Ag News

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

08.26.2015

• Ag Secretary Vilsack Issues Statement on Updated 2015 U.S. Farm Income Forecast
• Commodity Program and Crop Insurance Payments Down as a Percent of Crop Revenue
• Farm Sector Income Forecast Lower for 2015
• Weekly Wheat Review
• USDA Announces Biomass Crop Incentive Program
• Tax Dollars and Waters of the U.S.
• Don’t Throw Your Lender Under the Bus
• Women in Agribusiness Summit Announces Workshop Speakers
• Study Shows California Drought Taking 50% of Acres out  of Production
• Texas Crop Weather

 

08.25.2015

• January and June 2016 Wheat Prices
• USDA Crop Progress Report: Download PDF
• Cooler Weather Slows Progress of Nation’s Row Crops
• Farmers Head Online to Market Grain, Buy Inputs
• Oklahoma: Drought Gradually Increases – USDA
• Texas: Weather Conditions Help Development – USDA
• Congress Set to Tackle Number of Issues in September
• USDA Announces Biomass Crop Incentive Program
• Pro Farmer’s Crop Tour Reports Smaller Yields Than USDA’s Estimates