Ag News

09.22.2017

• Where Does it Cost the Most and Least to Rent Pasture?
• Which 10 States Have the Highest Cash Rent?
• New Version of WOTUS to Be Proposed In 2018
• Damage From Dicamba Spurs Confusion, Questions
• China to Import More Corn to Meet Ethanol Fuel Use – Analyst
• Farm Markets End Slightly Higher Thursday
• First Group of Chinese Beef Buyers Visits Nebraska
• Taiwan Signs $576M Wheat Deal With U.S.
• Senators Help Promote U.S. Agriculture
• FAO Report: Global Hunger is on the Rise Again
• Rural Mainstreet Index Slips to Lowest Level Since 2016
• USDA: Organic sales up 23% in 2016
• House Ag Committee Staffers Travelling with Conaway, Perdue in Texas Injured in Traffic Accident

09.21.2017

• Wheat Planting Underway- Mike Schulte Expects Fewer Total Wheat Acres This Fall
• USDA Nominees Give Top Priority to Larger U.S. Farm Exports
• More on the Censky, McKinney Senate Hearings
• Corn, Soy, Wheat Groups Applaud Bill to Boost Funding for Ag Export Programs
• 8 Tips for Making Cover Crops Pay Off
• U.S. Regulator Aiming to Allow Dicamba Use With Safeguards
• 8 Points to Know About the Bayer-Monsanto Merger
• Big Increase in Certified Organic Sales from 2015 to 2016
• Bipartisan Push to Boost Ag Exports
• Washed-Out Florida Farms Show Limits of Crop Insurance Reach
• Tax Reform: Section 1031 Exchanges and the Estate Tax Implications
• Bayer Now Expects Monsanto Deal to Close in Early 2018

09.20.2017

• Misleading Crop Insurance Attacks Hurt America’s Farmers
• Bayer-Monsanto Acquisition Closing Date Likely in Early 2018
• Weed Control ‘Savings’ Means Less Money in the Bank This Year
• Texas Field Reports: Sugarcane Aphids Not a Major Problem for Prepared Sorghum Producers
• Texas Cattleman Vows to Rebuild After Hurricane Harvey Claims Calf Herd
• In Wake of New Monsanto Seed, Illinois Sees More Crop Damage From Dicamba
• Senate Ag Chairman’s Opening Comments On Censky, McKinney Nominations
• Grain Markets Waiting for Pickup In Demand
• USDA Issues: "Wheat Outlook" Report PDF
• Read the Story From The Combines Not USDA, Pro Farmer
• Congress debates Future of Coal, Carbon Capture, Climate Change
• Ag Trade: USDA Export Data and Stakeholder Issues
• Welch on Wheat: Strong Exports Continue, Gulf Shipments Resume
• Weather: Changes in Daily Rain Patterns are Significant, says Study
• Lighthizer: China Disrupting Normal Global Trade
• Profit Tracker: Packer, Feeder Margins Decline

09.19.2017

• Crop Progress Report 09.18.17
• U.S. Trade Envoy Says NAFTA Talks Moving Quickly
• Analysts React to WASDE Report
• Ag Trade: USDA Export Data and Stakeholder Issues
• Grassley: Stepped Up Basis Could be Capped at $10.8 Million
• Trump’s Top Trade Negotiator Says China Unprecedented Threat
• Spurred by Conflict, World Hunger on the Rise Again
• Dicamba Faces State Restrictions Based on Weed Science Data – DTN
• DTN Cotton Close: Finishes Above Prior 3 Session Highs
• Texas Plains: Ideal Weather for Cotton Development, Sugarcane Aphids Still in Late Sorghum
• Farm Aid Highlights How Family Farmers Grow Opportunities
• 5 Ways To De-Risk Your Farm Operation

09.18.2017

• National Farm Safety and Health Week Sept. 17–23, 2017
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate Prepares to Move USDA Nominees
• The New Myth of Herbicide Rotation
• Global Farmers Consider Oilseed Alternatives to Soybeans
• Survey: Cover Crop Acres on the Rise
• Survey: Cover Crops Boost Yield and Weed Control
• La Nina Winter? Models Show 60 Percent Chance
• FJCTV: How Replant Decisions Impacting Yield Expectations
• Oklahoma Wheat: Germination and Emergence in Hot Soils
• Rose on Cotton: The September WASDE Report was ‘Unbelievable’
• Farm Aid Highlights How Family Farmers Grow Opportunities
• Trends in Income By Farm Type 2012-2016
• ODAFF’s Made in Oklahoma Program Gets New 3,600 Sq. Ft. Store Front Location at OK State Fair

09.15.2017

• Kim Anderson Says Two Years to Clear Wheat Stocks But Only One Year to Clear Feed Grain Stocks
• ASA Considers EU Court Ruling on Member State GMO Bans a Victory
• Senate Ag Committee Farm Bill Hearing: SNAP Quality Control Issues
• USDA: Higher Ag Exports, Higher Trade Surplus In 2018
• Sound and Fury of Hurricanes to Echo in Congress
• Texas Sunflower Harvest Nearly Half Complete
• Battle Lines Over Dicamba Use in 2018 Drawn in Arkansas