Ag News

02.12.2018

• Washington Week Ahead: Trump Releases Budget, Congress Launches Immigration Debate
• Oklahoma: Soybeans Make Good Alternative to Wheat in Current Market
• Critical Window for Farmland Values
• U.S. Producers to Plant 3.7 Percent More Cotton in 2018
• White House Wants to Stimulate $1.5 Trillion in Projects, Overhaul Federal Permit Rules
• Why Your Farm Should Have a Web Presence
• Farm Bureau Asks Court to Block Obama WOTUS Rule
• 3 Big Things Today, February 12
• U.S. Lawmakers Near Deal on Tax Law’s Impact on Grain Market
• Cottonseed Included in Title I of the Farm Bill
• Congress Passes Budgets. Aids Cotton and Dairy
• Video Gulke: Unexpected Reactions to WASDE
• Nat’l Cotton Council Economists Release Outlook Report
• How Do I Finance the Growth of My Operation?

02.09.2018

• Congress Votes to Reopens Government
• Ag Spending Boosted as Lawmakers Avert a Shutdown Early Friday Morning
• Markets Mixed After USDA Reports
• USDA to Survey Farmers Planting Intentions for 2018
• WASDE Exports: $4.50 Corn “Realistic” If Stars Align
• Iowa’s Grassley Vows to Fight for RFS
• New Records for U.S. Beef Export Value, Pork Export Volume
• Winter Wheat Seedings Projected to be Lowest in 109 Years
• Texas Cotton: New Statewide Pest Management Guide Now Available
• 11 Steps to a Whole Farm Plan

02.08.2018

• Senate Budget Deal Opens up Timing for Farm Bill, But No Deal on Co-op Tax Provision
• Wheat Market Closes 14¢ Higher Wednesday
• Wheat Organizations from the United States, Canada and Mexico Call for Successful NAFTA Agreement
• Tax Law’s Changes to Asset Purchases, Trade-Ins Significant for Ag Producers
• Overregulation Threatens Family Farms, AFBF President Duvall Tells Senate
• 2018 U.S. Farm Income Forecast Released
• Significant Drop in Natural Gas Prices
• China Reportedly Studying Restricitons on U.S. Soybean Imports
• Austin: New Farm Bill Discussions Highlight Ag Forum
• Proposed Senate Budget Deal Mixed Bag On Ag Issues
• Cotton, Dairy Deal Eases Path for New Farm Bill
• Texas Cotton: New Insect Management Guide Available

02.07.2018

• Crop Insurance Acreage Sets New Mark in 2017
• Farm Sizes Impacted by a $40,000 Crop Insurance Premium Support Limit
• Soybeans Remarkably Defiant
• Ag Secretary Says Sorghum Price Fall Reflects Influence of Trade Disputes on Ag Commodities
• Tax Law’s Changes to Asset Purchases, Trade-Ins Significant for Ag Producers
• Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer climbs in January 2018
• Bill Creates Rural Health Liaison at USDA
• Will Farm Income Increase in 2018
• Assessing Suicide Risks in Farmers
• The Long-Term Economic Impact of Cover Crops-29-year study finds cover crops offer benefits with no-till cotton systems
• House Ag Committee Hearing with Sec. Perdue: Trade Issues
• GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at Cancer Research Group over Roundup
• Texas Cotton: New Insect Management Guide Available
• National Sorghum CEO Tim Lust Says Chinese Charges of Unfair Subsidization in US Sorghum Without Basis

02.06.2018

• Cutting Crop Insurance for Big Farms Would Hurt Small Farmers Too
• A Working Paper Addressing: Are Large Farms Less Risky to Insure? (PDF)
• Chairman Conaway Sets Sights on March Farm Bill Vote Vows to Defend Successful Crop Insurance System
• Conaway Hopes Farm Bill is Voted on Before End of March
• Senator Wants Cotton, Dairy Aid Now
• Dow Plunges 1,175 Points
• Dow Drops 1,000 Points, Ag Markets Feel The Ripple Monday
• What the Transportation Plan Could Mean to Rural America
• What Does a Half Million More Cows Mean
• With Sorghum Warning Shot, Beijing Targets Trump’s Core Farm Base
• China: Trade Probe of US Sorghum ‘Normal’
• Texas: Farm Bill Discussions Highlight Ag Forum Meeting
• Secretary Perdue Applauds President Trump’s Selection of USDA’s Rural Utility Service Administrator
• Purdue Professors: What Skills And Competencies A Farmer Needs To Grow?

02.05.2018

• Washington Week Ahead: GOP Seeks Funding Extension as Farm Bill Hangs
• KC Fed Survey Shows Ag Lending Increases
• Perdue Names New Leaders
• Kansas City Fed: Ag Lending and Interest Expenses Increase for Farmers
• Diversifying for Soil Health Covering Profitability in Times of Low Prices
• Confirm Doud Quickly, Farm Bureau’s Duvall Says
• 7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed This Week – Feb. 2, 2018
• Grain Market Week in Review – Feb. 2, 2018
• Pacelle (Humane Society of United States) Resigns Amid HSUS Turmoil
• Right to Repair Addressed by Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Equipment Dealers Association
• Senator Lifts Hold on USTR Ag Negotiator Nominee
• CattleFax Holds Grim Outlook on Long-Term Weather Forecast for Plains, Expect Drought to Intensify