Ag News

08.29.2017

• Crop Progress Report 08.28.17
• Crop Insurers Respond To Government Calls For Added Budget Cuts
• Lawmakers Offer Perspective on the Farm Bill
• Hurricane Harvey Wreaks Havoc on Texas Cattle as Ranchers Hope Flood Waters Recede
• Weekly Outlook: Cattle on Feed Inventory Remains Above a Year Ago
• Harvey Causes Extensive Flooding, May Ruin Coastal Bend Cotton Harvest – DTN
• 5 Ways to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims
• NAFTA Changes U.S., Canada Leaders Say Could Help Beef Trade
• Advice for Farmers Considering Non-GMO’s
• Hurricane Harvey’s Potential Impact on Grain Exports
• Odd Trend in Wheat Country: Not Much Wheat
• Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids, Headworms and Midge

08.28.2017

• Texas Farmers Assess Harvey Damage to Grain Bins, Cotton Crops
• Texas Ranchers Battle Hurricane Harvey to Protect Cattle
• Why Does Houston Flood So Frequently: Amarillo Globe-News
• Hurricane Harvey Shuts Down Gulf Oil Refineries, Gas Fuels Will Rise
• Farm Safety-Net Payments Through the First Three Years of the 2014 Farm Bill, CRS Report
• Farm Bill Offers Certainty, Opportunities U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Recently Addressed Concerns Over the Farm Bill
• Interpreting USDA’s Net Farm Income Forecast
• Trump Tweets Show Frustration Over ‘Worst’ NAFTA Deal, Border Wall Funding
• U.S., Korea Remain at Odds on Updating Free Trade Agreement
• Based on Midwest Crop Tour- Farm Journal Sees Smaller US Corn and Soybean Harvest Compared to USDA August Numbers

08.25.2017

• Texas Farmers Race To Mitigate the Impact of Hurricane Harvey
• Life-Threatening Rainfall Expected in Texas, Hurricane Center Says
• Tropical Storm Harvey to Impact Texas Agriculture
• Link for National Hurricane Center
• Purdue Study Reports What Farmers Believe Are Keys To Their Success
• Russia Selling Venezuela Higher Protein Wheat for Less Than the US and Canada Can Offer
• Agri-Pulse Farm Bill Series: Part 1: Risky Business
• Cut Rate of Return to Save On Crop Insurance, GAO Recommends
• Weekly Export Report
• U.S. Crop Tour Fails to Boost Markets After Bearish USDA Report
• NAFTA Renegotiation: Round One Complete, President Trump Reiterates Threat to Pull Out of the Agreement
• Brazil to Impose Import Tariff on U.S. Ethanol

08.24.2017

• More Heartburn on NAFTA
• Trump Threatens NAFTA Withdrawal
• Schumer, Schatz Call for Withdrawal of Clovis Nomination
• Sen. Roberts, McCaskill Bring Agro-Terrorism Concerns to Light
• Farm Futures Annual Storage Study: Timing is Almost Everything
• U.S. Soyoil, Fuel Credits Jump on Duties for Argentina Biodiesel Imports
• Amazon’s Whole Foods Deal Wins Swift U.S. Antitrust Approval
• USDA Issues: Cotton and Wool Outlook Report

08.23.2017

• Gain from Crop Diversity
• Technology Keeps Inflation in Check
• Can Plants Deliver Their Own Pest Controls?
• Texas Field Reports: Forage Production Good Despite Wet Weather, Pests, Weeds
• Farm Bill History: Why the 1996 Bill Didn’t Work and 2002 Was a Throwback – Commentary
• Tax Reform: The Good, The Bad, and Will It Happen? – DTN
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• DTN Cotton Close: Finishes on 11 Day High
• NAWG: NAFTA Can be Improved to Benefit Growers
• USDA Issues ‘Wheat Outlook’ Report

08.22.2017

• Texas Producer Protection Act: 2 New Rules to Know Before Sept. 1
• Cotton Growth Stages: Cutout – Everything You Should Know
• DTN Cotton Close: Settles at 7-Day High
• Crop Progress Report: August 21, 2017 PDF
• Trade Gets Look at Crop Data
• Sen. Cruz Discusses Support for Agriculture: Visits Sage Oil Vac in Amarillo and Farmers Cooperative Compress in Lubbock
• No Harm Reported Done in NAFTA 2.0 Round 1
• Washington Trade Lawyer Attacks Heritage Trade Proposal
• USDA’s Crop Progress Ratings Lack Dazzle
• Hope for More Abundant Wheat Crops
• Rural America “Stranded in the Dial-Up Age,” Rural Broadband Issues
• Rural Broadband Issues- Farms Connecting to the Internet