Ag News

01.07.2016

• The Best and Worst of 2015 Agriculture
• Vilsack Raises Legal Concern About Cotton Subsidies, Says Decision Due ‘Very Soon’
• Soybeans Close 7¢ Higher Wednesday
• There’s a 20% Chance for Sub-$3 Corn
• Nebraska Senator Proposes ‘Right to Farm’ Amendment
• El Nino Storm Sets Rain Records in California
• How to Market Grain in 2016: Be Prepared to Seize the Day
• Texas Livestock: Latent Effects of Blizzard a Concern for Cow-Calf Producers
• Texas: High Plains Irrigation Conference, Amarillo, Feb. 4
• IRS Lowers Mileage Rate to 54 Cents Per Mile

01.06.2016

• Expert Predicts Strong El Nino Will Push Record High Crop Yields in 2016
• Crop Markets Higher After Recent Declines
• Ag Confidence index Updated and Released
• Possible 2016 Harvest Prices for Corn
• Cut Costs Strategically: Look at Seeding Rates, Fertility
• Analysts Expect At Least One Good Marketing Opportunity in 2016
• DTN Cotton Close: Futures Meander in Tight Range
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• China’s Impacts of Slowing Growth on Trade and Ag
• NFU Recognizes Women’s Contributions to Agriculture
• USDA to Measure Economic Well-Being of Farms

01.05.2016

• Ag Confidence Index Updated and Released
• Analysts Comments on 2015 Blockbuster Mergers
• New Scientifiic Model Considers Farmers’ Pest Management Decisions
• Lower Markets Discourage Farmer Selling
• Farmers Show Little Hope for Economic Improvement – DTN
• Weak Manufacturing Data in China Hits U.S. Crop Markets
• Grains Fall to Nine-Year Low on Global Supply Glut, Equity Rout
• How to Swap CRP Acres for Pasture
• Ranchers Turn to Facebook, Twitter to Find Cattle Stranded By Blizzard
• Oklahoma: Red River Crops Conference, Altus, Jan. 20-21

01.04.2016

• Texas Blizzard Impact Will Bring Total to 40,000 Lost Southwest Dairy Cattle
• New Web Site: Farm Safety and Health
• Ethanol Group Picks its Winners, Losers in Presidential Race
• China Drops to Second Place as U.S. Ag Customer
• AgriPulse: A Look at the Big Ag Issues of 2015 –And for the New Year
• Texas: Risk Management Meeting, Lubbock, Jan. 12
• Economic Outlook Promising, But Challenges Loom
• Agri-marketing Ag Stock Index (The Agri Marketing Ag Stock Index is composed of a portfolio of 40 publicly traded companies with significant agricultural interests.) Down More than General Indexes
• Agribusiness Global: Ten Trends for Crop Protection Industry in 2016

12.31.2015

• National & World Ag News Headlines Report Details Main Causes of Lower Farm Income
• Southern States Likely to Skirt Major Flooding While Midwest Overflows
• Grains Fall as Dollar Gains May Curb Demand
• Facing Flooding Threat, Farmers Rush Grain to Safety
• California Raises Minimum Wage to $10 per Hour
• USDA: Non-Operating Landlords Own a Third of U.S. Farmland

12.30.2015

• After Years of Drought, Cotton Farmers Welcome West Texas Snowstorm
• Wheat Surges as Flood Waters Threaten Winter Crops
• Flooding Causes Headache for Farmers in Midwest
• Looking Back at Agriculture in 2015
• Red River Farm Network Lists Top Ten Stories in 2015
• Why Today’s Prices Aren’t a Repeat of the 1980s
• Texas: Risk Management Meeting, Lubbock, Jan. 12