Ag News

06.05.2018

• Crop Progress, 06.04.2018 [pdf]
• Drought Conditions Elevate Value of No-Till for Texas Grower
• Nearly All Ag Products To Be Hit With Tariffs, Administration Promises To Help Farmers
• Perdue: Trade Uncertainty Underpins Need For Farm Bill
• China to Issue More Cotton Import Quotas Amid U.S. Trade Talks
• Bayer to Drop Monsanto’s Name After June 7 Acquisition
• Biofuel, Farm Groups Petition EPA to Change Rules and Share Refinery Exemption Details
• Can a Monkey Sue Humans? PETA Thinks So
• USDA Surprises Trade With a Lower Corn Crop Rating
• DTN Cotton Close: Settles on Sharp Losses
• Allflex Unveils Cow Monitoring Solution for Beef Farms
• Mexico Retaliates Against U.S. Tariffs, Aims at Trump Country
• GRAINS-Corn recovers from 7-week low, U.S. crop outlook caps gain
• Following Some Positive Trade News, Renewed Trade Concerns Arise for U.S. Farmers
• Ag Groups Send Letter to Trump About Trade Negotiations with China
• A Chinese Trade Win Could Mean A $12 Billion Growth In Ag Exports
• Texas Plains Cotton: Wireworms, Thrips, Drought Stress
• Cotton: Genetic Engineering Turns Herbicide into Nutrient
• Census of Agriculture Deadline Looming
• Animal Ag Alliance Highly Concerned About Activist Organization’s Extreme Activity

06.04.2018

• Farm Policy View: 2018 Farm Bill Proves Sunshine is Still the Best Disinfectant
• Trade Partners Respond Quickly After White House Implements Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
• Nearly All Ag Products To Be Hit With Tariffs, Administration Promises To Help Farmers
• Not Everyone Buys Into Bayer Buying Monsanto
• Major Ag Tech Acquisition to Culminate This Week
• Keep Grain Marketing Cool When Summer Trade Heats Up
• U.S. Wheat Associates Warns New Tariffs Could Jeopardize Bilateral Trade Agenda
• Can Trump Climb China’s Great Trade Wall?
• Mexico Retaliates Against U.S. Tariffs, Aims at Trump Country
• Latest U.S. – China Talks End Without Settlement
• Ag Groups Send Letter to Trump About Trade Negotiations with China
• Macauley Optimistic About NAFTA
• A Good Time to Sell Farmland
• USDA Resumes Continueous CRP Enrollment
• Following Some Positive Trade News, Renewed Trade Concerns Arise for U.S. Farmers
• USDA: $3 Billion In Increased U.S. Ag Exports In Latest Report
• Argentina Makes Largest U.S. Soybean Purchase Since 1997
• White House Is Said to Announce Compromise on Biofuel Changes
• 6 Policy Issues to Watch Now
• Texas LRGV Cotton, Sorghum: Whiteflies and Sugarcane Aphids
• USDA Partners with Texas A&M to Help Veterans Seeking Agriculture Loans and Careers
• Grains Council Criticizes Tariffs on Mexico, Canada, & EU
• USDA Reopens Sign-up Period for Producers Recovering from Cattle Loss
• Rural Mainstreet Index at Highest Point in Five Years

06.01.2018

• Trump Sets Metal Tariffs Trade–Partners Respond Quickly After White House Implements Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
• Trump’s Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Take Effect June 1
• Trade, Trust and Trump
• Can Trump Climb China’s Great Trade Wall?
• Technically Speaking: Blog Monthly Analysis: Grain Markets
• Trade Issues Dominate Ag Forum With Moran, Roberts and Perdue
• Canada to U.S.: Explain That $30 Billion Farm Spending War Chest
• Mexico Retaliates Against U.S. Tariffs, Aims at Trump Country
• U.S. 2018 Ag Exports Seen Dropping 6%, USDA Report Says
• Groups Sue EPA Over "Secret RFS Waivers
  
• U.S. Drought Outlook Monthly – June
• What’s the Best Sideline Ag Money Generator?
• Rural Mainstreet Index At Highest Level In Almost Five Years
• Survey Shows Why Farmers Change Equipment Brands
• Purdue’s Dr. Downey On ‘Precision Selling In Agriculture’
• USDA Reopens Application Period For Producers Recovering From Cattle Loss, Other Disasters
• A Policy of First among Equals – The Case of PLC and "Other Oilseeds"
• Plains Grains Calls Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Fifteen Percent Done as of June One
• Plains Grains Calls Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Fifteen Percent Done as of June One
• Kim Anderson Says First Wheat into the Elevator is About What He Expected in Terms of Quality

05.31.2018

• Ag Markets Trim Losses Wednesdayy
• CoBank: Rising Interest Rates Adds Burden to Ag, Rural Economy
• Ethanol, Ag Groups Sue on RFS Waivers Court Challenge Alleges EPA Failed to Publish RFS Waivers as Final Actions
• Is There a Hay Storage Where You Farm
• Do You Have a Digital Strategy on Your Farm?
• China’s Slow Approvals of Biotech Crops Cost U.S. $7 Billion, Says Industry Group
• China Slams Trumps ‘Flip-Flop’ on Tarrifs
• Producers Getting Whiplash from Trade Back-and-Forth
• Bayer Sells Ag Businesses Ahead of Merger
• Meteorologist: 2018 Weather Pattern To Parallel 2012
• Selling Interest in Selling Farmland is Picking Up
• Texas Field Reports: Some Rains Hit the Plains, but Mostly Dry

05.30.2018

• An Overview of Crop Insurance: Recent Congressional Research Service Report
• 2018 Cotton Contracts Soar To 90 Cents
• Crop Progress Report: 05.29.18
• Groups Sue Over RFS Refinery Waivers
• Justice Department Demands $9 Billion in Competitive Divestiture from Bayer
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Hits Second Highest Level on Record
• US Corn Planting Progress Surpasses Five-Year Average
• Ag-Blockchain Nexus Growing Consumer Groups Point to Blockchain as Tool to Improve Food Traceability
• New Study: ‘Efforts to Limit HPO Would Increase Risks to Farmers’
• Tariff Fears Intensify
• Trump to Impose $50 Billion in Tariffs on Chinese Imports
• DOJ approves Bayer-Monsanto merger–Updated: DOJ requires Bayer AG to divest assets worth $9 billion
• Ag Markets Start Short Trading Week Lower
• NAFTA Talks Continue, Time Running Short
• Vertical Farming Market Forecast To Grow 24% Annually
• Meteorologist: 2018 Weather Pattern To Parallel 2012
• Well Owner Network Program Helps Texans Protect Private Water Wells
• Texas Cotton: Fleahoppers, Stink Bugs, and Bollworms
• Cotton Producers are Being Reminded that Sign-up for the Cotton Ginning Cost Share (CGCS) Program Ends this Thursday, May 31
• Wheat Harvest Underway- Oklahoma Wheat Commission Expects Fast Harvest Because of Huge Number of Abandoned Acres
• US Corn Planting Nears Completion While OK, KS Wheat Crop Condition Declines Ahead of Harvest

05.29.2018

• 3 Big Things Today, May 28
• Tough Road for Farm Bill
• Grassley-Conaway Subsidy Feud Escalates
• Brazil Strike Impact global Commodity Trade
• China Trade Risks Prove Manageable for U.S. Ag Traders
• Trump Administration Seeks to Streamline Farm Labor Program for Ag Employers
• Four Steps to Solve the Mystery of Whether It’s Herbicide Injury or Disease
• Hopes for El Nino by Autumn: No Easing Of Southwest Drought
• Texas Cotton: Fleahoppers, Stink Bugs, and Bollworms
• Texas Sorghum: Stink Bugs and Headworms
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Hits Second Highest Level on Record
• New Hours of Service Bill in U.S. Senate: Transporting Livestock Across America
• U.S. Officials Criticize EU’s Biotech Approval Process At WTO Meeting
• 10 Largest Landowners in the U.S. Named
• Boston Consulting Study Reports Five Trends Reshaping Farming
• USDA, University Study Compares Farmers Using Dealer Financing And Those With Conventional Lender
• Start Up Crop Pro Insurance Cancels Policies, Lacks Reinsurance
• Doud Says USTR Is Searching For More Trade Opportunities Outside of NAFTA
• Implement Dealer Financing and Farm Financial Stress