Ag News

08.17.2017

• Budget Limitations Biggest Obstacle for Timely Farm Bill
• Researcher Reports 3.1 Million Acres of Dicamba…
• Lighthizer Opens NAFTA Negotiations With Agressive Rhetoric
• Marketeye: Apathy Drives Markets Lower
• Texas Crop Year Slowly Heads to Season’s End
• Oklahoma Soybeans: Septoria Brown Spot Present; Is It Worth Treating?
• Top Ag Organizations of US Canada and Mexico Pen Joint Letter to Governments Supporting NAFTA
• USDA: Midsize Farm Growth Rates Steady Over Past Decade
• In The Cattle Markets: Crop Report Helps Out Livestock
• Pruitt Urges Ranchers to Submit WOTUS Comments

08.16.2017

• Cottonseed Proposal, FY18: Details You Need to Know About Generic Base
• Agri-Pulse Farm Bill Video Highlights Crop Insurance Importance
• Trade Discussions Framed Differently Under Trump Administration
• NAFTA Negotiations Set to Begin: Background– Pork, Corn Issues Noted
• NAFTA Negotiators Aim for ‘Ambitious’ 1st Round of Talks -US Official
• Canada Outlines Objectives for NAFTA Negotiations
• Soybeans Close 14¢ Lower Tuesday
• Family Farm Action Formed to Take on "Corporate Ag"
• Coaliton Wants Continued Investment in Young Farmers in Farm Bill
• The USDA Report and a Good Hedge Process
• Farmland Values, 2017: Details for Using USDA Indexing Tools
• Wheat Outlook: U.S. Production Trimmed 20.5 Mln Bushels; Exports Unchanged
• DTN Cotton Close: Futures Fall Further
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices

08.15.2017

• Crop Progress Report: PDF
• Crop Conditions Better than Expected by Trade, Bad News for Prices in Weekly Crop Progress Report
• USDA Strengthens COOL, LMR Requirements
• Farmers Optimistic About NAFTA Renegotiations
• Lawmakers Hear a Variety of Farm Bill Concerns- Localized Drought an Issue
• NASS Explains August Crop Production Numbers
• What Declining Crop Conditions Could Mean For Corn Markets
• KC Fed: Farm Economy Softens Further, But Stabilizing
• Texas Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids Spreading Through the Panhandle
• Texas: Randall County Ag Day and Crops Tour, Canyon, Aug. 30
• Can Some Nebraska Farmers Kill the Keystone XL Pipeline?
• Agri-Marketers Against Land Investment By Foreigners
• USDA Issues: "U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update" Report PDF
• USDA Issues: "Season-Average-Price Forecasts" Report: PDF

08.14.2017

• Survey Shows How Farmers Rate Trump Administration
• 4-H, Google Announce Program To Bring Computer Science Education To Kids
• USDA Is Short of Leaders
• Peanuts: Argentina’s Horrible Harvest Drags On
• Cleveland on Cotton: Stunned by WASDE Report? It Ain’t Over Yet
• USDA Increases Soybean Crop Estimate, Reduces Corn
• Lawmakers Hear a Variety of Farm Bill Concerns- Localized Drought an Issue
• Agri-Marketers Report Their Primary Source of News
• To Succeed in China- US Beef Industry Must be Patient

08.11.2017

• Latest WASDE Report: PDF
• WASDE Cotton: U.S. Crop Predicted Largest in Over a Decade
• WASDE Wheat: U.S. Supplies, Production Lowered
• USDA: World Wheat Consumption Increases, Spring Wheat In Short Supply
• ELS Cotton Competitiveness Payment Rate Is Zero
• USDA Drops U.S. Corn Yield Slightly, Markets Drop
• Farm Bureau Optimistic Tax Reform is on Deck for Congress
• The Farm Economy Might be Stabilizing
• DTN Livestock Close: Live Cattle Swamped by Triple Digit Losses
• Oklahoma Poised to Make Another Big Crop
• Canada Discourages Eating Beef, Butter
• Survey of Women in Agribusiness Result Released

08.10.2017

• USDA Report Day: Be Ready for Volatility
• Stabenow Questions Perdue on "Climate Change Directive"
• Grassley: Senate to Take Up Tax Reform Before Farm Bill
• Bill Would Update FSA Loan Limits
• Ag Sec. Perdue Comments on Dicamba Issue
• 5 Major Takeaways from the Leaked Climate Change Report
• Peterson Sees SNAP Battle as Top Obstacle for New Farm Bill
• Farm Bureau Poll: Tax Reform Needed For Farmers And America
• Disney Records Show $177 Million Settlement to BPI
• FCC Aucton to Provide $2 bilion for Rural Broadband
• Texas Cotton Harvest Underway, Strong Crop Quality
• DTN Cotton Close: Settles on 8 Week High
• Monsanto Study Finds 61% Of Wheat Growers Using Outdated Planting Technique
• Wisconsin Farmer Wins Stray Voltage Case Against Xcel Energy