Ag News

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

02.02.2016

• Markets Drift on Mixed Demand News
• Do You Grow Sorghum? Apply for Sorghum Checkoff Leadership Program
• Farmland Prices to Keep Holding Steady, Economist Says
• Weekly Outlook: Robust Beef Expansion Will Slow
• Jerry Gulke: My Best Advice to Young Farmers
• CME to Investigate Volatility of Cattle Prices
• Learn More About the 7 Newest Corn Herbicides
• From a Cotton Seed to a Potential Cancer Drug
• Study: Weather Forecasts Increase Farmers’ Profits
• Components of Cropland Value in the Cornbelt

02.01.2016

• Agri-Pulse Poll Reports How Farmers/Ranchers are Planning to Vote
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
• GMO Labeling Still Unable to Find Middle Ground
• CME Takes Action to Curb Price Volatility in Cattle Futures
• U.S. Cattle Inventory up 3% from 2015
• KC Fed: Farm Loan Volumes Holding at High Levels
• Transition to La Niña Could be Speeding Up
• WATERS OF THE U.S. — The unending saga of one of EPA’s most controversial rules
• Cottonseed and U.S. Oilseed Farm Program Issues
• Using FSA Acreage Data to Project NASS January Planted Acreage Estimates for Corn and Soybeans