Ag News

08.27.2018

• U.S., Mexico Said Poised to Reach Nafta Deal Soon as Monday
• Trade Aid for Farmers Announcement Delayed Until Today, Other Comments by Ag Sec’y Perdue
• Trump Administration Details One-Time Aid Programs to Help Farmers Facing Tariff Pains
• Russia to Offer Sale of 2.5 Million Acres to Raise Soybeans for China
• U.S., China Trade Conflict Could Escalate as Talks Floundered; While USDA Sets to Release Trade Aid Details
• Futures Drop as Harvest Looms
• Cattle on Feed Report Summary
• Bumper Crops and Ecopolitical Events Pressure Markets
• Bayer CEO Defends Glyphosate in Wake of Trial Verdict
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Week Ending Aug. 24, 2018
• Texas: Free Farm Bill Workshop, Lubbock, Aug. 28-29
• Texas A&M 2018 Wheat Picks List Released
• Operating Profit Margin Benchmarks: This article examines trends in the operating profit margin for a sample of farms over a ten-year period and develops financial performance benchmarks. Specifically, using KFMA whole-farm data for farms with continuous data from 2008 to 2017, the operating profit…Read this Article

08.24.2018

• U.S. Agriculture Secretary: Farm Aid Details May Be Disclosed Monday
• Farmers for Free Trade News Release: 10 Questions from Farmers onUSDA Aid Package
• USDA Payments Expected After Labor Day
• Senate and House Ag Leaders: Farm Bill Meeting Sept. 5
• Illegal Immigrant Farmworker Brings Political Heat on Farm Guest-Worker Legislation
• Three More States (Including Texas) Enter Fray in Attempting to Halt Water Rule
• European Drought Impacting Production, Potential Opportunities for U.S. Farmers
• U.S.–China Impose More Tariffs on Each Other’s Goods
• U.S.-China Trade Talks End with No Breakthrough as Tariffs Kick In
• Joint Letter Sent to President Trump on Lab-grown Meat Regulations
• NAMI, Memphis Meats Offer Regulatory Suggestions for Cell-Based Meat
• Kim Anderson Says Falling Wheat Prices Have a Good Chance to Recover if Foreign Crop Yields Fail

08.23.2018

• Texas: Free Farm Bill Workshop, Lubbock, Aug. 28-29
• Independent Seed Companies Weigh in on Dicamba Controversy
• European Drought Impacting Production, Potential Opportunities for U.S. Farmers
• Wall Street Marks Longest Bull Run
• Could Monsanto’s $289 Million Loss Hurt Agriculture?
• Soybean Prices Close 15¢ Lower Wednesday
• USDA Prepares to Unveil Massive Trade Aid Package on Friday
• Another Round of China, U.S. Trade Talks to Start
• Iowa Farmer Threatened in Tibbetts Case
• Cattle Lose $30, Hogs Lose $40 Per Head
• U.S., China Impose New Tariffs on Each Other as Talks Resume
• How Will $12 Billion Trade Aid Package be Distributed?
• USDA Issues: "Wheat Outlook" Report
• Mexico, U.S. NAFTA Agreement Expected To Be Announced

08.22.2018

• Legal Battle on 2015 WOTUS Rule Rages on in Multiple Federal Courts
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• USDA Prepares to Unveil Massive Trade Aid Package
• What to Watch in U.S., China Talks
• Marketing Soybeans Is A Tough Decision Getting Tougher, Economist Says
• Deadline Extended for ‘Product of U.S.A.’ Comments
• Hours of Service Changes Considered by Department of Transportation
• Third U.S. Soybean Vessel Left in Limbo Off China Unloads Cargo
• California Supreme Court Declines to Hear Glyphosate Appeal
• Texas Field Reports: Rain Helps Some Areas, Others Not Enough to Matter
• USDA Issues: "Cotton and Wool Outlook" Report
• Commodity Prices Have Landowners Searching for Additional Income

08.21.2018

• USDA Releases Its Annual Farmland Value Study, Remain Stable
• Study: China Tariffs Will Cost U.S. Up to $2.4 Billion Annually
• Farmers Tested by Tariffs as the U.S. and China Prepare For Trade Talks
• Ag Continues to Swing at WOTUS Zombie Legal Battle Now Shifts to Texas Court for National Injunction
• Crop Progress, 08.20.2018 [pdf]
• Soybeans Find Support, Wheat Falls Monday
• Trump and Media — No Winner
• Cattle Producers Watching Trade Negotiations
• DC Signal to Noise: China is Back in Play
• Rural Mainstreet Index Rises
• Cotton Market Down, But Not Out
• Unseasonable Weather Making It Difficult to Tell, But Forage Production Likely Lower in Okla this Fall

08.20.2018

• Tough Negotiations Ahead for 2019 Cash Rents
• 7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed This Week – Aug. 17, 2018
• Big Crops and Tariff Troubles
• WOTUS Woes Hit Farmers in 26 States
• Judge Orders Trump to Reinstate Waters of the US Rule
• Pressure Mounts on Trump to Deliver for Iowa Ahead of Elections
• Scientist Crack Wheat Genome Code
• Expert Witness Expects Monsanto Case to Have Limited Herbicide Industry Impact
• RFS Hardship–Hogwash!
• Biofuel Groups Call on EPA to Ensure 15 Billion Gallons of Blending
• Alliance to Pursue Expanded Use of U.S. Biofuels
• Farm Bill Perspective: SNAP and Conservation
• DC Signal to Noise: China is Back in Play
• Trade War: Is The U.S. Positioned To Win?
• Agricultural Debt Continues to Increase