Ag News

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

01.10.2017

• Vilsack’s Parting Words
• Vilsack’s Wish List to Incoming Ag Secretary
• Outlook for U.S. Crop Prices Continues to be Below Average
• Farmland Values Continue to Slide Downward
• The Bottom Line: Budget Toward a "Profitable Breakeven"
• Gulke Talks Markets At The 2017 Top Producer Seminar
• Farm Groups Remind Trump of Trade Benefits to Agriculture
• Agri-Pulse Announces Farm Bill Series and Summit
• Low Grain Prices Blamed for Empty Rail Cars and Employee Furloughs – DTN
• Beltwide 2017: Industry reps explain new cotton herbicide chemistry
• Weekly Outlook: Prospects for Corn Consumption from Ethanol Production in 2017

01.09.2017

• Crystal Ball Remains Cloudy for Trump’s Ag Pick
• Sen. Moran: Next Ag Secretary Has More to Represent Than Ag
• Senator Grassley Tweets Support for His Choice for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
• Roberts Again Tapped to Lead Ag Committee
• Gulke: Negative Export Numbers Aren’t What They Seem
• 7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed the Week of Jan. 6
• USDA Switches Destinations for U.S. Soy to China, Other Buyers
• Money Managers Reduce Bets on Higher Soybean Prices
• Wheat Markets Get Solid Start to 2017
• Is Switchgrass the Answer?
• $2.6 Million of Beef Checkoff Funds Embezzled in Oklahoma

01.06.2017

• Farm Groups Pitch Trump on Picking Former California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado as Agriculture Secretary
• Finance First: Speedier decision-making on the farm
• Wheat Market Rallies this Week Lifting Farmers Hopes for a Viable Price Next Harvest Come June
• Wheat Seeding Could be Lowest in a Century
• Dollar Dip Props Up Corn, Wheat Markets
• Oklahoma Cotton: 2016 an Excellent Year for Growers, Ginner
• DTN Fertilizer Trends: Prices End Year Down Double Digits from 2015
• DTN Grain Close: 2016’s Losers Bounce Back
• Trade Agreements: Not Sufficient for Gains to Outweigh Losses – Commentary

01.05.2017

• The Trump Effect on Ag Issues in Washington
• Trump Sows Dismay in Rural America With Late Agriculture Choice
• Soybean Prices Close 20¢ Higher Wednesday
• Here’s Where FSA Microloans Have Been Distributed
• USDA: 10 Percent of Farmland to be Transferred by 2019
• History Suggests Hope For Wheat
• The Emerging Disruptor: Farmland Investors
• American Petroleum Institute Wants to "Change the Conversation" Under Trump, Pruitt
• Technology Ushers In Next Wave of Irrigation Efficiency
• USDA to Measure Agricultural Land Values
• Livestock Industry Lays Out Federal Lands Priorities For Trump Administration

01.04.2017

• 6 Technology Resolution for Your Farm Office
• End of Market’s Bearish News Near, Analyst Says
• Ag Producer Confidence Index Rises Sharply, Agribusinesses Still Pessimistic
• Oklahoma Wheat Crop Condition Plummets in December to 25 Percent Good Versus 53 Percent Good to Excellent End of November
• Winners and Losers: 2016 Agri Marketing’s Ag Stock Index
• Buying Used Precision Ag Equipment
• No-till Study Showing Benefits, if Farmers Stick with It
• DTN Cotton Close: March Settles on 3 Week High
• 2017 Cotton Increase "More Attractive" Compared to Corn, Soybeans
• Insights on 2017 Cash Rents and Farm Operating Budgets
• Lenders Expect Financial Stress to Worsen for Farmers
• Report: Vilsack to Head U.S. Dairy Export Council
• Texas: Red River Crops Conference, Childress Jan. 24-25