Ag News

05.08.2018

• May 7, 2018 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• The President Ready to Make Decision on RFS
• NAFTA Talks Enter Critical Week with U.S. Pushing Hard Line
• Pelosi Visits Central Iowa Farm, Warns RFS Under Attack
• Anti-Agricultural Opinion: 6 Ways the House Farm Bill Betrays Perdue’s Principles
• Groups Argue Pruitt Should not be Involved in Water Rule Drafting
• ICYMI: Crop Insurance Must be Protected in Upcoming Farm Bill
• House Republicans Will Pass Farm Bill on Their Own, Says Conaway
• Soybean Market Gives Up 25¢ Monday–Corn and Wheat are Weaker Too
• Interest Rates on Farm Loans Increase, Pressure on Some Farm Operators Could Follow
• When Does ‘Do No Harm’ Actually Hurt Ag Trade?
• Trump Pledges Guestworker Program For Ag
• Texas Cotton: Problems with Thrips, Fleahoppers
• American Agri-Women to Meet in D.C.
• Corn Growers Thank Ag Sec’y Perdue, Urge Continued Advocacy
• More Incremental Deterioration in OK’s Wheat Crop in May, as Conditions Hold in KS, Improve in TX

05.07.2018

• Texas Tech’s Brashears Nominated for Top USDA Food Safety Post
• Secretary Perdue Applauds President Trump’s Selection for USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety
• Why Republicans Should Fear a Rural Revolt in 2018
• How Will Farm Bill Debate Settle PLC vs. ARC
• New Crop Insurance Study Provides Valuable Farm Bill Insight
• Farm Bill Expected to Meet Resistance
• Will Farmers Be Protected If There’s a Trade War?
• EU, Mexico Reach New Agreement on Trade
• President Trump Sets RFS Meeting for This Week
• Brazil to Challenge U.S. Cotton Subsidy Program
• Peanut Consumption Up Two Percent in U.S.
• Foreign Cheating Continues As Farm Bill Debate Unfolds
• Experts Say Rising Interest Rates Could Pressure Farmers’ Balance Sheets
• What is Bioengineered Food
• Kansas Winter Wheat Yields Projected to Fall 19% as Drought Curbs Output
• USDA Trade Data Update, and China Trade Dispute Weighs on Exports
• U.S. Trade Commission Returns From China Meeting, Nations Still Farm Apart
• Update On China’s Stopping To Purchase U.S. Soybeans
• Posted May 4, 2018: DTN Cotton Close: Explodes to New Contract Highs

05.04.2018

• New Crop Insurance Study Provides Valuable Farm Bill Insight
• Brazil to Challenge U.S. Cotton Subsidy Program
• Farmer’s Share of Food Dollar Falls to 15-Year Low
• Farm Bill Outlook from House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D., Minn.)
• Drought Streak Ends on Technicality
• Weekly Export Sales: ‘Big Three’ Best Expectations
• Why is Software Such a Pain?
• Farmers Increasingly Look to Supply Management to Steady U.S. Agriculture
• Another White House Biofuels Meeting is On Tap
• Trump Economics Team in China
• Cotton Takes Root in the Southwest
• Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Faith and Opportunity Initiative Executive Order
• USDA Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule for National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard
• Continued Review of Fixed Price Farm Policy
• Kim Anderson Says Farmers May See the Price of Wheat Climb 50 Cents, But at the Cost of Quality

05.03.2018

• How Much Cotton Will SW Farmers Plant?
• Mnuchin: ‘We Will Protect Our Farmers’
• Ag Barometer Declines Second Month Amid Looming Trade Concerns
• A New Crop of Farmers is Emerging
• Paulsen Releases White Paper “How Women Can Get Ahead In Agribusiness”
• Perdue Comments on North Carolina Hog Ruling
• Inflation Gauge Surges to Highest Level in 7 Years
• An Open Letter to NASS Statistics Division Director Kerestes
• USDA Undersecretary “More Optimistic Than Not” On Trade
• Bunge: China has Stopped US Soybean Purchases
• Markets Wait: Just How Bad do Scouts Think Wheat Crop Is
• White House Sets Meeting With Senators on Biofuels Next Week -Sources
• Chances for U.S.-China Trade Breakthrough Seen Slim in Beijing Talks
• What’s Behind Meatless Mondays?
• Why the Humane Society Says It Gets a Bad Rap from the Livestock Industry
• Conservative Groups Demand Farm Program Reforms
• Texas: Marketing Plans Help Farmers Capitalize on Grain Markets

05.02.2018

• Farmers Urge Congress to Back Crop Insurance in New Video
• USDA Celebrates World Trade Month
• Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Slips in April Report
• Court to Use USDA Acreage Data to Determine Individual Payouts in Syngenta Settlement
• Chinese Buyers Have Shied Away From US Soybeans
• Smithfield Loses $50 Million Lawsuit–Why didn’t lawyers use North Carolina’s Right-to-farm statute?
• What the $50 Million Swine Nuisance Verdict Could Mean for Midwestern Producers
• Wheat Futures Jump on Reports of Slow Kansas Growth
• ‘Next Generation in Agriculture Act’ Would Address Top Challenges for Young Farmers
• Grassley decries EPA ‘bailing out billionaires’ with RFS waivers
• U.S.T.R. Hoping for NAFTA Renegotiation This Month
• Can NAFTA Deal Be Reached By Week’s End?
• Billion Dollar Pest Leaves Farmers Demanding New Solutions
• NOAA: Drought Outlook Monthly – May
• Oklahoma Winter Wheat Crop Predictions Are Dismal- Ranging from 58 to 63 Million Bushels as 2018 Harvest Comes Into Sight
• Texas Grain Sorghum Acres Losing Out to Cotton and Corn – DTN
• Texas Cotton: Scouting for Thrips and Aphids

05.01.2018

• Trump Delays Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
• NAFTA Negotiations Continue Next Week
• New TPP Moving Forward
• The Long, Hard Road to Export More U.S. Farm Products is Filled With Potholes
• Crop Progress, 04.30.2018
• Even Before China’s Sorghum Tariff, Texas Farmers Were Switching Acres to Cotton, Corn
• This Cattle Market Still Has Some Opportunity Left in It
• Cow-Calf Profit Analysis Lower-Profit Operations Have Some Things in Common
• SF Special: Farmer Suicides Today vs. 1980s Farm Crisis
• GRAINS-Corn prices edge down, but losses curbed as USDA confirms planting delays
• Trump’s Threats on Trade Unsettle Farming Backers-Wheat Farmers in Particular Worry About How Tariffs Would Affect Their Market
• U.S., China Trade Issues: Sorghum, Soybeans
• Wheat Crop Conditions in Oklahoma, Kansas Continue to Deteriorate While Texas Sees Slight Uptick
• USDA Meteorologist Releases Weather Forecast
• Oklahoma Sorghum: Be Ready for Sugarcane Aphids
• Rabobank Forecasts $4.00 Corn Prices This Year
• USDA Supports Specialty Crop Industry with Multi-State Initiatives
• Researchers Find No Link Between Antibiotic Use In Animals, Resistance In Humans