Ag News

06.02.2015

• Wheat Closes 16¢ Higher Monday
• Texas Wheat: Pre-Harvest Sprouting Threatens Crop
• Bill Would Add Farmers to Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Crop Progress Report: Download
• Grain Movement: Basis for Corn Drops
• Innovative Ways to Cut 2016 Crop Costs
• Corn Planting Hits 95% Completion — USDA
• What the RFS Means
• EPA Scales Back RFS Standard
• Vilsack Dedicates Additional 800,000 Acres to CRP

06.01.2015

• USDA Opens Conservation Reserve Program to 800,000 More Acres
• USDA Plans to Double Number of U.S. Ethanol Blender Pumps
• Obama Said to Give $100 Million to Boost Ethanol Use in Cars
• Holding a Lot of Old-Crop Grain? It’s Not Too Late to Sell — Analyst
• Fed Cattle Prices Fell
• Peanut Stocks and Processing: Utilization Up 5% Over Last Year
• Washington Week Ahead: Trade, Regulatins, Spending Top Lawmakers Agenda

05.29.2015

• USDA Ag Trade Outlook: Export Expectations Lower for 2015
• Renewable Energy Consumption at Its Highest Level Since the 1930’s
• USDA Needs To Adjust Corn For Ethanol Demand
• Despite Lower Incomes, Farmers ‘Well Positioned’ — Ag Bank
• Persistent Rainfall May Force Producers to Opt for Prevented Planting Option
• EPA Proposes Pesticide-Free Zones to Save Honeybees
• Farm Groups Not Comfortable with ‘Clean Water’ Changes
• Ag Secretary Issues Statement on U.S. Exports

05.28.2015

• Scientists Warn to Expect More Weather Extremes
• Texas Crop Weather
• Hot Topic: El Niño’s Back Stronger Than Earlier Thought — Forecasters
• Texas Corn, Sorghum: Planting in “Yellowed” Treated Fields
• Now Online: USDA NRCS Conservation Assistance
• More RFS Support Ahead of EPA’s RVO Announcement
• McCarthy: New Rule Protects Clean Water While Respecting Agriculture
• Farmers Analyze New Water Rule: Does it Go Too Far?
• Marketing Gains Impacts on 2014 and 2015 Net Incomes on Grain Farms

05.27.2015

• Is ‘The Unofficial Start of Prevented Plant Season’ Here?
• Texas: Rains Delay Planting, Wheat Harvest – USDA
• USDA Crop Progress Report
• Monitoring Soybean Consumption & Production Prospects
• Wheat Rust Invasion is On; Should You Spray?
• Return to Rural? Several Factors at Play When Residents Leave, Return
• Annual Study Finds Biotech Crops Benefitting Smal Farmers the Most
• June 1 is Deadline to Certify Conservation Compliance
• The Influence of Direct Payments on US Cropland Values

05.26.2015

• Texas Tornado Leaves One Dead, 12 Missing in Floods
• Texas: Corn, Sorghum in Place of Cotton – Insect Considerations
• Texas Cotton: One Eye on the Weather; Other Eye on Crop Ins. Deadline
• American Wheat Growers Want Equal Trade in Canada
• Ag Work Getting Done on Capitol Hill
• Ag Groups Urge House to Move Quickly on TPA
• Secretary Vilsack: Factsheet – The Four Pillars Of Agriculture And Rural Economic Development