Ag News

10.24.2017

• Crop Progress Report PDF
• Women in Ag: Texas Info Sheet
• Rollercoaster Season Keeps Cotton Producers in Suspense, Warmer Temps Raise Optimism
• Weekly Grain Movement – How low can wheat go?
• 60,000 Have Been Impacted By Beginning Farmer Programs
• EPA’s ‘Endangerment Finding’ is endangered – EPA has used this finding and the Clean Air Act to implement its war on coal and other fossil fuel
• U.S. Corn Harvest Is Stretched Out Even Further
• 2018 Soybean Projections Maintain Record Acreage
• Corn Belt: “Hoping to Breakeven,” in a “Persistently Weak” Ag Economy
• University of Florida Study Finds consumers See ‘Organics’ and ‘Non-GM’ Food Labels as Synonymous
• 90th National FFA Convention & Expo • Oct. 25 – 28, 2017 • Indianapolis

10.23.2017

• Washington Week Ahead: GOP Looks to Tax Bill, Moving Nominees
• EPA’ Pruitt Clarifies Position on Renewable Fuel Issues
• USDA Nominees Advance, Though Legal Glitch Ensnares Northey
• Rural Mainstreet Index Rises For October’ 10% Of Bankers Expecting Farm Foreclosures
• After Pressure from Senators, Iowa Governor- Trump Administration Signals RFS Support
• Farmland Market Stabilizes
• In Glyphosate Review, WHO Cancer Agency Edited Out ‘Non-Carcinogenic’ Findings
• EPA Abandons Changes to U.S. Biofuel Program After Lawmaker Pressure
• RFA Head Hopes Pruitt ‘Learned a Lesson’ on RFS
• Farm Bill Listening Tour
• Members Shape Farm Bureau’s Policy Priorities
• ‘Takeaways” 2017 Fall Wheat Industry Conference
• Wheat Growers Dispute Sen. Corkers’s Stance on Food Aid
• Insurance Companies Weigh in on Dicamba Damage
• ‘Engage Legislators,’ Challenges AFB President Duvall
• Cattle on Feed a Bearish Surprise with Placements Five Percent Above Trade Expectations

10.20.2017

• Senate Ag Panel Approves USDA Nominees Ibach, Northey
• EPA Chief Pruitt Will Keep RFS At Current Level
• ‘Engage Legistlators,’ Challenges AFB President Duvall
• Big Cuts Coming In Farm Safety Net?
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- October ’17
• U.S. Farm Sector Financial Performance
• Is Net Farm Income Really Improving?
• Longest Harvest Window Closing This Weekend
• Farm Loan Foreclosures Expected for Next Five Years, Bankers Say
• Grassley Angry With USDA Over GIPSA Rule
• Senators Slam US Food Aid Rules
• Texas Field Reports: Conditions Cause Concern for High Plains Corn Producers
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Wheat Outlook: U.S. Production Marginally Higher; Usage Lowered 30 Mln Bushels
• Wheat Growers Dispute Sen. Corkers’s Stance on Food Aid
• Kim Anderson Reports OK’s Cotton Harvest Ahead of Schedule, Prices Remaining Steady on SUNUP

10.19.2017

• Roberts Praises Dismantling of ‘GIPSA’ Rules
• Senate Ag Committee To Vote On Northey, Ibach USDA Nominations
• U.S. Farm Sector Financial Performance
• New USDA Net Farm Income Figures Not Exactly What They Seem
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- October ’17
• What Will Corn Prices Look Like in 2018-21
• Trump Tells EPA to Halt Ethanol Quota Changes Amid Iowa Uproar
• Trump ‘Committed’ to U.S. Renewable Fuels – Iowa Governor
• Farm Markets Close in the Red Wednesday
• Despite Progress, Ag Productivity Growth Still Lages Behind Global Needs

10.18.2017

• Farm Family Culture: The Ties That Bind
• Weekly Outlook: Moving Forward after October Crop Reports
• 33 Senators Ask Trump Administration to Increase U.S. Biodiesel Volumes
• Grassley Threatens Trump EPA Nominees Over Biofuels Mandate
• Another Round of NAFTA Talks Closes With Little Sign of Agreement
• Trump Administration Withdraws GIPSA Rule
• USDA’s Rollback Of GIPSA Rule To Impact Farmers, Ranchers
• NAFTA Renegotiation Talks Extended
• Wiesemeyer: Trump Will Tell EPA to Back Off RFS
• Rural Broadband: The Need for Speed
• Senate GOP to Back Trump on Border Wall, Risking Shutdown Fight

10.17.2017

• A MUST READ: 35 Years Later, President Reagan’s Message to Farm Country Still Rings True
• USDA Deputy Secretary’s Message to Agriculture: “Keep the Faith”
• Environmental Protection Administrator Scott Pruitt Issues Directive to End EPA “Sue & Settle”
• Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Fourth Round of NAFTA Negotiations Near End
• AFBF’s Duvall Remains Concerned About NAFTA, Trade
• 5 Secretaries of Ag Discuss Food Insecurities in the U.S.
• Four GOP Governors Plead With Trump in RFS Letter
• Economist Issues On-Farm Capital Expenditure Report
• Supreme Court Agrees To Hear WOTUS Argument
• Growing Cattle Inventories Means More Stocker Opportunities
• Website Launched to Help Young Farmers Access Land and Capital