Ag News

11.29.2017

• Analysis: Defending Crop Insurance, Last in a Series
• USDA Forecasts Soybeans Will Surpass Corn As Most Planted Crop
• Senate Tax Bill Headed for Marathon Debate
• 2017 Census of Agriculture Now Underway
• Our Year in Review. Managing Thin Margins
• USDA Sees Record-High U.S. Soy Acres, More Corn in 2018-19
• Weekly Outlook: Acreage Prospects for 2018
• What’s Changed for Soybean Dicamba Use in 2018
• Can Renewables Spur More Investment in Rural America?
• DTN Cotton Close: Settles Higher in 2017-Crop Contracts
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Young Farmers Ready to Defy Odds

11.28.2017

• Little Progress in NAFTA Talks, Texas Business Leader Warns Texas Could Be Hurt the Most
• Winter Wheat Near Full Emergence as Condition Ratings Continue to Worsen in Latest USDA Crop Progress Report
• Crop Progress Report
• Oklahoma: Red River Crops Conference, Altus, Jan. 17-18
• Wheat Acres Drop to 100-Year Low
• Weekly Outlook: Acreage Prospects for 2018
• Estate Taxes Threaten Family Farms
• USDA: Cropland Continues to Shift to Larger Farms
• A Focus on Corn Belt Ag Exports; NAFTA Update
• Europe Approves Glyphosate Use for Five Years

11.27.2017

• Washington Week Ahead: Senate GOP Looks to Pass Tax Bill
• New Report: Food and Agriculture Drive One-Fifty of Nations Economy
• Analysis: Defending Drop Insurance, Part 1
• Tax Legislation and the Specter of Sequestration
• Farmers Have Unique Tax Bill Concern
• Grains-Wheat Falls for 2nd Day as U.S. Exports Suffer, Corn Eases
• Increasing Opportunity Costs for 2018 Calves
• Breeding Cows and Heifers on Wheat Pasture
• Farmers Who Gain From Tax Bill Wary of Losing Subsidies Later
• Texas Corn, Sorghum: Water Use, Drought-Tolerant Hybrids Still Key to Dryland Production
• Farm Rescue Program Expands into Providing Livestock Services
• Iowa Farmer Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 for Launching E-Commerce for Agriculture

11.22.2017

• Farm Rescue Helps 500th Farmer After Baler Accident
• Any Trump NAFTA Withdrawal Faces Stiff Court Challenge -Legal Experts
• NAFTA Talks Threatened Over U.S. Auto Rules
• The Touchy Issue of Pesticide Drift
• Does Residue Grazing Affect Later Crop Yields?
• Biofuels Industry Awaits RFS Announcement With Confidence
• Texas Teen is Tractor Restoration Champion
• Over Half of Bankers Boost Farm Loan Collateral Rules
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Jumps Another 6 Percent
• Soggy Corn Raises Costs for U.S. Grain Exporters
• 17 Beef Facts to Wow Your Thanksgiving Table

11.21.2017

• Farm Bill Update: Perspective from Chairman Conaway and Chairman Roberts
• Senators Ask Ross for Analysis of Impact to Ag of Leaving NAFTA
• Crop Progress Report
• U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Highest Level on Record
• USDA NIFA Supports Canola, Potato and Alfalfa Research
• More Than $1 Billion Invested in Rural Health Care
• Geological Survey Finds More Farmland Than Previously Thought
• Despite Spill PSC Approves Keystone XL Alternative Mainline Route
• Good-Enough Data Isn’t Good Enough Anymore
• Latest Crop Progress Report Indicates Climbing Winter Wheat Conditions as Fall Planting Wraps Up
• USDA Issues: Wheat Outlook Report
• Peanut Harvest Wraps Up, ‘Phenomenal’ Yields for Some Growers
• Cotton Spin: Outlook a Tug of War Between Production and Demand
• Market Rally: Running With the Herd on Risk Management
• Texas AgriLife Research Gets Jump-Start on Improved Crop Breeding

11.20.2017

• Cleveland on Cotton: A Battle of Supply vs Supply
• USDA: Peanut Price Highlights
• What is Brazil’s 2017-2018 Crop Going to Look Like?
• With Surprising Corn Yields, Does Weather Matter Anymore?
• U.S. Ag Exports Remain Strong, But Global Share Declines as Destinations Have Changed (NAFTA, China)
• U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Hightest Level on Record
• Reactions to Passage of House Tax Bill
• Nation’s 14th Largest Cow-calf Ranch Ceases Operations, Focuses on Citrus
• No Sign Yet of Agreement on Moving Senate PRIA Bill
• Wheat Outlook: Global Exports Raised on Expanded Russian, U.S. Sales
• Keystone Pipeline Shut Down Because of Major Leak
• For First Time, Biodiesel Leadership Weighs In with Trump on RFS
• EPA, Army Corps of Engineers Propose Delay of WOTUS
• New Farmers Website
• A NAFTA Collapse Could Push Mexico Over the Edge
• Study Shows 20% Of Jobs Linked To Food, Agriculture Industries