Ag News

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

09.27.2016

• Texas Crop Progress and Condition Report
• Stabenow Announces Urban Ag Act
• Fall Harvest Marketbasket Price Drops 8%
• Global Glut, Strong Dollar Pushing Down Markets
• Texas Sorghum: Planting Early May Help Reduce Sugarcane Aphid Damage
• DTN Cotton Close: Current-Crop Deliveries Little Changed
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 1 Percent
• USDA: Per Capita Consumption of Beef and Pork Projected to Rise Over the Next Decade
• USDA Issues: "Wheat Outlook" Report
• USDA Issues: "Cotton and Wool Outlook" Report
• Farm Bureau Releases Report on Presidential Candidates Stance on Ag Issues

09.26.2016

• What They are Saying About Crop Insurance
• Are You Making These 6 Retirement Errors?
• Farmers Caught in EPA’s Crosshairs
• Washington Week Ahead: Shutdown Looms as Lawmakers Eye Exit
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 1 Percent
• Farm Bureau Releases Report on Presidential Candidates’ Stance On Ag Issues
• Job Opportunities in Agriculture Expected to Grow Rapidly
• International Benchmarks for Wheat Production
• 10 Cost-Cutting Options for Wheat Production

09.23.2016

• U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow: The Current State of the Farm Economy
• Ag Secretary Vilsack: Farm Economy is Basically Sounds
• U.S. Clears First Step Toward Beef Import Access to China
• Tips to Avoid Grain-Marketing Scams
• Grain Markets Continue Consolidation
• Kim Anderson: Producing Wheat Will Be Profitable–For Some
• Senator Grassley Says Merger Wave has Become ‘Tsunami’
• NASDA Says States Need More Say in Fed Farm Policy
• Groups Urge President, Congress to Move on TPP Trade Agreement
• Purdue Study Shows Greater Caron Benefits of Biodiesel From Soybean Oil

09.22.2016

• Vilsack Pressed on Farm Economy, Regulations
• Senate Hearing on Troubled Farm Economy Raises Questions About Administration’s Overregulation
• Hoeven: USDA to Support Operating Loans, Guarantees
• Senate Juciciary Committee Holds Hearing on Wave of Mergers in Ag
• Comparing Revenue and Price Declines during Recent Multiple Year Declines
• Corn Mold Lurks in U.S. Fields, Threatening Crop Yields
• Senate Slams WOTUS as ‘Extreme Overreach’
• Soybean, Corn and Wheat Export Sales Up So Far for 2016
• Texas: Wildlife Populations Looking Good for Most of State
• Monsanto, Red Cross Parnter on Rural Safety App
• USDA Reports Growing Trend for Older Farm Operators to Run Small Family Farms
• Liberalized Trade With Cuba: Significant Benefits for Ag

09.21.2016

• Texas Field Reports: Wet Conditions Slow Harvest
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
• Clinton and Trump, Where They Stand on Ag
• Reuters: Struggling U.S. wheat Sector Applauds Trade Action Against China
• Soybeans Close Up 17 Cents Tuesday
• Soybean Rally Lifts Corn and Wheat, Too
• Cotton Spin: Tinkering With the U.S. Cotton Forecast
• 10 Takes From This Week’s Senate Hearing on Ag Consolidation
• Technology Benefits All Farm Sizes
• Grainbot Brings Voice Activation to Agriculture With the World’s First Smart Mirror for Agriculture
• Obama Asking Republican Kasich to Push TPP
• Working Capital Buffers Gone at End of 2016