Ag News

10.05.2016

• ARC, PLC Payments Begin Going Out Today
• Land Values Dip as Farmers Struggle with Low Prices
• Cotton: Fleeting opportunities in 2016 Market
• A Peek Inside Bayer and Monsanto’s Lobby Efforts
• 2018 Farm Bill-Helping Beginning Farmers
• Texas Field Reports: Temps Cool as Harvest Chugs Along
• Texas Livestock: Beef Prices Likely to Stay Low
• Are Farms Different from Non-Farm Businesses? You Better Believe It.
• Thompson on Cotton: Quality Fiber Supplies Short as Global Demand Grows
• Comparing Input Price Changes during Multiple Year Declines: Rent as an Outlier in the Current Decline

10.04.2016

• USDA to Hire Veterans as Ag Commodity Graders
• Crop Progress Report
• U.S. Wheat Growers See Record-High Yields
• Global Cotton Production Project to Rebound From 13 Year Low
• Peanut Industry May Catch Major Break from New Research
• Challenging Season Yield Mixed Cotton Prospects
• The Debate over the 2018 Farm Bill
• Why Farm Equipment Manufacturers are Fighting this New Hampshire Law
• AgriPulse: Farm Income Seen Flat in 2017
• Texas Cotton: Harvest Aid Treatments and Cost
• Bass Pro Shops to Buy Cabelas

10.03.2016

• American Agri-Women President’s Article in Cosmopolitan Magazine: What It’s Really Like to Be a Farmer
• Texas Cotton: Harvest Aid Treatments and Cost
• Senate Approves Plant Treaty
• We Ingnore Cuba at Our Own Peril
• China Approves Corn Export Permits to Two Companies
• Gulke: How Farmers Are Fighting For Their Financial Destiny
• Opinion: FCC Regulation Bad for Farmers, Ranchers and Rural Communities
• Welch on Wheat: 21% Rise in Stocks

09.30.2016

• NCBA, 3800 Other Groups Ask for Withdraw of Proposed Treasury Rules
• Patchwork Planting
• Monthly Close Sets Stage For October Trends
• Is NAFTA Really the "Worst Trade Deal Ever Signed"?
• China Trade Clash Could Wound U.S.
• Syngenta Could Face Lawsuit Over Chinese Ban on GM Corn
• Canada’s Largest Feedlot Closes
• Roberts Applauds Senate Passage of New Livestock Rule
• Four of Five Bank CEOs Report Loan Restructuring
• Comparing Input Price Changes during Multiple Year Declines: Rent as an Outlier in the Current Decline

09.29.2016

• Report: Vilsack Nearly Resigned USDA Post in 2015
• Warm, Dry Weather Pattern Likely for Texas Winter
• Big Corn and Soybean Crops Get Bigger is a Myth!
• Bloated Expenses Weigh on Profits
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends
• FRAME Accounts Allow Farmers, Ranchers to Set Aside Money for Disaster Recovery
• What Can We Expect From the Next USDA Grain Stocks Report?
• Farmers, Now is a Good Time of Year to be Transparent With Landlords
• National Cattlemen’s Beef Assn: Proposed Estate Tax Regulations Threaten Family Businesses
• Buying and Selling a Ranch Can Be Tricky, and Knowing the Ins and Outs Can Make or Save You Money

09.28.2016

• Heritage Foundation Needs Wake Up Call on Risks to Ag Industry
• Using Futures Prices to Forecast the Season-Average Price and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Payment Rate for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin: PDF
• Farm Markets Rally Tuesday
• Texas Cotton: Scouting for Harvest Aid Needs – How To Videos
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Starter Fertilizers for Wheat Can Pay, If Used Correctly
• Stricter OSHA Anhydrous Rules Sent ‘Back to Square One’
• Judge Grants Class Action in Syngenta Case
• DTN Livestock Close: Live Cattle Take Big Hit
• Same Lawmakers Ready to Move Forward on TPP
• Sen. Grassley Says Merger Wave Has Become ‘Tsunami’
• 2017 Crop Budgets, 2016 Crop Returns, and 2016 Incomes