Ag News

04.20.2015

• Wheat Turns Higher Despite Good Rains
• USDA Conservation Compliance Acres Must be Certified by June 1
• Agriculture List: 3 Big Things for Monday, April 20
• Texas: Sugarcane Aphids Already Farther North Than Expected
• USDA: Russia’s Grain Crop Expected to Fall to 92 MMT
• April Rural Mainstreet Index Remains Negative; Farmland Prices Down
• Thune Praises House Repeal of Death Tax
• Study Shows GM Seed Planted on 448 Million Acres Worldwide, By 18 Million Farmers

04.17.2015

• House Approves Estate Tax Repeal
• Majority of Ag Groups Support New TPA Legislation
• Fast-Track Agreement Sets stage for Congressional Trade Battle
• House Committee Calls for Repeal of Waters of the U.S. Proposal
• Wheat Prices Hinge on Corn As Animal Feed Drives Market
• Texas, Plains Battered by Tornadoes, Rain and Baseball-Sized Hail
• Texas: 6 Counties Declared Natural Disaster Areas Due to Drought
• Projecting the 2015-16 Corn Balance Sheet and Price Implications
• Rain Likely to Extend Flowering of Winter Canola- Adding Pods and Yield Potential to 2015 Crop

04.16.2015

• House Committee Approves Bill to Nix Waters of the U.S. Proposal
• USDA: 250% Increase in Number of Organic Farmers Since 2002
• Soybeans Again Lead Crop Markets Higher
• Early Thoughts on 2015 Corn Yields
• Scientists a Step Closer to Developing Renewable Propane
• CoBank Releases Quarterly Rural Economic Review
• USDA Releases Tool Helping Farmers, Conservationists Measure Cover Crop Economics

04.15.2015

• Crop Insurance Indemnities Reach $8.8 Billion in 2014
• 2014 Loss Experience for Revenue Protection on Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat
• Texas Crop Weather: Cotton Planting a Week to 10 Days Behind
• “Black Sunday” Dust Storm Hit Oklahoma 80 Years Ago- April 14, 1935
• Working Capital as a Percent of Gross Revenues and Why it Matters
• Quiet Trade Waits for Weather, Demand
• ‘Interesting Times Ahead’ As Trade’s Focus Shifts to Crop Progress
• FCC’s Open Internet Order Seen as a Net Gain for Rural America
• Morning Farm Report: Livestock Prices on the Rise
• Groups Criticize Vilsack for Allowing Checkoff to Attack COOL

 

04.14.2015

• Texas: Rains Slow Planting Progress – USDA
• Soybeans Try to Bounce, Wheat Slips
• 2 Billion-Bushel Corn Carryout Not Likely, Analyst Says
• USDA Expands Pork, Beef Trade with Mexico & Peru
• Drought Quenching Rainfall Coming to Hard Red Wheat, Flooding in the Deep South
• House Bill Would Kill Clean Water Act Rule, Force Replacement
• Congress Looking to Repeal Estate Tax

04.13.2015

• Global Hotspots: Europe to Export Record Amount of Wheat
• EPA Announces June 1 Release Date for 2015 RFS Volumes
• Buy a Call, Make Up for Lost Corn Revenue?
• Cattle Rally Stalls Despite Tight Supplies
• Rose on Cotton: Producers Should Watch this Market Closely
• USDA Rural Development Launches New Website
• Leffler Finds USDA Reports Lack Bullish News to Support Higher Prices