Ag News

05.05.2017

• First US Beef Shipment Arrives in Brazil After 13-Year Ban
• How Tough Times Could Key a Farmer-Friendly 2018 Farm Bill
• 4 Midwest Republicans Ask for Change in Ethanol Policy
• Adoption of Biotech Crops Continues to Grow
• Corn Closes 8¢ Lower Thursday
• Huge Crops, Record Storage Signal More Woes for Grain Merchants
• Survey: Planting Pace Just Fell Way Behind
• Farm Policy: Price Woes for Farmers, Lenders; NAFTA and…The Weather
• First Guess for 2017 Oklahoma Winter Wheat Crop Pegged at 100 Million Bushels- Off Twenty Seven Percent Compared to 2016

05.04.2017

• Texas Sorghum: New Sugarcane Aphid Early Warning System Debuts
• Texas Sugarcane Aphid Infestation/Distribution Map
• House Ag Committee Views on Crop Insurance Cap
• Secretary Perdue Lists Trade, Labor and Regulation Reform Among his Top Priorities Moving Forward
• Soybeans Close 6¢ Higher Wednesday
• Farmland Values Lower Year-Over-Year But Still Relatively High, Sales Show
• ABA: Agricultural Lending Increased by 5.3% in 2016
• The 5 Biggest Ag Lender Concerns
• Oklahoma Wheat: Leaf Rust Still Active as Crop Moves into Soft Dough
• Weather: Second Warmest March on Record in 137 Years
• Grain Trade: 2 Decades of Overestimating Future Corn Exports to China

05.03.2017

• Congressional Leaders Agree Farm Bill Will Get Done
• Farmers and Ranchers Impressed by Secretary Perdue
• Perdue Rolls Back School Nutrition Standards
• Perdue: U.S. and Mexico Need to Reach Deal on Sugar
• Corn Closes 5¢ Lower On Improved Planting Weather
• Branstad Vows to Make China Trade Priority if Confirmed
• Farmer Optimisim Edges Up in April
• USDA Projections Show Soybean, Wheat Crop Contrast
• Trump’s Tax Plan in the Air, Capital Gains Could Replace Death Tax
• Cattle Futures, Beef Prices Soar After Blizzard Clobbers Midwest
• 2016 Cotton Finding Good Acceptance in Export Market
• Texas Cotton: High-Quality Crop Attracting Export Demand, Higher Prices

05.02.2017

• Conaway Disappointed Cotton, Dairy Farmers Left in the Lurch
• Crop Progress Report 05.01.17
• America’s 2017 Farmers Mom of the Year Finalists Announced
• Monsanto Terminates Precision Planting Acquisition With Deere
• ‘We Lost the Western Kansas Wheat Crop This Weekend’
• Wheat Futures Surge After Snow Slams U.S. Crop
• Winter Weather Slams Wheat Crop in Western Kansas and Oklahoma Panhandle- NAWG Says Stenghtens Case for Crop Insurance
• Rain, Snow Puts Planting on Hold
• More Rain to Pummel U.S. Plains After Crop-Damaging Storm
• May WASDE Could Be Catalyst For Letdown in Beans, Futures at $9
• The High Cost of Lower Corporate Taxes
• Perdue Says Trump May Overlook Immigrant Farm Workers
• A Reminder on NAFTA and Agriculture
• Farm Journal Poll Shows How Farmers Rate Trump in First 100 Days
• Ag Lender Survey: Farm Profitability Down, Commodity Prices Top Concern
• Reports: Electoral Map Was Key to Trump’s New Stance on NAFTA
• Texas: Multiple Tornadoes Ravage East Texas

05.01.2017

• Washington Week Ahead: Budget Deal Reached, Perdue to Ease Nutrition Rules
• Perdue Pledges USDA Focus on the Needs of Farmers
• Trump "Engaged" When Discussing Ag, Wants to Learn From Perdue
• 7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed–Week pf April 28, 2017
• Iowa’s Ag Secretary Eyes USDA Role Possibilities
• This Could Be High-Risk Year for Stored Grain
• Texas Cotton: Drift Injury Doesn’t Predict Yield Loss
• Rose on Cotton: Wet Weather Holding Planters Back; Watch Dec Contract
• USDA: Peanut Price Highlights
• U.S. Drought Levels Reach Record Low
• USDA to Measure Farmers’ Financial Health
• USDA: Farmland Ownership Concentrated Among Older Operators And Landlords, And Male Operators
• President Trump Agrees To Not Terminate But Rather Renegotiate NAFTA
• A Reminder on NAFTA and Agriculture

04.28.2017

• How Did Farmers Grade Trump’s First 100 Days?
• The Cottonseed Conundrum
• Trump Won’t Immediately Terminate NAFTA
• National Biodiesel Board Argues RFS Case
• Corn, Soybean Prices Finish Higher Thursday
• Wheat Helps a No-Till Rotation
• Doesn’t Take Much of a Hiccup to Get Back to Profitable Grains
• Ag Groups Support Regulatory Accountability Act
• Ag Secretary Perdue Hosts Bipartisan Breakfast With House Agriculture Leaders