Ag News

04.11.2022

• April WASDE
• April Crop Production and WASDE ASB Briefing (Audio | Youtube)
• Jerry Gulke: Will High Prices Cause Demand Reduction or Destruction?
• USDA Reports Review Corn Ignores Bearish WASDE Report to Score New Contract High
• Moving Grain: White House Announces Huge Release From Strategic Oil Reserves
• 7 ag stories you might have missed
• Biden’s EPA denies 31 small refinery waivers
• Vilsack: USDA will not reopen CRP
• Grains recover previous week’s losses It is a sellers market, with producers rarely seeing this kind of demand amid tight supplies.
• Secretary Vilsack in isolation after positive COVID test
• Food prices soar to record levels on Ukraine war disruptions
• Ducheneaux provides update on CRP, livestock relief, farm bill and USDA’s equity efforts on Agri-Pulse Newsmakers program
• Cleveland on Cotton: Have Prices Soared Too High?
• FBI Touts Work on Crop Insurance Fraud Case – DTN
• Congress Suspends Beneficial Trade Status for Russia, Belarus 4/11/2022
• Top Agricultural Universities In The World Unveiled

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