Ag News

03.21.2016

• Texas Corn Producers Looking for Answers to ARC Discrepancy
• Texas Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids – Kansas Find Does Not Mean Early Spread
• Farm Finances: Working Capital and the Age of the Farm Operator
• Rural Mainstreet Index Rises, Still Weak
• American Soybean Association Opposes SNAP Cuts, Would Re-Open Farm Bill
• Politics Split GMO Vote
• Corn Net-Shorts Drop While Soybeans Net-Long First Time Since October
• Outside Markets Friendly, But Ample Supplies Continue To Cap Grains’ Upside
• Policy News: The Week Ahead: Mar. 21-27, 2016
• What Might a Spring Rally Look Like?
• Washington Week Ahead: Obama Aims to Make Cuba Opening ‘Irreversible’

03.18.2016

• 14 Biggest Law Issues Impacting Agriculture
• Sharply Lower Dollar Supports Commodity and Equity Markets
• Your 2016 Risk-Management Plan in 3 Steps
• Ag Coalition Seeks to Join Lawsuit in Support of EPA
• House Budget Panel Okays FY 2017 Budget Resolution
• Farm Banks Increase Ag Lending 8% in 2015, Report Solid Performance
• CoBank CEO: Rural Broadband a Key to Success in Down Farm Economy

03.17.2016

• Texas Crop Weather: Back on Track After Years of Drought, Flooding
• Voluntary GMO Labeling Bill Stalls in Senate
• Chairman Conaway Statement on Senate Failure to Advance Bioengineered Food Labeling Legislation
• American Farm Bureau Blasts Senators Voting Against Cloture of Biotech Labeling Bill Proposed by Kansas Senator Pat Roberts
• Corn, Soybeans Close Mixed as Fed Reserve Leaves Rate Unchanged
• How Corn Shorts are Driving Prices
• China’s Grap for Syngenta “Scares” Ag Marketing Advisor
• Forming Expectations for 2016 U.S. Average Corn and Soybean Yields: What about El Niño Transitions?

03.16.2016

• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
• Will Spring Come Early in ’16 and Bring a Hot, Dry Summer?
• Agriculture Day Statement: USDA Secretary Vilsack Recognizes Farmers, Ranchers and Growers
• American Bankers Association releases Farm Bank Performance Report
• Survey: Ag Industry Failing to Attract Next Generation of Workers
• Prices for Certified Angus Beef Premiums See New High
• USDA Issues Cotton and Wool Outlook Report
• Soybean Planting Decision in 2016: Are Soybeans-After-Soybeans Profitable?
• Texas: Good Planting Progress Ahead of Rains – USDA
• USDA Helps Peanut Producers Rebuild after Company Bankruptcy

03.15.2016

• Weekly Grain Movement – March 15, 2016
• Grains Close Higher Monday on Positive Demand News
• Three Things to Watch in Winter Wheat
• Weekly Outlook: Surprising Strength in Soybean Prices
• Senate Begins Debate on Chairman Roberts’ Biotechnology Labeling Bill
• Weekly Outlook: Surprising Strength in Soybean Prices
• Examining Factors Affecting Long Term Corn and Soybean Prices
• Derrell Peel Laments Decision by USDA to Suspend Release of Mid Year Cattle Inventory Report

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