Ag News

05.26.2016

• Vilsack: Different Approach Needed on Next Farm Bill
• Texas Native Goule Named CEO of National Association of Wheat Growers
• Texas Weather Rough Ride for Farmers
• Texas Field Reports: Rains Continue to Bring Mixed Bag to Producers
• Senator Jim Inhofe Wants EPA to be Held Accountable for Overreach Regarding WOTUS and Related Rules
• Bayer Confident it Can Make a Deal With Monsanto
• Public Perception of Farmers Still Highly Favorable
• Study Finds Consumers Have Wide Knowledge Gap on Genetically Modified Food
• Don’t Get Trapped in a Bad Machinery Lease
• Demand for Used Equipment, Rising Combine Values Surprise in 2016
• Grain Elevators Could Feel the Squeeze in 2016, Too
• USDA: Number of Farm Workers Increasing

05.25.2016

• Weekly Outlook: Will Summer Pricing Opportunities Materalize?
• CME Making Livestock Changes Cattle, Hog Markets to Allow Post-Close/Pre-Open Order Entries
• Almost Drought-Free, Texas Shows Only Small Patches of Abnormally Dry Areas
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
• National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President’s Testimony on the Farm Economy
• Study: Ag Exports Boost U.S. GDP
• Monsanto Rejects Bayer’s $62 Billion Bid
• Brazil Faces Corn Shortage Crisis
• Farm Bureau Tells Congress EPA, Army Corps of Engineers Violate Law, Oprress Farmers
• Texas Field Reports: Rains Continue to Bring Mixed Bag to Producers
• Texas Crop and Weather Report – May 24

05.24.2016

• As El Nino Exits, La Nina Looms
• Crop Progress Report
• Weekly Outlook: Will Summer Pricing Opportunities Materialize
• U.N. Agriculture Sector Key to Protecting Livelihoods, Addressing Conflict and Climae Change Risks
• Demand for Used Equipment, Rising Combine Values Surprise in 2016
• Vilsack: Monsanto CEO ‘Surprised’ at Bayer’s Public Offer
• Bayer Promises Benefits, But Offers Farmers Few Details
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 1 Percent
• Texas Weather Rough Ride for Farmers

05.23.2016

• TPP: Time to Act or Scrap the Deal
• Pros & Cons of Farm Equipment Leases
• Big Wheat Harvest Looming: Selling Could Get Ugly
• Farm Credit Agency Officials: This Is Not the 1980s
• When a Lease is More: Don’t Forget IRS’ Share
• Changing ARC-County Formula Senator Offers Provision to Change How ARC Yield Calculated
• U.S. Wheat Associates: An Alternative Take on ITC’s Mixed Score for Wheat Under TPP
• Cotton Spin: Old and new crop comparisons and surprises from Mother Nature
• Mars Probe to Be Used by Agriculture

05.20.2016

• Grain, Soybean Futures Close Sharply Lower as Dollar Rises, Weather Dries
• Senate Committee Advances 2017 Ag Appropriations Bill
• Bid for Monsanto Confirmed
• Statement from Agriculture Secretary Vilsack on the U.S. International Trade Commission Report
• TPP: time to Act or Scrap the Deal?
• Report Says TPP Will Have Positive Impact on U.S. Economy
• ND Farmer Hopeful ARC-CO Errors Will be Rectified

05.19.2016

• Texas Cotton, Grain Scout School, Lubbock AgriLife Center, May 25
• Texas Peanut Planting Nears Half-Way Mark
• El Nino Drought Puts South Africa in Market for Corn
• The Gender Pay Gap Affects Farmers, Too
• Trade Groups Push Promise of Cuba for U.S. Farmers
• Obama’s Modest Biofuels Mandate for 2017 Disappoints Producers
• USDA to Join U.S. Panel Reviewing ChemChina’s Syngenta Deal
• 2016 Yield Distributions for U.S. Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat Using Historical WASDE May Forecast Errors
• Study Shows Farmers Plan to Invest More in Equiment Technology, Agronomic Data