Ag News

03.10.2017

• March 9 WASDE Report (PDF)
• Highlights from the March 2017 WASDE Reports
• USDA Expects U.S. Wheat Production to Fall 20% Year-Over-Year
• El Nino May Arrive This Summer and Fall
• Undocumented Farm Labor Small Portion of Illegal Immigrants
• Farm State Senators Most Vulnerable in 2018 Election
• What’s New in the Corn and Soybean Herbicide Pipeline
• Livestock Losses Mount After Wildfires
• Branstad: Changes to RFS Point of Obligation Only Rumors
• Texas Wheat: Ideal Conditions for Spread of Leaf Rust
• ARC-CO and PLC Payments for 2014 and 2015: Review, Comparison, and Assessment

03.09.2017

• The Federal Safety Net for 2017
• Key Trends Shaping Farmland Values, What to Watch
• Devastating Wildfires Continue to Burn
• Using the Soybean-to-Corn Price Ratio to Predict Corn and Soybean March Planting Intentions
• Japan Hopes to Leave Farms Out of U.S. Economic Talks
• Texas Field Reports: Rising Fuel Prices Could Mean Higher Costs
• 9 States Including Texas and Oklahoma Saw Warmest Winter on Record
• Dollar, Interest Rate Hike Talk Push Farm Markets Lower
• Managing for a Disaster: Your Farm Needs a Plan to Deal with the 4 D’s: death, disability, divorce or departure.

03.08.2017

• The Federal Safety Net for 2017
• Ag Outlook RMA Crop Insurance Panel Review
• Connor Says Don’t Lead With ‘I’m Sorry’ in Farm Bill Debate
• Agricultural Groups Discuss What They Want in the New Farm Bill
• Sonny Perdue: What’s the Hold Up?
• Farm Policy: Federal Reserve – Feb. Observations on the Ag Economy
• Five Potential Flashpoints if Trump Delivers on Threats to Take on China
• Marketing Opportunities: Another Shot at Profit
• Soybeans Close 12 Cents Lower Tuesday-Corn and Wheat are Weaker, Too
• Ag Producer Sentiment Falls From January’s Peak
• Texas Field Reports: Rising Fuel Prices Could Mean Higher Costs
• Is the Pressure Mounting in Soybeans?
• Trump Administration Still Weighing Changes in Biofuels Policy
• USDA: Million-Dollar Farms Accounted for Over Half of Production in 2015

03.07.2017

• USDA Ag Secretary Confirmation Expected by the End of the Month
• Farm-State Lawmakers Want More Ethanol Used in Gasoline
• Fuels America Severs Ties With Renewable Fuels Association of RFS Dispute
• White House Weighs U.S. Biofuels Program Change, No Position Yet, Says Official
• Wheat Prices Close Up 5 Cents Monday
• Australia Wheat Forecasts Gives Glimmer of Hope
• Asian nations Restrict U.S. Poultry Imports Over Bird Flu
• Administration Expected to Notify Congress Soon on Redoing NAFTA

03.06.2017

• Details of New Farm Bill Proposal Announced
• House Ag Chairman Delivers Address at Commodity Classic
• AFBF: Delay on Perdue Confirmation Concerning
• Even With Trump, Environmental Pressures Won’t Just Go Away
• Administration Expected To Notify Congress Soon On Redoing NAFTA
• How Much Should You Pay for a Drone?
• Linking Farm, Food Programs is Crucial to Farm Bill Success
• Texas Wheat: Warm Weather Has Rust Levels Rising
• Global Cotton Consumption Exceeding Output
• Net Return Prospects for Cattle Finishing in 2017
• Bird Flu Arrives- First 2017 Case of Highly Pathogenic H7 Avian Influenza in a Commercial Flock Found in Tennessee

03.03.2017

• Reviewing CBO Baseline for Farm Bill Program Spending
• Discussions Continue on Changing Renewalable Fuel Policy
• Soybean, Corn Decline Amid Profit Taking, Brazil Estimates
• Sorghum CEO Tim Lust Talks Sugarcane Aphids, Markets, Farm Policy and More from Commodity Classic
• Trump Administration: Less Adherence to WTO
• Thune Unveils New Farm Bill Conservation Proposal
• Odds of a March Interest Rate Hike Rise to 88%
• Farm Journal Poll: Slight Majority Of Farmers Are Selecting Generic Pesticides
• NAWG Elects President, Officers
• USDA: Consumption Exceeding Production In The Global Cotton Industry