Ag News

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 02.16.2023

• Manage risk to defend farm’s balance sheet
• Farm bill budget forecast: nutrition costs higher
• Production Blog Cotton and Kenny Rogers: Growers Hold a Volatile Hand in 2023
• Nitrogen Fertilizer Wholesale Prices Fall Sharply in January on Lack of Demand, Lower European Natural Gas Prices
• USDA exports – Mexico buys corn, Feb. 15, 2023
• 5 ways to navigate through farm stress
• U.S. ag exports set fresh highs in 2022. But will it last?
• ‘We need fair trade,’ says McCarthy at farm bill session
• USDA Agricultural Projections to 2032- Focus on Corn, Soybeans
• SNAP cost estimate jumps more than 8%, adding new wrinkle to farm bill debate
• 5 Crop and Livestock Charts to Ponder from USDA’s 10-Year Outlook
• USDA Report Shows How Farm Labor And Land Costs Have Been Replaced By Purchased Equipment, Inputs

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 02.15.2023

• Congressional Ag Leaders Praise Crop Insurance
• Biden Admin Sides With Farms on Repairs Biden Administration Asks Court to Reject John Deere Motion in Right-to-Repair Case
• Over-the-counter livestock antibiotics to require prescription
• U.S. cotton growers to plant less in 2023
• Finding efficiencies that streamline cotton production
• Mexico announces new biocorn decree
• Food Prices Increased 0.5% in January, Up 10.1% From Year Ago- Egg Prices Climb 8.5% in January
• These 4 Cattle Data Sets Speak for Themselves
• McCarthy: New farm bill will move this year
• Falling gasoline consumption poses long-term challenge for ethanol industry, corn growers
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Thompson on Cotton: Black Swans
• USDA Examining Record Soybean Oil Prices in 2021-22
• Highlights Of Keynote Speakers At Nat’l Crop Insurance Services’ Annual Convention

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 02.14.2023

• Farm Bill in 2023? Chairman Thompson is keeping his foot on the gas.
• Nitrogen Fertilizer Wholesale Prices Fall Sharply in January on Lack of Demand, Lower European Natural Gas Prices
• Conservation on Working Lands | USDA Boosts Conservation Spending with Climate Dollars
• Todd’s Take Just How Bad Is The Economy? Here’s a Simple Stress Test
• Under the Agridome Is the Price You Receive for Your Grain Real?
• Crop Insurance Protects 490 Million Acres, Creating Opportunities for Agriculture
• Crop insurance industry warned of struggle ahead over new farm bill
• Rural childcare an emerging farm bill issue
• What higher interest rates mean for ag
• Cotton growers make room for more corn and wheat
• USDA market development programs show strong return on investment
• U.S. ag exports soar to new heights in 2022
• DTN: Fertilizer Prices “Moved Lower Again” -But– “Remain Above Historical Averages,” WSJ Says
• Jerry Gulke: Are the Grain Markets Building in a Weather Premium? 3 days ago
• Mexico issues new decree to end biotech corn imports
• New Survey Notes Lower Cotton Acreage in 2023
• To Start The Year, U.S. Tractor Sales Down 14%, Combines Up 133%
• USDA Report Shows How Farm Labor And Land Costs Have Been Replaced By Purchased Equipment, Inputs
• USDA Issues Wheat Outlook Report
• Nat’l Cotton Council Issues Industry Outlook, Forecasts 17% Less Planted Acres In 2023

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