Ag News

07.18.2022

• Drought slashes U.S. cotton outlook
• Jerry Gulke: Will the Grain Markets Give Farmers A Second Chance?
• Washington Week Ahead: House debates FY23 spending measure, FDA faces spotlight
• Farm Bureau Urges USDA To Help Remove Barriers To Meeting Growing Food Demand
• Plan to help ag exporters becomes law
• What bullish and bearish factors are most worth watching?
• More Scrutiny on Chinese Ag Project
• Five Questions to Answer Before Selling Beef Direct to Consumers
• Are things better today for ag competition?
• Export sales: Wheat sales surprisingly strong
• 7 ag stories you might have missed
• Ag leaders call on EPA to preserve crop protection tools
• Time for some bargain buying?
• No rush seen on ag trade nominees
• Russian wheat up slightly, exports accelerate
• Estate planning without using wills or trusts
• U.S. Eases Concerns Over Russian Sanctions as Deal Emerges
• Senate Urged to Take Up H-2A Visa Bill to Address Labor Shortage

07.15.2022

• What to Expect for the 2023 Farm Bill
• CoBank Issues Current Ag Economic Situation And Outlook Report
• Export sales: Wheat sales surprisingly strong
• Ag prices face outside pressures
• Lawmakers pushed to streamline USDA farm loans
• Are things better today for ag competition?
• Federal Judge Dismisses Ethanol Lawsuit Against Archer Daniels Midland
• Ag Weather Forum
• Think 2 years ahead if buying equipment
• Live cattle futures continue to consolidate
• New advances for Enlist traits in corn and soybeans
• House Ag Committee hears YBS farmer concerns over loans, production costs
• Soybean, beef, cotton exports hit marketing year lows
• Food Prices Soar, Up 10.4 Percent From Last Year, Biggest Jump Since 1981
• What’s Your Take on the 2018 Farm Bill?
• Farm bill veterans stress need for coalition building
• Could Rail Workers Now Strike Starting Monday As Concerns Of a Feed Shortage Continue In the West?
• Durbin, DeLauro introduce bill to create new food safety agency
• Cotton: Prices Collapse as Drought Prompts Dryland Growers to Abandon Acres
• Texas Field Reports: Heat Wave Deepens Drought Conditions
• GOP House Ag Leaders Call on EPA to Stop Politicization of Crop Tools

07.14.2022

• Farm bill provisions could help shield growers on input costs
• Republican House Agriculture Leaders Call On EPA To Cease Politicization Of Crop Protection Tools
• Urea Leads Fertilizer Prices Down Once Again
• Could Rail Workers Now Strike Starting Monday As Concerns Of a Feed Shortage Continue In the West?
• US Ethanol Inventory Edges Up
• Consensus builds for beef industry reforms
• Bearish demand tone but threatening weather; buyers active
• ASA lauds expanded double-cropping insurance coverage
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- July 2022
• Ukraine makes headway on grain exports, but no deal announced yet on main ports
• Ukraine Grain Talks: Negotiators Face Obstacles From “Mundane,” to “Mission Impossible”
• Half the U.S. Corn Crop Was Planted in Two Weeks, Now the 10-Day Forecast Shows Signs of Trouble
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Responds To White House Council’s Study Recommending Dam Breaching
• ASA Thanks USDA For Providing Farmers Greater Access To Crop Insurance Protection

07.13.2022

• July 12, 2022 WASDE Report (PDF)
• USDA Expands Insurance Coverage For Double Cropping
• WASDE brings out the bears
• USDA Reports Cause Grain, Soybean Markets to Continue to Plunge
• Dollar rises to 20-year highs, sends grains lower
• USDA accepts more than 3.1 million acres in Grassland CRP signup
• What does the farm family net worth mean?
• USDA sees bigger corn, winter wheat crops
• Two federal bills affecting farmers might not get through Congress this fall
• USDA makes it easier for American farmers to grow food, ease burdens for families | Expands insurance coverage for double cropping for 2023 to support food production, lower costs for American families
• Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and UN to Hold Talks on Grain Exports Wednesday, While Russia Expecting “Massive” Wheat Crop
• New Data Shows Ag’s Climate Footprint is Shrinking
• China Flag Brazil Could Export Corn to China Before Year-End
• Here’s Why USDA’s 65-Million-Bushel Cut to Soybean Exports is Stirring Debate
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Cleveland on Cotton: Not a Pretty Market, but Prices Strengthening
• World Food Prices Fall in June
• Change In U.S. Farm Numbers Over The Past 170 Years
• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Issues Update On USDA’s Pro-Competition Advocacy Activities
• USDA: Agriculture Accounted For 11.2% Of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2020

07.12.2022

• Wheat plummets at market close | Monday, July 11, 2022
• Ag Policy: The 2024 Farm Bill and Price Support Adjustments
• 1st Half: Agri Marketing’s Stock Index Down Slightly, Much Better Than General Markets
• The 2021 Crop Insurance Loss Performance
• USDA Crop Progress Report: Corn Condition Holds Steady, Soy Condition Down Slightly Week Ended July 10
• July 11, 2022 Crop Progress Report
• Weekly grain movement: Corn posts solid results, soybeans disappoint
• Do this first to reach farm’s big goals
• A seed treatment skirmish | Location, weather and pest history help determine payoff of corn and soybean seed treatments.
• Smart land use planning is needed to protect agricultural land, American Farmland Trust reports
• Fertilizer expert concerned about 2023 prices
• Half the U.S. Corn Crop Was Planted in Two Weeks, Now the 10-Day Forecast Shows Signs of Trouble
• Labor Contract Negotiations Continue Past Deadline at Some of America’s Most Important Ports
• Will Commodities go Back to Trading Fundamentals After Fund Wash Out? Are the Highs in in the Grains?
• Thompson on Cotton: Fund Liquidation Continues Despite Positive Fundamentals
• Crop Insurance: Importance of Historical Weather Info to Setting Premiums
• Times are good, so start planning for downturn
• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Issues Update On USDA’s Pro-Competition Advocacy Activities
• U.S. June Tractor Sales Down 8%, Combine Sales Up 25%

07.11.2022

• Ag Policy: The 2024 Farm Bill and Price Support Adjustments
• USDA Reports Preview USDA’s July WASDE Report to Remind Traders of Crop Fundamentals
• Jerry Gulke: Did the Grain Markets Bottom or Just a Dead Cat Bounce?
• Washington Week Ahead: Democrats try for last-ditch climate deal
• Court Denies SD Farmer in Wetlands Case South Dakota Judge Sides With USDA in Farmer Challenge of Wetlands Determination on Puddle
• Farm Progress "Cover Crop Best Management Practices"
• 7 ag stories you might have missed
• 6 charts to explain the June 30 USDA reports
• When farmers revolt
• Wheat steadies on global demand
• Television special kicks off Farm Next program
• Wheat, soybeans star in weekly export sales
• Chicken industry executives found not guilty of price-fixing
• Court sides with peach farmer in dicamba drift case
• Put options compliment futures contracts
• Supply demand for live cattle to turn bullish; decline in lean hogs positive fundamental factor
• Fertilizer industry and farmer advocates at odds about solutions to fertilizer crisis
• Food Prices Fall for Third Consecutive Month, But Remain Very High
• What Would a Neutral Weather Pattern Mean for Harvest?
• USDA Announces July Ag Lending Rates
• U.S. Wheat Groups Issue Statement On FDA’s Approval Of Drought Tolerant Wheat