Ag News

12.14.2017

• 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

12.13.2017

• Peterson Sees Farm Bill ‘Sooner Rather Than Later’ in 2018
• Roberts: Trade Is More Than a Product Crossing a Border
• Funding, Timing Will Be Critical Issues for Farm Bill Debate
• December WASDE Throws No Curveballs
• USDA Lowers Corn Stocks Estimate, Raises Outlook on Beans
• U.S. Peanut Harvested Projected to be Record
• 2017-18 La Nina and Winter Outlook
• No End in Sight for Texas’ War Against Feral Swine
• Oklahoma Beef Council Sues Former Auditor
• CME Live Cattle Futures Halts Eight-session Skid; Hogs Down
• U.S., EU, Japan Fire Fresh Warning Shot Over Chinese Trade Abuse
• New Equity Funds Ignite Rural Renaissance and Some Renewables
• Switches in Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat Acres in the U.S.

12.12.2017

• PDF: December 12, 2017 Crop Production Report
• Texas Weather: Dry Conditions Could Worsen for Much of the State, Says Climatologist
• RFS: Rift Between “Corn State” Senators & “Oil-and-Gas State” Senators Persists
• Center for Rural Afairs Releases Farm Bill Platform
• Roberts, Stabenow Announce Witnesses for Ag Security Hearing
• Weekly Grain Movement Grains Struggle to Improve
• Latest NAFTA Talks Run Through Friday in Washington
• Producers Need Contingency Plan if U.S. Pulls Out of NAFTA, USDA’s McKinney Says
• Monsanto Offers Cash to U.S. Farmers Who Use Dicamba
• USDA Issues: “U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update”
• Op-Ed: Agriculture’s Biggest Challenges In 2018
• Senate Panel Ok’s Top USDA lawyer, But New Questions Loom
• Texas: Bt Corn Update, and New Bt Trait Table Published
• President Trump Reaches Out To Iowa Senators, Assures Them Of His Biofuel Support

12.11.2017

• Washington Week Ahead: GOP Presses for Tax Deal, Fight Looms for USDA Nominee
• USDA Trade Data; NAFTA Perspectives from Farm State Senators
• Funds Buy Agriculture, Just in Time for a Selloff
• Rising Number of Young Leaving Jobs to Farm
• USDA Changes Voluntary Beef Grading Standards
• White House Pressures Big Corn to Meet on U.S. Biofuels Policy
• USDA Seen Raising Soybean Ending Stocks
• Harvest Outlook Shows Record Production
• Rabobank: Farmers Must Transform Their Businesses To Continue Their Operations
• AFBF President Appointed to Trade Committee
• USDA Invests in Safety, Health of Farmers
• California Regulation Requires Driver Be In Autonomous Tractor, Defeats The Purpose
• The Value of Decision Tools to Farmers and Landowners

12.08.2017

• Crop Insurance per Acre Coverage: Historical Experience and Potential Issues
• Kim Anderson Urges Growers to Invest in Wheat Quality, to Produce the Most Marketable Product
• Ag Census Under Way-Resulting Data Will Help Shape Farm Policies
• Trump Urges Republicans to Settle Biofuel Squabble
• Trump Open to Biofuel Policy Reform, Senators Say After Meeting
• Trump Seeks RFS Fix for Refiners, Farmers
• Would Even a Crowbar Move the Corn Market?
• Soybean Market Slides Thursday
• Farm Managers’ Thoughts On The Future
• Senators Support Delay in ELD Mandate for Livestock Haulers
• Harvest Outlook Shows Record Production
• Study Finds Farmers’ Suicide Rate Five Times Higher Than The General Population
• U.S. Wheat Associates, Other Farm Organizations Outline Priorities For WTO Ministerial
• Ron Smith Awarded TPPA’s Most Prestigious Honor

12.07.2017

• End Farm Subsidy Payments to People Who Aren’t Farmers, Says Grassley
• Row Crops See Mostly Red
• Farmers Take to Twitter in Support of NAFTA
• USDA Updates Its Ag Export Forecast Amid NAFTA Worries
• Purdue/CME Group Ag Barometer Drops 7 Points in November 2017
• Where Protected Lands Stand After Review
• Texas: U.S. Ag Trade Fueled by Demand, Steady Yields
• Texas Ag Has Weathered a Difficult Year
• Farm Bill "Sooner Rather Than Later"
• New Tools Aim To Help Farm Profitability
• Another Wrinkle in the RFS: The Small Refinery Exemption
• Consumers Will Pay More for Products With Positively Perceived Labels
• Wheat Technology Races to Catch Soybeans and Corn
• Academics Ponder Potential Farm Policy Actions for 2018
• Nebraska Farm Bureau Study Shows Withdrawal From NAFTA Could Cost $55,000 Per Farm