Ag News

08.31.2016

• Strong Dollar Remains Anchor on Prices
• USDA Exports – Soybeans to China, Corn to Mexico, Wheat to Unknown
• USDA: New Farm Income to Hit Lowest Since 2009
• USDA Closes Offices in Five States
• USDA to Reopen Offices Closed After Email Threats
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
• Driverless Tractors Officially No Longer Futuristic
• Deadly Lightning Strike Kills 19 Cows in Texas
• California Farmworkers on Edge Over Historic Overtime Bill
• USDA Raises Farm Income Estimates for 2016
• USDA Rural Development Announces Record-Low Interest Rates

08.30.2016

• NAWG: Decade Low Wheat Prices Support Need for Farm Bill
• Texas “Picks” List Helps Growers Choose Best Wheat Variety
• Planting Date and Variety Selection May Affect Sugarcane Aphid Management
• Crop Progress Report PDF
• Six Fundamentals of Good Farm Decision-Making
• Wheat Looks to Shake Off New Lows
• Sky’s the (400-foot) Limit as New Drone Rules Take Effect
• California Passes Bill Authorizing Farmworker Overtime Pay
• Weekly Outlook: Beef and Pork’s Role in Filling the Supply Gap

 

08.29.2016

• SoyRoy: Do You Really Need Experts for Marketing Advice?
• TPP Passage This Year Looks Bleak
• Texas Pastures: Fall Armyworms Are on the March
• Ag Exports Forecast to Increase $6 Billion in 2017
• Seed Pain: Will 2017 Bring Seed Pricing Relief? One Company Hopes So
• USDA: 10% of All Land in Farms is Expected to be Transferred During 2015-2019
• Study Finds Human Brain Evolutin Not Possilbe Without Eating Meat
• Opening Up the Black Box: More on the USDA Corn Yield Forecasting Methodology

08.26.2016

• Mapping the Farm Bill: Expanding the Traditional Farm Coalition
• Why 9:00 a.m. CDT is Key Time for Market Friday
• 3 Big Things Today, August 26
• Monsanto Withdraws GMO Cotton Seed Application in India
• Analyst Sees Only Modest Insurance Claims on 2016 Corn Crop
• Texas High Plains Cotton, Sorghum: Late Aug. Bollworm Threat Looms
• Ag Exports Forecast to Increase $6 Billion in 2017
• Vilsack: Next Farm Bill Should Consider the Needs of Ag Industry

08.25.2016

• Will Crop Insurance Pay in 2016?
• How Big are This Year’s Crops?
• Trade Looks For Buyers Of Big Crops
• Broadband May Be Key to Revitalizing Rural Main Street
• Texas Field Reports: Recent Rains Boost Hay Production Outlook
• Texas Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphid Research Aimed at Planting Timing, Variety Selection
• Bader Rutter: Strategies To Increase Market Share In An Economic Downturn
• 2017 Cotton Weed Control Starts Now: Don’t Let Resistant Weeds Go to Seed

08.24.2016

• Grassley Announces Hearings on Seed, Chemical Industry Consolidation
• Cattle: Profit Tracker: Losses Exceed $50
• U.S. Bites Into Cheese Mountain With Stockpile Purchase
• DTN Grain Open: Pressured by Bearish Technical Factors
• Bayer & Monsanto Deal May be Getting Closer
• New Poll Shows Strong Support For Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement
• Insurance Advisory Group Updates Rules Covering Use Of Drones In Agriculture
• USDA Increases Its Corn Crop Condition Ratings, Soybeans Remain The Same
• Leading Ag Banker Offers Advice In The Down Ag Economy
• COTTON SPIN: Has the weather market run its course?