Ag News

12.29.2015

• New Crop Insurance Video Tackles Common Farm Policy Misperceptions
• Crop Markets Lower to Start Holiday Week
• Late Model, Low-Hour Equipment Selling at Decade-Low Prices
• Top 5 Classic Tractor Stories from 2015
• Texas: Drones Used to Further Precision Ag and Plant Breeding Research
• Energy Prices Down 25% in Two Months, How Much Lower Will They Go?
• Conservation-Practice Adoption Rates Vary Widely by Crop and Region
• Agricultural Productivity in the U.S.
• IFES 2015: Business and Credit Cycles in Agriculture

12.28.2015

• Blizzard Strikes Texas Panhandle
• Ag Gets Ongoing Gifts in Tax Reform Bill
• Top 7 Machinery Stories from 2015
• Bullish Reports Give Livestock Producers ‘Best Christmas Present You Could Ask For’
• Say Hello to a Permanent $500,000 Section 179
• Profit Tracker: Cattle Feeder Losses Near $700
• Texas: Resistant Weeds Demand Priority In 2015
• All Drones Must Now be Registered
• Highlights from Inaugural Farmer2Farmer Conference

12.23.2015

• More Groups Weigh in on WTO Ag Exports Decision
• Farm Groups Ask EPA to Reconsider Position on Enlist Duo
• Texas: Resistant Weeds Demand Priority In 2015
• Vilsack Halts Enforcing COOL Requirements
• Sorghum Prices Below Corn Once Again
• Economist: 2016 Forecast Looks Good Despite Risks
• USDA Report Shows Source of Decline in Net Farm Income
• IFES 2015: 2015 Crop and Income Outlook – Conserve Cash Income
• IFES 2015: Crop and Livestock Price Prospects for 2016

12.22.2015

• COP 21 Climate Agreement May Be Costly
• Corn, Soybean, Wheat Markets Lower as Holiday Week Gets Under Way
• Potential for U.S. Grain Markets Found in South Africa, Tanzania
• Wells Fargo Exits Crop Insurance Market
• CoBank: China Ag Imports to Challenge 2016 Market
• Cattle on Feed Numbers Dip in November
• Roberts: COOL Repeal Protects American Ag, Businesses
• Ag Secretary Vilsack to Hold Meeing with Pro-Anti GMO Groups

12.21.2015

• Congress’ Omnibus Gift to Farmers
• Cash Rents Not Falling Fast Enough For Farmers
• Ranchers Sue Feds over Spread of 2013 Prescribed Burn
• USDA Halts COOL Enforcement After Repeal
• Texas: National Cotton Council Annual Meeting, Dallas, Feb. 5-7
• El Nino Drives Warmer Temperatures
• Congress Passes Bill Making Expensing Limits Permanent
• Industry Leaders Seek Program Status for Cottonseed

12.18.2015

• NAWG Concerned About New Rules for Wheat Field Trials
• Understanding ARC-CO as a Shallow Loss Program
• COOL Repealed in Omnibus Spending Bill
• House Approves Tax Extenders Deal
• Markets Quiet Despite Wall Street Turmoil
• 7 Practices High-Profit Operators are Using to Succeed
• Will the TPP Actually Help U.S. Ag Exports?
• House Adopts $622 Billion Plan to Revive Expired Tax Breaks
• Texas: National Cotton Council Annual Meeting, Dallas, Feb. 5-7