Ag News

06.01.2022

• Protect farm assets by updating property insurance
• USDA Releases "Outlook For U.S. Agricultural Trade" Report
• USDA Releases "Food Price Outlook" Report
• Crop Progress Report | 5.31.2022 (PDF)
• USDA Crop Progress Report: Corn, Soybean Planting Closes in on Normalcy
• Federal Court Stays ADM Ethanol Lawsuit Archer Daniels Midland Ethanol Markets Lawsuit Stayed by Federal Magistrate
• Wheat, corn tumble on more Ukrainian export hope
• Farm family conflict does not mean failure
• Would you buy a driverless tractor?
• Virtual sessions offer insight on scouting, pest management
• Grains slump lower to start a short week
• Direct beef sales program to address legal, economic issues
• Drought devastates Western Oklahoma wheat crop
• 2022 crop: An enormous, historic amount of capital at risk
• USDA to infuse billions into transforming food supply chain
• Solar not so popular in the country
• Protect farm assets from being eaten up by long-term care expenses
• Poor planting conditions prompt questions about insurance options for non-conventional practices
• Former Ambassador to China doubtful about Phase Two
• Ag economy to remain strong in 2022 despite signs of softening on the horizon
• Thompson on Cotton: Lackluster Trade, Will Production Problems or Inflation Concerns Win Out?
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• American Agri-Women Release Their Farm Bill Recommendations
• USDA: Agricultural Exports Supported More Than 1 Million Jobs In 2020

05.31.2022

• USDA Forecasts Record Farm Exports in FY 2022
• 7 ag stories you might have missed last week
• CRP Contract Termination to Offset Global Food Crisis Gains USDA’s Approval
• Grains finish last week on a high note
• Help for Ag Producers Facing Stress Market, Weather Stress Can Lead to Physical, Emotional Ailments for Farmers, Ranchers
• Market Matters Blog Bipartisan Group of Senators Ask STB to Continue Monitoring Rail Service
• Minding Ag’s Business | Federal Reserve Faces Unique Challenges as it Attempts to Tackle Inflation
• Soil Problems Plague Farmers Soil Concerns Reported on Half of Row Crop Acres Surveyed in USDA Study
• Putin ready to facilitate unfettered grain exports from Ukraine’s ports, Kremlin says
• Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis
• The push for alternative engines in tractors as prices continue to climb
• Ag economy to remain strong in 2022 despite signs of softening on the horizon
• Family tells their story to prevent future farm tragedies | Say ‘no’ to dangerous tradition of extra riders on tractors
• Are Corn And Wheat Overvalued?
• Farm Groups Want U.S. Tariffs to be Suspended, Reduced or Dropped
• 40 Ag Groups Ask Biden Administration To Reduce/Drop U.S. Tariffs

05.27.2022

• USDA Raises Ag Export, Import Forecasts
• Ag economy to remain strong in 2022 despite signs of softening on the horizon
• Vilsack: USDA wasn’t consulted by DOJ in Roundup case
• What Is the Deferred Tax Monster and How Has It Been Changing Over Time?
• Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George said there are unique economic challenges as the Fed attempts to bring inflation back to its 2% target.
• India, Russia, China and U.S. announcements stir markets
• Black swan in the Black Sea: fertilizer
• Drought conditions remain stagnant as planting moves ahead
• USDA raises food inflation forecast for fourth month in a row
• Export sales: Old crop results disappoint
• Corn Replant Calculator can help make decisions
• Women Rooted in Agriculture
• New study examines economics of farm conservation
• Food and ag leaders call for tariff relief
• USDA Allows Expiring CRP Land Early Out | Senators Pitch Plan to Keep Farmers Planting After Final Insurance Dates
• USDA Announces More Money for Meat Processing Capacity, New Efforts to Strengthen Food Supply Chain
• Russia Now Says It’s Ready to Allow Food Exports From Ukraine, But With Conditions
• Ag Groups Call for Tariff Relief to Help Ease Inflation
• John Deere Looks for Leaps in Automation and Digitalization
• Peanut Stocks: Utilization Down Slightly, 3.65Bln Pounds in Storage

05.26.2022

• What’s in Store for the 2022 Feeder Cattle Market?
• USDA Raises 2022 Food Inflation Forecasts Again, Highest Grocery Food Price Hikes in 42 Years
• Fertilizer Prices Moves Minor, But Mixed, Compared to April
• Equipment Question: Buy Used or New? Farmers Face Decision of Buying New or Used Equipment When Prices Are Rising for Everything
• EIA: Ethanol Demand Up 4th Straight Week to Near 9-Mo High
• Global Wheat Production Challenged Everywhere It Grows, Keeping Upward Pressure on Prices
• Russian ‘humanitarian corridor’ sends wheat tumbling
• China demand concerns sink soybeans
• Regenerative ag gains attention at World Economic Forum
• Congress seeks investigation into beef price fixing
• What’s stopping you from locking in high prices?
• USDA Invests $770 Million to Expand Market Opportunities for Rural Businesses
• Climate change on course to hit U.S. Corn Belt especially hard, study finds
• https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2022/05/russia-chokes-off-ukraines-exports-seen-as-deliberate-attack-on-global-food-chain-escorting-warships-considered/
• Unbounded: Government Claims Right of Access and Surveillance on All Private Land
• Key disagreement hangs up ag climate bill
• How to tame food inflation? Parties disagree on the best path forward
• Chinese interest in US ag assets could pose security risks, federal report says
• Soybean Farmers Release Their 2023 Farm Bill Priorities
• U Of Illinois, Ohio State Economists Issue 2022 Corn, Soybean Fall Price Forecasts
• USDA Releases "Wheat Outlook" Report
• USDA Releases "Oil Crops Outlook" Report

05.25.2022

• Worldwide Wheat Woes Global Wheat Production Challenged Everywhere It Grows, Keeping Upward Pressure on Prices
• Farmers Tell EPA They Need Partnerships to Improve Water Quality, Not More Regulation
• Planting pressure pushes corn prices lower
• How do you plan to buy your next machine?
• Ag groups call for withdrawal of Supreme Court brief on glyphosate
• Biden launches non-traditional Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
• Kansas City Fed Examines Market Disruptions After Russian Invasion, While Ukraine Grain Production Could Rise, and Egypt Faces Wheat Strains
• Opinion | Will An Interest Rate Increase Lower Land Values?
• Unbounded: Government Claims Right of Access and Surveillance on All Private Land
• Shurley on Cotton: Has New Crop Met Its Pre-Harvest High?
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• U.S. Wine Imports Jump 25% in 2021
• Farm Supply Co-ops the Solution to Private Broadband?
• Op-Ed: Mr. Putin’s Famine Is More Threatening Than COVID
• AgCareers.com Announces Its 20th Annual Roundtable, Will Discuss Pivotal HR Trends
• USDA Releases "Feed Outlook Report"

05.24.2022

• Crop Progress Report 5/23/2022 (PDF)
• Growing pains for double crop insurance
• USDA May 1 Cattle on Feed Report | May 1 Cattle on Feed Up 2%
• Wheat prices rise another 2%
• Farmers Make Substantial Corn, Soybean Planting Gains Again Last Week Despite Widespread Rains
• Weather boosts rally price targets
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot 5/23/2022
• Archer Daniels Midland Wants Green Plains’ Ethanol Lawsuit Dismissed
• Texas Judge Arrested on Cattle Theft Texas Judge, Three Men Arrested for Organized Crime in Series of Cattle Thefts
• How satisfied are you with your farm partners?
• Court brief on glyphosate causing ag groups concern
• Ag groups urge withdrawal of administration’s SCOTUS brief in Roundup case
• How farm’s long-term vision impacts decisions now
• EPA to propose 2023 ethanol mandate within four months
• Bayer pushing Supreme Court on Roundup case
• May Grain Exports From Ukraine Could Reach 1.5 Million Tonnes
• Who Actually Won the U.S., China Trade War?
• Opinion Will An Interest Rate Increase Lower Land Values?
• Twelve countries sign up with US for Indo-Pacific Framework
• Thompson on Cotton: Volatility Reigns as Macroeconomics Take Over from Fundamentals
• 2022 Crop Input Price Increases Detailed In New Texas A&M Report
• USDA To Provide $6 Billion to Crop Producers Impacted By 2020 And 2021 Natural Disasters