Ag News

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

07.31.2017

• Washington Week Ahead: Lawmakers Hit the Road to Prepare for Farm Bill
• Appeal Court Rules EPA Can’t Consider Supply When Setting RFS Volumes
• Farmer Have Been Closely Watching Health Care Debate
• Mexico Won’t Drop U.S. as Supplier Because of NAFTA Anxiety – Perdue
• Japan Beef Tariff Hike Threatens Trade Relations -U.S. Ag Secretary
• U.S. Court Decision May Boost Biofuels, Hit Refiners
• Anticipate Potential $11.50 Upside to Soybean Prices If 45 BPA Yields
• Perdue: Current Farm Visa Program "Unworkable"
• The Great Corn Clash Is Coming as U.S., Brazil Farmers Face Off
• Trump May Have to Boost Biofuel as Court Deals Blow to Oil
• The Great Corn Clash Is Coming as U.S., Brazil Farmers Face Off
• NCBA Responds to Japan with ‘Disappointment’
• Assessing the Pulse of the Next Farm Bill Debate
• EPA’s Scott Pruitt Touts Regulatory Certainty as a Key for a New Improved WOTUS Coming From the Trump Administration

07.28.2017

• Trump Ag Nominee Questions Crop Insurance Constitutionality – DTN
• Reaction to Clovis Nomination at USDA Getting Mixed Reaction
• Op-Ed: Are Outside Investors A Blessing Or Curse For Agriculture?
• Trump Administration Begins Formal Process to Repeal WOTUS Definition
• The New NAFTA Inspires Anxiety on Both Sides of the Border
• House Ag Committee Examines NAFTA- Trade Issues
• Japan Considers Tariffs as Frozen Beef Imports Rise
• Actions Have Consequences: TPP Fallout With Japan
• South Africa Raises Forecast for Record 2017 Corn Harvest
• CFTC Nominees Promise to Protect Ag, Futures Markets
• Texas: 4 Upcoming Ag Leasing Workshops
• EPA’s Scott Pruitt Meets With Farmers in Guymon- Looking for Input to Clarify WOTUS
• This Week on SUNUP – Kim Anderson Analyzes How Russia is Impacting the Price of U.S. Wheat
• USDA Extends Crop Insurance For Bee Keepers To More States
• Higher Wages Don’t Always Mean a Higher Standard of Living: Rural Cost-of-Living and Farmworker Wages

07.27.17

• Brazil Announces 30-Day Delay of Ethanol Import Tariff
• Corn Could be Victim of Climate Change
• How To Navigate Farm Change In A Mad World
• Driven by Dollars to Non-GMO Seed
• WOTUS Withdrawal: EPA, Corps Publishing Proposal
• Texas Sorghum: Headworm Control – Consider Sugarcane Aphids
• Electronic Logging on Hold – Bill Gives 2 More Years to Comply – DTN
• Sonny Perdue, FFA Partner to Support Next Generation of Ag Leaders
• Study Shows Soybean Growers Face 120 Regulations
• Japan Likely to Hike Tariffs on Frozen Beef Imports from U.S., Others
• Farm Bill Hearing: Crop Insurance Critical for Survival

07.26.17

• Groups Outline Priorities for Farm Bill 2019
• Perdue Hosts Meeting of Ag Task Force
• 5 Ways to Kill a Farm Credit Crisis
• U.S. Doesn’t Need a Bumper Crop, Analyst Says
• DTN Cotton Open: Ticks Higher As Crop Ratings Decline
• Soybeans Closed 17¢ Lower Tuesday-Improved Crop Weather Pressures Prices
• USDA Issues: "Livestock, Dairy And Poultry Outlook" Report: PDF
• Policy Change on U.S. Beef Exports to China- Early Impacts Explored
• 2017’s Corn Yield Could Be Year for Haves and Have Nots
• E-15 Bogged down by Tag-Along Proposals
• Texas: Rolling Plains Summer Field Day, Chillicothe, Aug. 30
• Monsanto Faces Class Action Suit Over Dicamba

07.25.17

• USDA to Publish New Cattle Report Beginning Today
• U.S. Cattle Inventory at 103 Million Head, Jumps 4% Since 2015
• Policy Change on U.S. Beef Exports to China- Early Impacts Explored
• Crop Progress Report: 7.24.17
• USDA Can’t Stop the Bleeding in its Crop Ratings
• Lawmakers Seen Dabbling With Comprehensive Immigration Reform
• Drought Fuels 11-Year High in U.S. June Fed Cattle Placements
• Iowa State Economist: Trade Is More Important To Agriculture Than New Farm Bill