Ag News

08.09.2022

• 08.08.2022 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Senate’s Inflation Reduction Act Includes Additional $40 Billion For Agriculture/Rural Programs
• House Proposes Bill to Strengthen STB Authority Over Railroads
• Food Prices Post Biggest Drop Since 2008
• What’s Ag’s Stake in the Senate-Passed Inflation Reduction Act?
• Inflation Reduction Act passes with ag climate investments
• Senate approves additional $20 billion for voluntary conservation practices
• Scott bill would help small livestock producers
• Klobuchar says existing farm bill a good template
• Streamlined delivery of emergency relief programs is win-win for USDA, producers
• Ten Ships Have Sailed From Ukraine Under Black Sea Export Deal, While France Endures Record Drought
• HHS invests $60M in rural health care workforce, access to care
• Thompson on Cotton: Market Is Short of Sellers
• House Ag Republicans Want Hearing on EPA’s Crop Protection
• Direct-To-Consumer Farm Sales Reach $10.7 Billion, 35% Increase From 2019

08.08.2022

• Historic climate funding package clears Senate
• Democrats add farm debt relief to climate funding as Senate passage nears
• Ag leaders introduce bill to regulate digital commodities
• View From the Cab Farmers Face Hard Choices When Crops Don’t Pay
• USDA Land Values, Cash Rents Surveys
• DTN Ag Policy Blog Senate Passes Inflation Reduction Act, Including Climate-Smart Ag Funding
• Maximize income from put option sale
• A history lesson to consider for next week’s USDA report
• Senate takes action on environmental regulations
• Dry, hot August could mean prices rally come harvest
• Thune introduces proposal to improve ranchers’ grazing rights on national grasslands
• World Food Prices Post Sharp Decline in July, as Three More Ships Depart Ukraine Under Black Sea Export Deal
• Soybean Marketing Decisions: Store Versus Sell
• Weekly Cotton Review – USDA 8.7.2022
• Grain Prices Will Remain High During the 2022 Marketing Year – Commentary
• Drought Monitor Weekly: Highly Variable Conditions
• Wheat Market: Black Sea Grain Corridor, Weather, Harvest Pressure Prices
• Texas Plains Cotton: Lots of Pests, No Economist Thresholds
• Purdue Ag Economist Compares Conventional And Organic Enterprise Net Returns
• USDA Issues Food Price Outlook Report

08.05.2022

• Rural Development rolls out new ReConnect round to expand broadband
• Democrats’ funding infusion could shift farm bill debate
• Ethanol Giant Poet Invests in Logistics | Nation’s Largest Ethanol Producer Poet Acquires Georgia Marine Terminal
• View From the Cab | Farmers Work to Make the Farm Socially Acceptable
• A history lesson to consider for next week’s USDA report
• Chevron Renewable Energy Group says future bright for biofuels
• Purdue/CME Ag Economy Barometer shows slight improvement for July
• “Months” Before Ukraine Grain Exports Reach Prewar Levels and Backlog of Grain in Storage Cleared
• Grand Larceny Bovine Vegan Takes Cattle into Protective Custody, Sends Owner Feed Bill
• Ag groups to Senate: Pass H-2A reforms
• Stabenow, Boozman lead bill to strengthen cryptocurrency regulation
• USDA: Streamlined Delivery of Emergency Relief Programs
• Delicate Balance of International Trade and Markets
• USDA: U.S. Food Income Rebounds To Pre-Pandemic Level In 2021
• USDA Issues Food Price Outlook Report

08.04.2022

• U.S. agricultural groups spell out their priorities in the next farm bill
• Farm bill priorities outlined during Farmfest forum
• Purdue/CME Ag Economy Barometer shows slight improvement for July
• Ag groups continue calls for addressing ag labor crisis
• US Ethanol Inventory Edges Higher
• Farm Credit Rates
• How accurate is USDA August yield forecast vs. final estimates?
• Legislation tries to create fairness in rail marketplace
• Global buying spree lifts wheat
• The cash flow wrecker: Family living withdrawals
• Pelosi’s Taiwan visit bearish for soybeans
• “Months” Before Ukraine Grain Exports Reach Prewar Levels and Backlog of Grain in Storage Cleared
• Democrats’ funding infusion could shift farm bill debate
• University Ag Economists Update Crop Budgets, Higher Costs Lower Returns
• USDA Issues Food Price Outlook Report
• Farmers Risk Releases New Commodity Trading Tool That Promises To Revolutionize Grain Marketing

08.03.2022

• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends Summer Slump in Retail Fertilizer Prices Continues
• Call the Market | Who Sits in the Driver’s Seat of This Fall’s Feeder Cattle Market?
• How accurate is USDA August yield forecast vs. final estimates?
• Wheat, corn losses deepen on growing uncertainty
• Ag leaders hope railroads & unions can avert a September strike
• Ukraine: FAO, Canada join forces to address grain storage deficit
• Cattle raisers applaud bill to curtail SEC climate reporting requirements
• Succession Planning | Who Gets What? Take This Important Estate Planning Step
• NOAA Drought Outlook Monthly – August 2
• Cleveland on Cotton: Patience Paying Off in Summer Doldrums
• USDA: Aug. 2022 Lending Rate
• Thompson on Cotton: Prices Rally for 2nd Week
• Purdue/CME Group Poll Finds Slight increase In Producer Sentiment
• Barchart Forecasts Decrease In U.S. Corn And Soybeans Production And Yield
• USDA: Issues Report Showing Profit Margins Of Large-Scale Family Farms Than Other Farms

08.02.2022

• Crop Progress Report 08.01.2022
• GOP Eyes Biden Sue-and-Settle Policy | 36 House Members Press Biden Reversal of Trump Sue-and-Settle Policy
• Time to Sort Aggressive Palmer Amaranth From Other Pigweeds
• Sort and Cull What a Live Cattle Market With Open Interest at a 6-Year Low Means
• 2023 ag appropriations bill introduced
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Farm Futures | How do you approach change in your operation?
• Ag appropriations bill introduced in Senate
• Lifecycle of a family farm business
• Ukraine ships first corn cargo since war, sending prices lower
• Auction companies combine
• Senate overwhelmingly passes WRDA
• How six farmers are dealing with inflation and supply chain issues
• House Ag Republicans ask for hearing with Regan
• Biden, Senate Dems look to pass climate deal
• Texas Plains Cotton: Expect Bollworm Numbers to Start Rising
• Total Farm Production Expenditure Rose by 7% During 2021
• Russian Bombing Kills One Of Ukraine’s Largest Grain Exporters And His Wife
• Kansas City Federal Reserve Reports Farm Lending And Interest Rates Tick Up
• Congressman Wants Investigation Of China’s Purchase Of Far