Ag News

04.08.2022

• USDA Reports Preview USDA April WASDE Report to Be Influenced by Ukraine War, South America
• In Pulling Small-Refinery Exemptions From RFS, EPA Offers Refiners a Compliance Reprieve
• 2022 U.S. Winter Wheat Crop Ratings
• Ag Policy Blog Senators Call for President to Fill Ag Trade Positions
• 4 demand factors to watch in this Friday’s WASDE report
• Grain prices end the day mixed, Thursday, April 7
• Low input crops create more opportunities for farmers
• World Food Prices Hit Record in March, While Ukrainian Harvest Could Fall By 20%
• Edible Oil Prices Surge, While Producers Contend with Production Input Variables
• Fertilizer, Wheat, Sunflower Oil Prices Climb- Sec. Vilsack Rejects CRP Acreage Flexibility Request
• EPA rejects 36 biofuel mandate waiver requests, offers alternative relief for 31 facilities
• Purdue/CME Ag Barometer: Producers Concerned About War’s Impact on Inputs
• EPA Yanks 31 Refinery Biofuel Waivers But Skips Credit Requirement
• 87% Of Ag Retailers Report Product Shortages In Farm Journal Poll
• The Fertilizer Institute Engages With Congressional Ag Committee Members

04.07.2022

• Fertilizer, Wheat, Sunflower Oil Prices Climb- Sec. Vilsack Rejects CRP Acreage Flexibility Request
• Lawmakers: It’s time for ‘Office of Rural Prosperity’ at White House
• Tax Implications of Partnership to S Corporation Conversions
• EPA chief hears more pleas to boost use of E15
• Farmers pull land out of CRP
• Are There Enough Chemicals and Fertilizer to Plant This Year’s Crop? An Inside Look at What’s in Jeopardy
• Getting Real About Interest Rates
• American Beef Labeling Act Introduced in US House
• Collaboration Spurs Conservation Strong Landlord-Tenant Relationships are Key to Conservation Implementation
• Tips for Using Small Grains for Silage Silage for Beef Cattle Conference Explores Small Grains Management
• Managing profit: Avoid tension with this farm policy
• Not too late to manage wheat
• Russian invasion continues to take its toll on all ag sectors in Ukraine
• Tenfold increase proposed for rural energy program
• Ag poll: War in Ukraine means higher U.S. farm costs
• U.S., Mexican agriculture secretaries meet to address shared priorities
• Livestock Manure Demand Increases
• U.S. Ethanol Exports Climb To 143.1M Gallons, Up 41% from Feb. 2021
• Is Drought Impacting Planting Already? USDA Shows Farmers are Behind in Planting Cotton
• Producer sentiment dips as input concerns swell
• 87% Of Ag Retailers Report Product Shortages In Farm Journal Poll
• EPA Announces Strategy To Protect Water Quality By Accelerating Nutrient Pollution Reductions

04.06.2022

• Purdue’s Ag Economy Barometer Slides Lowers
• DAP Fertilizer Price Now at Highest Price in History of DTN Data Set
• What Ag Can Learn From Enlist Enlist Herbicide Regulatory Rollercoaster Holds Lessons for All Farmers
• How to find spare parts when you need them most
• The right to repair just got easier
• Wheat prices stay red-hot
• Wheat futures sharply higher following poor USDA crop rating
• Farmers face continued input uncertainty
• Are There Enough Chemicals and Fertilizer to Plant This Year’s Crop? An Inside Look at What’s in Jeopardy
• Drought limits Southwest wheat opportunities
• COTTON SPIN: A changing picture
• Wheat growers: Don’t pass on profit potential
• High input costs reveal importance of crop, livestock budgets
• FarmlandFinder relaunches to exclusively offer sale-leaseback
• Mexico asks U.S. to coordinate on tamping down food inflation
• Biden considering summertime sales of E15
• USDA Says There Are No Plans to Issue Direct Payments to Farmers Coping with Skyrocketing Fertilizer Prices
• China Made Its Largest Corn Buy Since May, and It May Be Just the Start
• DTN Cotton Close: Old and New Crop Markets Diverge

04.05.2022

• April 4, 2022 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report | First Crop Progress Report of Season Shows Lowest Winter Wheat Condition in Over a Decade
• Wheat prices shift substantially higher
• Todd’s Take | Progressive Farmer | USDA Planting Estimates Coincide With Bearish Changes
• Market Matters Blog If Growers Plant Less Spring Wheat in 2022, What Crops Might Replace It?
• Toughest Factor in Succession Planning Is Transitioning Relationships to Next Generation
• USDA Planting Estimates Coincide With Bearish Changes
• If Growers Plant Less Spring Wheat in 2022, What Crops Might Replace It?
• What are the states with the most crop acres?
• Weather surprises could alter USDA’s planting estimates
• 2022 planting starts on pace with five-year average
• CDFA announces comment period for beginning farmer program
• Amid Potential Russian Export Complications, Wheat Prices Climb- GM Corn an Alternative For Lost Ukrainian Exports
• China Made Its Largest Corn Buy Since May, and It May Be Just the Start
• Senate Passes Legislation to Ease U.S. Shipping Backlogs
• USDA Won’t Release CRP Acres For Crop Production

04.04.2022

• Washington Week Ahead: Shipping reforms at stake, SCOTUS nomination to move
• 5 graphs to explain USDA’s 2022 planting forecasts
• NOAA Drought Outlook Monthly – April
• Drought Monitor Weekly: Heavy Rains Bring Broad Improvement
• Commodity Markets Await Cavalry USDA’s Planting Intentions Report Fails to Deliver Cavalry to Commodity Markets
• Ag Weather Forum April Forecast Includes Potential Risks for Frost in Parts of Corn Belt
• Phosphorus Fertilizer Timing Matters
• USDA Livestock Disaster Aid Details
• 7 ag stories you might have missed last week
• Robot crop scout could drive faster, better input applications
• Corn, soy mixed on oil selloff and updated acreage forecasts
• Are biofuels the answer to Russia-induced gas prices?
• Full Senate passes Ocean Shipping Reform Act
• 10 shop organization ideas from All Around the Farm
• Growth Energy CEO disappointed biofuels were absent in Biden energy announcement
• Ukraine March Grain Exports Four Times Less than February
• Senators Urge CRP Flexibilities; Russian Wheat Exports Continue, While War Worsens Hunger in Africa
• Straight from Ukraine: Farmers Share Planting Updates, Concerns and More
• Will USDA Tap CCC to Send Fertilizer Price Aid Payments to Farmers?
• Prepare for estate planning meeting
• Brownfield Ag News Introduces Weekly Commodity Market Update

04.01.2022

• Grain Stock Report March 31, 2022
• Prospective Plantings March 31, 2022
• USDA Livestock Disaster Aid Details | Disaster Payments Coming for Drought-Stricken Livestock Producers Hit by High Feed Costs in 2021
• USDA report is a game-changer for corn
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot | Farm Credit Rates
• US Ethanol Stocks Climb US Ethanol Demand Down 2.1% on Week; Stocks Near 2-Year High
• USDA: Soybean acres to surpass corn for third time ever
• Margin management: The lender’s role in farm business
• John Deere expands access to self-repair resource service
• Vilsack makes 3 USDA announcements at 2022 Commodity Classic
• Farmers made and paid more in February
• EPA expands the use of Enlist products for the 2022 growing season
• NCBA response to Bill Gates advocating for synthetic meat
• “Serious Threats” to Global Food Security, While 2022 Grain Harvest in Ukraine Could Fall by 55%
• Senators reject trade agenda without free trade agreements
• Crop Planting Report has Peanuts, Corn Down and Other Crops Up for this Year
• CoBank: War In Black Sea Region Likely To Shock Grain Markets For Several Years
• Facts To Consider About The "Dirty Dozen" List