Ag News

04.07.2016

• Woodward, OK Fire Tops 55,000 Acres and is Zero Contained- Oklahoma Forestry Services
• American Seed Trade Association Reports that Senate Passes Bill to Defend Trade Secrets
• New Research Reveals the Cost-Cutting and Survival Strategies of Farmers
• Wheat Falls 11 Cents Lower Wednesday on Crop Rating, Soyeans, Corn Closed Higher
• World Food Prices Edge Up in March
• ARC-CO Payments Depend on Farmer’s Survey Answers, USDA
• Agricultural Research Funding Shortchanged for Nearly 50 Years – DTN
• Agricultural Drones Market Forecast to Be Worth $3.69 Billion by 2022
• The Relationship between Stocks-to-Use and Corn and Soybean Prices: An Alternative View
• Website Could Help Beef Producers Improve Marketing Decisions

04.06.2016

• Delayed Crop Progress Report Released: PDF
• Wildfires Threaten Towns in Rural Oklahoma, Kansas
• USDA Invited to Sit At the Table for Hire Our Heroes
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin for USDA Office of the Chief Economist
• USDA: Winter Wheat 59% Good/Excellent VS 44% Year Ago
• Certified Angus Beef Production Introduced in Russia
• USDA Reports Record Growth in U.S. Organic Producers
• U.S. Ethanol Production Expected to Decrease

04.05.2016

• Crop Progress Report Delayed
  
• The Numbers Don’t Add Up for More Corn, Economists Say
• Weekly Grain Movement – April 4, 2016
• How to Get the 2016 Cotton Crop Off to a Good Start
• A $150 Million Bond Clash Jolts U.S. Debt Market for Farmers
• Senate Debates Trade Secrets, GMO Bill Fate Still Uncertain
• U.S. Grain Facilities New Rules for 3 Reasons – DTN
• Study Being Released on the Impact of the Fertilizer Industry
• Biotech, Other Advanced Technology Makes Agriculture Target of Cybercrime
• Farmers Explain Why They are Planting More Corn, Despite Highest Stocks in 29 Years
• NCBA’s Craig Uden Says Trans Pacific Partnership is Crucial to U.S. Beef Industry

04.04.2016

• Expect Higher Yields With El Nino Sticking Around
• Corn, Bean Prices Headed in Opposite Directions
• ‘No One Expected the Magnitude of What USDA Reported’
• Prospective Plantings Report: Corn Acreage Up, Soybean Acreage Down From Year-Ago
• World’s Biggest Money Managers Can’t Agree on Dollar’s Direction
• Farm Business: Amarillo, Texas-Based Employee Stock Ownership Plan Turned Toxic – DTN
• Slight Rise in National Retail Gas Prices
• Study on the Impact of the Fertilizer Industry Released
• To Market 2016 Cotton: Look for Small Price Blips
• Measuring Farm Profitability
• Aggressive Herd Expansion is Underway

04.01.16

• USDA Data Seen as Neutral to Bearish
• Foolish or Brilliant? Planting Early in 2016
• 2016 Prospective Planting: Wheat Acres Fall 9% to 49.6 Million
• 2016 Prospective Planting: Cotton Expects 11 Percent Bump, Still Near Record Low
• 2016 Prospective Planting: Sorghum, Canola, All Hay Prospects Down, Rice Up
• 2016 March Grain Stocks: Corn, Soybeans, Wheat
• Aggressive Herd Expansion is Underway
• USDA Report Shows How Ag Trade Could Benefit from T-Tip Deal with the EU
• National Corn Growers Association Comments on Significantly Highter Acres
• Farm Futures Survey Shows More Farmers Getting Worried About Their Finances
• Agribank Releases Insights Report on Weather Impact on Crop Production
• To Market 2016 Cotton: Look for Small Price Blips
• Forming Expectations for 2016 U.S. Average Winter and Spring Wheat Yields: What About El Niño?
• Drought Expands – Now at Almost Twenty Percent Across Oklahoma

03.31.2016

• CoBank Warns U.S. Agricutural Industry Faces Formidable Global Challenges
• Study Shows China’s Wheat Subsidies Cost U.S.Wheat Farmers $653 Million
• Wheat Drops as Rain Moves into the Plains
• Bloomerg: Harvesting Sunshine More Lucrative than Crops at Some U.S. Farms
• Riding Out the TPP’s Rollercoaster
• Trump, Cruz Can’t Avoid Ag Issues at CNN Town Hall
• Texas Crop Weather: Good Prospects for 2016 Cattle Market
• USDA: Rural Women are More Likely to Have College Degrees Than Men