Ag News

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• Monsanto Study Finds 61% Of Wheat Growers Using Outdated Planting Technique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

08.09.2017

• USDA Replaces The Phrase "Climate Change" With "Weather Extremes"
• House Ag Committee Chair Expects Farm Bill By End Of The Year
• Risk Management Tools a Top Priority for Farmers
• Proper Hedging Needed in Risky Market Environment
• Is the Trade Looking for Too Much of a Yield Reduction?
• Brazil Mulls Tariffs on U.S. Ethanol Imports
• Is it Climate Change or Weather Extremes
• Global Grain Fundamentals Begin to Improve
• USDA Has Opportunity to Help Craft Farmworker Bill
• What’s the Current Outlook for the 2017 SW Cotton Crop
• DTN Cotton Close: Settles on 8 Week High
• Welch on Wheat: Weak Week for Exports
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices

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