARM Act
• Texas Grain Sorghum: Hybrid Tolerance to Sugarcane Aphid Shows Dramatic Results
• Perdue: Trump Tariffs Not as Bad as Feared
• Own or Lease Equipment?
• USDA Decides Not to Impose Additional Regulatory Requirements for Organic Producers and Handlers
• Weekly Outlook: An Estimate of March 1 Corn Stocks
• Bayer’s Acquisition Of Monsanto Approved By China, Must Sell Some Businesses
• Iowa State Study Finds ROI A Stumbling Block For Adoption Of Cover Crops

03.12.2018

• Washington Week Ahead: Conaway Seeks to Save Farm Bill
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed for Weeking Ending March 9
• New U.S. Tariffs Ramp-Up Fear of Ag Trade Retaliation; Soybean Growers Especially Worried
• Is A Window Opening To Invite More Corn Acres?
• Will Rising Interest Rates Lead to Intensifying Risks for Agriculture?
• Analysis: RIN Caps will Reduce Biodiesel by Millions of Gallons
• Gulke: Soy Complex Takes a Hit After USDA Report
• Did Bill Gates Just Change the GMO Debate
• Pro Farmer Reaction to March WASDE
• Farm Bill Review: Historic Fixed Price Policy and Costs of Production

03.09.2018

• Senate Ag Committee Chair Expects To Mark Up Farm Bill In April, Upset About Tariffs
• Trump Moving Ahead on Tariffs: President Sees Need for Fairness as Agriculture Fears Retaliation
• Trump Using Steel, Aluminum Tariffs as Leverage for NAFTA Deal
• Agriculture Reacts to Tariffs With Fear, ‘Profound Disappointment’
• RFS Reform Movement Proposal Would End Corn Ethanol Mandate
• White House Sets Biofuel Meeting; Trump Will Not Attend -Sources
• Trump Imposes Steel and Aluminum Tariffs, Excludes Mexico and Canada
• Higher Stocks Sink Beans, Wheat Yesterday
• Iowa’s Northey Starts Work at USDA
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- February ’18
• WASDE: Soybean Exports Reduced, Corn Increased
• Senate Leader Reports Fix On The Way For Co-ops’ Grain Buying Tax Advantage
• NCGA: Latest RFS Bill Ignores Wealth OF Science Documenting Ethanol’s Environmental Benefits
• Farm Bill Review: Historic Fixed Price Policy and Costs of Production