Ag News

05.03.2016

• Crop Progress Report: PDF
• USDA: Corn Planting at 45%, Soybeans 8%
• Analyzing USDA Reports for Your 2016 Marketing Plan
• Analysts: South American Weather Continues to Spark Volatility
• Top Negotiators Cite Progress in Latest T-TIP Talks
• Weekly Outlook: Falling Cattle Prices: Where’s the Bottom?
• OSHA Anhydrous Storage Rule Change Impact on Farmers, Ag Retailers

05.02.2016

• Farmer Battles Over Covers RMA Allows Practice, But Insurer Warned Farmer Against It
• Farm Storage Facility Loan Program Now Includes Microloan Option
• Roberts Calls Organic Livestock Standards ‘Ridiculous’
• FBI Cyber Bulletin: Smart Farming May Increase Cyber Targeting Against US Food and Agriculture Sector
• April 2016 Global Weather Roundup
• Commodities Overtake Stocks, Bonds With Best Rally Since 2010
• Trump or Clinton? Buffett Sees Business as Fine With Either
• House Ag Panel Examines ‘Unintended Consequences’ of Dodd-Frank
• Texas: Soil Temperature and Successful Planting
• USDA: Global Cotton Stockpiles Beginning to Decline
• China Has Pulled Back on Cotton But Remains a Major Player

04.29.2016

• Sure Big Data is Cool But Can It Make You Any Money
• EPA Extends Comment Period for In-Crop Use of Dicamba
• Could Farmers Achieve Profitability in 2016 After All?
• Why U.S. Exports are So Strong?
• How November’s Senate Elections Could Affect Farmers
• Crop Market Turmoil Is Good News for Commodity Trader Bunge
• Texas: Ag Forum, Austin, May 16
• Ag Group Concerned About USDA’s Biotech Regulations Changes
• Emerging Leaders Selected for 2016-17 National Cotton Council Program
• Rural Mainstreet Economy Remains Weak for April
• USDA: First Period of Decline in Rural Population May Be Ending

04.28.2016

• Farmers, Ranchers Need Government Support, Not Opposition, Farm Bureau Tells Congress
• USDA Export Sale: Unknown Destinations Buy 14.44 Million Bushels of Beans
• Focus on Farm Economy: Immigration Emerges as Top Issue
• DuPont’s Rebounding Agriculture Sales Signal End for Farm Rout
• Brazil’s Drought Opens Up Hot Market for American Farmers
• EPA Takes it On the Chin at House Ag Hearing
• Texas Field Reports: Recent Rains Prove a Mixed Bag
• Ag Policy: House Subcommittee Examines Production Cost Factors
• Ag Spending Bill Includes Rider to Prevent ‘GIPSA Rule’ Implementation
• Senate Judiciary Approves Cattle Price Collapse Investigation
• Texas Livestock: Red, White, Blue Cattle System to Improve Calving Efficiency

04.27.2016

• Grains Close Higher Tuesday
• Weekly Outlook: Are Price Swings Finished or Just Beginning?
• Could Brazil be Buying U.S. Grain?
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin Update
• Weekly Wheat Review
• USDA: Share of Highly Leveraged Farm Businesses on an Upward Trend
• Consultant Now Sees 2015-16 South American Soybean Crop Below Year-Ago
• Texas: Disease-Resistant Study in Corn, Sorghum, Sugarcane
• Texas Crop and Weather Report — April 26
• Three New GM Crops Released, Will Change Farming Practices

04.26.2016

• Crop Progress Report: PDF
• Corn, Boybeans, Wheat Higher as Widespread Rains Cause Concerns
• Will Fund Buying Show Up Today?
• DuPont Boosts Outlook as First-Quarter Sales Top Estimates
• Texas: Land, Water, and Wealth Symposium, Lufkin, May 20
• Could Brazil be Buying U.S. Grain?
• ASA Comments on USDA’s Revised Biotech Regulations
• Weekly Outlook: Are Price Swings Finished or Just Beginning?
• Cash Rents Dip 7% to Average $211 Per Acre
• Rural Mainstreet Index Continues to Slide
• NCBA’s Colin Woodall Says Beef Industry is Losing Money Every Day Until TPP is Ratified