Ag News

02.20.2015

• Steve Baccus: Farmers Need Protection of Crop Insurance
• 7 Statistics Farmers Need to Know for 2015
• Futures Ignore USDA, Focus on Options
• Rural Bankers Deepen Bearish Outlook on Farmland Values
• Financial Health of Agriculture Sector Remains Strong
• Texas Crop Weather: Despite Rains, Many Reservoirs Lower This Year Than Last
• New ‘Current Ag Industrial Reports’ Released
• Roberts Disappointed in Politicized Process of Dietary Guidelines

02.19.2015

• Farm Bill Decisions: ‘You Gotta Live With It’
• USDA to Farmers: Prepare For Two Tough Years
• Pat Roberts Focuses On Putting Farmers First
• Quiet Markets Wait for USDA Take on 2015
• Takeaways from the National Farm Machinery Show
• Cuban Officials Head to Washington Next Week
• Study Finds Climate Change Dramatically Reduces Wheat Production

02.18.2015

• Crop Insurance: ARC Forecast to Pay More Than PLC in 2015
• Soybeans Fight to Hang Onto Gains
• Ag Watches West Coast Port Labor Situation as Labor Secreatary Steps In
• 3 Problems with Options as a Marketing Tool
• Near-Record Wheat Harvest Expected in India
• American Farmers Plant More Soybeans as Corn Ends Profit Run
• Justice to Appeal Court Order Blocking Obama Immigration Action
• California Almonds: More Leaves than Flowers: Why?
• Texas: Cover Cropping, Soil Health Workshop, Lubbock, March 6

02.17.2015

• White House Issues Memo on UAV Privacy, Rights
• Corn Prices Trading Sideways, But for Home Long?
• Welch on Wheat: If Production Prospects Look Good – Well, Who Knows?
• Cotton – USDA Releases 2 New Disease-Resistant Lines
• Good on Grain: Larger Soybean Crop in 2015? Futures Point to $9.50
• We May Not Have an Aging Farmer Problem After All

02.16.2015

• Risk of American ‘Megadroughts’ for Decades, NASA Warns
• Farmers Holding on to More Acres — Fed
• FAA Releases Proposed Rule for Commercial Use of Small Drones
• Texas A&M Approved For Drone-Based Plant Health Study
• House Votes to Permanently Extend Section 179
• Senators Move Forward with Bill to End Cuban Embargo
• U.S. Organic Cotton Acreage Expected to Increase

02.13.2015

• USDA to Farmers: Prepare For Two Tough Years
• Obama’s Budget Would Cut Crop Insurance Susidies
• Midwest Bankers Expect Further Declines in Farm Income
• Senators’ Bill Aims ot End Cuban Trade Embargo
• Global Food Prices Trending Lower
• Watch Mailbox for USDA Planting Intentions Survey
• Dems Give Mandatory GMO Labeling Bill a Second Try
• Thune Bill to Stimulate Ag Research Passes Finance Committee
• U.S. Cattle Herd Rebuilding
• Price Projections and Farm Bill Program Choices: Adding FAPRI-MU Projections to the Mix