Ag News

02.21.2018

• Soybeans Turn Up the Confusion
• Russia, U.S. Wheat Acreage Gap Seen Widening
• Looking at Changes to Depreciation
• Farm Bureau Statement on AG Act Workforce Legislation
• Panetta Questions Perdue on Ag Labor Shortage
• Adjacent and Neighboring Dicamba Applications: How Far is That?
• Do Bankers Really Make Acreage Decisions? Hear From a Banker
• USDA’s Official Farm Count Fell During 2017
• Implied Probabilities for Corn and Soybeans Prices in 2018
• Peel: 2018 Cattle And Beef Markets off to a Good Start

02.20.2018

• What Recent Economic Reports Are Telling Us About Farming
• New Video Explains Importance of Widespread Crop Insurance Participation
• Grassley: NAFTA Withdrawal Risks Rural Depression
• Can Soybean Prices Maintain Recent Strength Through 2018
• Brazil’s Soy Crop Seen at Record 115.6 Mln T – Safras
• "Chance" to See December Corn Futures North of $4 | Agweb.com
• Students Across the Country Celebrating National FFA Week
• Deere Raises Forecast Amid Signals of Farm Recovery
• Today is Give to FFA Day: Click Here to Contribute
• Think Shift Releases New eBook On Digital Marketing For Agribusiness In 2018

02.19.2018

• New Video Explains Importance of Widespread Crop Insurance Participation
• Rural Mainstreet Index Highest In Almost 4 Years
• Chairman Conaway Says Pathway to Farm Bill Now Easier
• Farm Groups Concerned About Additional U.S. Trade Restrictions- China Agricultural Retaliation
• Key Tax-Writing Lawmakers Acknowledge Competitive Imbalance of Section 199A
• Walking Away from a Farm Lease
• Monsanto Loses Bid to Stop Arkansas Ban on Dicamba
• USDA: Strong Demand for Corn/Soybeans Next 10 Years
• Growing Soybeans that Outcompete Weeds
• Texas Wheat: First Report of Stripe Rust
• USDA Forecasts Strong Demand For Corn, Soybeans Over Next 10 Years

02.16.2018

• Soy, Corn Growers Not Pleased with Trump’s Crop Insurance Cuts
• Commodity Price Slump Is Ending, USDA says
• USDA Releases 10-Year Agricultural Projection (PDF)
• Net Farm Income Projected to Drop
• Trump Threatens Veto of Bipartisan Senate Immigration
• Pres Trump Would Back A 25 Cent Gas Tax Increase
• Kansas City Fed Survey: Farmland Markets Provide Support Amid A Weak Ag Economy
• Fixing the RFS is Getting Easier and Easier

02.15.2018

• New Cotton Program Shakes Up Southern Agriculture
• Lawsuit Demands EPA Vacate Dicamba Registration
• AFBF’s Salmonsen to Bloomberg: Losing China Would Make Everything Worse
• It’s All About the Bean
• Perdue Applauds Trump Infrastructure Agenda
• “FARM” Act Introduced to Help Livestock Farmers and Ranchers
• USDA Sec’y Sonny Perdue Confirmed As Keynote Speaker At 2018 Commodity Classic
• Farm Bill Round 1: Dairy, Cotton and the President’s Budget
• Uncle Sam Invests a Dollar in MAP and FMD to US Grains Council- Gets an Amazing $20 Back in Tax Revenues

02.14.2018 Updated

• Peterson Statement on Trump Budget Request