Ag News

07.20.2016

• Livestock Farms Get A Win
• DTN Livestock Open: Meat Futures Staged for Moderate Losses at Midweek
• Kansas Republican Incumbent Who voted Against Farm Bill Faces Primary Challenge
• 3 Big Things Today, July 20
• Obama Administration Gathering Info on China Domestic Ag Supports
• Climate Trends: First 6 Months of 2016 Hottest on Record – NASA
• Oklahoma: Canola Schools Set for August 2 and 4
• Texas Field Reports: Temperatures Soar; Irrigation Trying to Meet Water Demands
• Texas: Sensor Technology Collects Real-Time Crop Data
• Monsanto says No to Bayer Again
• USDA Issues “Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.” Report
• Ten Ways Technology Will Change the Way Retailers Support Farmers
• USDA Initiative Can Help Lower Variable Crop Input Costs

07.19.2016

• Investors Cheeer on Monsanto Flip from Predator to Prey
• Crop Progress Report
• Corn and Soybean Crop Ratings Improve Marginally From Week-Ago
• 54% of U.S. Cotton Crop Rated Good to Excellent, According to USDA
• Market Highlights: Cash Cattle Price Better Than Futures
• Trump, Pence Would Lift Yoke of Regulation, Roberts Says
• Animal Cancer Breakthrough Leads to Human Clinical Trials
• USDA Proposes Changes in Beef, Soybean Checkoff Programs
• Debt, Repayment Margins and Farm Income
• Row Crops Coming On Strong Across the Plains, Sorghum Harvest Begins in Texas

07.18.2016

• Could Vilsack Be Considered as Clinton’s Running Mate?
• USDA Streamlines Crop Reporting Portal
• Gulke to Farmers: Be Ready as Weather Roils Markets
• Trump VP Pick Draws Rave Reviews from Agriculture
• GMO Labeling Bill Heading to White House
• University of Syndney (Australia) Develops Robot to Herd Cattle
• Debt, Repayment Margins and Farm Income

07.15.2016

• We Have Hit Bottom in the Wheat Market- Kim Anderson Talks Wheat on SUNUP
• Historic GMO Labeling Compromise Clears Congress
• Brazilians Snap Up Fertilizer
• World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report (WASDE)
• Could a Soybean Shortage Be Looming?
• National Association of Wheat Growers’ Statement on GMO Labeling Bill
• Ag’s Aging Infrastructure: Capital Needed to Modernize, Expand
• Uncertainty About 2016 U.S. Average Corn and Soybean Yields Persists

07.14.2016

• Are U.S. Crop Conditions as Good as Ratings Suggest?
• Winter Wheat Yields Reach Record Levels in Oklahoma, Kansas and Nationally in 2016
• Survey: Facebook is Social Media King Among Farmers
• Old and New Crop Corn and Cotton Carryover Lower Than Expected
• Weather Now Driving Force for Grain Markets
• Texas Field Reports: Livestock Producers Feeling the Heat
• DTN Cotton Close: New High for the Move
• Prices of All Fertilizers Lower Again
• Committee Advances Senate Version of Disclosure and Labeling Bill
• The Future of Farming is New Technology

07.13.2016

• Crop Progress Report
• USDA: Distribution of Farm Program Payments Varies by Farm Type
• The Essential Numbers in USDA’s July 12 Reports
• USDA: Corn, Soybean, Wheat Crops Get Bigger
• Climate Prediction: 6–10 Days
• Weather Forecast Takes Center Stage After USDA Report
• Cattlemen Queston NCBA’s Lobbying Efforts
• DTN Livestock Close: Another Day of Losses
• New Research: What Farmers Should Do and Investors Should Know About Farm Technologies
• Texas Field Reports: Livestock Producers Feeling the Heat
• Growth Rates of Fertilizer, Pesticide, and Seed Costs over Time