Ag News

04.22.2016

• Ohio State Economist on Why Crop Insurance Has Become an Issue
• Soybeans Close Higher as Excessive Rain in Arentina Threatens Crops; Corn Plunges
• Farm Bureau ‘Waving Flag’ on Labor Shortage
• Wheat Market: Large Carry-In Stocks Represent Opportunities for Buyers
• Representative Farms Showing Little But Red Ink Over Next Four Years
• Corn and Wheat Cap a Highly Volatile Day With Losses
• Decreased World Wheat Estimates Could Mean Good News for Farmers

04.21.2016

• Why Crop Insurance Has Become an Issue
  
• Iowa Senator Grassley Asks for Investigation in Cattle Market’s Price Decline
• USDA Issues: Season Average Price Forecast Report
• 145 House Members Demand Answers from EPA on Anti-Farmer Campaign EPA funds used in anti-farmer campaign in Washington State
• Fund Money Piles into Soybeans
• Soybeans Soar on Weather Worries to Break $10 Barrier
• Corn Cracked $4 – Now Can It Stay There?
• Justifying Losses in Agriculture
• Australia to Defer Decision on China Land Deal Until After Election
• Texas Cotton: LRGV Crop Progressing Well, Watch for Aphids and Thrips
• Texas Sorghum: Small Sugarcane Aphid Colonies in LRGV, No Treatments Yet
• Texas Crop and Weather Report – April 20, 2016
• Lone Star Tick Bite Can Create Allergies to Beef, Pork

04.20.2016

• Texas Sorghum: No Overwintered Sugarcane Aphids Found in Panhandle
• Timeliness is Critical to Improve Peanut Production
• New Ranch TV Website Features Online Video Courses for Ranchers
• House Committe on Agriculture Examines Credit Conditions in Farm Country
• Soybeans Close 32 Cents Higher Tuesday
• Net Farm Income Declines; Demand for Loans Grows
• EPA Inspector General Will Investigate Grant to NW Indian Fisheries Commission
• USDA Officials Diagnose Rural America’s Needs
• Cornucopia Suing USDA Over Organic Board Appointments
• USDA Issues Cotton and Wool Report
• California Almonds: Sign of a Good Crop

04.19.2016

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Wheat Closes 14 Cents Higher Monday

USDA: Corn planting at 13% vs 7% year ago

Markup of House Ag Appropriations Bill is April 19

Chinese-Led Group to Buy Australia’s Most Iconic Cattle Rancher

USDA Officials Diagnose Rural America’s Needs

DTN Cotton Close: Supportive News from China

Weekly Outlook: Implications of Corn and Soybean Planting Progress

Farm Safety Net Put to the Test

04.18.2016

• Dr. Joe Outlaw Tells House Ag Subcommittee That Projected Farm Economic Outlook as Bad as Its Been Since the Late 1990s
• GAO Recommends USDA Update GE Crop Regulations
• Money Managers Increase Bets on Rising Soybean Prices to Highes in Almost Two Years
• WOTUS Court Ruling Months Off
• Washington Week Ahead: Fight Set on Market Rules, Senate Set to Pass Energy Bill
• Rose On Cotton: China’s Reserve Plans – Good News, Bad News?
• 42 Organizations Ask EPA to Take Chlorphyrifos Off Meeting Agenda
• Iowa Senator Grassley Defends Farm Credit’s Lending Practices
• Report Shows Farmers’ Crop Input Costs Down $17/Acre

04.15.2016

• Crop Insurance Payments Unlikely to Cover Production Costs
• Crop Insurance Guarantees Compared to Total Costs Over Time
• Crop Markets Ease After Recent Gains
• Senator Wants to Remove Loophole Commodities Bill
• Brown: CFTC Written for Wall Street, Not Farmers
• Ag Spending Bill Advances in House Subcommittee
• USDA Confirms Negative Farm Net Income in 2013
• Farms Face Increased Financial Pressure, Farm Bureau President Tells Ag Subcommittee
• Ag Subcommittee Holds Hearing Focused on Farm Economy
• USDA Exports – Old–Crop Crorn, Soybean, Wheat Sales Increase
• ‘EARN’ Legislation Encourages New Generation of Ag Producers
• Texas Crop-Weather Regional Reports