Ag News

09.08.2016

• Ag Barometer: Weak Crop Prices Lead to Sharp Decline in Attitudes
• How Digital Ag Is Helping to Drive the Proposed Bayer-Monsanto Deal
• Five Trends in the Farmland Market-The Experts Weigh in on the Businessof Farmland
• Wheat Acres Could Drop 20% In Places, Analyst Say
• What They are Saying About Crop Insurance
• Bayer Increases Offer for Monsanto Again
• Seed Pain: Will 2017 Bring Seed Pricing Relief? One Company Hopes So
• USDA: Russia Forecast to Become the World’s Top Wheat Exporter in 2015/2017
• Weekly Outlook: Soybean Use Exceeded USDA Projection, Did Corn Use Fall Short?
• Break-Even Levels for Corn and Soybeans to Have the Same Profitability

09.07.2016

• Ag Barometer: Weak Crop Prices Lead to Sharp Decline in Producer Sentiment
• DTN Cotton Close: Surges to Strong Gains
• Weekly Wheat Review
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• September 06, 2016 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• USDA’s Corn Mature Rate Stays Below Average
• New Corn Disease Discovered in U.S.
• The Allendale Wake-Up Call: Yield Key Numbers On USDA Report
• USDA to Live Stream Upcoming Big Data Summit in October
• Highlights From the Farm Income Forecast

09.06.2016

• Heat Stress for Cattle Approaching? There’s an App for That
• Thinking About a Farm Transition? What to Do Next
• USDA Boosts Funding for Farm Operating Loans to Ease Credit Crunch
• Bayer Sweetens Monsanto Bid Again as Takeover Talks Advance
• Yield Estimates Continue to Circulate Trade
• Former Ag Secretaries to Hold Presidential Election Forum in D.C.
• China announces Plans to Dramatically Increase Its Soybean Acres
• Texas “Picks” List Helps Growers Choose Best Wheat Variety
• Corn and Feeder Cattle Price Relationship

09.02.2016

• Explaining ARC-CO Payments with Illustrations for the 2016 and 2017 Crops
• ERS Examanes U.S. Farmland Ownership, Tenure and Transfer
• CNH unveils driverless tractor at Farm Progress Show
• Corn Ends Stronger Thursday
• Farmers OK With Gov’s Move to Block Deere/Precision Deal
• USDA Announces Changes for Largest Conservation Program
• Dr. Kim Anderson Reveals the Biggest Mistake Wheat Farmers Could Make Right Now
• Wheat Industry Welcomes End to Japan’s Temporary Suspension of White Wheat Imports

09.01.2016

• Corn Disease Alert: New Bacterial Corn Disease Found in 9 States
• DOJ Files Suit to Block Deere Acquisition of Precison Planting
• Chinese Buyers Commit to Purchase $1.8 Billion of U.S. Soybeans
• Decade Low Wheat Prices Support Need for Farm Bill
• Analysts Consider Corn Yield, Market Reaction
• The Danger of Refinancing
• USDA to Live Stream Big Data Summit in October
• ‘Faces of Farming & Ranching’ Finalists Named

08.31.2016

• Strong Dollar Remains Anchor on Prices
• USDA Exports – Soybeans to China, Corn to Mexico, Wheat to Unknown
• USDA: New Farm Income to Hit Lowest Since 2009
• USDA Closes Offices in Five States
• USDA to Reopen Offices Closed After Email Threats
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
• Driverless Tractors Officially No Longer Futuristic
• Deadly Lightning Strike Kills 19 Cows in Texas
• California Farmworkers on Edge Over Historic Overtime Bill
• USDA Raises Farm Income Estimates for 2016
• USDA Rural Development Announces Record-Low Interest Rates