Ag News

02.07.2018

• Crop Insurance Acreage Sets New Mark in 2017
• Farm Sizes Impacted by a $40,000 Crop Insurance Premium Support Limit
• Soybeans Remarkably Defiant
• Ag Secretary Says Sorghum Price Fall Reflects Influence of Trade Disputes on Ag Commodities
• Tax Law’s Changes to Asset Purchases, Trade-Ins Significant for Ag Producers
• Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer climbs in January 2018
• Bill Creates Rural Health Liaison at USDA
• Will Farm Income Increase in 2018
• Assessing Suicide Risks in Farmers
• The Long-Term Economic Impact of Cover Crops-29-year study finds cover crops offer benefits with no-till cotton systems
• House Ag Committee Hearing with Sec. Perdue: Trade Issues
• GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at Cancer Research Group over Roundup
• Texas Cotton: New Insect Management Guide Available
• National Sorghum CEO Tim Lust Says Chinese Charges of Unfair Subsidization in US Sorghum Without Basis

02.06.2018

• Cutting Crop Insurance for Big Farms Would Hurt Small Farmers Too
• A Working Paper Addressing: Are Large Farms Less Risky to Insure? (PDF)
• Chairman Conaway Sets Sights on March Farm Bill Vote Vows to Defend Successful Crop Insurance System
• Conaway Hopes Farm Bill is Voted on Before End of March
• Senator Wants Cotton, Dairy Aid Now
• Dow Plunges 1,175 Points
• Dow Drops 1,000 Points, Ag Markets Feel The Ripple Monday
• What the Transportation Plan Could Mean to Rural America
• What Does a Half Million More Cows Mean
• With Sorghum Warning Shot, Beijing Targets Trump’s Core Farm Base
• China: Trade Probe of US Sorghum ‘Normal’
• Texas: Farm Bill Discussions Highlight Ag Forum Meeting
• Secretary Perdue Applauds President Trump’s Selection of USDA’s Rural Utility Service Administrator
• Purdue Professors: What Skills And Competencies A Farmer Needs To Grow?

02.05.2018

• Washington Week Ahead: GOP Seeks Funding Extension as Farm Bill Hangs
• KC Fed Survey Shows Ag Lending Increases
• Perdue Names New Leaders
• Kansas City Fed: Ag Lending and Interest Expenses Increase for Farmers
• Diversifying for Soil Health Covering Profitability in Times of Low Prices
• Confirm Doud Quickly, Farm Bureau’s Duvall Says
• 7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed This Week – Feb. 2, 2018
• Grain Market Week in Review – Feb. 2, 2018
• Pacelle (Humane Society of United States) Resigns Amid HSUS Turmoil
• Right to Repair Addressed by Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Equipment Dealers Association
• Senator Lifts Hold on USTR Ag Negotiator Nominee
• CattleFax Holds Grim Outlook on Long-Term Weather Forecast for Plains, Expect Drought to Intensify

02.02.2018

• Trump Offers Shared Goals with Agriculture for 2018
• State of the Union Starts a New Year for Agriculture Advocates
• Reviewing the State of the Farm Bill: Perspective from Spending
• Soybeans Drop A Dime Thursday
• If a China-U.S. Trade Dispute Emerges, Could Soybean Exports Be Affected?
• Is It Too Late For The U.S. To Rejoin TPP?
• Interactive Farmers.Gov Website Now Live
• Monsanto Lauches Dicamba Training Session Website
• USDA: Harvested Cropland Declines By 3 Million Acres
• Oklahoma Irrigation Conference, Weatherford, March 8
• Bankruptcy Invigorates Efforts to Overhaul RFS
• Few Big Ag Companies Have Followed Through on Data Transparency Pledge
• EPA Chief Riles Ethanol Advocates With Call for Biofuels Policy Reform
• EPA Delays Obama’s WOTUS Rule Until 2020 While It Writes Its Own Version
• Chairman Roberts on WOTUS Delay
• Flake Lifts Hold on US Ag Trade Nominee
• Rural Areas Have High Expectations for Trump’s Infrastructure Plan – DTN
• FDA Takes Steps to Strengthen Oversight of Food Imports
• Canada’s Wheat Production Down, Quality Up

02.01.2018

• 3 Big Things Today, February 1
• Perdue Comments on State of the Union
• State of the Union Starts a New Year for Agriculture Advocates
• NAFTA Talks Can Generate Triple Win, Canada’s Freeland Says
• Stocks Finish Slightly Higher Wednesday
• EPA, Army Corps Delay 2015 WOTUS Rule
• Farm Futures Survey Shows Farmers Want More of the Same
• Census of Ag Deadline Just Days
• If a China-U.S. Trade Dispute Emerges, Could Soybean Exports Be Affected?
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• USDA Launches MARS, Delivering Market Data to Agricultural Producers Around the Globe Faster and Easier
• 2018 Grain Farm Income: The Need for Above Trend Yields or Higher Prices to Break-Even

01.31.2018

• Statement of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Regarding President Trump’s State of the Union Address
• Tax and Regulatory Reform, Along with Trade, at the Top of the Issues Important to Farmers and Ranchers in Donald Trump’s First State of the Union Address
• Farmers Want No Harm to Crop Insurance
• Few Crop Insurance Changes for 2018
• Trump: State of the Union Strong President Highlights Trade Renegotiation, Cutting Regulations, Tax Reform
• Pruitt Takes Heat EPA Administrator: WOTUS Rule May Be Completed in 2018
• The Regional Composition of U.S. Imports Has Remained Stable Over Time 
• Calculated Cover Crops
• 2018 Grain Farm Income: The Need for Above Trend Yields or Higher Prices to Break-Even
• FDA/USDA to Improve Collaboration
• NAFTA Talks Moving Slowly, President Floats TPP Consideration
• Farmers Grade Trump On First Year of Presidency
• DTN Livestock Close: Choppy Cattle Session Ends Mixed
• DTN Cotton Close: Finishes on 6 Week Low
• U.S. Lawmakers at NAFTA Talks Express Optimism
• Roberts, Stabenow Announce CFTC Oversight Hearing