Ag News

06.29.2017

• RMA: Double Cropping Revision and Practical to Replant Amendment (PDF)
• Ag Committees in ‘Listening’ Mode Should Put Farmers in ‘Talking Mode’
• Trade Eyes Friday’s USDA Acreage Report
• Gulke: Acreage Uncertainty Looms As Trade Sticks Close To USDA
• Did Farmers Really Plant Less Corn Acres?
• House Appropriators Advance Ag, Energy Bills
• EPA and Texas Partner on Pesticide Safety
• Agricultural Youth Work Guidelines Released
• Wheat Growers Urge Administration To Fill USDA Leadership Vacancies
• Forbes Magazine Announces Its 25 Most Innovative AgTech Startups
• Nebraska Beef Arrives in China; Ibach There to Celebrate
• Realities of U.S. Beef’s Access to China

06.28.2017

• Conaway Praises EPA Repeal of WOTUS, Calls for Continued Work to Protect Farmers and Ranchers
• Farm Groups Applaud Withdrawal of WOTUS Rule
• How Much $ Does It Take to Become a Farmer?
• The Cash Rent Spectrum Is Wide
• USDA Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin PDF
• Cattle on Feed Up 3%
• U.S. Trade Representative Begins NAFTA Hearings
• Crop Ratings Dip Supports Prices
• U.S. Winter Wheat Protein Levels Remain Low, Premiums Swell
• Farm Equipment: Repair or Replace?
• Countdown to Important USDA Reports
• Perry Launches Trump’s ‘Energy Week’ With Nuclear Pledge
• Machinery Cost Estimates for 2017

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