Ag News

03.14.2016

• National Agriculture Day is March 15, 2016
• Quality of Sorghum Crop is Very Good
• Ag Industry Looks to Learn from Past Free Trade Agreements
• Net-Short Positions in Corn Jump to Another Record Amid Slack Demand
• We Will Make It Through 2016
• Managed Money Funds Add More Shorts
• Washington Week Ahead: Biotech Labeling Fight Heads to Senate Floor
• Vilsack to Join Obama and Cabinet in Cuba
• Texas: Livestock Guardian Dogs Come to Area Ranches

03.11.2016

• Cargill Pulling Back Antibiotic Use By 20% In Beef Cattle
• Vilsack, 34 Ag Leaders Head to Peru, Chile Next Week
• 11 Proven Profit-Producing Practices for Corn
• Summer Cattle Inventory Reports Suspended by USDA
• U.S. to Announce Further Easing of Cuba Restrictions on March 17
• American Agri-Women Announces Its Ag Day Sponsorship and Activities
• U.S. Tractor Factory to be Built in Cuba
• Forming Expectations for the 2016 U.S. Average Soybean Yield: What About El Niño?

03.10.2016

• FBI Reports Theft of Technology Up 53%, Ag is a Special Target
• USDA publishes final rule on Conservation Stewardship Program
• AFBF, Other Groups Call on Congress to Oppose Additional Ag Spending Cuts
• Download the AFB Letter Referenced Above
• Economists Discuss Farm Policy Amid Falling Crop Prices
• March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE)
• Trade Sees USDA Data As Mixed
• Why Wheat May Be Nearing a Turning Point
• DTN Cotton Close: USDA Numbers Mostly Unchanged

03.09.2016

• USDA: Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
• USDA Seen Overstating Demand Wednesday, Analyst Says
• Do You Know Where Your Data Goes?
• EU to Stock Most Unsold Wheat in Eight Years as Exports Stumble
• Texas Cotton: Preventive Pest Control Is Worth the Cost
• Texas: Corn, Sorghum Planting Continue – USDA
• Texas Crop and Weather report – March 8

03.08.2016

• How Has the Farm Bill Fared in its First Year
• Supreme Court Loss Stings Farmers
• Brazil Corn Exports Up 388% in February Compared With 2015
• Weekly Outlook: Expectations for the March 1 Corn Stocks Estimate
• Will Climate Change Shuffle the Crop Deck?
• Time Your Planting Window Correctly for No-Till
• Texas: Corn, Sorghum Planting Continue – USDA
• Presidential Election: Who is the Farmer’s Friend? – DTN
• Digital Guides to Weed ID and Management Developed
• Texas: Corn, Sorghum Planting Continue – USDA

03.07.2016

• Wheat Growers Talk Trade, Policy, Growth of Acres
• Sorghum: Record-Breaking 2015 – Can the Industry Keep the Pace? – DTN
• Cotton Spin: How Much Cotton Will BE Planted This Year?
• Livestock Diversity: Storing Genes for the Future
• NASS Suspends Summer Cattle Reports
• Optimism is Key Word as Ag Secretary Addresses Commodity Classic
• 2016 Commodity Classic Highlights
• Six Food and Ag Trends You Need to Know
• March 7: Shorts Cover in Grains
• Washington Week Ahead: Floor Fight Looms Over Biotech Labeling
• Rabobank: U.S. Row Crops Near Point of Stabilization