Ag News

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

06.09.2017

• Trump Announces Plan to Rebuild Nation’s Infrastructure
• Grassley Requests GAO Review of ‘Actively Engaged’ Rules
• Corn, Soybean Prices Close Off of Daily Highs Thursday
• Look for Dry Weather, Summer Rally For $4.50 Corn, $10 Soybeans
• Texas Wheat Farmer Protects His Soil Until Commodity Prices Improve
• Failing to Plan for Drought is Planning to Fail
• Farm Credit System Issues Its Report On Young, Beginning And Small Farmer Lending
• Most of Texas in Good Shape for Moisture

06.08.2017

• Farmers Strongly Favor Renegotiation of NAFTA
• Huge Grain Supplies Dampen Impact of USDA Reports
• Wheat Farmer and Committee Say Food Aid Should Stay
• Cautious Optimism Across Farm Country as Several Factors Change
• A Glimmer of Optimism for Corn?
• Perdue Completes First Trip Abroad
• Are There Predictable Crop Price Cycles?
• Wheat Harvest in Oklahoma Continuing North From Texas Line Where Harvest is 95-97% Complete
• In The Cattle Markets: Restaurant Performance Index Falls

06.07.2017

• Farmland Sales Hard to Find as Growers Hold Tight, Keeping Land Value Fairly Stable
• Farmer Mac Early Exclusive: Farm Bankruptcy Rates Low
• Differences in Revenue and Costs for Higher and Average Return Grain Farms
• 3 Vital Finance Lessons from a Gray-Haired Banker
• Corn Closes Just Below the $4 Mark Tuesday
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Trump Considers Allowing In Argentine Biodiesel, Beef
• Perdue Pushes Canada to Drop Dairy, Wheat Trade Barriers
• U.S. Wheat Associates’ Warning To Commerce: National Security Arguments Cut Both Way
• Producer Sentiment Holds Steady; Producers Voice Support For Renegotiating NAFTA
• U.S., Mexico Reach Sugar Pact Without Backing From U.S. Producers
• Millennial Farmers Head to Washington, D.C.
• Texas Field Reports: Moisture Levels, Water Availability Looking Mostly Good

06.06.2017

• Crop Progress Report: 06.05.17
• Farm Policy: Concerns Over Trump Ag Budget Proposal Persist
• Canada’s Minister Of Agriculture Issues Comments On Meeting With U.S. Ag Sec’y
• Perdue Pushes Canada to Drop Dairy and Wheat Trade Barriers
• Spanning the Globe – Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Production and Exports since 2000: Focus on the Black Sea Area and the U.S.
• Meat Packer Blames ABC’s ‘Pink Slime’ for Nearly Killing Company
• Oklahoma Sorghum: Budget Operating Costs for Planting in June
• Texas Panhandle: Grasshoppers, Thrips Threaten Crops
• Plains Grains Calls Oklahoma Wheat Harvest 16 Percent Complete- Texas at 27 Percent Done