Ag News

06.19.2017

• Perdue Names Leadership in Acting Roles as USDA Reorganization Takes Shape
• Senate Ag Counsel Picked to Run USDA Rural Development
• China Soy Deal Next Month May be Record, U.S. Trade Group Says
• Trump Announces Policy Changes Toward Cuba
• Washington Week Ahead: Trump to Promote Ag Technology with Iowa Trip
• Will Farmers Feel a Chill When Trump Cools the U.S.-Cuba Thaw?
• Recent Cattle Market Moves Support Taking Action, Analyst Says
• Senate Ag Committee Chairman Roberts’ Address To KC Fed’s 2017 Ag Symposium

06.16.2017

• Wheat Ends 10¢ Higher Thursday
• Dow-DuPont Merger Gets Green Light From Justice Department
• U.S. EPA Expected to Unveil Renewable Fuel Plan as Soon as This Week – Sources
• Young Farmer Success Secrets From 5 Business Experts
• States See Hike in Dicamba Complaints
• Texas Wheat: Soil Water Storage, New Varieties Critical to Production
• Moving Grain: Total Export Inspections Rebound
• Perdue Hosts Rural Prosperity Task Force Meeting
• Cotton Gin In Texas Plans To Be The Largest In The U.S., Possibly The World

06.15.2017

• Conaway, Peterson Announce Farm Bill Listening Session in Florida “The Next Farm Bill, Conversations in the Field”
• Dow Launches New GMO Corn After Landing China Import Approval
• Nebraska Loads First Beef Shipment to China Under New Trade Deal
• Will Prevented Planting Acres Add Up Enough to Matter in 2017?
• Fed Expects More Interest Rate Hikes This Year
• Senate Hearing Reviews E15 Bill; Path Forward Unclear
• Farm Groups Urge Appropriators to Adequately Fund FSA Loan Programs
• Southwest Drought Status is Mostly Nonexistent
• National Wheat Growers Association Signs Letter to Congress Calling for Full Farm Appropriations

06.14.2017

• Heritage Foundation Attacks Crop Insurance
• 600 Organizations Oppose Trump Administration’s Rural Development Cuts
• Should You Purchase Your Rented Land
• Perdue Sees ‘Lack of Urgency’ to Clear USDA Nominees
• U.S. Finalizes Talks to Resume Beef Exports to China After Ban
• Will Prevented Planting Acres Add Up Enough to Matter in 2017?
• Wheat Soars as U.S. Spring Crop in Worst Shape in 29 Years
• Perdue Tells Committee Congress has Final Say on Budget
• Could Credit Hinder Cotton Acreage Climb?
• USDA Announces Finalization of Deal to Lift Chinese Ban on U.S. Beef

06.13.2017

• Crop Progress Report 06.12.17
• U.S. Corn Rating Drops, USDA Says
• Crop Ratings Offer a Surprise
• NCGA: Trade Agreements a Good Deal for U.S. Feed Grains
• Final Guidelines Set for U.S. Beef Exports to China
• Trump Regulatory Review Could Boost Apprentice Programs
• New Crop Insurance in America Web Site Launched
• Farm Cash Income Could Post Gains In 2017, Report Says
• Several Months to Restore Fence After Texas Wildfire
• Rural Unemployment in Steady Decline Since 2010
• Reasons Why Cooperatives Are Merging

06.12.2017

• Washington Week Ahead: Perdue Faces Senate Challenges to Budget
• Crops Dip, Recover After USDA’s Bearish Supply
• FSA Nominations Period Opens June 15, 2017
• USDA Sees Big Year to Year Drop in Winter Wheat Production
• No Big June WASDE Surprises Revealed
• China May Have Smallest Corn Harvest in Four Years
• Report Defines Sustainability from Consumer and Farmer Points of View
• Crop Insurance Product Comparisons
• Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Now 38 Percent Complete