Ag News

09.12.2017

• 5 Predictions for the Sept. 12 USDA Reports
• Crop Progress Report 09.11.17
• Tax Reform, Immigration, Trade Key Issues for Agriculture
• Perdue Calls for Change in Way Forest Service is Funded
• USDA Issues Farmland Values, Rents Report
• Farm Labor Group Likes Goodlatte Proposal With Possible Change
• Cheaper U.S. Dollar Could Be Recipe to Turn Ag Economy Around
• AFMRA: Outlook for the 2018 Farm Bill
• Market Analysts: Ag, Cattle Prospects Looking Up
• Texas Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids in the High Plains
• Southwest Wheat Producers Face Planting Dilemma With Low Prices
• Oklahoma Wheat: Be Ready to Scout for Fall Armyworm!

09.11.2017

• AFMRA: Outlook for the 2018 Farm Bill
• How ‘Antis’ Want to Fix the Farm Bill
• Washington Week Ahead: House Debates FY18 Spending Bills
• These Farm Management Practices Could Pay $110 Per Acre
• EARLY EXCLUSIVE: Farmer Mac Upgrades Farm Economy Grade to B-
• Hurricane Irma Could Devastate Florida Agriculture
• Farm Labor Group Likes Goodlatte Proposal With Possible Change
• FAPRI Baseline Update: A More Nuanced Outlook for Agricultural Markets
• USDA Issues Farmland Values, Rents Report
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Announces Additional USDA Agency Reorganization Plans
• Texas Row Crops: Risk of Elevated Aflatoxin in Cottonseed

09.08.2017

• Outlook of Farm Economy Declines But Higher Than 2016
• Farmer Optimism Fading; Large Operations Feel Financial Pinch – DTN
• Long Term Relationship Between Yield and Acres of U.S. Field Crops
• Perdue Announces USDA Realignment
• President Announces Plan to Trim Size of EPA
• NASS: Send in Your Surveys
• USDA Charts Decline of Population in Rural Areas
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- August ’17
• Breaking: Monsanto Petitions to End Arkansas Ban on Dicamba
• Biofuels Industry Calls for US Action on Brazilian Tariff
• Texas Landowners; Leasing Property to Hunters? A State Lease License is Required
• CME Live Cattle Futures Gain on Firmer Beef Prices
• Cattlemen Launch Month Long Media Campaign for Tax Reform
• Hurricane Irma To Lash Florida, Georgia To The Carolinas

09.07.2017

• NAFTA Renegotiation: Round Two Complete; While Concerns Surface on Korean Trade Pact
• Lighthizer Claims "Progress: in NAFTA Talks
• Wheat Groups Urge Administration Not to Withdraw from KORUS
• USDA: Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
• Cost of Debt Mounts
• Ag Community Has Waited Too Long for a Workable Guestworker Program: Editorial by Rep. Bob Goodlatte
• EPA Considering Ban on Dicamba Spraying in 2018
• From Sugar Mills to Hog Farms, U.S. Agriculture Braces for Irma
• 14,000 DACA Individuals Work in Farming, Fishing and Forestry
• Will You Be Able to Deduct Retirement Plan Contributions?
• Texas Cotton: More Mature Cover Crops Help Maintain Residue Longer
• Texas Sorghum: Scouting for Sorghum Midge, Panicle Pests – Videos

09.06.2017

• Ag Economy: Producer Sentiment Drifts Lower as Commodity Prices Weaken
• Texas Cotton: Bitter Loss, Insurance Irony
• Concerns Over Oklahoma Budget
• Oklahoma Winter Wheat: Planting Date and Seeding Rate Considerations
• Crop Progress Report
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Maturity Delayed, Conditions for Corn, Soybeans, Cotton Improve
• Crop Insurance Makes Wheat Farming Possible
• Farm Bill Helps Small Businesses Reach Global Markets
• Farm Bill’s Research Investment Helps Farmers Succeed
• Farm Policy Facts’ View: Heritage Foundation On an Island When it Comes to Opposing Farm Policy
• Wheat Groups Urge Administration Not to Withdraw from KORUS
• Delays to U.S. Wheat Exports Set to Persist in Harvey-Hit Texas
• Hurricane Harvey: Recovery for Refiners and Boost for Renewables
• Farmers Prepare for Hurricane Irma

09.05.2017

• Northey (Iowa), Ibach (Nebraska) nominated to top USDA posts
• American Soybean Association Tells Trump Administration Not to Mess with KORUS
• Op-Ed: Agriculture Could Be Key To Easing U.S.-North Korea Tensions
• NCGA Leaders Cite Concerns But Ask Farmers to Complete NASS Surveys
• Texas Cattle Rescuing Cowboys Tell Their Story
• Texas Dept Of Ag Establishes Relief Fund, Donate Here
• Cattle Raisers Establish Fund to Help Ranchers in the Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey
• 4 Factors Illustrating Today’s Farm Outlook
• Washington Week Ahead: Congress Back With Harvey Relief Topping Agenda
• Texas Cotton: More Mature Cover Crops Help Maintain Residue Longer
• Texas Cotton: New Technologies Offer Opportunities, but Require Management
• Cleveland On Cotton: 75 Cents Is Now Doable
• Welch on Wheat: Export Pace Remains Strong
• Welch on Grain: Corn Exports Surpass USDA Projections; Sorghum Still Lagging
• USDA Lending Rates Unchanged from August