Ag News

08.08.2017

• Crop Progress Report
• All Eyes Look to Thursday and USDA Crop Production Numbers
• Highlights From Last Week’s Farm Bill Listening Session
• USDA Sees U.S. Corn Condition Getting Worse
• Ag’s Down Cycle May Offer Slow, Steady Succession Route
• Recent USDA Updates Provide Snapshot of Farm Economy Variables
• Trump Might Start Trade War With Brazil Over Imports of Ethanol
• Soybeans: Syngenta and Dow Enter Licensing Agreement for Enlist Technology
• Monsanto and Valent Expand Partnership in Roundup Ready PLUS, 2018
• Strong Six-Months for U.S. Red Meat Exports

08.07.2017

• Farm Bill Needs Are Many: a short-term version of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
• Highlights From Last Week’s Farm Bill Listening Session
• Farm Futures Releases Its Crop Forecast Survey Results
• Peanut Farmers Planting More Acreage in 2017
• Low Crop Prices, Increasing Conservaton Compliance
• Dow, DuPont to Make it Official September 1
• Weed Scientist Disappointed With Industry Dicamba Response
• "The World Isn’t Going to Wait for Us," Panelist Says of U.S. Trade
• Burn More Corn to Avoid Overproduction, Ethanol Leaders Say
• Farm Bill Issues- House Ag Committee “Listening Sessions” Continue, Sec. Perdue Visits Midwest
• USDA’s Sonny Perdue On A Roll In Iowa
• Trump Nominee for USDA Post Draws Criticism, Support
• Sec. Perdue: Trump Looks to Coordinate Permitting Proces, Co-Locate Agencies
• Pre-NAFTA Renegotiation Discussions Intensify
• Texas Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids Unaffected by High Plains Rains, Continue Spread
• Sugarcane Aphid Infestation County Map
• August 5: Grain Markets ‘Virtually Collapse’ This Week

08.04.2017

• Wheat Prices Attempting to Create a Bottom, But Optimism Wanes for Potential Price Improvement
• Congressmen Hearing Wide Range of Concerns as Crafting of Next Farm Bill Begins
• Producers Press for Safety Net Assurance in Next Farm Bill
• Passing Farm Bill Could Be First Big Win For Divided Congress
• U.S. Expected To Pass EU As China’s Largest Trading Partner
• Mexico Announces NAFTA Renegotiation Goals
• Trump Trade Goals Include Anti-Dumping Tool for Perishable and Seasonal Products
• What You Need to Know about Trump’s Immigration Bill
• New USDA Survey: Land Values Continue to Defy Gravity
• Land Market Stability Questioned In New Land Values Report
• August 3 Farm Futrues Surveys Finds Smaller Crop Harvests
• U.S. to Reject Biofuel Program Tweaks in Blow to Refiners, Icahn-Sources
• Crops Close Lower Thursday
• Nebraska Leads Research Group in Heat-Tolerant Crops

08.03.2017

• Monsanto’s Robb Fraley Asks Farmers to Call ASAP If They Are Dealing with Herbicide Drift Issues
• Drifting Crop Chemical Deals ‘Double Whammy’ to U.S. Farmers
• Texas Field Reports: Beef Prices Decline as Supplies Increase
• Texas Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids Spread in Panhandle
• Texas Plains: Crop Conditions Highly Variable with Lots of Pests to Choose From
• Head of EPA Promises Agency Will Return to Basics
• Wheat Market Getting “Corrective Pullback,” Room to Move to $8.42
• Two Appointed to Lead USDA Food Safety Efforts
• U.S. Ethanol Makers Steer Away From Fuel, Reach for Booze
• Predicting Multi-Year Droughts, Wildfire
• Farm Bill Issues- House Ag Committee Holds “Conversations in the Field”

08.02.2017

• Texas Ag Interests Express Concerns for Livelihood
• Cattle Ranchers Threatened by Gray Wolf Population Taken Aback by Court’s "Endangered" Ruling
• Planted Acres VS. Bases Acres and the Coming Farm Bill
• Perdue: Mexico Won’t Drop U.S. as Food Supplier
• Ag Sec’y Perdue To Embark On "Back To Our Roots" RV Tour
• U.S. Cotton Policy: How We Got Here. And, What’s Next?
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Purdue/CME Group Producer Sentiment Increases in July 2017
• More Farm Bill Hearings Scheduled by House Ag Committee
• U.S. Appeal Court Supports EPA Chlopyrifos Use
• Meet Vance Crowe: The Man Building a Network to Rally Against the Pseudoscience Attacking GMOs
• Rain Is More Important Than Crop Ratings, Analyst Says
• EPA Hears Calls for RVO Adjustments
• USGC: Tweaking NAFTA Risky for Grains
• Ag Barometer Hits Second-Highest Level Ever
• What to Watch as Mergers Near the Finish Line
• Weekly Outlook: Old Crop Soybean Consumption and Weather

08.01.2017

• Crop Progress Report
• U.S. Farmers Favor Little Change in Farm Programs
• Soybeans, Wheat Close Off 6¢ Monday
• Hand-Wringing and Hand-Holding Ahead of NAFTA Talks
• What Can Get Done in Congress This Year? Farm Bill "Possible"
• Planted Acres Versus Base Acres and the Coming Farm Bill Debate
• Farmland Income Return Shows Modest Gains
• Current Farm VISA Program ‘Unworkable’
• House Ag Committee Hears Cotton Woes in Texas Field Hearing
• Japanese Beef Tariff Hike Threatens Trade Relations
• USDA: Most GE Corn And Cotton Seeds Now Have Both Herbicide Tolerance And Insect Resistance
• Ag Sec’y Perdue: Mexico "Not Serious" About Other Grain Sources
• Oklahoma Farm Report: Cotton Setting Bolls and Corn Doughing Throughout Region in this Week’s Crop Progress Report