Ag News

12.22.2017

• Neiffer Outlines Tax Reform And Ag Impact
• USDA Issues: "Season Average Price Forecasts" Report
• 3 Big Things Today, December 22 by Successful Farming
• Why Farmland Values Won’t Budge
• 2018 Purdue University Outlook: Cash Rents, Farmland Values, Corn and Soybean Prices
• Tax Reform Praised by Ag Interests, Some Concern Remains
• 2018 Outlook: Grain Sorghum Climbs On Early Seed Sales?
• Monsanto Gives CEO Hugh Grant 64% Pay Raise
• Texas: 4 Panhandle Crop Production Clinics, Jan. 8-12
• Perdue Applauds USDA Accomplishments
• Rural Mainstreet Index Improves for December
• Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2017 Accomplishments
• Iowa State Economists Issue 2018 Ag Outlook Report
• Kansas State Ag Policy Expert Flinshbaugh Grades Trump Administration

12.21.2017

• Secretary Perdue Statement on Congressional Passage of Tax Cuts & Reforms
• USTR Robert Lighthizer Statement on Final Passage of the Tax Reform Bill
• Farm Policy Facts: Our View – Christmas Reflections
• Researchers Examine Corn’s Ability to Adjust to Stress
• Tax Cut Bill Passes Giving Trump Major Victory
• Trump to Address Farm Bureau Convention in Nashville
• 10 Ag Mergers and Acquisitions From 2017
• AgTech Startup Uses Radio Waves To Dry Grain
• Cotton Growers May Benefit from Last Minute Disaster Package – DTN
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• U.S. Soybean Exports Top Another Record

12.20.2017

• House Disaster Aid Bill Includes Dairy, Cotton Safety Net Fixes
• 2018 Outlook: Profitable Grain Rallies in 2018 Will Be Scarce
• Soybean Farmers Export Record 2.6 Billion Bushels
• Farmers Sue Trump Administration Over GIPSA Dismissal
• Missouri Issues First Fines Over Misuse of Dicamba in 2016
• 10 Ag Tech Advancements From 2017
• Dairy, Livestock, and Trade Issues Highlighted in Recent USDA Reports
• 2018 Outlook: King Corn Dethroned
• President Trump To Address Farm Bureau Members
• Bitcoin Points Way to ‘Massive Change’ for Commodity Trading
• Is Agriculture Security At Risk? More Than You Realize
• Bankers Report Ag Lending is Stabilizing
• Farmers Eye Tax Relief, Some Uncertainy, As Tax Till Nears Finish
• USDA: Number Of Fast Food Restaurants Grew By 9% Between 2009 And 2014

12.19.2017

• Tax Bill Contains Hidden Pitfalls for Renewal Energy
• Basis Outlook – Cheap Freight Costs Not Always Good
• Wheat Futures Close Higher Monday Amid Fears of Cold, Dry Weather
• NCFC Pleased With Section 199 Replacement in Tax Bill
• Satellites Are Reshaping How Traders Track Earthly Commodities
• Glyphosate ‘Not Likely’ to be Human Carcinogen, EPA Says
• Texas: 4 Panhandle Crop Production Clinics, Jan. 8-12
• USDA Adjusts Projections for 2018 Ag Imports, Exports
• Global Drought Severity Index Launched By Scientists
• USDA Issues: Cotton and Wool Outlook Report
• USDA Issues: Commodity Costs And Returns Report

12.18.2017

• Washington Week Ahead: GOP Eyes Tax Cuts, Ag Disaster Aid in Pre-Christmas Rush
• Secretary Perdue Applauds President Trump’s Leadership on Reducing Regulations
• Farmers And Families First Program Launches Campaign To Block Bayer/Monsanto Deal
• Texas High Plains Cotton: Record Crop in 2017
• USDA Adjusts Projections for 2018 Ag Imports, Exports
• ERS Report: America’s Diverse Family Farms: PDF
• The Evolving Distribution of Payments From Commodity, Conservation, and Federal Crop Insurance Programs
• Farm Business: 7 Crops Show a Declining Cost of Production
• How Gene Editing Will Boost Crop Yields
• Roberts Applauds Decision on Organic Rules
• Drunk Drivers And Farming Don’t Mix
• USDA Withdraws Livestock and Poultry Organic Rule
• Digital Book Appeals To Young People Planning Their Careers: View the Careers in Agriculture E-Book
• USDA: Ag Exports And Imports In The 2018 Fiscal Year Forecast To Closely Mirror 2017
• USDA Announces New Information Technology Operating Model

12.15.2017

• USDA to Revamp its Information Technology
• La Niña: Odds to Stay All Winter Hit 80%
• Weekly Export Sales: Wheat Finally Finds Footing
• How to Snap Slacker Soils Into Shape
• The Top 10 Stories From Agriculture.com in 2017
• Interest Rate Hike a Double Edge Sword for Ag
• Lawsuit Challenges Cancellation of GIPSA Rule
• FCC Votes to End Obama-era Net Neutrality Rules (Which May Leave Rural Areas at an Internet Disadvantage
• Farm Credit Administration Releases Report on Ag’s Financial Condition
• USDA Highlights $40 Million in Infrastructure Investments in Rural Communities
• USDA Announces New IT Operating Model
• Nat’l Cotton Council Thanks Trade Rep Lightizer For His Support
• Farm Aid Grants $732,351 To 83 Family Farm, Rural Service And Urban Agriculture Organizations
• Declining Cost of Production and Farm Policy
• House Ag Committee Launches Farm Bill Landing Page
• Congressional Republicans Hammer Out Tax Plan Details
• Long-Term Price Cycles Turn Higher for Corn, Soybeans
• Perdue Heads Into 2018 With Only Half of His Executive Team
• Roberts Emphasizes Agriculture Security
• Time for Ag Tech to Simplify According to Google Exec
• Perdue Working Toward Solutions for Rural America
• Witnesses Assess U.S. biosecurity Infrastructure as Inadequate
• Republican Governors Meeting With VP Pence To Discuss NAFTA
• Secretary Perdue Issues Statement On WTO’s Maximum Pesticide Residue Levels
• Wheat Associates: Trade Rep Lighthizer Defends U.S. Agriculture At WTO Ministerial
• 17 Countries Sign Statement Regarding Pesticide Use