Ag News

05.22.2015

• Senate Ag Committee Passes Grain Standards Bill
• TPP Trade Bill Clears Senate Hurdle
• Rep. Colin Peterson, Minnesota Discusses TPA and Dangers of Changes to Current Crop Insurance Program
• Cash Rents Need to Be Lower to Maintain Positive Returns
• Senate Ag Committee Passes Grains Standards Bill
• Wheat Futures Charge Higher as Rain Keeps Falling
• U.S. Wheat Growers Call for Equal Trade in Canada
• Farm Production Costs Rise to 10.5 Cents of Food Dollar
• World Corn Market: Does the U.S. Need to Plant Less Acres?

05.21.15

• Dollar Dip Gives Bounce to Grain Futures
• How Much Should Your Cash Land Rent Go Down?
• Investment in Ag Research Needs to Double in Next 10 Years
• TPA Amendments Could Slow Fast Track Progress, Ag Groups Say
• Profit-Taking Helps Wheat Close Higher
• What Will it Take to Grow 300 bu. Corn?
• Sharp Increase in Natural Gas Prices
• Japanese Group Files Lawsuit Against TPP
• Early Planting and 2015 Corn Yield Prospects: How Much of an Increase?
• Troublesome Times for Farmers and Bankers Alike

05.20.2015

• Why Farmers Need Crop Insurance
• Report: Rural Roads are Rough, Some Bridges Functionally Obsolete
• Defending Animal Agriculture: Legal Battle Begins Before Building
• Farmers Face Marketing Against Short Rallies
• Negative Returns and Downward Pressure on Cash Rents
• Still Time to Fix COOL?
• Early Soybean Diseases Flaring Up — Agronomists
• USDA to Expand Water Conservation in Drought-Stricken States
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Texas Crop Weather: Wet Conditions Continue to Delay Hay Harvest
• One Sample Strategy Improves Consistency of Texas Grain Testing
• Ag Economists Estimate Avian Flu to Cost Iowa, Minnesota Economies $1 Billion
• OSU Video Series Demonstrates How to ID Wheat Growth Stages

 

05.19.2015

• Nominations for Outstanding Women in Ag Now Open
• Wheat, Corn, Soybeans End Higher Monday
• Markets Turn softer for Tuesday’s Trade
• Weekly Outlook: Anticipating Changes in Corn and Soybean Acreage Estimates
• Livestock Prices Continue to Fall
• New Ad Campaign, Website Launched for Biodiesel
• Target Funds from USDA Focus on Science-Based Solutions for Drought
• Precision Ag Changing to Decision Ag
• The Danger of the Average Crop
• Farmers are Asking if El Niño is here to Stay, and When Will the Rains End

05.18.2015

• Texas Drought Conditions Improve
• Trade Path Still Uphill Battle
• Washington Week Ahead: COOL decision due; McConnell, Ryan see fast-track passage
• Post-WASDE Selling Opportunities on the Horizon?
• Ranchers, Farmers Embrace Consumer Demands
• Tornadoes Reported In At Least Nine States Past Weekend
• KC Fed: Agricultural Credit Condition Continues to Weaken
• Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 1Q 2015 survey
• Video: Working Through Negative Margins With Your Lender
• The New Organic Walmart Is Eating Whole Foods’ Lunch

05.15.2015

• Wheat Closes 32¢ Higher
• Cut Costs, Not Yield
• Spot Market Strength Spurred Cattle Buying Thursday
• Senate Will Vote on Trade Promotion Authority Bill
• Corn, Ethanol Exports Robust, DDGS Rebound
• Very Few Farmers Expected to Walk Away From Leased Land
• Weather Service: 90% Chance El Nino Will Continue through Summer
• Study: Spring Heat More Damaging to Wheat than Fall Freeze
• Showers Drenching Texas Cotton Fields Wash Away Farmer Profits