Ag News

01.04.2018

• Farm Policy Facts: Our View – A Presidential Start to 2018
• Changes to 2018 Crop Insurance Rates for Corn and Soybeans
• Winterkill Likely Widespread as Low Temperatures Hit Wheat Belt, Midwest
• K.C. Wheat Hits Six-Week Top, Soy Firm, Corn Weak
• Wheat Price Rally: Protein and Test Weight?
• Noble Consultant Tells Wheat Farmers- Consider Your Options: Graze-out vs. Harvesting Wheat
• GRAINS-Wheat eases after 2-session rally, market eyes U.S. weather
• Predicting the Effect of Climate Change on Crops
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Ag Credit Survey- Fourth Quarter 2017
• Profit Tracker: Margins Exceed $150 Per Head
• Plant As Much Corn As You Want, Don’t Expect to Make Money
• Texas: Using Radar to Gauge Plant Root Health and Potential Yields
• Purdue Sets Free Webinar On Dealing With Current Ag Economy
• New Tax Landscape And Farmers: Sorting Through Your Options – DTN
• Cotton: Global Production to Increase in 2017/18

01.03.2018

• Crop Insurance Premiums Exceed Claims, Despite Drought, Hurricanes
• CBO Lists Ways to Carve Savings Out of Costly Crop Insurance
• Wheat Closes 6¢ Higher Tuesday
• Breakthrough Allows Wheat Stem Rust Samples to Be Quickly Analyzed
• Trump Tweets Bring Border Wall Back into Discourse
• Connect Americans Now Aims to Improve Rural Broadband
• How Farmers Can Cope With Less Cash
• 8 Feel-Good Stories of 2017
• Cattle Start 2018 With a Bang!
• Fed Agencies See Jobs Boost in Plans for “Billion Ton Bioeconomy”
• USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corp. Lending Rates for ’18
• AgFunder.com Lists Top 10 AgTech Deals of 2017

01.02.2018

• Improvements to Crop Insurance Continue
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate Welcomes New Members, Works on Farm Aid
• Farm Bill: Congressional Inaction on Disaster Bill; 2018 Agenda Items
• Hot Economy But There Is Great Need For On-Farm Help
• Are Farmers Optimistic about 2018?
• Farm Bureau: Tax Overhaul Means Lower Taxes for Farmers
• Major USDA Reports Coming Up On Jan 12
• Cover Crops And Cattle Are Cash
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Last Week
• 4 Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Listening to Farmers
• Soybean Fireworks Expected In Early January USDA Report
• USDA Issues Statement on China’s New Soybean Import Inspection Rules
• For Wheat, A Year Of Extremes
• Trey Blocker Files for Texas Ag Commissioner
• USDA Survey: Millennials Prefer Fruits, Vegetables Over Grains, Meat
• AgFunder.com’s Top 10 Read Stories About Investments, AgTech In 2017
• 2018 Could Bring Higher Prices for Farmers
• IFES 2017: Crop and Livestock Price Prospects for 2018

12.29.2017

• Cotton Ends 2017 With a Bang, Heading for Best Rally Since 1998
• Peanut Growers See Profits From Farm Bill Text
• Selling Your Farm Is Not A Retirement Plan
• USDA Cracks Down On Organic Fraud
• Soybeans Close Lower on Favorable South American Weather
• USDA Issues Statement on New Soybean Rules
• 8 Accounting Steps to Consider for 2018
• Ag Lender Tips To Help Farmers Navigate 2018
• Tough Times in the Heartland As Farmers Consider Bailing Out
• AgTech Speaker: You Are Not A Farmer, You Are a Technologist
• Deere Recalls Crossover Gator Utility Vehicles
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 8 Percent
• American Farm Bureau: Tax Overhaul Means Lower Taxes For Farmers
• IFES 2017: Crop and Livestock Price Prospects for 2018

12.28.2017

• Soy Standards for Loads to China Tightened
• Half of U.S. Soy Exports to China Would Fall Afoul of New Rules
• Canada’s Trudeau Remains Concerned Over NAFTA
• Wheat Futures Close Higher as Cold Weather Threatens HRW Crop
• Trump, Dicamba and Eagles: A Look Back at AgWeb’s Top Stories of 2017
• Profit Tracker: Margins Slip $35 Per Head
• New Process Announced to Deal With Weed Seeds in Soybean Shipments to China
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 8 Percent
• 2018 Outlook: Beef Demand vs. Growing Cattle Supplies
• Land Report Magazine Lists 25 Largest Land Owners In The U.S.
• 2017 Year End Tax Planning Ideas

12.26.2017

• USDA: Improvements To Crop Insurance Continue In 2018
• Sober, but Hopeful, Picture for Farm Economy
• U.S. Grains Council Releases 2017 Corn Quality Report
• Farm Credit: Farm Income Stabilizing
• When to Pull the Club on Sticky Cash Rent
• Five Top AgTech Reads From 2017
• 2017 A Year of Natural Disasters
• The Tax Overhaul And Your Farm
• AgFunder.com Lists Top 10 AgTech Deals In 2017
• Farmland Experts On Why Values Remain High, Despite Low Commodity Prices
• 2017 Canola Performance Trial Data Added To Council’s Seed Variety Performance Online Database