Ag News

01.02.2018

• Improvements to Crop Insurance Continue
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate Welcomes New Members, Works on Farm Aid
• Farm Bill: Congressional Inaction on Disaster Bill; 2018 Agenda Items
• Hot Economy But There Is Great Need For On-Farm Help
• Are Farmers Optimistic about 2018?
• Farm Bureau: Tax Overhaul Means Lower Taxes for Farmers
• Major USDA Reports Coming Up On Jan 12
• Cover Crops And Cattle Are Cash
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Last Week
• 4 Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Listening to Farmers
• Soybean Fireworks Expected In Early January USDA Report
• USDA Issues Statement on China’s New Soybean Import Inspection Rules
• For Wheat, A Year Of Extremes
• Trey Blocker Files for Texas Ag Commissioner
• USDA Survey: Millennials Prefer Fruits, Vegetables Over Grains, Meat
• AgFunder.com’s Top 10 Read Stories About Investments, AgTech In 2017
• 2018 Could Bring Higher Prices for Farmers
• IFES 2017: Crop and Livestock Price Prospects for 2018

12.29.2017

• Cotton Ends 2017 With a Bang, Heading for Best Rally Since 1998
• Peanut Growers See Profits From Farm Bill Text
• Selling Your Farm Is Not A Retirement Plan
• USDA Cracks Down On Organic Fraud
• Soybeans Close Lower on Favorable South American Weather
• USDA Issues Statement on New Soybean Rules
• 8 Accounting Steps to Consider for 2018
• Ag Lender Tips To Help Farmers Navigate 2018
• Tough Times in the Heartland As Farmers Consider Bailing Out
• AgTech Speaker: You Are Not A Farmer, You Are a Technologist
• Deere Recalls Crossover Gator Utility Vehicles
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 8 Percent
• American Farm Bureau: Tax Overhaul Means Lower Taxes For Farmers
• IFES 2017: Crop and Livestock Price Prospects for 2018

12.28.2017

• Soy Standards for Loads to China Tightened
• Half of U.S. Soy Exports to China Would Fall Afoul of New Rules
• Canada’s Trudeau Remains Concerned Over NAFTA
• Wheat Futures Close Higher as Cold Weather Threatens HRW Crop
• Trump, Dicamba and Eagles: A Look Back at AgWeb’s Top Stories of 2017
• Profit Tracker: Margins Slip $35 Per Head
• New Process Announced to Deal With Weed Seeds in Soybean Shipments to China
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 8 Percent
• 2018 Outlook: Beef Demand vs. Growing Cattle Supplies
• Land Report Magazine Lists 25 Largest Land Owners In The U.S.
• 2017 Year End Tax Planning Ideas

12.26.2017

• USDA: Improvements To Crop Insurance Continue In 2018
• Sober, but Hopeful, Picture for Farm Economy
• U.S. Grains Council Releases 2017 Corn Quality Report
• Farm Credit: Farm Income Stabilizing
• When to Pull the Club on Sticky Cash Rent
• Five Top AgTech Reads From 2017
• 2017 A Year of Natural Disasters
• The Tax Overhaul And Your Farm
• AgFunder.com Lists Top 10 AgTech Deals In 2017
• Farmland Experts On Why Values Remain High, Despite Low Commodity Prices
• 2017 Canola Performance Trial Data Added To Council’s Seed Variety Performance Online Database

12.22.2017

• Neiffer Outlines Tax Reform And Ag Impact
• USDA Issues: "Season Average Price Forecasts" Report
• 3 Big Things Today, December 22 by Successful Farming
• Why Farmland Values Won’t Budge
• 2018 Purdue University Outlook: Cash Rents, Farmland Values, Corn and Soybean Prices
• Tax Reform Praised by Ag Interests, Some Concern Remains
• 2018 Outlook: Grain Sorghum Climbs On Early Seed Sales?
• Monsanto Gives CEO Hugh Grant 64% Pay Raise
• Texas: 4 Panhandle Crop Production Clinics, Jan. 8-12
• Perdue Applauds USDA Accomplishments
• Rural Mainstreet Index Improves for December
• Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2017 Accomplishments
• Iowa State Economists Issue 2018 Ag Outlook Report
• Kansas State Ag Policy Expert Flinshbaugh Grades Trump Administration

12.21.2017

• Secretary Perdue Statement on Congressional Passage of Tax Cuts & Reforms
• USTR Robert Lighthizer Statement on Final Passage of the Tax Reform Bill
• Farm Policy Facts: Our View – Christmas Reflections
• Researchers Examine Corn’s Ability to Adjust to Stress
• Tax Cut Bill Passes Giving Trump Major Victory
• Trump to Address Farm Bureau Convention in Nashville
• 10 Ag Mergers and Acquisitions From 2017
• AgTech Startup Uses Radio Waves To Dry Grain
• Cotton Growers May Benefit from Last Minute Disaster Package – DTN
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• U.S. Soybean Exports Top Another Record