Ag News

07.28.2016

• Ten Ways Technology Will Change the Way Retailers Support Farmers
• Rob Insana: Ag Boosts U.S. Economy
• Staring at Price Movement Can Be Hazardous
• Chris Hurt: Cattle Markets Can Recover
• Large Searchable Library of Farming Apps
• Dicamba Drift Stirs Pot of Farm Trouble
• 6 Things You Need to Know about the Wheat Market Right Now
• USDA Begins Second Year Quantifying Ag Conservation Efforts
• Japan Wants to Approve TPP, Despite U.S. Political Opposition
• Growth in Crop Costs and Cash Rents

07.27.2016

• Revenue Insurance Likely to Trigger Corn Payouts
• Growth in Crop Costs and Cash Rents
• Mexican Trade Team Visits Kansas, Texas
• CGB Enterprises to Buy Heartland Crop Insurance
• UPDATE: U.S. Seeks Options As Farm Loan Funds Run Out
• Corn Caught In Tug-O-War With Beans and Wheat
• Balance GT Soybeans Receive EU Approval
• Japan Wants to Approve TPP, Despite U.S. Political Opposition
• Rural Mainstreet Economy Weakens in July

07.26.2016

• USDA Seeks to Grow Bioeconomy
• 07.25.16 Crop Progress Report
• Soybeans Pressured by Weather, Cattle Futures Surge on Short-Covering
• USDA: GE Crops Have Plateaued at 90% of Planted Acres
• Weekly Outlook: Cattle Markets Can Recover
• As Pastures Wither, Poisonous Plants Can Become a Problem
• Freight Costs Rise as Large Crops Loom
• Poll Finds Ag Lenders Helping Producers Restructure Debt as Commodity Prices Remian Lower
• Republican Party Announces Its Policies on Agriculture
• Cotton Prices Rise on Commodity Funds and Fundamentals
• New Rabobank Study Says Farmers Need to Manage Costs Aggressively to Up Their Odds of Economic Survival

07.25.2016

• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 1 Percent
• 5 Things Republicans Say They’ll Do for Ag
• Precision Ag Market to Reach $7.8 Billion Globally by 2022
• 5 Ways to Preserve Working Capital
• Clinton Taps Kaine as Running Mate, Passing Over Vilsack
• Weather: Historical Records Miss a Fifth of Global Warming – NASA Study
• Hot, Dry, High Winds Taking Toll on Texas Cropland; Southwest Oklahoma Gets Beneficial Rain
• Texas Plains: Updates On Cotton, Corn, Grain Sorghum
• Texas: Sensor Technology Collects Real-Time Crop Data

07.22.2016

• Crop Insurance: Steady as She Goes
• Indigo Recieves $100 Million Investment, Launches Its First Product for Water Efficiency in Cotton
• 5 Ways to Preserve Working Capital
• What Just Happened in the Markets and What Now?
• Above-Normal Temps Expected Across U.S. Through October
• Drop in Wholesale Ethanol Prices
• 40 Senators Call for Higher Biodiesel Targets in RFS
• Six Months: Tractor Supply’s Sales up 6, Net Income Up 6%
• Texas Field Reports: Temperatures Soar; Irrigation Trying to Meet Water Demands

07.21.2016

• Futures Try to Recover Following Plunge to New Lows
• NASS Survey Data is Valuable
• When it Comes to Ethanol, U.S. Drivers Don’t Really Care
• Will USDA Raise Yield Forecasts?
• Obama signs Global Food Security Act
• Statement from Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Signing of the Global Food Security Act
• Texas: Sensor Technology Collects Real-Time Crop Data
• DuPont-Dow Merger Approved by Shareholders
• The Politics of Grain Markets
• Changes in Farm Real Estate Values Exhibit Wide Variation Across States