Ag News

12.14.2016

• Report on 100 Largest Landowners Issued
• Why are Ethanol Plants Searching for Corn?
• Monsanto Shareowners Approve Merger With Bayer
• Farmers Snapping Up Available Farmland Amid Declining Prices
• Forceful Trump to Press Regulatory Relief First, Say Farm Policy Hands
• What’s the Farm Bill Outlook With a Trump Administration?
• Can Farm Groups and Trump Work Out Their Differences?
• Texas: Sorghum Stalk Nutritional Quality and Sugarcane Aphid Damage
• Ag Policy: Caring for Environment Won’t Pay the Bills, Most Farmers Need Incentives
• DTN Cotton Close: Finishes on 14-Session High
• Oil Crops Outlook: Upward Surge in Soybean Oil Prices Continues
• MetLife Forecasts Higher Grain Prices, Livestock To Remain Stagnant

12.13.2016

• Choice of Pruitt Sends RIN Credit Price Downward
• Weekly Grain Movement – Dec. 12, 2016
• EPA Finalizes Standards for Application of Restricted-Use Pesticides
• Stine Seed Gives U.S. Soy Farmers a Rare Chance to Replant GMO Seeds
• Farmers Fought These 4 Harvest Bottlenecks in 2016
• Texas: Sorghum Stalk Nutritional Quality and Sugarcane Aphid Damage
• Global Markets: Cotton – Vietnam Imports Rise 18% Year-to-Date
• USDA: Variable Rate Technology Used on About 20% of Planted Acres for Several Major Crops
• Farm Payments by Countercyclical and Insurance Programs Since 2002

12.12.2016

• Heitkamp Tops Trump’s List for Agriculture Secretary
• Pruitt’s EPA Nomination Likely to Result in Senate Battle
• Farmers Get Win With EPA, China Ambassador Nominees
• McMorris Rodgers in Line for Top Spot at Interior
• Dec. 9 WASDE Report PDF
• Gulke: No News Isn’t Bad News for USDA Reports
• Farmers Narrowly Dodge Environmental Storm
• The Top 5 Farmer Regrets of 2016
• Cattle Outlook: Slight Projection Changes from USDA
• She Called Out Chipotle, and They Answered
• Texas Cotton: Drone Data Collection Helps Increase Farmer Efficiency, Profitability
• Nine Farm Strategies for a Profitable 2017

12.09.2016

• Soybeans Plunge More Than 23¢ as Investor Selling Pushes Down Prices
• Grain Market Guru Dr. Kim Anderson Shares Both the Good and the Bad News for Wheat Growers
• Bankers Toughen Loan Terms for Farmers
• Senate Ag Committee Members Back in the Spotlight
• Will Trump’s EPA Pick Spark Senate Fight?
• Texas: Ag Issues in the Future – How Do you Feed 9 Billion People?
• Texas Wheat: Winter Management Critical to Spring Production
• Ag Funds Included in 2017 Spending BIll – DTN
• Trump’s EPA Pick Not a Fan of WOTUS or RFS – DTN
• USDA Says No Extra Storage Needed for Cotton Program
• Voting Underway for Texas Grain Indemnity Fund

12.08.2016

• Why Trump Needs a Strong Agriculture Secretary
• Trump Chooses Pruitt to Lead EPA
• Vilsack Reflects on 8-Year Highs, Lows, Moving Forward
• Texas Wheat: Winter Management Critical to Spring Production
• Vilsack Announces New CRP Initiative
• 5 Reasons We Put 25% of Our Cropland in Cover Crops
• Oklahoma Attorney General Picked to Run EPA
• Big U.S. Corn Yields Could Overshadow Acreage Drop in 2017
• Tips On Negotiating Land Rent

12.07.2016

• What Farmers Business Network Can Offer is Making It the Fastest Growing Company in Agriculture
• Can You Believe 192 Bu. Per Acre Wheat?
• 2017 Market Outlook: Analysts Weigh In
• USDA Exports – China, Unknown Buy Soybeans; S. Korea Buys Corn
• Trump Said to Pick Iowa Governor Branstad as China Ambassador
• A Look at the Current U.S. Trade Gap
• Water-Saving Plant Study Advances Drought-Resistant Crops
• Purdue/CME Ag Economy Barometer Ticks Up, Long-Term Outlook Declines
• Voting Underway for Texas Grain Indemnity Fund
• Technology Will Guide Next Generation of Farmers
• Cattle Profit Tracker: Profits Near Triple-Digits