Ag News

02.17.2016

• Unforeseeable Headaches of Succession Planning
• Soybeans Close 8¢ Higher Tuesday
• Scalia’s Vacant Chair Leaves Ag Issues in Limbo
• ‘You Broke The Law’: House Ag Committee Drills EPA Administrator
• What Used Equipment Has Bucked Lower Price Trends?
• Crop Insurance Continues Expansion While Improper Payment Rate Falls
• Texas Crop Progress for the Week Ending Feb. 14
• New Agriculture Careers Website Launched
• Highlights from Crop Insurance Bureau’s Annual Meeting
• Weekly Outlook: A Weather Market for Corn in 2016?
• Corn versus Soybean Returns: 2016 Projections with Historical Comparisons

02.16.2016

• Prices Too Low To Plant? Bank Economist Says No
• Weekly Outlook: A Weather Market for Corn in 2016?
• Record Wheat Forecast Spurs Investor Bets Price Rout Will Deepen
• Wheat Growers Welcome TPP, Look for Rapid Review
• Cattle Outlook: U.S. Beef Imports Down
• Over Half of U.S. Imports Coming From Canada, Mexico
• U.S. Small Tractor Sales Up in January, Combine Sales Up 21%
• Outgoing Chair of Crop Insurance Industry Group Says Crop Insurance Advocates Ready for Tomorrow’s Challenges

02.15.2016

• Groups Opposed to Administration’s Proposed Crop Insurance Cuts
• USDA Forecasts Biggest Wheat Stocks in History
• Farm Equipment Depreciation Act Introduced
• Interested in Enrolling in CRP
• Corn Belt to See El Niño Turn Into La Niña, Meteorologist Says
• Can You Defer ARC/PLC Payments?
• Macro Factors Overshadow USDA Reports
• farmdoc daily: Leverage and Financial Risk
• Texas: Rekindled Interest in Prescribed Fire Sparks Extension Agent Training

02.12.2016

• Weekly Corn Review: PDF
• Weekly Soybean Review: PDF
• Weekly Wheat Review: PDF
• Demand for Farm Loans Rises, Available Credit Drops, Fed Says
• Russia Issues Temporary Ban on U.S. Corn, Soybeans
• Texas: Sorghum Planting Rates
• USDA Forecasts Biggest Wheat Stocks in History
• Secretary Vilsack Says GMO Lableing Dsipute Should be Resolved by Congress
• What are the Issues that Concern Cotton Farmers in 2015

02.11.2016

• Russia to Ban Corn, Soybean Imports from U.S.
• Wheat Closes Higher, Off Six-Year Lows
• USDA Forecasts Biggest Wheat Stocks in History
• The Complicated Perfect Peanut
• Surprising Twists to Cotton’s Genetic History
• U.S. Farm Income Down for Third Year but Stabilizing
• CME Group Moves Again to Reduce Volatility in Livestock Futures
• Public Hearing: Review the 2016 Agenda for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Opening Statement by Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson Hearing to Review the 2016 Agenda for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin Update: PDF
• Is Mandatory GMO Labeling Ahead?
• Washington Post: Cruz Resonates With Farmers, Rural Counties
• Nebraska Celebrates First Beef Exports to Israel

02.10.2016

• Crop Insurance Targeted for $18 Billion in Cuts
• Vilsack’s Budget Proposal Cuts Crop Insurance
• Sen. Roberts: Budget Turns Deaf Ear to Rural America
• Complete Coverage of Feb. 9 USDA Reports
• Chairman Conaway Dismisses Last Obama Budget
• Chairman Conaway Rejects USDA Legal Analysis, Presses for Action
  
• Farm Futures: Stock Market Worries? Don’t Panic
• USDA Forecasts Lower Income in 2016
• Wheat Closes at Multi-Year Lows
• U.S. Farm Income Down for Third Year, But Stabilizing
• Monsanto Settles SEC Investigation into Roundup Sales Program, Will Pay $80 Million Fine