Ag News

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

06.05.2017

• Agri-Pulse: Ag Sec’y Suggests Crop Insurance Is Being Abused
• Farm Leaders Take to Newspaper Opinion Pages to Defend Crop Insurance
• Washington Week Ahead: Lawmakers Defend Food Aid, Perdue Goes to Canada
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Issues Statement On Pres Trump Cancelling U.S.’ Participation In Paris Accord
• Cotton’s Effect on the Environment Continues to Diminish
• Wheat Harvest 2017 – Low Yields, Fewer Acres in Southern Plains
• Farmers’ Grain Marketing Practices Vary Little, Study Finds
• Corn Prices Will Follow Summer Weather, Says Analyst
• Pullout From Paris Accord Will Have No Impact on Biofuels
• Are Organic Pesticides Safer Than Synthetic Counterparts?
• With Trump in the White House, Could a Full Repeal of the "Death Tax" Finally Happen?

06.02.2017

• Trump Pulls U.S. from Paris Climate Accord
• Pullout from Paris Accord Will Have No Impact on Biofuels
• Senate Democrats Cry Foul Over Proposed Rural Development Cuts
• Top 10 Concerns of Young Farmers
• USDA Says April Prices Paid, Received Up on Month
• Details of China/U.S. Beef Protocol Discussions Start to Emerge
• Summer Weather Outlook 2017
• More Moisture in Texas Panhandle Could Lead to More Cotton
• White House Push for Tolls Alarms Waterway Users
• Plains Grains Calls Oklahoma Wheat Harvest 16 Percent Complete- Texas at 27 Percent Done
• Deere To Acquire World’s Largest Road Construction Equipment Manufacturer