Ag News

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

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