Ag News

06.27.2017

• Crop Progress Report 06.26.17
• First Signs of Trade Trouble with Mexico Surface
• Farm Markets Close Mostly Higher Monday
• How Has Your State Fared Under the 2014 Farm Bill?
• Texas Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids Confirmed in Lubbock County
• DTN Cotton Close: Rallies Off New Dec. Low
• USDA Issues: "Commodity Cost And Returns" Report
• Oklahomans Poised to Plant Largest Cotton Crop This Year Since the 1980s, Thanks to New Technologies
• Economist Derrell Peel Predicts Cattle Markets Likely to Hold a Sideways Pattern for Remainder of 2017

06.26.2017

• Washington Week Ahead: House GOP Eyes Ag Cuts in Crafting Budget Deal
• This Business of Farming: 4 Things That Keep Farmers Up at Night
• Principles of Farm Leadership
• Jury Awards $217.7 Million to Kansas Corn Growers in Syngenta GMO Class Action Lawsuit
• USDA Halts Imports of Fresh Brazilian Beef
• U.S. Biodiesel Profitable Despite Expired Tax Credit
• Is High-Tech Subsurface Moisture Monitoring on the Way?
• Texas Sorghum: Preparing for Sugarcane Aphids – High Plains Thresholds, Insecticides
• Bipartisan Bill To Help Farmers Purchase New, Replace Worn-Out Equipment Introduced

06.23.2017

• Trump Calls for Expanded Broadband Internet in Rural Areas
• Conaway on U.S. Halt of Brazilian Beef: Appropriate and Necessary
• Will Option Expiration Fuel Grains?
• Vilsack: Modernized NAFTA Should Be Fair and Balanced
• Importance of Ag Research Funding Stressed at House Hearing
• Texas Cotton: New 2017 Crop Hail-Out and Replant Guide Available
• DTN Cotton Close: Tumbles to New Low in Dec.
• DTN Livestock Open: Cattle Paper Under Pressure
• New Farmers Must Sign Up for Agriculture Census
• Op-Ed From Farm Credit: Budget Cuts To Crop Insurance Could Make It Harder For Young Farmers
• USDA: Annual Earnings In Rural Areas 15% Lower Than Earnings In Urban Areas

06.22.2017

• Trump Discusses Agriculture in Iowa Speech
• Trump to Hear About High-Tech Agriculture During Iowa Visit
• President Calls for Barring Immigranst from Welfare for Five Years
• Nat’l Wheat Growers Assn Announces Its Top Trade Issues At Senate Hearing
• Perdue Lauds NAFTA as Boon for Farmers as Renegotiation Looms
• How Many Prevent Plant Acres Are There?
• Momentum Building for Biodiesel Tax Credit
• Nearly 40% of Rural Americans Lack Access to High-Speed Internet
• Kansas, Oklahoma Wheat Harvests Above Average Despite Spring Setbacks
• Sophisticated Farmers Cut Out Trading Giants in Profit Hunt
• Genetics Key to Livestock Disease Relief
• "Food Evolution" Movie Looking to Change GMO Conversation
• India Is About to Upend the Global Beef Trade

06.21.2017

• Ag Leaders Laud Benefits of NAFTA
• Trump: Moving Beyond Energy Independence to Energy Dominance
• Trump Nominates Gregory Doud to be Chief Ag Negotiator
• In Search of Predictable Crop Cycle Prices
• Analyst: 70 Percent Chance of Seeing $12 Soybeans in 2017
• In Search of Predictable Crop Cycle Prices
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• DTN Grain Close: Row Crops Sink Lower; Spring Wheat Higher
• DTN Cotton Close: Ticks Down Near Session Lows
• States Urge EPA To Cut Obama Era WOTUS Rule
• Study: Close Failing Banks Before They Cost U.S. Billions
• Betting it All, Gamblers and Farmers Have a Lot In Common

06.20.2017

• Progress Report June 19, 2017
• Op-Ed: Agriculture Giants Merging Could Ruin American Farmers
• Winter Wheat Harvest Gains Traction in Kansas While Oklahoma and Texas Near the Home Stretch
• A Friendly Face in the U.S. Trade Office
• Did Farmers Get a Better Deal With ARC/PLC?
• 10 Up & Comers in Agriculture in 2017
• The Top 10 All Around the Farm Ideas: Machinery
• AFBF Speaks Out On Trump’s New Cuban Business Rules
• Spring Wheat Crop Worse Than Expected
• Ag, Rural Prosperity Task Force Focuses on Improving Rural Economy
• U.S. Ethanol Groups Applaud Mexico’s Adoption of E10
• Grape-Based Compounds Kill Colon Cancer Stem Cells in Mice