Ag News

12.17.2015

• Farm Groups Praise, Lament Omnibus Spending Bill
• Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.25%
• ABA Releases Ranking of Largest Farm Banks in the U.S.
• Free Seed Selection Tool Available Online
• Profit Tracker: Unrelenting Misery
• Soy Growers Back Proposal to Designate Cottonseed as Oilseed
• Economist: Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Benefit U.S. Ag Sector

12.16.2015

• How to Get More Crop Insurance Coverage for Your Money
• Support Up for Crop Insurance and Down for COOL
• USDA Ends Farm Program Payment to Those Not ‘Actively Engaged’
• Groups Oppose USDA’s New Payment Limits Rule
• Legislators Urge Vilsack to Designate Cottonseed as an Oilseed
• Interior Establishes Conservation and Water Center
• 10 Things To Help You Position Yourself During The Downturn
• USDA Draws Fire for Final Rule on Payment Limitations
• Texas: National Cotton Council Annual Meeting, Dallas, Feb. 5-7

12.15.2015

• New Cotton Technologies Coming
• Farmers and Retirement: Can They Go Together
• Crop Insurance a Key Component of Many Farmers’ Finances
• Weekly Update: Anticipating Dec.1 Corn Stocks Estimate
• USDA to Take the Economic Pulse of U.S. Agriculture
• Rising Interest Rates Won’t Be Good for Commodity Prices, But It Won’t Be Too Bad Either
• Digital Edition of December Drovers Cattle Network

12.14.2015

• USDA Clarifies GE Wheat Trial Requirements
• Final COOL Verdict Brings Lump of Coal
• Are Cash Rent Auctions in Our Future
• Late-Model, Low-Hour Equipment Selling at Decade-Low Prices
• Cattle Market Implodes, Challenges Ahead, Analysts Say
• Congress and Fed Decisions Pending
• Panel Examines Use of Census of Agriculture
• Ag Secretary Vilsack Issues Statement on COP 21 Agreeement
• Rising Interest Rates Won’t Be Good for Commodity Prices, But It Won’t Be Too Bad Either

12.11.2015

• It’s Official, Dow, Dupont to Merge
• Farm Bureau’s Supreme Court Challenge to EPA
• 7 Steps to Complete Before Planting 2016
• Is U.S. Cotton in Trouble?
• Understanding ARC-CO as a Multiple Year Loss Assistance Program
• Agencies Want to Raise the Profile of Careers in Agriculture
• USDA: Small Farms Operate Nearly Half of Farmland

12.10.2015

• Cotton Growers Tell Congress Help is Needed to Keep Industry Alive
• U.S. Faces Corn Competition
• USDA’s Use of Ag Census Under Microscope
• USDA/WASDE Reports Seen As No Surprise
• USDA Announces Early Release of Commodity Projections
• Wheat Falls as World Output, Stocks Reach Records
• 2016 Outlook: Look for $3 Corn to Continue
• More on Dow Chemical, Dupont Discussions
• Southwest Farm Press: 15 Ways 2015 Challenged and Informed Farmers