Ag News

03.03.2016

• Markets Trying to Confirm Gains
• Final Rule Repeals COOL for Beef, Pork
• Appeals Court Rules it Can Hear WOTUS Lawsuit
• Senate Ag Committee Approves Sen. Roberts’ GMO Labeling Bill
• Don’t Curb Yield Potential by Slicing Herbicide Label Rates
• Short Covering Halted By Weak Fundamentals
• 2016 Planting Intentions Boil Down to Local Yields
• First Seed-to-Plant Spread of Harmful Soybean Virus
• Rabobank Report: U.S. Row Crops Near Point of Stabilization

03.02.2016

• Texas Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids Could Be More Substantial, Spread Faster
• Roberts’ Labeling Proposal Passes Senate Committee
• Senate Ag Panel Okays Bill to Stop States From Requiring GMO Labeling
• U.S. Agricultural Exports Expected to Fall More in ’16
• USDA: Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
• USDA Issues “Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade” Report
• Crop Markets Slip as Dollar Advances
• Successful Farming Goes to Cuba
• World Supply of Grain Keeps Pressure on Prices
• Ag Companies Frustrated With EPA
• Midwest on Longest Drought-Free Stretch Since 2005
• Three Marketing Strategies for Old-Crop Corn Sales

03.01.2016

• Corn Lower for Fifth Straight Session Monday
• The Prognosis for Wheat Prices: Not So Good
• Weekly Fertilizer Review
• Manager’s Notebook: Should I Cut Back on Fertilizer
• Will Soybeans Have Higher Returns than Corn in 2016?
• 6 Profit-Building Farm Trends
• Texas: Hybrid Wheat Sees Growing Interest
  

02.29.2016

• Projects Big Crops, Big Stocks, and Low Prices
• Ag Law Education Initiative to Host Webinar on Big Data
• Buffett’s Son Calls for Farmers Not to Treat Soil `Like Dirt’
• USDA Warns of Record-High Supply of Corn
• Expert: Look to Rural Communities for Oil Price Impacts
• Vilsack Testifies on the State of the Rural Economy
• Leverage and Interest Rate Risk

02.26.2016

• USDA Releases Forecast Reports on Planted Acres, Prices
• Cotton Economy Victim of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ – Commentary
• Conaway Statement on the Release of EEMAC Report on Position Limits
• Corn, Soybean Futures Settle Lower
• 8 Ag Numbers to Know in ’16
• President Obama Optimistic TPP Can Be Approved This Year
• Are Gasoline Prices Still High Relative to Crude Oil Prices?
• Despite Current Corn Glut, US Grain Council Analyst Sees China as a Feed Grain Importer in Future Years
• Texas: Hybrid Wheat Sees Growing Interest

02.25.2016

• What Are Your Big Data Questions?
• Do Farmers Need Legislation to Protect Their Ag Data
• Low Prices Stimulate Grain Demand
• Trade Pact Would Boost Agriculture
• Soybeans, Corn Close Lower Wednesday
• Farm Accidents Down 34% in 2015
• Deadline Approaching: Develop A Crop Insurance Strategy Now
• Another 1 Million Acres of Farmland, Gone
• Senate Ag Markup of Biotech Labeling Bill Postponed Amid Lack of Democratic Support
• Don’t Bank on a Toasted U.S. Corn Crop Just Yet
• USDA: Older Farmers Play a Larger Role in Farmland Ownership Than In Production