Ag News

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
  

   

02.09.2016

• Will Crop Insurance Face Cuts in Upcoming Federal Budget?
• Wheat Closes 8¢ Lower, Soybeans Off 5¢
• 12 Overlooked Preplanting Maintenance Tasks
• Game Changer: Hagie Helps Young Inventor Realize Dream Of Taking His Idea To Market
• Wheat Faces a Double Challenge
• Only Working Farmer in Congress Set to Retire
• National Cotton Council Releases Economic Outlook
• Texas: Mostly Dry as Cotton Harvest Wraps Up – USDA

02.08.2016

• Women in Agriculture: No Farms – No Superbowl
• Texas: Remaining Profitable with Low Commodity Prices
• Concern by Rural Texans About ‘Mining’ Water
• Cotton: Other Crops Pencil Out Worse – How’s That For A Positive Point?
• Cotton Planting Intentions Survey: Acreage Up 6.2% Over 2015
• Crude Oil Will Not Stay Above $40 Again,’ Says Analyst
• When Will Corn Get Back to $4?
• China Approves Import of Monsanto Soybeans
• USDA Issues "Food Price Outlook" Report
• $10 Per Barrel Oil Tax to Be Proposed by Obama

02.05.2016

• Farmers Aren’t Exactly Thrilled About Syngenta Deal
• Global Hot Spots: Drought in South Africa, South Korea Wants Crop Diversity
• Corn, Soybeans End Lower Thursday
• U.S., Australia Compete to Supply Japan’s Beef Imports
• Enroll Acres in the Conservation Stewardship Program by March 31
• Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Signed
• National Corn Growers Assn Supports TPP Partnership
• Wheat Grower Organizations Welcome TPP Signing, Look for Rapid Congressional Review
• U.N.’s Food Price Index Drops to Seven Year Low
• How the Super Bowl Shaped the Chicken Industry

02.04.2016

• USDA Forecasts 9% Growth in Renewable Energy Production
• Vilsack Denies Cotton Growers’ Aid Request, Says Congress Must Act
• National Cotton Council Extremely Disappointed in USDA’s Decision
• China Clears Monsanto’s Xtend Soybeans for Import
• Dow & DuPont Merger to Face Anti-Trust Implications
• Soybeans Close Nearly a Dime Lower
• Farmers Aren’t Exactly Thrilled About Syngenta Deal
• Texas Crop Weather
• Lender Shares Economic Snapshot of IN, OH, KY & TN

02.03.2016

• Soybeans, Corn Finish Higher Tuesday
• 83% of Iowa Caucus-Goers Voted for Pro-RFS Candidates
• Corn Will Climb Out of Price Basement
• Oklahoma Wheat: New Decision Making Tool Available
• Texas Crop Weather: Conditions Look Favorable for Corn Planting
• USDA: Production, Use of High Fructose Corn Syrup Declining
• What are the Issues that Concern Cotton Farmers in 2016