Ag News

08.20.14

• Good Crops Weigh On Prices
• Outlook for Farmland Prices, Cash Rents Into 2015
• U.S. Corn Exports to Columbia Continue to Rise
• U.S. Soft Red Winter Wheat Hit Hard By Head Scab
• Corn Ratings Slip, Soybeans Bump; Light Market Reaction Expected
• Regulations Pose Challenges for Texas Wheat
• Fall Livestock Futures Grabbing Headlines Wednesday Morning
• Texas: Wheat, Stocker Cattle Lease Decisions Impacted by Corn Prices
• Texas Crop Weather
• Texas: Crop Harvests Underway or Expected to Start Soon – USDA

08.18.14

• The 2014 Farm Bill’s Six Month Checkup
• Farmers May Avoid Replay of Last Year’s Propane Issues
• New Website Details Progress on Soil Health Research, Education
• EPA Closes Comment time for Agricultural Worker Protection Standards
• Keith Good: Livestock Feed Can Carry Deadly PED Virus, Study Finds
• Texas: Wheat Production Meeting Set Aug. 20 at Muleshoe
• AFBF Comments on USDA’s Crop Estimates

08.15.14

• Prevent Plant Data Could Stir Debate
• Farmers Invest in Crop Insurance
• Can You Break Even on Cash Rent in 2015?
• Texas: Plant Protection Conference Slated Dec. 10-11 in Bryan
• Why Do La Nina Events Linger?
• Credit Conditions Remain Solid Despite Lower Farm Income
• Ag Markets are Mostly Higher in Early Friday Trading
• Fall Rest for Native Grass Forages

08.14.14

• NCC Commends RMA for Timely Implementation of STAX for Cotton
• USDA Bump Fades For Corn
• Scientists Use Molecular Markers to Develop Wheat for Warmer Climates
• Rent to Revenue Percent Offers Clues for 2015
• Welch on Wheat: USDA Forecasts 3M Bushel Increase in Ending Stock
• It Looks Like a Good Year for Sunflowers
• New Mexico Irrigation District Halts Water Deliveries
• Oklahoma Sorghum: Midges Building in Late-Blooming Fields
• Texas Crop Weather

08.13.14

• Prices Firm Overnight In USDA Report Wake
• September Launch Planned for Farm Bill’s Dairy Margin Program
• Finding Long-Term Links Between Weather, Beef Cattle Production
• Soybean Crop Size Flirting With A Record — USDA
• The End to the Era of Grain
• Basis Hit Hard, Driving Corn Prices to $2.50/bu. in Corn Belt Fringe
• When Hail Hits, Do These 3 Things
• California: Cotton Will Have an Early Harvest – USDA
• Texas: A Flood is Needed, Not Just a Shower
• U.S. Hard Red Spring Wheat Harvest Begins

08.12.14

• Texas: Corn Was Cut, Cotton In Blooming Stage – USDA
• Aquifer Feeding Texas High Plains Rapidly Shrinks
• West Texas Dryland
• Jeff Edwards Says Planting Wheat for Maximum Forage in Fall Takes Different Mindset
• Local, Regional Food Pricing and Marketing Data Available from USDA
• U.S. Corn Remains at 73% Good to Excellent in USDA Crop Condition Report
• Analysis: Iowa Farmland Fell 15%
• Pork, Beef Exports on Record Pace Through June
• Prospects for Corn Consumption