Ag News

11.22.2017

• Farm Rescue Helps 500th Farmer After Baler Accident
• Any Trump NAFTA Withdrawal Faces Stiff Court Challenge -Legal Experts
• NAFTA Talks Threatened Over U.S. Auto Rules
• The Touchy Issue of Pesticide Drift
• Does Residue Grazing Affect Later Crop Yields?
• Biofuels Industry Awaits RFS Announcement With Confidence
• Texas Teen is Tractor Restoration Champion
• Over Half of Bankers Boost Farm Loan Collateral Rules
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Jumps Another 6 Percent
• Soggy Corn Raises Costs for U.S. Grain Exporters
• 17 Beef Facts to Wow Your Thanksgiving Table

11.21.2017

• Farm Bill Update: Perspective from Chairman Conaway and Chairman Roberts
• Senators Ask Ross for Analysis of Impact to Ag of Leaving NAFTA
• Crop Progress Report
• U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Highest Level on Record
• USDA NIFA Supports Canola, Potato and Alfalfa Research
• More Than $1 Billion Invested in Rural Health Care
• Geological Survey Finds More Farmland Than Previously Thought
• Despite Spill PSC Approves Keystone XL Alternative Mainline Route
• Good-Enough Data Isn’t Good Enough Anymore
• Latest Crop Progress Report Indicates Climbing Winter Wheat Conditions as Fall Planting Wraps Up
• USDA Issues: Wheat Outlook Report
• Peanut Harvest Wraps Up, ‘Phenomenal’ Yields for Some Growers
• Cotton Spin: Outlook a Tug of War Between Production and Demand
• Market Rally: Running With the Herd on Risk Management
• Texas AgriLife Research Gets Jump-Start on Improved Crop Breeding

11.20.2017

• Cleveland on Cotton: A Battle of Supply vs Supply
• USDA: Peanut Price Highlights
• What is Brazil’s 2017-2018 Crop Going to Look Like?
• With Surprising Corn Yields, Does Weather Matter Anymore?
• U.S. Ag Exports Remain Strong, But Global Share Declines as Destinations Have Changed (NAFTA, China)
• U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Hightest Level on Record
• Reactions to Passage of House Tax Bill
• Nation’s 14th Largest Cow-calf Ranch Ceases Operations, Focuses on Citrus
• No Sign Yet of Agreement on Moving Senate PRIA Bill
• Wheat Outlook: Global Exports Raised on Expanded Russian, U.S. Sales
• Keystone Pipeline Shut Down Because of Major Leak
• For First Time, Biodiesel Leadership Weighs In with Trump on RFS
• EPA, Army Corps of Engineers Propose Delay of WOTUS
• New Farmers Website
• A NAFTA Collapse Could Push Mexico Over the Edge
• Study Shows 20% Of Jobs Linked To Food, Agriculture Industries

11.17.2017

• Senators Sends Open Letter to Farmers on NAFTA
• Rural America: Perspective from USDA Report, and Federal Reserve Ag Credit Survey
• AFBF Pleased, NFU Alarmed by House Tax Bill Passage
• Farmers Need More Collateral to Secure a Loan
• EPA Files for WOTUS Delay
• Analysis of the ARC-CO Payment Cap for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat
• U.S. 2017 Ag Exports Reach 3rd Highest Level Ever
• Is a Hunting Acre More Valuable Than a Tillable Acre?
• Reviewing the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
• Enrollment is Open for Safety Net Coverage
• House, Senate Panel Advance GOP Tax Bills
• Texas: High Plains Ag Conference, Lubbock, Dec. 8
• Keystone Pipeline Shut Down Because of Major Leak
• Secretary Perdue Statement on House Passage of Tax Cuts & Reforms

11.16.2017

• India Believed to Have Most Farm Land
• Is It the Best or Worst of Times for Young Farmers
• Brazilians Are Now Making Ethanol With Soybeans
• Ag Groups Petition for NAFTA Support
• Exclusive Interview With Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue
• Study Says RFS Contributes to Climate Change; RFA Disputes Findings
• Crop Insurance Critical for Farmers and Consumers
• EPA Air Emissions Reporting
• Tax-Free Equipment Exchanges Gone But Might Not Matter (In Most Cases)
• Perdue Issues Sweeping Reorganization Memo
• U.S. Ag Says Forget the Contingency Plan, We Need NAFTA
• Texas Pecans: Very Light Deliveries with Good Demand
• Oklahoma Pecans: Harvest Picking Up, Deliveries Still Mostly Light
• Mexico Open to 5-year NAFTA Reviews, But Not ‘Sunset Clause’
• Is it Good to Have Options? The 2014 Farm Bill Program Decisions

11.15.2017

• U.S. Ag Sector Watches Painfully as TPP Moves on Without It
• Funds Flat On Ag Ahead of USDA Reports
• Murphy-Brown Loses Preliminary Round in Court
• The Decisions Behind Monsanto’s Weed-Killer Crisis
• Soybeans Drop 18¢ in Two Sessions
• There’s More Farmland in the World Than Was Previously Thought
• New Interactive Maps Of Global Cropland
• Pipelines and Farmers Battle Over Lifetime Loss
• Farm Bureau Seeks Full Withdrawal of Organic Livestock, Poultry Practices Rule
• Kansas Wheat Farmer Testifies on Data-Driven Farming
• DTN Releases Its Fertilizer Price Index
• New Research Reports Farmers’ Radio Listening Frequency
• Ag Groups Demand House Preserves Section 199 in Trump’s Tax Fix to Block Tax Hikes on Farmers