Ag News

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

08.11.14

• Keith Good: Bountiful Harvest Comes with a Downside for Grain Farmers
• August Soybeans Don’t Go Quietly
• Is Ag Headed for a Soft Landing?
• Even Before Ban, Russia Was Declining Market
• Pork, Beef Exports on Record Pace Through June
• Rolling Back the Write Down of the Renewable Mandate for 2014: The RINs Market Rings the Bell Again
• California Drought Transforms Markets as Growers See Dry Future
• Texas Cotton: Dryland Harvest Underway with Good Yields; Irrigated Harvest Starts Next Week

08.08.14

• Futures Ease in Friday Overnight Trade
• Farm Real Estate Values up 8.1% from 2013
• Move to Rescind COOL Gains Momentum
• Do Futures Forecast the Future?
• Weekly Basis Review
• Weekly Energy Review
• Lucas, Conaway ask USDA to Restore Grain inspections at Vancouver Port
• Texas Cattle: Producers Urged to Apply for Federal Disaster Aid

08.07.14

• USDA’s ARC/PLC Regs Letter Expected to Hit Producer Mailboxes as Early as this Week
• Six Months After Passage, USDA Provides Update on 2014 Farm Bill
• Soybeans, Wheat Close Double-Digits Higher
• Russian Moves Rattle Markets
• Farm Sector Lending Grows on Lower Crop Prices, Herd Rebuilding
• World Food Prices Drop to Six-Month Low as Grain Costs Decline