Ag News

11.09.2018

• Peterson to Return as Ag Committee Chair
• FarmDocDaily: Reflections on the U.S. 2018 Midterm Elections
• Ethanol Fuels NASCAR Vehicles, Links Consumers to the Farm
• U.S. Making Progress on Improving Ag Exports
• Forbes: The 25 Most Innovative AgTech Startups In 2018
• USDA Lowers Cotton Production Forecast
• Lower Peanut Production Forecast
• Texas Cotton, Sorghum: Insecticidal Virus Products – What are the Facts?
• Branstad See Possible Framework for Deal With hina at G20 Summit
• 80%+ of OKAgFund-supported Candidates Elected
• ARC County Rates Widely Variable in Texas
• Court Allows Beef Checkoff Lawsuit to Expand

11.08.2018

• November WASDE Unlikely to Answer Big Questions
• Farm Groups Can Work With House Democrats on Some Issues, NCGA CEO Says
• Incoming House Ag Chairman Sees No Reason to Carry Over Farm Bill to 2019
• Ag Economy Barometer Jumps 22 Points from September to October
• Court Allows Beef Checkoff Lawsuit to Expand
• U.S. Agricultural Exports Up From a Year Ago, But Chinese Tariffs Dim Soybean Prospects
• Elections Set Tone as Congress Wraps Up 2018
• Farmer-Driven EatWheat Campaign Reaches Millions
• Ag Economy Barometer: Producer Sentiment Rebounds

11.07.2018

• Two Ag Committee Losses Key to Republican Senate Gains
• House Flipping to Democratic Control, But GOP Makes Gains in Senate
• Growing View Is China Will Stretch Soybean Supplies Until Early Brazilian Harvest 
• Wholesale Fertilizer Prices Steady to Firm on Fall Application Demand
• Trade Agreement, Crop Prices Push Up Farmers’ Optimism, Ag Barometer Shows
• Tuesday’s Corn, Soybean Prices Dip
• Wheeler: We will have E15 for next summer
• Texas: Herbicide Options for Killing Cotton Around Gin Yards
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Disappointed In Activist-Driven Checkoff Crusade

11.06.2018

• Crop Progress Report
• Will Rising Interest Rates Effect Your Operation
• E15 Faces More Speedbumps
• Toxin in U.S. Corn Harvest Poses Latest Headache for Farmers
• Ag Markets End Mostly Lower Monday
• Analyst is Skeptical Trump-Xi Meeting Will Produce Agreement
• China Buys Less U.S. Sorghum, Soy & Corn in September
• EPA Extends Dicamba Registrations, Adds Label Changes
• New Study Shows Peanuts Match Almonds for Controlling Diabetes
• Mid-America Index: 6 of 10 Supply Managers Report Negative Tariff Impacts
• Effects of Ag Tariffs Ripple Beyond Exports
• FAS Administrator Ken Isley Leads Trade Mission to South Korea
• Oklahoma’s John Pfeiffer Elected to Serve as the American Angus Association’s New President

11.05.2018

• USDA Thinks farmers Will Slash Soybean Seedings
• Perdue: Patience Needed in Trade Talks
• Censky: Ball is in China’s Court
• Watchdog Reviewing Plan to Relocate USDA Office
• Plenty of Farm Country Races to Watch on Election Night
• Chinese Imports of U.S. Soybeans in Down 80% From Previous Sept.
• USDA to Collect Final 2018 Crop Production and Stocks Data
• Purdue, Farm Foundation Study Shows U.S. Gains From USMCA Agreement Will Be Offset By Chinese Tariffs
• Ag Sec’y Perdue To Serve As Guest Editor Of Successful Farming Magazine’s January Issue
• Using Stress Testing to Examine the Impact of an Increase in Interest Rates

11.02.2018

• Our View: Making the Ag Vote Count
• Trump’s Tweet on China Talks Rockets Soybeans Up 30¢
• Trump Asks Cabinet to Draft Possible Trade Deal With China
• Opinion Poll: Farmers Show Strong Support for Trump
• Wheat Exports Takes Spotlight
• EPA Dicamba Ruling Raises Spirits, Questions, and Concerns
• Perdue Comments on EPA Dicamba Decision
• Four Times More Tariff Pain Than Financial Gain in ‘New NAFTA’
• EPA’s Wheeler on Dicamba Two-Year Registration
• EPA Extends Dicamba Registration, Adds Additional Restrictions
• USDA’s Agricultural Projections to 2028
• Additional U.S. Trade Tariffs Possible as Ag Markets Absorb Impacts
• Reality Check: Big Stocks, Big Crops
• Twitter Saves the Soybeans?
• China Cuts U.S. Soybean Imports by More Than 80% as Tariffs Bite
• New Report Indicates Lower Peanut Usage
• Updated TPP to Take Effect This Year
• Cover Cropping May Not Be for Everyone