Ag News

07.31.14

• Markets Ease Into End Of A Bad Month
• NCBA Hammers Away at EPA’sWater Rule
• OSHA Issues Final Memo on Small Grain Farm Safety Enforcement
• USDA Updates Farmers on 2014 Farm Bill’s Supplemental Coverage Option
• How To Produce 100-Bushel Soybeans
• First U.S. Soybean Crop for the Year Harvested in South Texas
• Texas Peanuts: Weather Spurs Crop and Disease Development
• Diverting Trade From China
• World’s Largest Ethanol Plant to be Built in China

07.30.14

• Ag Lender Poll: 2014 Farm Bill Changes to have Neutral Impact on Farm Financials
• 2014 Farm Bill Includes Funding for Veteran, Minority Farmers
• Rain Chances, Global Tumult Sink Grains Tuesday
• Mandatory COOL Upheld in Appeals Court
• Record-breaking Soybean Yields in 2014
• Rough Day for Ag Markets on Tuesday
• Hard Red Spring Wheat, Duram Crops Progressing
• Supplemental Coverage Option Manager’s Bulletin Issued
• Will Crop Insurance Make Payments in 2014?
• Canola Rotated with Wheat Makes Cents- AND Dollars
• USDA ReportsConfirm Tight Cattle Supplies
• Texas Crop Weather

07.29.14

• Crop Ratings Slip, but Remain Strong
• Exports Fuel Soybean Price Blowup Monday
• U.S. Cattle Inventory Hits 40 Year Low
• Neonic Pesticides Showing Up in Midwestern Streams, USGS Finds
• Warmer Climate Brings Higher Risk for Slower Ag Yield Growth
• Environmental Protection Agency Admin Calls Ag’s Waters Rule Concerns ‘Ludicrous’
• Survey: Lower Commodity Prices Hitting Implement Dealers
• Texas: Cotton Squaring, Forming Bolls, Sugarcane Aphids Will in Sorghum

07.28.14

• Selling In Europe Deflates Rally
• Smithsonian Recognizes FFA History with Forthcoming Museum Display
• U.S. Soybean Crop Will Hit Record 46 bu/ac — Forecasters
• ASA and FarmLink Team to Launch ‘Operation Benchmark’
• Corn Rebounds as Investors Weigh Price Slump, Supply Outlook
• China Issues New rule on U.S. DDGS Imports
• Washington Week Ahead: Focus on Environment,Trade
• White House Pressed to Keep RFS, Biodiesel Industries Strong
• USDA Selects 36 Energy Facilities to Accept Biomass Deliveries

07.25.14

• 2014 Farm Bill Decisions: Base Acre Reallocation Option
• Options and Exports Weigh on Grain Futures
• Soybeans End Up, Lose Big Gains
• Anderson Says KC Wheat Price At Critical Level
• Renewable Fuel Standard Rollback Still Appears Likely: NBB
• U.S. Nitrogen Fertilizer Market Soon to Reach Point of Saturation
• Why You Should Renegotiate Your Cash Rents for 2015
• Gulke: Why it’s Tough to Predict Acres and Yield this Year
• Nitrogen Fertilizer Market Nearing Saturation After Shale Gas Boom
• Texas Sorghum: All Fields Susceptible to Sugarcane Aphids
• Cotton Industry Signs 200 Textile Businesses to Buy Responsibly
• White House Pressed to Keep RFS, Biodiesel Industries Strong

07.24.14

• Soybeans Close 18¢ Higher
• The 2014 U.S. Average Soybean Yield: Headed for a New Record?
• Corn Futures Extend Drop to Four-Year Low on Bumper-Crop Outlook
• Commodity Weather Group Forecasts Record U.S. Soybean Yield
• Congressman Lucas Talks Farm Bill Implementation, Waters of the US
• Livestock Call by John Otte
• Rates For Custom Farm Work Rising
• Managing Risk Also Means Lowering Costs
• U.S. Refineries Running at Record Levels
• SDA and CoBank Create Rural Infrastructure Fund