Ag News

06.18.2015

• Perspectives on Commodity Program Choices Under the 2014 Farm Bill
• Report: Cover Crops Could Be Extreme Weather Management Tool
• USDA to Expand BioPreferred Label for Plant-Based Products
• When is Hay Dry Enough
• The Number of Prevent Plant Acres – Staggering, or So-So?
• Jeb Bush Visits Iowa With Talk of Reform, Regulatory Relief
• USDA Study Shows Biobased Industry Contributes $369B to US Economy
• American Agri-Women Partners With Penobxcot McCrum on ‘Drive Across America’
• CME Live Cattle Futures Ease While Awaiting Cash Prices
• Implementing the RFS with a “Push” Strategy: What Happens after 2016?

06.17.2015

• May 2015 Was the Wettest Month on Record
• Agricharts Lanches Grains.com, A Marketplace for Farmers and Grain Buyers
• Corn, Soybeans Higher After Slippage in Crop Ratings
• Vote to Reconsider TAA is Delayed
• NCBA: Federal Spending Bill Includes Important Provisions for Producers
• It’ll Be Tough to Kill This Cattle Market
• What do (Ag) Women Want? AFBF (Finally) Asked
• Texas Crop Weather: Pre-Harvest Wheat Sprouting Not as Severe as Anticipated
• Texas: Planting Pushes Forward, Some Replanting Done – USDA

06.16.2015

• Formal Enrollment Open for USDA’s ARC, PLC Programs
• Does Your Farm Banker Want More Info?
• 06.15.15 Crop Progress Report
• USDA Drops Corn Condition Rating Monday
• Fast Track to Free Trade Hits a Speed Bump
• Texas: Planting Pushes Forward, Some Replanting Done – USDA
• Feds Pour $110 Million into West’s Drought Relief
• USDA: Lower Energy Prices Reduce Crop Production Expenses
• Weekly Outlook: Could the Bird Flu be a 100 Million Bushel Corn Problem?
• Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Mostly at a Standstill- But Farmers Trying to Restart As Fields Dry
• El Nino Could Last for Another Year

06.15.2015

• White House to Float More drought Relief to Western States
• Politics Get in the Way of Trade
• Peterson Votes Against TPA
• Forage-Temperature and Solar Interaction on Feed Intake
• Ag, Food Firms Make Fortune 500
• Washington Week Ahead: Obama Trade Agenda Hangs in Balance
• Cleveland on Cotton: Texas Planted, Finally; Indian Monsoon, Late & Weak
• House Passes Grain Standards Act Reauthorization

06.12.2015

• House Votes to Repeal COOL
• Record Soybean Crops Seen Coming From South America
• Markets Drop Thursday
• Farm Bureau Analysis Says Final WOTUS Rule Should be Scrapped
• Texas: Swimming Crops Make Harvest Uncertain – DTN
• In Blow to Oil Industry, EPA says Oil Refiners Recover RINs Costs
• Following Extreme Weather Livestock Owners Turn to TAHC

06.11.2015

• Complete Coverage of June 10 USDA Reports
• 2014/15: A Wheat Marketing Year In Review
• Senate Committee Advances Waters of the U.S. Rewrite Bill
• Commodity End-Users Relief Act Clear House
• U.S. Tractor, Combine Sales Fell in May
• Agricultural Industry Gets Waiver from “Hours of Service” Rule
• Midwest Rains To Follow Flood Warnings
• Darrel Good: Assessing Corn Demand for Ethanol Blending
• Obama Persuades Unilever, Wal-Mart to Help Farmers Cut Emissions
• Young Farmers: Take Top Producer Quick Survey
• Texas FSA Responding to Rain Damage While Completing Drought Claims
• Texas: Planting Resumes in Most Areas – USDA