Ag News

09.03.2015

• USDA Expands Forage Crop Insurance Option Nationwide for Livestock Producers
• Soybeans, Corn End Weaker
• Three Corn Yield Estimates: 168.8, 164.3, 167.1
• Opinion: COOL ‘Damage’ Calculations at Odds
• What Happens When Food Marketers Require Restrictive Farming Practices?
• Cutting $100 per Acre in Costs for Corn and Soybeans
• The Success of 2016 Will be Determined This Fall

09.02.2015

• Rating Storage Risks
• Survey Aims to Understand Consumer Attitudes on Farming, Sustainability
• 3 Farm Family Business Lies
• Tremendous Potential Waiting in Wheat
• Diesel Fuel Prices Still Going Down
• White House Disagrees With Judge’s WOTUS Injunction
• Cutting $100 per Acre in Costs for Corn and Soybeans
• U.S. Corn, Soy Futures Drop on Chinesse Manufacturing Woes
• Oklahoma Ag Groups Unite on Secondary State Beef Checkoff, Petition Drive Coming Soon

09.01.2015

• USDA Survey Shows Limited Access to Land for New Farmers
• Report: Most of U.S. Rented Farmland Owned by Non-Farmers
• USDA Issues "Land Use, Land Value and Tenure" Report
• USDA Issues "U.S. Agricultural Trade Outlook" Report
• EPA  Asked to Suspend WOTUS Enforcement Until Lawsuits Resolved
• 8/31/15 Crop Progress Report: Download PDF
• Three Ways Farm Management Will Change
• Texas Cotton, Corn: Not a Great Home for Sugarcane Aphids
• Moisture Improves Cotton Prospects but Encourages Weed Growth: OK Cotton Update Part II

08.31.2015

• Drought Researchers Explain Future Water Managment Challenges
• Why Immigration Reform Matters
• Cool, Dry October Ahead
• Protect Your Winter Wheat from Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus
• Texas Wheat: Planting Delayed Due to Grasshoppers
• EPA Proposes New Pesticide Restrictions to Protect Bees
• U of Illinois Ag Economist: Where are Gasoline Prices Headed?

08.28.2015

• USDA Expands Whole-Farm Safety Net Coverage
• Fiscal 2016 Ag Exports Forecast Down But Still Among Record, USDA Says
• Farm Sector Profitability Expected to Weaken
• Judge Blocks WOTUS Rule One Day Before Scheduled Implementation
• Rabobank Releases Report “Exploring Changes in U.S. Dollar, Its Impact on Agriculture”
• Feeder Cattle Prices Sink Sharply Lower- Decline Blamed on Global Growth Worries
• Texas Sorghum: How Long You Hold Off Sugarcane Aphid Treatments

08.27.2015

• 2014 Farm Bill Commodity Program Survey
• Sharp Pencil is the Most Important Tool for Wheat/Corn Producer
• Existing Crop Models Can Forecast Corn Yield, Even in El Nino Events
• China’s Problems Are the U.S. Farmer’s Problems
• Utterback: Acreage and Yield Headaches Linger
• Farm Sector Profitability Expected to Weaken
• Texas: Grain Bin Safety Clinic, Paris, Sept. 3
• NCBA Says Canada and Mexico Ready to Retaliate Over COOL