Ag News

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 03.17.2023

• Women Continue To Make A Difference In Cotton Inc.’s Industry
• Small and Large in Farm Bill Hearing Farm Size Is No Small Argument in Farm Bill Debate
• President’s Budget Reaffirms Crop Insurance is Critical to Farm Safety Net
• Export sales: Corn volume posts bullish results
• Tech breakthrough improves fertilizer efficiency
• 5 steps to improve your grain marketing
• Farm Futures Commentary | Work-life balance, or work-life boundaries?
• Is 50 too early for estate planning?
• Fertilizer prices poised to ease further this year
• Farmacy: Rx you ready for the new FDA rule?
• Managing risk beyond crop insurance
• Farmers watching closely as U.S. and Mexico remain at odds over biotech ban
• Farmers say it’s not a good time to make investments in their operations
• ERS: “Drought Conditions Have Contributed to Lower U.S. Beef Cow Inventory”
• Vilsack defends SNAP increase, CCC spending before Senate Ag
• USDA Weekly National Posted Prices for Peanuts
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn, 400 Ag Groups Send Letter To Congress Calling For Sufficient Funding In Farm Bill

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 03.16.2023

• President’s Budget Reaffirms Crop Insurance is Critical to Farm Safety Net
• Anhydrous, UAN Fertilizer Prices Move Even Lower
• Judge Rejects Farmer Insurance Request
• Black Sea uncertainty keeps corn, wheat firm
• Ethanol advocates welcome bipartisan E15 bill
• XtremeAg farmers share wins and lessons of 2022 growing season, plans for 2023
• Bayer and Microsoft announce cloud-based enterprise solution
• Farm bill should expand climate-smart initiative, says AGree
• Farmers watching closely as U.S. and Mexico remain at odds over biotech ban
• Food Prices Rose 0.4% in February, While Eggs Dropped 6.7%- But Eggs Still 55% Higher Than Last Year
• Planting Forecast: Will Spring Rains Undo Winter’s Sins?
• Visionary Farmer Shatters Agriculture’s Conventional Rules, Forges Chain of Success
• Bevy of U.S. Farm Groups Follow House Ag Wish for More Farm Bill Funding
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Price Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Cotton and Wool Price Outlook Report
• Why Are Some Ag Retailers Sitting on High Fertilizer Prices? Making Sense of the Disparity Right Now
• Thompson On Cotton: The Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back
• Planting Forecast: Will Spring Rains Undo Winter’s Sins?
• American Seed Trade Assn Comments On USDA’s Seed Competition Report
• John Deere Financial Sells Its Russian Operations
• Barchart And Revenue.AI Partner To Elevate Commodities Trading
• USDA Releases U.S. Organic Production, Markets, Consumers And Policy Outlook Report

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 03.15.2023

• Look at your revenue protection insurance, analyst says
• 400 groups stand united on Farm Bill budget needs
• Ag groups appeal to budget committees for farm bill funding
• Agribusinesses Vulnerable to Phishing Scams
• WOTUS Vote in House
• Master Marketer offers options for volatile ag economy
• Bargain buyers give grain prices a lift
• Bill foreshadows coming fight on SNAP
• The 10 issues topping NCBA’s D.C. policy list in 2023
• U.S. senators seek to expand sales of ethanol-gas blend with support from Big Oil
• Russia agrees to extend trade agreement with Ukraine
• USDA cost-share assistance for on-farm grain storage
• PODCAST: Your action plan for when farm income falls
• Thompson On Cotton: The Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back
• Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Production in the Next Farm Bill: Is There Any Common Ground?
• Deere Recognized As One Of The 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies
• USDA Releases Cotton and Wool Price Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Price Outlook Report

 

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 03.14.2023

• USDA’s outlook for 2023 | The projections for 2023 highlight some challenges for agriculture in the year ahead
• Cotton Incorporated Continues to Weave Through Everyday Lives
• Grains turn in mixed Monday performance
• Policy Talk at Commodity Classic Commodity Groups Detail Farm Bill Priorities
• What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Mean to Ag Markets?
• Will the La Nina demise help crops?
• Combine sales up, tractor sales falling back to pre-pandemic levels in February
• USDA climate funding targeted in debt-limit fight
• Farm finances are strong, but rise in land values slows
• House GOP bill extends SNAP work rules to more adults
• Failed bank a player in ag innovations, wineries
• Overview of the Production Capacity of U.S. Renewable Diesel Plants through December 2022
• USDA’s Cover Crop Program Would be Made Permanent through Biden’s Budget
• USDA Announces New Storage Rate Policy
• Top Buyers of U.S. Peanuts
• February U.S. Tractor Sales Up 55%; Combine Sales Up 165%
• Cash Fed Cattle Steady, Feeder Cattle and Calves Post Significant Gains
• Ten Considerations Before Signing a Carbon Contract on Your Ranch
• Hybrid Wheat Remains in the Plan for Bayer

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 03.13.2023

• How Can The Farm Bill Better Reflect Farmers? House Ag Committee Released A Road Map
• Update On USDA’s $3 Billion Climate Smart Ag Initiative, Programs Now Being Funded
• Washington Week Ahead: Vilsack heads to Hill amid farm bill uncertainty
• Top 5 Things to Watch
• Winter wheat mounts a moderate comeback
• A Tale of Two Wheats, 10 Years Apart
• The Suburbs and Rural America Part Company Politically
• Fertilizer and Diesel Prices Continue To Decline
• Programs highlight farmer successes | Farmers continue to raise their game and programs like the High Cotton and Peanut Efficiency Awards honor that work.
• 7 ag stories you can’t miss from last week
• Master Farmer builds work ethic for those around him
• When bullish fundamentals fail to create higher prices
• Russia says it has not taken part in grain deal renewal talks
• More money needed for farm bill, says panel, eyeing climate funds
• Concerns about production costs and weather loom
• Kansas City Fed: “Signs of Softening” in Farmland Values, as Interest Rates Climb
• USDA: Weekly Cotton Review
• Now Canada Requests Talks With Mexico On Biotech Corn Imports
• How Can The Farm Bill Better Reflect Farmers? House Ag Committee Released A Road Map
• NCBA Hails House Passage Of Resolution To Stop WOTUS Rule

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 03.10.2023

• How Can The Farm Bill Better Reflect Farmers? House Ag Committee Released A Road Map
• Step One for Grain Marketing: Buy Crop Insurance
• Wheat falls to 18-month lows
• House votes to block Biden WOTUS rule
• U.S. agriculture secretary unveils initiatives aimed at small and midsized operations
• President Biden’s FY 2024 Budget Pitches Tax Hikes to Help Offset Spending Proposals
• Fertilizer Prices Continue to Move Lower
• A New Farmer Right-to-Repair MOU AFBF Reaches Right-to-Repair Deal With Case IH, New Holland Equipment
• Tax Rules for Farm Truck Depreciation
• When’s the best time to sell old crop corn? From old to new crop, 2023 could see a rare tug-of-war in the corn market.
• Carbon contracts: 8 items to consider before signing
• Think through nitrogen changes
• John Deere Furrow Vision gives direct view of seed while planting
• Farm management competition looks at profits, costs, and yields
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- February 2023
• Skeptical Farmer Burns Ag’s Playbook, Steers Turnaround On 2,000 Acres
• Is the U.S. Becoming Less Competitive in Growing Wheat? A New Warning Sign for the Future of Wheat
• Rural Economy Slows, Farmland Values Stay Strong
• USDA Announces Initatives To Create “A Fairer Market” For Seeds And Other Agricultural Inputs
• KC Fed Reports Growth In Farmland Values Slows Amid Higher Interest Rates
• Canola Council Issues 2022 Report; Honors Outstanding Industry Contributions