Ag News

05.03.2022

• May 2, 2022 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Senate Ag launches farm bill hearings
• Farm Policy Facts: Crop Insurance Protects The Farmers Who Feed Us
• USDA Announces May 2022 Lending Rates For Ag Producers
• USDA Issues Report Showing Amount Of Livestock And Crops Being Produced Under Contract
• Crop Progress: Corn and Soybean Planting Falls Further Behind the Average Pace in Week Ended May 1
• Ag Secretary Vilsack Quiet on White House $500 Million Plan to Spur More Wheat, Oilseed Acres
• Ukrainian Ag Equipment Stolen by Russian Troops is Disabled Remotely
• Ag Secretary Vilsack Quiet on White House $500 Million Plan to Spur More Wheat, Oilseed Acres
• Ag Weather Forum | Planting Weather is a Challenge Across US This Week
• Watch USDA report for answers to these 5 critical questions
• Wheat falls with rains on the Plains
• Grain prices sour to start the week
• Grain markets close mostly lower in very volatile day of trade | Monday, May 2, 2022
• A Quarter of Sunflower Oil Has “Vanished” – Brazil Eyes “Tropical Wheat,” and Fertilizer Problems Persist
• Fertilizer Prices, Higher Still- Producers World-Wide Adjust; U.S. Faces Railway Issues
• EPA Officially Announces the Sale of Year-Round E15
• USDA Releases Report On Food Raised And Sold Locally

05.02.2022

• 7 ag stories you might have missed last week
• Jerry Gulke: The Grain Market Plot Thickens
• Everything You Need to Know About the Proposed $500M to Ag in Biden’s Ukraine Aid Program
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate budget hearings ramp up, China conference ready to go
• Senate Ag launches farm bill hearings
• Fertilizer Prices, Higher Still- Producers World-Wide Adjust; U.S. Faces Railway Issues
• Corn Farmer Outlines Farm Bill Priorities At Senate’s First Field Hearing In Michigan
• White House Asks Congress to Significantly Boost Some Commodity Loan Rates for Two Years
• Wheat drops to three-week low as U.S. rains lift production prospects
• EPA Grants E15 Emergency Waiver for ’22
• Cattle Market Under House Ag Microscope
• Principles for an Effective Farm Safety Net
• Ukraine farmers grapple with storage, finance, exports
• Hedge your crops with no margin calls
• Rains in the Plains sideswipe wheat prices
• Russian War Amplifies Agricultural Market Dynamics in India, Ukraine, U.S., and Indonesia
• 30 Day Cattle Outlook (4/30)
• House hearing shows partisan divide over SNAP
• Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA 4-30
• Cleveland on Cotton: Market Keeps Exploding Higher, For Now
• USDA: Peanut Price Highlights
• Rabo AgriFinance Economist Reports High Grain Prices Will Last In The Forseeable Future

04.29.2022

• Congressional Members Introduce Bipartisan Digital Commodity Exchange Act Of 2022
• Ag Groups Alarmed by SEC Climate Rule | Ag Groups Concerned SEC Climate Reporting Rule Will Hit Every Farmer, Rancher
• Biden: Send Oligarchs’ Assets to Ukraine
• Ukraine War Boosts Need for Food Aid | Ukraine-Russia War to Lift Commodity Prices for Years, Sparking Global Food Security Concerns
• Wearing Body Armour, Dodging Mines- Ukrainian Farmers Press Ahead, Cope With Logistics
• Cattle Market Under House Ag Microscope | Meatpacking CEOs Tell House Ag Committee They Need Farmers, Ranchers to Continue Business
• Cattle markets take center stage in ag committees
• Principles for an Effective Farm Safety Net
• Will cattle market setback continue?
• What are the odds of record corn yields?
• More government in cattle markets?
• Determining a good borrower in agribusiness
• Labor issues, idle trains leave U.S. grain and food stranded
• Ag organizations comment on legislation that prohibits use of neonicotinoids
• U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef launches industry sustainability goals
• Rising retail prices will increasingly test consumers’ appetite for meat
• Biden proposes $500M in emergency incentives to boost US crop production
• Texas Field Reports: Crawfish Acres Expand, Weights Low Due to Cool Weather
• Midwest Governors Take Action To Allow Year-Round E15
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn President Urges Congress To Adopt Broadly Supported Cattle Market Policies

04.28.2022

• May 2022 Weather Outlook Suggests Late-Planting Risks
• EPA’s Snyder: Agency Might Release WOTUS Proposal Despite Legal Challenge
• Crop Insurance in America: Principles for an Effective Farm Safety Net
• Who bears the biggest planting risks?
• Cattle markets take center stage in ag committees
• Prepare to pay more for meat
• EPA ag adviser offers update on WOTUS, pesticides
• Cattle market reformers see resistance from big ag groups
• Dicamba investigations find common label violations
• Agriculture plays key role in limiting climate change
• Senate Ag Committee Split on Cattle Market Reform Bill
• CoBank Rising Retail Prices Will Increasingly Test Consumers’ Appetite For Meat
• USDA: Strong Demand For Soybean Oil Elevated U.S. Prices In 2021 And 2022

04.27.2022

• Fed’s interest rate strategy could backfire on farmers
• For these grain markets, a fair amount of uncertainty remains
• Wheat rallies on rating downgrade, planting delays
• Mandated Cash Trade in Cattle Markets Again Center of Senate Hearing Debate
• Increase Soil Productivity With Carbon-Boosting Management Techniques
• The Lost Bushels of SCN Soybean Yield Losses Pile Up as Growers Wait for Better SCN Control
• Poor Rail Logistics Causing Slow Output at Ethanol Plants
• For these grain markets, a fair amount of uncertainty remains
• Poor quality pushes wheat prices higher
• ‘We’re too dependent on synthetic fertilizers’
• USDA exports – China and unknown buy soybeans
• National, state ag groups call for meeting on export trade imbalance
• Senate panel weighs role of government as beef industry calls for price transparency
• USDA: Prioritize railway service for agriculture
• How Has General Inflation Impacted Input Prices?
• Rural Mainstreet Economic Index Remains Healthy
• Oklahoma State Livestock Specialist Says Significant Herd Liquidation Inevitable This Year
• Cattle Industry’s Opposition To Government Mandate Amplified Through Senate Hearing
• No. American Meat Institute To Senate Ag: Cattle Prices At Seven Year Highs; Reject Costly Grassley-Fischer Bill
• U Of Illinois Economist On Trends In General Inflation And Farm Input Prices

04.26.2022

• April 25 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Rural Mainstreet Economic Index Remains Healthy
• 7% of U.S. corn, 3% of soybeans planted
• Jerry Gulke: Is the Market Signaling an Acreage Switch?
• Edible Oil Prices Volatile; as Fertilizer Prices Fall Slightly
• Economist says cattle supplies will continue to tighten
• AMS holds listening session for pilot Cattle Contract Library program development
• FBI Puts Ag on Alert: Ransomware Attack Potentially Timed to Critical Seasons
• R-CALF Asks FTC and DOJ to Investigate Vertical Integration of Feedlots
• CME Group Will Reset Daily Trading Limits
• FDA needs point person on food, groups tell Califf
• Peanut Stocks: Utilization Up 1%, 4Bln Pounds in Storage
• Thompson on Cotton: Volatile, Sideways Trade Expected for Near Future
• KC Fed: Farm Operating Loans Grow Alongside Input Costs
• Autonomy To Play "Significant Role" In Deere’s Target Recurring Revenue Goal
• USDA: Wheat Prices Surge In Wake Of Russia-Ukraine Conflict
• USDA Lets More Packing Plants Return To Faster Line Speeds