Ag News

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

03.08.2018

• Oklahoma Wheat Growers President Keeff Felty of Altus Talks Politics and Prices with Carson Horn
• Canola Council Industry Cheers TPP Trade Agreement Signing
• Wheat Organization Ask USTR To Work Toward Re-Joining TPP To Prevent Serious Revenue Loss
• Trump’s Advisers Defend Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
• Trump’s Tariffs Seen Favoring Rust Belt Over Farm Communities
• Donald Trump Shows Signs of Sotening on Planned Steel Tariffs
• U.S. Offers to Waive Steel Tariff from Canada
• U.S. Refinery Workers Head to Washington to Urge Biofuels Reform
• Growers: RFS Tinkering Would be a Blow to Farmers
• Corn, Soybeans Finish Lower Wednesday
• NFU Discusses Strong Farm Bill, RFS, Fake Meat Labels
• Producer Sentiment is on the Rise, But Trade Uncertainty Continues
• Trade War With China May Pose Long-Term Risk for U.S. Soybeans
• Perdue Defends Trump’s Tariff Tactics, But Says Ag is Worried
• Senate Democrats unveil ‘Blueprint to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure’

03.07.2018

• Ag Barometer: Producers More Positive, But Uneasy on NAFTA
• HRW Wheat’s Unexpected Rally
• Trade Warriors Take Aim at Ag
• Republican Leaders Pressure Trump to Stop or Curtail Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
• 2018 is Year of the Tractor at Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
• Leaders Urge Implementation of Disaster Aid
• Celebrating National Peanut Month and National Nutrition Month
• Secretary Perdue Administers Oath of Office to Bill Northey
• Perdue: Thrilled to Finally Have Bill Northey on Board
• Texas Field Reports: Dry Conditions Continue to Hamper Wheat Progress
• Ag Producer Sentiment Improves; But Uncertainty About The Future Of NAFTA Looms
• Weekly Outlook: A Positive Outlook for Corn
• Bill Introduced to Strengthen Farm Bill’s Wroking Lands Conservation
• Cotton Council Congratulates Sen. Cochran on Outstanding Service and a Well-Deserved Retirement

03.07.2018

• Ag Barometer: Producers More Positive, But Uneasy on NAFTA
• HRW Wheat’s Unexpected Rally
• Trade Warriors Take Aim at Ag
• Republican Leaders Pressure Trump to Stop or Curtail Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
• 2018 is Year of the Tractor at Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
• Leaders Urge Implementaiton of Disaster Aid
• Celebrating National Peanut Month and National Nutrition Month
• Secretary Perdue Administers Oath of Office to Bill Northey
• Perdue: Thrilled to Finally Have Bill Northey on Board
• Texas Field Reports: Dry Conditions Continue to Hamper Wheat Progress
• Ag Producer Sentiment Improves; But Uncertainty About The Future Of NAFTA Looms
• Weekly Outlook: A Positive Outlook for Corn
• Bill Introduced to Strengthen Farm Bill’s Wroking Lands Conservation
• Cotton Council Congratulates Sen. Cochran on Outstanding Service and a Well-Deserved Retirement