Ag News

01.18.2017

• Trump’s Last Vacant Cabinet Post
• Will Trump Make America Great Again? (Texas Ag Commissioner Enthusiastically Supports New President)
• Bayer Promises Trump it Will Keep 100% of Monsanto Employees, Add 3000 New Jobs
• Successful Farming: A Look Back at Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s Tenure
• Vilsack to Become President and CEO of U.S. Dairy Export Council
• U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Farmer’s Petition Challenging EPA – DTN
• China Cancels Ethanol Imports
• Wheat Virus Crosses Over, Harms Native Grasses
• Cattle Organizations Praise Scott Pruitt- Say He Will Bring Common Sense to EPA as Administrator

01.17.2017

• Farm Business: Sweat Equity – Good Compensation for Returning Family?
• Key Argentina Soy Areas Flooded, More Rains Seen Starting Friday
• Successful Farming: Top 16 Questions for 2017
• Weather Talks Dominate Post USDA
• High Court to Decide Where WOTUS Case Should be Heard
• Flint on Crops: Why Choose No-Till? – Commentary
• Cotton: EPA Registers Enlist Duo for Phytogen Cottonseed, Controversy Continues – DTN
• Farm Business: 3 Tips for Loan Renewal; 5 Tips If Your Loan is Denied
• New Study Shows Ethanol Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• U.S. Farmers Harvest Smallest Winter Wheat Crop in 100 Years
• Lawyers Concerned Over Trump’s Meeting with Bayer, Monsanto CEOS

01.16.2017

• Ag Secretary Vilsack Says Goodbye
• Trump is Listening to Farmers, Says Ag Advisory Committee Member
• Grassley Promotes Northey for Top USDA Post
• Women in Ag: A Look at Employment and Benefits
• Where Land Values Show the Greatest Promise
• Another Attempt to Repeal Death Tax Proposed
• China Creates Agriculture Giant With Grain, Cotton Merger
• Pruitt’s EPA Confirmation Hearing Set For Jan. 18
• Inauguration Parade Will Include Ag Leaders Driving Tractors
• CropLife International Lists 10 Most Important Studies in 2016
• Crop Protection Industry Needs to Stay United to Protect Products
• Texas: Eminent Domain Ruling Against Texas Rice Partners Leaves Unanswered Questions
• Texas Ag Commissioner Hopes to Talk Trade Initiative With Israel

01.13.2017

• Farm Bill: Cutting Crop Insurance is ‘Baloney’ says House Ag Chief Economist – DTN
• As Trump Meets Biotech CEOs, Farm Advisers Fret Over Empty USDA Spot
• Secretary of State Nominee Breaks Rank on TPP With President-Elect
• Winter Wheat Acres Drop 10% for 2017
• Senators Introduce Resolution to Roll Back WOTUS
• New USDA Report Touts GHG Benefits of Ethanol
• Texas: Eminent Domain Ruling Against Texas Rice Partners Leaves Unanswered Questions
• Yields and Outputs Pushed Slightly Lower
• 2016 U.S. Corn, Soybean Crops Biggest Ever
• House Passes Commodity End-User Relief Act
• Peterson Floor Speech in Opposition to Commodity End-User Relief Act
• PDF: World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE)
• Summary: Crop Production Report
• Crop Insurance Rules for Cover Crops

01.12.2017

• New House Ag Committee Taking Shape
• Outlook for U.S. Crop Prices Continues to be Below Average
• Using Revenue Protection as a Marketing Aid
• All Farm Markets End Slightly Lower Wednesday
• World Food Prices Fall in 2016 for Fifth Straight Year – UN FAO
• DTN Cotton Close: Current-Crop Finishes Fractionally Mixed
• Who Really Invented the Cotton Gin
• Monsanto Insists Merger Won’t Hurt Innovation
• Farm Bureau Delegates Reverse Vote, Support Conservation Compliance
• Does Changing Climate Change Soils?
• Immigration Reform Good for U.S. Economy, Agriculture
• USDA: Non-Operators Are More Likely Than Operators To Inherit Farmland
• Report Shows Precision Farming Market To Be $7.87 Billion In Five Years

01.11.2017

• Trump’s Ag Secretary Delay Causes Jitters
• Post-Election Farmer Optimism is Soaring
• Congressman Frank Lucas Offers His Take on the Next Ag Secretary Conversation and Ag-Policy Talks Coming Later This Year
• Performance of Crop Insurance: Tool within the 2017 Crop Insurance Decision Tool
• Poll: Trump Voters Overwhelmingly Support Ethanol
• 10% of Argentina’s Soybean Crop Is Damaged, Experts Say
• Departing U.S. Trade Chief Warns Against Withdrawing From TPP
• Pros and Cons of Granular and Liquid Fertilizers
• Yellow Plastic Identified as Cotton Contaminant
• Op-Ed: Here’s Why Bayer-Monsanto Combo is Good For Everyone
• USDA Files Motion to Dismiss "Other White Meat" Lawsuit
• Opinion: All producers will lose under new GIPSA rules