Ag News

11.29.2016

• USDA Releases Last Crop Progress Report for 2016
• USDA Gets Scrutiny as Lame Duck Winds Down
• Rural Index Still Weak: Negative Flows for Fifth of Livestock Farms
• Weekly Basis Review
• Farmers And Tax Reforms: Ample Unknowns – DTN
• Trump Faces Dilemma as U.S. Oil Reels from Record Biofuels Targets
• Soybeans Close 10 Cents Higher Monday
• Anxiety Among Farm Groups as Battle Lines Harden on Immigration Reform
• 2017 Outlook: Cotton, Rice Stuck in Static Markets
• Ag Groups Welcome Ruling in Federal Seed Protection Case

11.28.2016

• U.S. Increases 2017 Biofuels Requirements in Victory for Big Corn
• Will New Dicamba Soybeans Deliver Higher Yields?
• Brazil Eyes Blockbuster Harvest, Export Boom
• 6 Crucial Succession-Planning Steps
• Wheat Acres Could Hit Multi-Decade Low In 2017
• Grain Buyers Looking to Import Crops
• Ag Groups Welcome Ruling in Federal Seed Protection Case
• Successful Farming Blog: The Current Mood of Ag Lenders
• Bacterial Blight Remains Concern for Texas Cotton
• ARC-CO Payment Timing and Cash Rent Bidding

11.23.2016

• Weekly Wheat Review
• 3 Big Things Today: November 23
• Can UAV’s Really be Game-Changers for Agriculture?
• What Trump Can (and Can’t) Do About Regulations
• 6 Crucial Succession-Planning Steps
• Texas Field Reports: Dry Weather Aids Harvest but Creates Concern
• NFU: Farmers Receive Less Than 1/5th of Thanksgiving Retail Dollar
• Grain Buyers Looking to Import Crops
• Americans to Drive 11.6 Billion More Miles This Holiday Season

11.22.2016

• Trump Will Start to Exit from TPP on First Day as President
• Vilsack Says Renewable Fuel Standard Will Be "Solid" During Trump Tenure
• Crop Progress Report: 11.21.16 PDF
• Who is on Trump’s Short List for Secretary of Ag
• First Generation Farmer Foresight
• 6 Crucial Succession-Planning Steps
• Texas Ag Law: Land Use Valuation
• Wheat: There’s Just Too Much of It – DTN
• Soybean Plants with Fewer Leaves Yield More
• U.S. Drought Outlook: Expansion Continues to Creep Across the South

11.21.2016

• Crop Insurance: Farm Assets, Savings Drive the Choice to Buy or Not
• Farm Journal Poll Shows Farmers Are Optimistic About Election Results
• President-elect Trump’s Immigration Stance Softens
• New Technology Offers ALS-Resistant Weed Control in Wheat
• Analyst: Corn Market Can’t Ignore This Much Demand
• 2017 Outlook: Soybeans Eye China Demand Vs. South America Supply
• Short Trading Can Impact Prices
• Torrey Resigns from Trump Transition, EPA Picks Emerge
• Rose on Cotton: Weekly Windfall for U.S. Growers May Not Last
• Nation’s Cattle on Feed Trending Lower

11.18.2016

• 3 Ways Budget Heroes Cut Costs: Part One in a Series
• Chatter Begin About Who Become’s Next Ag Secretary
• Land Values: They’re Likely to Get Worse Before they Get Better
• Farm Markets End Higher Thursday
• What Syngenta is Saying About the ChemChina Deal, EU Delays Decision
• Can Grains Drift Higher into the New Year?
• Scientists Modify Plants, Making Them Use Sunlight Better
• Texas Crop Weather and Field Reports
• U.S. Drought Outlook: Expansion Continues to Creep Across the South
• Metlife Warns Farmland Prices May Drop 20%
• Digesting the Cotton Supply and Demand Numbers