Ag News

12.23.2014

• Looking at Corn, Soybean Costs for 2015
• New Tool Hopes to Reduce Grain Bin Entrapment
• Good News for Fertilizer Supply?
• New USDA Report Looks at Family Farms
• Tom Harkin Reflects on Long, Productive Career
• Close Calls, Sales Result in Push For Drone Safety
• NOAA Issues Climate Outlook for Early 2015
• FSA Announces New Yield Data for Safety Net Calculations
• Secretary Vilsack announces Cattlemen’s Beef Board Appointments

12.22.2014

• USDA Releases APH Yield Exclusion Resources to Help Farmers Manage Risk
• Anderson Urges Farmers to Take Advantage of Wheat Market Rally
• New Optimism for China Trade Expansion, Improved U.S. Exports
• USDA: Pesticide Residues Not a Safety Concern for U.S. Food
• The 14 Most Innovative Tools of 2014
• Normalizing Relations With Cuba a Boon to Texas Ag

12.19.2014

• Senate Agriculture Committee Members Announced
• John Deere to Sell Crop Insurance Business
• Wheat Declines From Seven-Month High as Russian Supply Assessed
• More Farmers File Suit Against Syngenta for MIR 162 GMO Corn Trait Release
• Exports as Expected; Grain Rallies Venture On
• USDA Offers More Actual Production History Yield Exclusion Details

12.18.2014

• U.S., Cuba Changes Could Advance Ag Trade
• Vilsack: China to Lift Ban on Syngenta’s GMO Corn Trait MIR 162
• What Will an El Nino Winter Offer?
• Biodiesel Supporters Expect Accelerated Transition to Bioheat Heating Oil
• Corn Higher As Farmer Selling Slows, Soybeans Rise
• Wheat Leads the Pack, Closes Up 25¢
• Red River Crops Conference Set Jan. 27-28 in Childress, Texas
• Long-term ranching outlook to highlight Jan. 14-15 Southwest Beef Symposium in Amarillo

 

12.17.2014

• Are You Asking the Right Farm Bill Questions?
• Corn Quality Report Favorable for 2014 Crop
• Russia Blocks Wheat Exports As Recession Likelihood Grows
• Economist: Gasoline Prices Could Continue to Fall
• Oil Prices Reverse Briefly, Fuel Speculation A Reversal Is Nigh
• Section 179 Extension Wins Approval For 2014
• Soybean Producers Call Short Term Tax Package Good- But Call for Long Term Certainty in Tax Code
• Choosing Between Base Acre Allocation Alternatives
• Farmland Values Expected to Flatten or Lower in 2015

12.16.2014

• Irrigation: The Next Precision Ag Frontier
• With $40 Oil Coming, Should You Buy All Your 2015 Fuel Now?
• Good News for Energy Buyers
• Spending Bill Impacts WOTUS, Beef Check-Off
• Russia Raises Interest Rates and Slows Grain Movement
• Midwest, South Split New GOP Seats on Senate Ag Panel
• Cattlemen Pleased with Senate’s Passage of Funding Bill