Ag News

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 02.13.2023

• Farm Bill in 2023? Chairman Thompson is keeping his foot on the gas.
• Crop Insurance Earns Senate Praise
• Top 5 Things to Watch | Key Happenings the DTN Newsroom is Tracking for the Week of Feb. 12-18
• Chinese Investments in US Ag Raise Alarms
• Wheat surges on renewed Black Sea worries 2.10.23
• New U.S. agriculture trade chief seeks to diversify buyers beyond China
• Strengthen the farm safety net and rely less on bailouts, say farm-state senators
• Record Year for U.S. Farm Exports in 2022- Soybeans, Corn, Wheat in Focus
• U.S. ag exports soar to new heights in 2022
• 3 Supply and Demand Takeaways from USDA’s February Report
• Washington Week Ahead: Farm bill writers await key CBO estimates
• Managing expectations key to farm bill passage
• Crop Insurance, Production Costs, ERP Among Key Topics at Senate Ag Farm Bill Hearing
• Nat’l Cotton Council Issues Industry Outlook, Forecasts 17% Less Planted Acres In 2023

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 02.10.2023

• 3 Big Things Today, February 10, 2023
• Seven Worries About Farm Safety Net Heading Into Next Farm Bill
• Court Sides With Farmers Over Zoning | Farm Family Wins Battle Over Right to Operate Store on Their Land
• America’s Farmers Trust Crop Insurance
• EPA Administrator Regan answers WOTUS questions
• Cotton, rice export sales hit marketing year highs
• Specialty crop block grants available
• Chicago Fed: 2022 Farmland Values Saw Annual Increase of 12 Percent
• 3 Supply and Demand Takeaways from USDA’s February Report
• Senators press for crop insurance expansion, raise concerns on input costs
• 4 Macro Factors Impacting the Agricultural Economy
• Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 02.09.2023

• February WASDE Report (PDF)
• USDA Reports Record Ag Exports In 2022, Value Up But Volume Is Down
• 2023 and 2024 Effective Reference Prices and the Next Farm Bill
• 3 Supply and Demand Takeaways from USDA’s February Report
• High expenses bite farmers as prices weaken heading into farm bill
• USDA Reports Review February USDA WASDE Report Neutral and Close to Expectations but Moved Markets Higher
• Big Things, February 9, 2023
• Rail Unions Reach Sick Leave Agreement Two Rail Unions Reach Unprecedented Sick Leave Agreement With CSX Rail
• Farm Industry News Diverse new products coming for 2023
• Corn, soybean usage cuts overshadow smaller Argentine crops
• Longtime tensions over federal wetlands rule return in U.S. House WOTUS hearing
• FAS: “Brazil and the United States Vie for World’s Top Corn Exporter”
• USDA Confirms Farmers’ Fears: Net Farm and Net Cash Farm Income Expected to Fall This Year
• Thompson defends SNAP work rules, pushing back on GOP hard-liners
• USDA Cotton Ginnings Report
• Here Are House Ag Committee Chair’s Opening Statement At Its Organizational Meeting

02.08.2023 | Ag News: Crop Insurance News & More

• 3 Big Things Today, February 8, 2023
• High expenses bite farmers as prices weaken heading into farm bill
• USDA simplifies direct loan application
• Calmer Supply Chains May Stabilize Inflationary Influences on Commodity Prices
• President Challenges Congress on Spending and Agenda Going Forward
• Deadline March 15 on ARC/PLC Selections Ag Economist Says Big Losses Would be Needed for ARC, PLC to Pay Farmers in 2023
• USDA Forecasts 2023 Net Farm Income to Fall 16% From 2022 But Remain Above 20-Year Average
• USDA Confirms Farmers’ Fears: Net Farm and Net Cash Farm Income Expected to Fall This Year
• Traders prepare for WASDE
• Farm Progress America, February 8, 2023 Max Armstrong reports on recent moves by U.S. House members regarding the Waters of the United States regulations released recently. (Audio)
• Grassley says cattle market reform bill faces tough road ahead
• Explosion in popularity has NCBA looking to protect livestock risk management programs
• Smallest Cattle Herd In Eight Years: Will 2023 Set Record Prices?
• USDA Weekly National Posted Prices for Peanuts
• Domestic Renewable Diesel Capacity Could Double in 2 Years

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 02.07.2023

• 3 Big Things Today, February 7, 2023
• Sixth-Generation Texas Cattle Rancher Announced As 2022 Advocate Of The Year
• USDA Launches Rural Data Gateway to Strengthen Partnerships and Expand Access to Resources for People in Rural America
• FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Delivers on its Promises to Invest in Rural Communities, Nutrition Security, Climate-Smart Agriculture, More and Better Markets and Lower Costs for Families
• Tapping Into USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) for On-Farm Solar
• Ag Interest Snapshot
• Corn prices hang on for modest gains
• Nitrogen price is the ‘problem child’
• Max Armstrong Farm Progress America, February 6, 2023 | Audio – Five Minute Listen
• A tougher financial road ahead for farmers
• Ag economist: prepare for more volatility in 2023
• Flow From Black Sea Grain Export Deal Slowed by Russia, ERS- Challenges for the Deal “Remain”
• Tension With China, The Largest Market for U.S. Ag Exports
• Thompson on Cotton: Cotton Fundamentals Take Center Stage
• FAO Reports Global Food Prices Have Dropped To Their Lowest Level In 10 Months

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 02.06.2023

• 3 Big Things Today, February 6, 2023
• Washington Week Ahead: Biden makes his case, Senate Ag mulls commodity programs
• USDA Report Preview Market Attention Turns South in USDA’s February WASDE Report
• A Sustainable Beef Industry Starts With More Support for the Cow-Calf Sector
• Todd’s Take | The Unsinkable Price of Soybean Meal
• Soybeans drop with the Chinese balloon
• Gauging when planters roll
• Republicans try congressional path to repeal WOTUS
• Keep ‘foreign adversaries’ out of U.S. agriculture, say lawmakers
• Tension With China, The Largest Market for U.S. Ag Exports
• A golden farm bill opportunity
• Top 10 Most Active Food And Agriculture Technology Venture Capital Firms
• U.S. Wheat Associates Officers Named