Ag News

10.27.2017

• Bill Includes Fix for Farmer Bankruptcy Reform
• House Ag Committee Passes Guestworker Program
• Comments Being Accepted on Deregulation of GMO Cotton
• U.S. Farmers Tightent Belts to Compete With Cheap LatAm Grain
• Pesticide Applicators Report Drift Issues With Dicamba
• Perdue Talks Mother Nature, Farm bill at FFA Convention
• Liability Insurance and Dicamba Damage
• Groups Seek Block Oklahoma Beef Checkoff Referendum
• Cotton Farmers Go ‘Grown in USA’
• Ibach Clears Senate, Northey on Hold
• USDA Issues: ‘Wheat Outlook Report’
• USDA Issues: ‘Cotton and Wool Outlook Report’
• Harvest Price Option: Historical Assessment

10.26.2017

• Immigration: Goodlatte’s AG Act Advances from Judiciary Committee
• Fix ARC Problems by Using Crop Insurance Data, Say Farm Belt Senators
• Tax Reform Proposals a Mixed Bag for Farmers
• House Ag Chairman Says Farm Bill is Still on Target for Completion
• Mexican Official: NAFTA Proposal "Very Dangerous"
• Republican Wrestle With Estate Tax Repeal
• Farm Bill: Wheat Growers Oppose Big Food Aid Changes – DTN
• Major Farm Groups Rally Behind Proposed Crop Insurance Changes

10.25.2017

• Farm Bureau Supports Crop Insurance Fix
• King Corn Reigns in Donald Trump Washington
• National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Outlines Farm Bill Priorities
• Grain Markets Can’t Shake USDA Numbers, Analyst Says
• Farm Loan Foreclosures Expected for Next Five Years, Bankers Say
• Wheat Industry Featured in TV Episode
• House Judiciary Committee Considers Farm Labor Bill
• Nafta or No Nafta, the $12.43-an-Hour Pay Gap Is Irresistible
• Should RFS Supporters Do a Victory Lap or Mark Their Calendars?
• U.S. Cattle on Jumps 5 Percent Higher

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