Ag News

08.18.2015

• Study Compares Strip Till, No Till Methods
• Download Texas Crop Progress and Condition Report: Released August 17
• Download Oklahoma Crop Progress and Condition Report: Released August 17
• Tyson Closure Weighs on Cash Cattle
• Prevented Plantings on Corn and Beans Near 4.5 Million Acres
• Texas: Triple Digit Temps as Cotton Harvest Begins – USDA
• USDA Issues Cotton and Wool Report
• Wheat Initiative LaunchesIts Strategic Research Agenda
• Weekly Outlook: Will the Corn Production Forecast Get Smaller?

08.17.2015

• Regional Dimensions to the ARC/PLC Decision: Signup by Program Crop
• Political Clock Tipping on TPP
• Good News: Diesel Prices Hit Multiyear Lows
• Ten Questions to Answer Before Harvest
• What Profitable Farms Do Differently
• Clinton Gets Her ‘Ag’ on During Iowa State Fair, as Trump, Other Contenders Rally Supporters
• Senate Committee Adopts Pro-Cuba Trade Amendments Before Recess
• China’s Currency Devaluation May Impact Soybean Exports
• Ag Census Shows Increases in Women and Minorities Ad Principal Operators

08.14.2015

• Weekly Basis Review
• Battle of the Cash Rents: Economists, Bankers, and Farmers vs. Landowners
• KC Fed: Ag Credit Survey Shows Signs of Financial Strain But Repayment Problems Still Minor
• Agri-Pulse: EPA Considering Limits for Widely Used Insecticide Chlorpyrifos
• Good Day’s Work Launches Safety-Traomomg Website Tailored for Agriculture
• Texas Sorghum: Higher Rates of Sivanto Reccomended for Sugarcane Aphid Management
• Oklahoma Sorghum: Pest Management – How to Make a Decision for this "Horse Race"?

08.13.2015

• USDA WASDE Releases Bearish Data
• Gulke: USDA’s Yield Estimates for Corn, Soybeans ‘Really a Shocker’
• Grain Futures Try to Recover
• Are You Taking Unnecessary Risk in Your Businesss?
• Farm Bureau: Maps Show Massive Increase in EPA Authority With WOTUS Rule
• Worst El Nino in 30 Years Hits South American Crops
• Group to Press Presidential Candidates at Iowa State Fair
• California Pima Cotton: Industry Withers
• Nebraska: Southern Corn Rust Found in 3 Counties
• Texas Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids Reach the Panhandle

08.12.2015

• Futures Mixed While Outside Markets Reel Again
• Agri-Marketer’ Confidence Index Drops
• Magnitude of Needed Decreases in 2016 Cash Rents
• Ag Productivity Hasn’t Slowed, But Needs to Step Up to Meet New Demands
• Will USDA Print a 13 Billion-Bushel Corn Estimate?
• Oklahoma: Warm, Dry Weeks Aids Crop Development – USDA
• Texas Crop Weather: Triple-Digit Temps Stress Beef Cattle, Calves
• ‘Rural Radio’ Getting New Channel on SiriusXM
• American Agri-Women Partners With CoBank on "Drive Across America"

08.11.2015

• Crop Progress Report
• Year-Ahead Weather Solution Launched
• Behind The Mystery Of USDA Forecasts
• Grain Movement: Surge to Near $4 in Corn Sparks Farmer Selling Interest
• Profit Tracker: Feeding Losses Under $50
• Oklahoma: Warm, Dry Weeks Aids Crop Development – USDA
• Agri Women Helping Launch New, No-Cost, Customized Approach to Farm Transition Planning
• AgriLife Extension Names New Risk Management Specialist