Ag News

05.17.2017

• Cleanup Begins In Elk City After Tornado Levels Homes
• 2016 Crop Insurance Performance: A Very Low Loss Year
• Texas Field Reports: Hot, Dry Summer Expected, Says State Climatologist
• Farm Policy: Wall Street Journal Runs Special Section on Ag Issues
• Perdue on AgriTalk: ‘Hold Me Accountable’
• USDA Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin
• Farm Groups Oppose End to USDA’s Rural Development Office
• Mexican Grain Industry Officials Express Concerns
• USDA Issues: Wheat Outlook Report
• Thompson on Cotton: What Caused Last Week’s Weakness?
• Corn, Soybean Prices Going Opposite Ways
• Farm Income, Land Values Trending Lower in Federal Reserve Report
• All But Two Countries Are in the Paris Climate Agreement. The U.S. Could be the Third
• CropLife America CEO Argues for PREA Reauthorization, More EPA Funding

05.16.2017

• Crop Progress Report | PDF
• 71% of U.S. Corn, 32% of Soybeans Planted
• Trump Reassures Farmers Immigration Crackdown Not Aimed at Their Workers
• Farm Income Appears to Stop Dropping?
• DTN Livestock Close: Cattle Stumble Into Week With Big Crash
• Cotton Outlook: World Consumption To Exceed Production in 2017/18
• Bill Would Help Farmers Improve Irrigation Systems
• NASS Issues Ag Chemical Use on Corn for 19 States

05.15.2017

• Which Commodities Depend the Most on Exports?
• Statement Of Ag Sec’y Perdue Regarding Trade Breakthrough With China
• U.S. Beef Headed to China
• U.S., China Agree to First Trade Steps Under 100-Day Plan
• 70 Percent Chance Dec. Corn Futures Hit $4.40-$4.50
• DC Dialogue: Trade for Rural Development?
• Fed Budget Cuts: Ag-Related Agencies Look for Alternative Funds – DTN
• Perdue Heads to Hill, USDA Nominees Near
• The Next Month Will Be Critical for Disease Development
• EPA Reopens Comment Period for Pyrethroids
• Investment in AgTech Have Tripled Over 2016
• Cargill’s CEO Expects World’s Grain Supply To Remain Oversupplied
• USDA: Exports Account For More Than 50 Percent Of U.S. Cotton And Almond Production
• 2017-18 U.S. Cotton Crop Could be Biggest in 11 years

05.12.2017

• Perdue Announces USDA Reorganization
• Chairman Conaway Commends Secretary Perdue on Creation of Undersecretary for Trade
• Weekly Corn, Wheat Exports Hit Marketing Year Lows
• EPA Delays Revised Pesticide Applicator Rule for a Year
• How a Replant Would Impact the Acreage Mix
• Opinion: China’s Productivity Problem
• Welch on Wheat: Mixed Market Messages in WASDE
• Farmers Call for Senate Action on Regulatory Reform
• Agri-Pulse Farm Opinion Poll: Growers See Trade As Hope For Sour Farm Economy
• Senate Ag Committee Chair Roberts’ Opening Comments At Pesticide Hearing

05.11.2017

• May 10 WASDE Report
• Gulke: Corn Stocks And Exports Fall, Soybean Exports Rise
• 2nd Field Hearing on Farm Bill Gets Input from Farmers in Michigan
• USDA Data Seen as no Big Shakeup for Farm Markets
• USDA Lowers Old Crop Corn, Soybean Stocks on Good Demand
• Texas: Pest Populations Ramping Up Around the State
• Wheat Industry Partners Address Omnibus Report on Trade Deficits in Support of Policy Corrections
• Meet Secretary Sonny Perdue–New Man at the Helm of USDA

05.10.2017

• Farmers Say Risk Management Tops Priority Lists
• Perdue Proves His Row-Crop Credentials
• A Map Like This Persuaded Trump to Save NAFTA, For Now
• How to Fix the CRP
• USDA Delays Organic Livestock and Poultry Rule a Second Time
• Roberts Applauds USDA Delay of Organic Rules
• USDA: Winter Wheat Down 1 point at 53% Good/Excellent
• USDA: Larger Family Farms Show Stronger Financial Performance Than Smaller Farms
• EPA to Establish New Definition of Protected Waters
• When Should You Consider a Replant?
• Cotton Planting Map
• Working Ranch Cowboys Association Steps Up for Fire Relief
• Senate to Vote Wednesday on Undoing Obama Methane Rule
• Texas Field Reports: Pest Populations Ramping up Around the State
• Texas Panhandle Wheat Escapes Major Damage from Late Snow, Freeze