Ag News

09.02.2016

• Explaining ARC-CO Payments with Illustrations for the 2016 and 2017 Crops
• ERS Examanes U.S. Farmland Ownership, Tenure and Transfer
• CNH unveils driverless tractor at Farm Progress Show
• Corn Ends Stronger Thursday
• Farmers OK With Gov’s Move to Block Deere/Precision Deal
• USDA Announces Changes for Largest Conservation Program
• Dr. Kim Anderson Reveals the Biggest Mistake Wheat Farmers Could Make Right Now
• Wheat Industry Welcomes End to Japan’s Temporary Suspension of White Wheat Imports

09.01.2016

• Corn Disease Alert: New Bacterial Corn Disease Found in 9 States
• DOJ Files Suit to Block Deere Acquisition of Precison Planting
• Chinese Buyers Commit to Purchase $1.8 Billion of U.S. Soybeans
• Decade Low Wheat Prices Support Need for Farm Bill
• Analysts Consider Corn Yield, Market Reaction
• The Danger of Refinancing
• USDA to Live Stream Big Data Summit in October
• ‘Faces of Farming & Ranching’ Finalists Named

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