Ag News

07.23.2015

• Peterson Statement at USDA Oversight Hearing
• Over 500 Ag Groups Urge Congress to Pass National GMO Food Labeling Law
• DTN Livestock Close: Future Signs of Demand Problems
• Diesel Prices Down in All Regions
• USDA Export Sale: China Buys 4.41 Million Bushels of Soybeans
• Corn, Soybeans Lower as Forecasts Show Favorable Weather
• Do Cover Crops Deliver a Yield Bump?
• No Comparison: Weather of 2015 Stands Alone
• Spring Wheat Crop Developing at Above-Average Pace
• Projected 2015 Net Incomes on Grain Farms

07.22.2015

• Texas Crop Weather: Bermuda Grass Stem Maggot Returns with a Vengeance
• Cotton – Southwest: More Bugs. More Weeds. More Costs
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• DTN Livestock Open: Spillover Buying and Profit Taking
• Senate Committee Advances Two-Year Approval of Tax Extenders
• Four Land Trends Worth Watching
• China’s Beef Appetite Grows; U.S. Remains on Sideline
• How to Protect 2016 Margins
• Violent Price Plunge Protection Tips

07.21.2015

• USDA Crop Progress
• Corn, Soy Yield Increases Reported After Cover Crop Use
• USDA Funding Behind Push to Get High-Speed Internet to Rural Areas
• Corn Closed 15 Cents Lower Monday
• Violent Price Plunge Protection Tips
• Strongest El Niño in 50 Years Brewing?
• Gulke: You Are Now Entering the Discovery Zone
• Drought Officially Over for Texas, Most of Southwest

07.20.2015

• AgFunder: Six Takeaways from Forbes’ Ag Tech Summit
• Futurists: 15 Emerging Agriculture Technologies that Will Change the World
• Texas Cotton: 1st Reported Bale Delivered to Gin
• Tax Extenders, Section 179 Discussion Set for Tuesday
• Renewable Fuel Standard Levels Released, What Next for RFS?
• Cover Crop Users Expand Acres
• Study: Consumers Prefer Meat Products Labeled From U.S.
• Natural Gas Prices on the Rise
• Rural Mainstreet economy Improves in June
• Survey Shows 54% of Bankers expecting Farm Loan Defaults this Year

07.17.2015

• USDA Announces CRP for Grasslands, Ranges, Pastures
• U.S. Crop Insurance Since 1996
• NASA, USDA Collaborate on Drought Forecasting Data Collection
• Panel OK’s GMO Salmon Labeling, Ban on Horse Slaughter
• Successful Land Sale: 745 Acres in Oklahoma Average $1,289 Per Acre
• Mixed Export Sales: July 16, 2015
• Texas State Climatoligist: Say Goodbye to the Rain for Awhile
• National FFA Convention Secures Long-Term Agreement with Indy

07.16.2015

• House Committee Plans Moves on Estate Tax, Section 179
• Farm Transition Baby Steps–From One Generation to the Next
• Typical IllinoisFarm 2015 Net: Loss of $5 an Acre
• Corn Farmers Rally for Higher RFS Volumes
• Texas Crop Weather: Rains to Finally Go on Break
• Oklahoma: OSU Releases Crop Progress App
• Corn Farmers Rally on Capitol Hill to Protest RFS Cuts
• House Ag Committee Passes National Labeling Act for GMO Foods