Ag News

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 05.08.2023

• Crop Progress Report | 05.09.2023 (PDF)
• USDA Reports 49% Of Corn, 35% Of Soybeans Are Planted, Well Ahead Of 5-Year Average
• These Four Challenges Will Shape the Next Farm Bill – And How the U.S. Eats
• 2022 U.S. Ag Exports Highest on Record, Focus on Corn, Soybeans and Wheat
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report | Progressive Farmer
• Russia blocks Ukrainian grain, sends wheat higher
• Look beyond your backyard for market direction clues | Ag Marketing IQ: Winter wheat suffers but what will crop tools say about corn and soybeans?
• EPA administrator Regan comments on E15 waiver
• Black Sea Grain Export Deal “Effectively Stopped,” Ukraine Says
• USDA Hiring Soil Conservationists Across U.S.
• New AI Institute Focuses On Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry
• Farm Journal Foundation Holds Forum To Discuss Farm Bill Opportunities For Ag Innovation
• Thompson on Cotton: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
• Market Analyst Warns China Is Making Ag Product From Others, Not The U.S.
• USDA:: Farm Sector Real Estate Debt Hits Record High
• USDA Releases Commodity Costs Report
• 2022 U.S. Ag Exports Highest on Record

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 05.05.2023

• Crop Insurance Coalition’s Testimony: A Critical Risk Management Tool, Key For Conservation
• Bank Failures and Ag Credit Access Ag Lenders See Tighter Credit Tied to Regional Bank Collapses
• Wheat prices shine in second consecutive session
• Bayer to enhance Channel brand and simplify seed buying
• Corn export sales slide to marketing year low
• Young farmers rely on diversification and connections for growth
• Report finds U.S. food and ag sectors’ impact exceeds pre-pandemic levels
• Wheat Climbs Following Kremlin Attack, While “China Has Approved the Safety of a Gene-Edited Soybean”
• Doomsday Addiction: Celebrating 50 years of Failed Climate Predictions
• Input suppliers bullish on farmer demand amid strong crop markets
• Rural bankers ask for tax exemptions at Senate Ag hearing
• First-time farm bill drafters face ‘learning curve’
• Base or no base: Lawmakers debate whether to let new acres into farm bill programs
• Fact Sheet: USDA Is Fighting for Fair, Competitive, and Transparent Markets
• Peanut Grower Participates in Farm Bill Hearing
• Ag Exports Generated Additional $190.5 Billion In Economic Activity In 2021

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 05.04.2023

• Producers seek strengthened farm bill commodity programs
• April Ag Economy Barometer: Farmer Sentiment Improves; Less Pessimism Over Interest Rates
• USDA Issues Report Showings Chapter 12 Farm Bankruptcies, At Their Lowest Level Since 2004
• Market News Counters Fed Rate Hike | Fed Rate Hike Will Tighten Credit, But Other News Rallies Grain Prices
• Do N-Fixing Biological Products Work? University Research Casts Skepticism on Nitrogen-Fixing Biologicals
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends | Urea Fertilizer Price Drops Below $600 Per Ton for First Time Since September 2021
• FarmFutures: Farmland values: What’s next?
• Ag journalists’ group the pulse of the industry | We’re on the cusp of a journalism renaissance, and ag media is a crucial part of the new landscape.
• 12 highlights of 2023 Farm Progress Show Mark your calendar for the 2023 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill., Aug. 29-31, and check out these 12 can’t-miss highlights.
• Fiscal clouds as farm groups ask for more federal support
• Biden administration pledges fight to keep climate-friendly farming funds
• Rising interest rate’s possible ag impact
• Farmer sentiment improves in the latest Ag Economy

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 05.03.2023

• Producers seek strengthened farm bill commodity programs
• $709 Billion Farm Bill Will See a Budget Increase, According to G.T. Thompson
• Related headlines ASA outlines farm bill priorities in Senate Ag subcommittee hearing
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Highlights Crop Insurance’s Importance At Congressional Hearing
• NAWG President Testifies During "Producer Perspective On The Farm Safety Net" Hearing
• Ag Weather Forum Next Two Weeks of Weather Favors Planting, Early Growth
• Technology to remotely monitor and manage irrigation
• USDA aid to financially distressed borrowers tops $1 billion
• |Global demand matters to livestock producers’ bottom line
• House passes precision ag bill
• Doomsday Addiction: Celebrating 50 years of Failed Climate Predictions
• Risk Off Continues with More Bearish Bank News, FOMC Decision: Money Flow and Fund Selling Hit Ag Markets
• Stabenow pushes back on ag groups’ input cost, farm bill concerns
• USDA: Weekly National Posted Prices for Peanuts
• Additional Assistance for Farm Loan Borrowers
• April Ag Economy Barometer: Farmer Sentiment Improves; Less Pessimism Over Interest Rates
• Ag Economists Issue Report On Why Low Income Households Don’t Purchase Fruits & Vegetables
• Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn Applauds Passage Of Truth In Labeling Legislation
• COTTON SPIN: A mixed bag for cotton Several offsetting changes result in a small net increase in world cotton supplies in USDA’s April WASDE report.

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 05.02.2023

• May 1, 2023 Crop Progress Report
• USDA Crop Progress Report: Rains Boost Wheat Conditions Slightly, Row-Crop Planting Advances by Double Digits
• Gene Editing for Food and FDA Oversight
• Better weather weakens wheat prices
• A bill that would kill large-scale livestock farms
• EPA issues emergency waiver for summertime sale of E15
• Learning network launched for Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program
• U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee Holds Commodity Hearing for 2023 Farm Bill
• Frustrating Cold Weather Trend Could Produce More Planting Delays
• FAA Approves Use Of Guardian Agriculture’s Drone For Aerial Spraying
• USDA: Weekly Cotton Review
• Thompson On Cotton: The Driving Force Behind Today’s Cotton Market
• World Bank: Commodity Prices to Drop Through 2024
• Millennium Research: Farmers Have A PhD In BS Detection
• USDA: Farm Sector Real Estate Debt Hits Record High
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 05.01.2023

• Washington Week Ahead: Lawmakers keep focus on farm bill
• EPA Grants E15 Summer Waiver, Citing Supply Issues, Price Concerns
• Building trust for U.S. Cotton
• 13 ways to have better conversations about ag
• USDA launches $3.1 billion climate-smart initiative
• Ag leaders lobby for better risk management programs at U.S. House farm bill hearing
• A Sharp Perspective: Is the Farm Bill Really Like a Good Farm Truck?
• Fertilizer Prices Mixed, as Anhydrous Drops Below $1,000; Diesel Prices in Focus
• After an Ugly Week are the Grain Markets Signaling a Major Price Reset Similar to 2013?
• World Bank projects decline in commodity prices through 2024
• Beginning Farmers, Ranchers Increase As Total Farm Numbers Decrease
• 5 skills you gain from judging livestock
• Cause Of Fire In Massive Texas Dairy Released, 18,000 Cows Perished
• John Deere Planning To Have All-Electric Tractor In 2026
• World Bank Forecasts Lower Fertilizer And Food Prices
• Jeannie Hileman (Oklahoma): Blazing a trail in cotton industry
• Report provides rangeland carbon market insight
• Cattle Market | 7 Month Consecutive Price Increase