Ag News

10.11.2017

• Crop Progress Report 10.10.17
• For FSA Purposes, Cousins Are No Longer Family
• 3 Skills Tomorrow’s Farmer Will Need
• Pruitt Calls for End to Wind Industry Tax Incentives
• NFGA Supports Perdue’s USDA Reorganization
• USDA Starts and Once Again Stops Entry to Long-Term Conservation Reserve
• PRF Program Helps Producers Manage Risk
• Peanut Farmers Enter Unchartered Territory
• What Happens if the U.S. Fails to Strike NAFTA 2.0 Deal?
• Trump Welcomes Trudeau to Washington With Another NAFTA Threat
• Poll Shows Trump’s Popularity is Slipping in Rural America
• Why Good Risk Managers Should Monitor Inflation
• 3 Policy Issues Farmers Should Watch
• Grassley Blasts EPA Proposal to Cut Biodiesel
• Texas: Eminent Domain Wins Over Landowner’s Claim of Due Process Violation
• Perdue: NAFTA and Japan are Top Trade Priorities
• Outlook for 2017 ARC-CO Payments

10.10.2017

• Conaway Discusses Farm Bill Timetable
• Perdue: NAFTA and Japan are Top Trade Priorities
• Senators Push EPA for a Strong 2018 RFS
• Exports of All Feed Grains From U.S. at Record Levels
• Shurley on Cotton: Changes in the Loan Program and Rate for 2017
• 2016 ARC-CO Payments Now Available
• NAFTA: Ag Trade Nominee says He’s Not Going Backwards – DTN
• Napa Fires Continue to Burn
• U.S. Agricultural Exports- Data Update from USDA
• USDA Suspends Acceptance of CRP Offers Made After Sept. 30, 2017
• Trump Administration to Scrap Obama-Era Clean Power Plan
• Farmers Likely to Plant More Corn in 2018
• A Disappointing Year for Wheat Complex, Analyst Says
• Digital Divide Narrowing Between Rural & Urban Areas
• Rural Areas Key to Economic Growth

10.09.2017

• USDA Report Week Begins With Weather Concern
• USDA: Smallest Wheat Harvest Acreage in 127 Years
• Washington Week Ahead: NAFTA Talks Resume with Anti-Dumping Issue Hanging
• Senate Hearings- Trade, and Conservation Reserve Program Examined
• Controversial Trump Pick Sam Clovis Awaits Hearing
• Low Commodity Prices Spur Senate Interest in Idling Cropland
• A Money Shift Into Commodities Ahead?
• Conaway, Delegation to Discuss NAFTA in Canada Ahead of 4th Round
• ADC: Goodlatte H2-C VISA Bill is Best Option Available
• Vilsack Says Marketing Changes Will Not Need Checkoff Increase
• Crop Insurance Benefits Ag, Consumers, and Taxpayers
• Senator Roberts: Tax Reform Critical for Farmers
• Ag Guest Worker Act Details Explained
• Hoffman’s Forecast: Rains Ease Drought Monitor
• Microsoft To Establish Sites In Six States To Make Broadband Available In Rural Communities

10.06.2017

• Farm Policy Critics Seek to Weaken Crop Insurance on Which Farmers Rely On
• Wheat Growers Call for New Trade Agreements
• Senators Urge Strong RFS in Letter to Pruitt
• South Korea Will Amend Trade Deal with U.S.
• Stabenow Wants Nominees to Uphold Water Quality
• New bill Invest in health of Farmers, Communities
• Senate Hearings- Trade, and Conservation Reserve Program Examined
• $8 Billion Of ARC, PLC Money To Serve As Safety Net Payments
• 60% of Sorghum Crop is Mature with Harvest Underway
• U.S. Treasury Withdrawing Proposed Estate Tax Regulations
• USDA Nominees Promise to Protect Farmers Consumers
• Texas Wheat: Seeding Rate May Be One Way to Cut Costs
• West Texas Cotton: What Is Causing Late Season Defoliation?
• Soybeans Close 10¢ Higher Thursday

10.05.2017

• Farm Policy Facts-Our View: Will Anything Ever Satisfy Farm Critics? No
• Groups Opposed to Farm Bill Meet to Discuss Strategy
• US Agriculture Often Bears the Cost of Trade Disputes
• The Great Wheat Drought That Spooked Traders Seems Overblown
• Who to Watch in 2018 Farm Bill Debate
• USDA Safety Net, Conservation Payments Total $9.6 Billion
• Outlook: Long-Term Price Cycle Shows Continued Pain
• Can You Manage Ag’s Price Cycle?
• Roberts to Perdue: Help is on the Way
• EPA to Weigh Ethanol Rule Change
• Ag Data: Who is Driving the Bus?
• Tax Reform Framework Leaves Questions for Ag
• Perdue: Japan is No. 1 Target for New FTA

10.04.2017

• USDA Issues Farm Safety Net And Conservation Payments
• Ag Panel Clears Two USDA Nominees for Senate Vote
• Quiet Markets Wait for News of Combines
• Farmers’ Feelings on Ag Economy Remain Unchanged
• Forget the Fundamentals, Use the Charts
• Hurricanes, Cyberattacks Mandate Hardening the Electric Grid
• Oklahoma Native Leslie McCuiston Named 2017 Pig Farmer of the Year by the National Pork Board
• New Push to Replace Broken H-2A Farm Labor Program