Ag News

05.18.2016

• Modified Crops Not Seen Adding to Human Health Risks, Study Says
• Soybeans Close Up 15 Cents Tuesday
• Market Highlights: Futures Help Cattle Prices
• Double-Digit Gains for Soybeans Provide Spillover to Corn
• Texas Law: Pesticide Drift – Are You Liable for an Independent Contractor’s Mistake
• OSU’s Dr. Tom Royer Talks Aphids of All Kinds and How They’re Impacting Oklahoma’s Crops?
• Future Generation Ag LLC Launched, Will Offer Cover Crop Seed and Advice
• Crop insurance Performance in 2015: Low Losses Predominate
• U of Illinois Researchers Reveal Cancer-Fighting Properties of Horseradish
• Farm Bureau Tells Congress: EPA Disparages Farmers, Hinders Progress

05.17.2016

• Texas Wheat Producers Eye Canola in Crop Rotations
• Crop Progress Report: PDF
• Numbers Bearish for Wheat, Soybeans; Neutral for Corn
• First U.S. Beef Shipment Arrives in South Africa Since Trade Agreement
• Bill Would Ban Packer Ownership of Livestock
• Meatpackers Cite Outdated Studies in Attack Grassley’s Legislation
• Why Have Soybean Prices Rallied $2.32 in Six Weeks?
• Predicting Weather … In the Fourth Dimension
• Three Nebraska Farmers, Agronomist With Cancer Sue Monsanto
• National Corn Growers Assn Applauds Senate’s Passage of Inland Waterways Appropriation Bill
• Weekly Outlook: Corn and Soybean Demand Improving

05.16.2016

• SaveFamilyFarming.org Aims to Counter What’s Upstream
• El Nino Dumps Heavy Rains Across Argentina, Brazil
• Hedge Funds Boost Bullish Bets on Soybeans, Meal From Oilseed
• USDA: Soybeans Dominate Expansion of Cropland in Aregentina
• Hail Damage (See Photos) Leave Midwest Farmers With Tough Replant Decisions
• New Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Farmers, Farm Policy, Crop Insurance
• Nation’s Beekeepers Lost 44% of Bees in 2015-2016
• National Corn Growers Association Applauds Senate’s Passage of Inland Waterways Appropriation Bill
• Projected Margins and Breakeven Prices for Corn

05.13.2016

• Consolidation Increases Calls for Livestock Packer Ownership Ban
• Buying Inputs Smarter
• Corn Could Hit $3.20 With No Summer Drought
• Bayer-Monsanto Bid May Trigger More Scrutiny for Rival Deals
• Congress Questions EPA on Glyphosate, Atrazine
• Soybean Prices Continue to Rally as Supplies Tighten
• Winfield, Google to Create Data Management System Designed for Agriculture
• Grazing the Net: Checkoff Charade
• R-CALF Sues USDA to End Beef Checkoff

05.12.2016

• Field Work? Virtually No Progress
• Brazil’s 2016 Corn Crop Size Continues To Fall
• Arson Blamed for Deadly Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast in 2013
• Texas Cotton: Don’t Get Creative with Herbicide Tankmixing
• How to Scout for Sugarcane Aphids in Sorghum to Achieve Effective Control
• 2016 Marketing Gain Impacts on Income Statements Will be Limited
• New Survey Provides Consumer Insight: Family Farms
• Profit Tracker: Feedyards Nearing Breakeven

05.11.2016

• Senators Question Disparity of Payments Under ARC Program
• Farmers Wanted for Data-Intensive Farm Management Program
• Weather Causes Record Losses in South America Corn, Soybeans
• DTN Cotton Close: Bad News Day
• U.N.: New Pesticide Guidelines Seek Faster Phase – Out Of Risky Toxins
• Cotton Spin: Home on the Range
• Texas Wheat: Mild Winter Could Mean More Spring Wheat
• Kansas Wheat Crop Seen Rebounding 19% to Add to Global Surplus
• USDA Sees Much Smaller Kansas and Oklahoma Wheat Crop Than Was Measured by Wheat Scouts One Week Ago
• 2016 Marketing Gain Impacts on Income Statements Will be Limited
• Texas Crop and Weather Report – April 10