Ag News

10.21.2016

• Farm Markets Close Lower Thursday
• Vilsack: "Let’s Start the Farm Bill Conversation the Right Way"
• Clinton, Trump Camps Split on Regulations, Agree on Farm Bill
• China Will Plant More Soybeans, Less Corn
• Farmers Don’t Want Aid Programs – We Want Trade Opportunities
• Vilsack Challenges FFA Members to Help Diversify Agriculture
• Warm Weather Impacting Natural Gas Prices
• Look for Wheat Acres to go to Cotton in Texas
• Global Wheat Trade expected to Set New Record
• A Preview of 2017 Wheat, Canola, Corn and Sorghum Costs and Returns
• Cattle Futures Jump Most in a Year on Short Covering

10.20.2016

• Who is Really to Blame for the Honeybee Deaths
• Authors Attempt to Explain ‘The Communication Scarcity in Agriculture’
• 2017 Wheat Acres Being Sacrificed to Cotton
• A Cotton Grower Can Lose $103 to $315 Per Acre With this Single Error
• India Surpasses China as Biggest Importer of Soybean Oil
• USDA: Guidance Systems Are Used On About Half Of Planted Acres For Major Crops
• Revisiting Surprises in USDA’s Quarterly Grain Stocks Estimates–Evidence from Wheat
• Sen. Jim Inhofe Tours Oklahoma to Spread His Message of Support for State Question 777
• In The Cattle Markets: Trade Continues to Move in the Right Direction

10.19.2016

• Analyst: Halfway Through Harvest, Waiting for the Market to Bottom Out
• Op-Ed: Climate Belongs in Third Clinton/Trump Debate
• Chart Resistance Stalls Rally
• Plea: Spend 1% of Annual GDP on Infrastructure
• Texas Field Reports: Top Cotton Region Having a Good Season
• Thompson on Cotton: Is Global Consumption on the Rise?
• Cotton Market: China Buying U.S. Cotton Again – What Gives? – DTN
• Ag Groups Call GMO-Free Dannon Pledge Flimflam – DTN
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Chinese Raise Their U.S. Soybean Purchase Commitments From $1.8 Billion To $2.1 Billion

10.18.2016

• Risk Management Saves the Farm
• ICYMI: This much is certain: For farmers, crop insurance is essential
• Unintended Results of a Second Combine at Harvest
• USDA: Corn and Soybean Harvests Lag Year Ago, Averages
• U.S. Corn, Soybean Farmers "Playing Poker with the Chinese"
• Can Fundamentals Turn Grains Bullish?
• Farm Groups Urge Food Companies to Think Twice on GMO Bans
• DTN Livestock Close: Positive Day for Cattle
• DTN Cotton Close: Strong Day for Futures
• Flint on Crops: Farming Is Like Gambling – Use a System to Beat the Odds
• Chinese Commit to Purchasing U.S. Soybeans at Global Trade Exchange
• Likelihood of La Nina Raised to 70 Percent
• Screwworm Confirmation in Florida Concerns Texas Livestock Industry

10.17.2016

• Chasing a Bin-Busting Wheat Crop
• Texas Corn: Bacterial Streak Bears Watching in Future
• Global Hot Spots: China Buyers Agree to Buy 187.4 M Bushels of U.S. Soybeans
• Farmers to See 2017 Fertilizer Cost Savings
• A Farewell to Farms: Why Some Youth Don’t Consider a Future in Farming
• John Deere Responds to DOJ’s Precision Planting Block
• About 40 Head of Cattle Killed by Ground-up Battery in Feed
• Sulfoxaflor Gets New Registration with Fewer Crop Uses
• Corn: 1 Minute Field Video of an Entire Season – Video from Nebraska
• Farm Credit: Sobering Time for Ag Economy
• National Catlemen’s Beef Assn: USDA Forward With Flawed GIPSA Rules
• Purdue Economist Issues Report On Impact Of Lower Corn Prices On Cattle Finishing Net Returns

10.14.2016

• ASA Comments on Farm Safety Net Programs
• Bears Head for the Exit
• Wheat Hopeful for a New Trading Range
• GAP Report: Agricultural productivity growth stalls
• Texas Livestock, Hunting: Screwworm Return Could Have Huge Impact
• Global Cotton: World’s Largest Importer Expands Share of World Trade
• Farm Finances: Separate Emotion from Decision Making to Keep Your Operation Afloat – DTN
• Russia Shifts Focus From Oil to Agriculture
• Freight Transport Forecast Shows Continued Growth for Trucking