Ag News

08.23.2016

• Record Crops Should Strain Grain Storage this Fall
• Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Keep Lenders Informed With Better Financial Records
• Meet With Your Banker Before Harvest 2016
• John Deere Announces Layoffs Following Earnings Decline
• Texas: Cash Rent Up $8 for Irrigated Crop Land
• DTN Cotton Close: Modest Gains in Slow Trade
• USDA Announces "Feed Outlook" Report

08.22.2016

• 2015 Estimated ARC-CO Payments
• Ag Issues Receiving Attention in Campaigns
• Moran Asks USDA to Prioritize Wheat in Food Aid Programs
• Vilsack Looks Back
• Trade Still Questions Crop Estimates, Analyst Says
• Deere to Slow Production of Tractors, Combines
• Nation’s Cattle on Feed Numbers Up 2 Percent
• Wheat Olympics: A Test of Endurance
• Demand Increases For Short-Term Grain Transportation
• USDA To Hold Series of Fall Forums to Discuss High Priority Issues
• Young Farmers Give Ag Secretary Vilasack List of Their Top Concerns
• Sorghum Producers Concerned About Future of Sugarcane Aphid Control
• Dr. Derrell Peel Breaks Down USDA’s Cattle on Feed Report

08.19.2016

• Atrazine Loss: Farming Without it Could Cost Up to $59 an Acre
• USDA: Ag Exports Weaken as Dollar Strengthens
• DTN Livestock Close: Cattle Futures Crash Below Technical Support
• DTN Cotton Close: Inches to 4-Session High Settlement
• Top & Concerns of Young Farmers
• Soybean Shortage Shuts Brazil’s Processing Plants
• EPA has Not Met Statutory Requirments on RFS Reports, OIG Sayes
• GE Corn and Cotton With Both Herbicide and Insect Resistance are Now the Norm

08.18.2016

• Monsanto’s Climate Corp. Unit to Build Farm-Sensor Network
• Secretary Vilsack Sets Stage to Continue the Important Work of the USDA
• Farmers Could Face More Estate Taxes
• Tax Increase Likely For Farmers Under New IRS Rules
• Vilsack "Hopeful" About Future for Beginning Farmers, Ranchers
• Texas Field Reports: Changing Weather Patterns Likely to Keep Drought in Check
• Texas: Cash Rent Up $8 for Irrigated Crop Land
• Report: EPA’s Threat to Cancel Atrazine Would Cost Farmers Billions
• Agri-Marketers Confidence Index Rises
• Changes at EPA causing more than heartburn for farmers: Part II

08.17.2016

• Trump Names Six U.S. Governors as Agricultural Advisers
• Crop Markets Narrowly Mixed as the Dollar Slips
• Brazil Could Run Out of Corn by 2017
• Cargill, Louis Dreyfus Halt Brazil Soy Plants as Margins Vanish
• Top Tips For Young Farmers In Fall 2016
• Land Values, Rental Rates Have to Come Down, Report Says
• New Map Details Threat of Zika Across U.S., Europe
• Sorghum Producers Concerned About Future of Sugarcane Aphid Control
• Continued Downward Pressure on 2017 Cash Rent

08.16.2016

• Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Land Values, Rental Rates Have to Come Down, Report Says
• Court Gives ePA Firm Deadline on Chlorphyrifos
• Farmers Confront a Cash Rent Crunch
• Cattle Prices Down; Exports Key for the Future; Beware Toxic Plants
• Weekly Outlook: Major Focus on Corn and Soybean Yields, But Acreage Questions Surface
• Predicted corn and Soybean Harvest Brings Good News for Feeder Cattle Prices
• Weekly Wheat Review
• Weekly Corn Review
• Weekly Soybean Review
• Minnesota Farmers Turn to Bankruptcy as Low Prices Continue