AG NEWS

11.02.2021

• 3 Big Things Today, November 2, 2021
• Avoiding Issues with MRL-Based Almond Rejections
• USDA Provides $1.8 Billion To Offset Market Fluctuations
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Understanding the Cash Cattle Rally | The Cash Cattle Rally is More Than Meets the Eye
• Chemical and Fertilizer Crunch Overshadow an Above-Average Harvest for Farmers
• Ag Marketing IQ brought to you by Does your 2022 marketing plan align with your production plan?
• Farmer groups oppose fertilizer tariffs
• Watching costs key to handling thinner margins
• Crop Progress Report | Nov. 1, 2021 (PDF)
• Strike continues as Deere workers consider new offer
• Timeline of the Deere, UAW strike
• Combine fires: a $20 million avoidable problem
• From Historic Conservation Funding to Farmer Debt Relief, Who Will Pay for Biden’s Revised Build Back Better Plan?
• Manchin taps brakes on Build Back Better spending package
• Agriculture Reconciliation Provisions Unveiled
• Congressman David G. Valadao Leads Letter to President Biden and Governor Newsom Requesting Fed and State Emergency Declarations for Recent Storms

admin2021-11-02T12:12:19+00:00November 2nd, 2021|

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10.29.2021

• New Resource for Small Olive Oil Farmers
• New AI Institute Expands UC Merced’s Smart, Sustainable Ag Effort
• Congressman David G. Valadao Leads Letter to President Biden and Governor Newsom Requesting Fed and State Emergency Declarations for Recent Storms
• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Comments On President’s Framework For The Build Back Better Act
• Biden reaches deal on Build Back Better framework
• New report offers farm shop insight
• New ag trade education council formed
• Export sales: Grains trend lower | 10.28.2021
• The effects of the Deere strike? Dealers are mum
• COVID-19 cases, deaths among meatpacking workers 3 times worse than thought
• Newest Tax Proposal in Washington Won’t Impact Most Farmers Today, But Tax Expert Warns it Could Be a Trojan Horse for Higher Taxes
• Malware Disrupts Food Supply Chain | Food and Ag Sector Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks
• DC Signal to Noise | Q&A with David Wasserman
• Avoid fall delivery basis contract confusion
• Genetic engineering is the future of agriculture, scientists tell lawmakers
• Blue jackets return to Indianapolis for 2021 FFA Convention
• GOP Senators want RFS meeting with Biden
• USB farmer leaders train on benefits of gene editing
• The potential ag trade impact of China’s CPTPP bid
• NIFA invests more than $50 million towards beginning farmers, ranchers
• Rising input costs making tough decisions for farmers
• ADM, Gevo Sign MoU to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel, About Half of ADM’s Ethanol Production Could Go To Jet Fuel
• CFTC nominee backs agency role in carbon markets, climate concerns
• USDA Announces Initial Supporters of Sustainable Productivity Coalition

admin2021-10-29T10:23:36+00:00October 29th, 2021|

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10.22.2021

• USDA announces dates for California Walnuts continuance referendum
• Plenish high oleic soybean premiums for 2022 announced
• As harvest ’21 is nearly done, uncertainty looms for 2022
• Ag export volumes to China to fall, value to rise
• Farmers and John Deere suppliers worry about strike’s impact
• Five Days In, Here’s How the John Deere Worker Strike Is Already Impacting Farmers During Harvest
• Agriculture Left High Centered as Supply Chain Problems Expected to Persist Well into 2022
• EPA announces plan to address PFAS contamination
• Ag Trade: Shipping Crisis Continues, Biden Announces Alleviation Plan
• 5 things you didn’t know about co-ops
• Farm income high, except for cattle
• Cattle futures market seen as overbought, analyst says
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- October 2021
• Ag productivity far off needed pace, according to new data
• Oct. 21: House Ag moving series of bills
• USDA, FDA to Host Cybersecurity Summit for Food & Ag Industry
• USDA Releases “Season Average Price Forecasts” Report

admin2021-10-22T12:40:27+00:00October 22nd, 2021|

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10.18.2021

• USDA announces dates for California Walnuts continuance referendum
• Interactive Visualization: U.S. Commodity Costs and Returns by Region and by Commodity
• California’s Wine Community Recognizes October’s Farmer and Farmworker Month
• Time for new trade strategy
• Washington Week Ahead: Democrats battle over Build Back Better with key date looming
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends MAP Fertilizer Price Hits $800 Per Ton as Retail Prices Spike
• Robot tractors could soon solve farm labor crisis
• Experts: Odds Are Skyrocketing Farmland Prices Will Continue, Here’s Why
• Hot farmland market continues, but is it sustainable?
• Export sales: More solid results
• More USDA nominees in the pipeline, says Vilsack
• Food prices rise, outpaced by U.S. inflation rate
• Biden’s move helpful but no quick fix for supply chain
• Farm machinery costs as much as 20% higher since 2019
• Jerry Gulke: Did Prices Get Cheap Enough to Attract More Demand?
• Farm Debt-to-Income Ratio Points to Continued Farmland Price Strength
• NCBA’s Redbook 2022 Edition Now Available – Makes Cattle Recordkeeping Easy

admin2021-10-18T10:22:57+00:00October 18th, 2021|

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10.12.2021

• State Water Board Raises Fees Again – Ignores Industry Concerns
• California’s Wine Community Recognizes October’s Farmer and Farmworker Month
• USDA Reports Preview | USDA Reports to See Revisions on Oct. 12
• U.S. and China trade leaders meet
• China Presses U.S. to Cancel Tariffs in Test of Bilateral Engagement
• First Steps in U.S., China Trade Talks, as Heavy Rain Delays China’s Corn Harvest
• U.S. trade chief Tai seeks talks with China, won’t rule out new tariff actions
• Weather Models Expect La Nina Pattern to Last Through Winter 2022
• What’s in store for USDA’s October WASDE report?
• Bayer enters the organic seed business
• Bayer blasts ‘un-scientific’ Mexican rejection of GMO corn permit
• Herbicide-resistant weeds prompt farmers and industry to search for complementary solutions
• CDFA accepting applications for cannabis program agents
• USDA commits to equity in agriculture
• Fertilizer Fever: Soaring Costs Could Impact Farmers and Food Prices
• AgFax Weekend: Commodity Program Dashboard | Should You Switch to a C Corp.?

admin2021-10-12T09:10:01+00:00October 12th, 2021|

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10.04.2021

• This Week in Agribusiness, October 2, 2021 (Video)
• Popular Online Farm Equipment and Land Auction Service Sites Crippled by Ransomware Attack
• Vilsack plans large-scale climate projects, announces $3B for ag, school aid
• Washington Week Ahead: USTR talks China policy, Biden agenda in doubt
• Ag Disaster Aid Added to Funding Bill
• Control your farmland – from beyond the grave?
• Decide between Xtend or Enlist
• USDA vaccine candidate is effective against African swine fever
• Rural America, mostly white, is becoming more diverse
• Whew … Deere strike averted … for now
• This week will not end infrastructure progress
• Higher Fertilizer Prices Could Impact U.S. Acreage Allocation, as Power Issues in China Impact Feed Costs
• Purdue Economist’s Report Shows Organically Raised Corn, Soybean More Profitable Than Conventionally Raised
• USDA Quarterly Grains Stocks Report Shocks Soybean Market with Surprises in Supply
• More On Ag Check Off Lawsuit
• USDA Reports Summary | USDA Releases Grain Stocks and Small Grains Annual Summary Reports
• Biden signs bill providing $10B to cover wide range of ag disasters
• Ag Input Crunch Ahead Ag Chem Supplies: Four Things to Know Heading Into 2022
• Combines Uncover the Season’s Wins and Losses as Harvest Picks Up
• ERS: Stepped-up basis tax proposal impacts 20% of farms
• Vilsack uses CCC funds to pour $3B more into ag sector
• Intervention needed on ag carbon markets
• COVID lessons offer hope for ASF vaccine sooner
• Class action lawsuit against beef processors proceeds
• U.S. farmers produced more soybeans, hold more stocks, USDA reports
• Seed relabeling still common, according to new Farmers Business Network report
• Democratic Lawmakers Call On Biden Administration to Halt Plan to Cut Biofuel Blending Volumes
• China’s Energy Problems Impacting Food Security Variables, as Weaker Chinese Corn Buying Unfolds
• Brownfield Ag News: U.S. Energy Secretary Doesn’t Expect Lower RVO Levels

admin2021-10-04T09:03:35+00:00October 4th, 2021|

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09.25.2021

• Planning for stress in almond trees
• Sonoma vineyards squeeze through drought, while vegetable growers struggle
• Downsized almond industry proceeds with harvest
• AgriTalk: Three Ag Leaders Reflect on Reconciliation Bill
• EPA Approves Dicamba Usage in 2022
• Document details $28B in conservation spendin
• 5 factors impacting grain markets now
• Reconciliation and Climate-Smart Ag House Budget Plan Offers Big Injection of Funds in USDA Conservation Programs
• Congress has ‘blind spots’ for rural America
• Time for ag retailers to invest in precision
• 10 things that breakdown in borrower-lender relationship
• Should you sell 2022 crops?
• U.S. pledges $10 billion to food security & systems
• Biden Administration Considers Biofuel Blending Cuts, According to Reports
• U.S. Farmers Face Supply Shortages, Higher Costs After Hurricane Ida
• Grassley Comments on Reported RFS Cuts, Vilsack Defends Administration’s ‘Stable’ Approach to Blending Targets
• Lawmakers press concerns on fairness, need for carbon markets
• Vilsack warns ag companies to solidify cybersecurity as harvest begins
• CoBank: The Future Of Ag Retailing Will Be Driven By Precision
• Margin Protection Insurance 101 | Margin Protection Crop Insurance Offers Farmers a Way to Safeguard Revenue for 2022 Crops
• Vilsack warns ag companies to solidify cybersecurity as harvest begins
• A Letter to Brian My Friend Died in a Grain Bin: Let Him Be the Last
• Ag Chem Supplies: Four Things to Know Heading Into 2022
• In September, what is new crop and old crop?
• Ag markets go green to start the fall season
• U.S. farmers face supply shortages, higher costs after Hurricane Ida
• Crop yields seen dropping without climate action – report
• US Grains Council expects record Chinese corn purchases to continue
• Agronomist discusses crop variability on water-limited acres
• Trade remains a priority for state departments of ag
• Tariffs, barriers on ag products remain a mixed bag
• U.S. Beef Exports Increase, Reflecting Large Shipments to China
• Grassley Comments on Reported RFS Cuts, Vilsack Defends Administration’s ‘Stable’ Approach to Blending Targets
• Electric vehicle tax credits take preference over biofuels in Democratic spending package
• By creating crops that sequester more carbon, scientists hope agriculture will help mitigate climate change

admin2021-09-25T09:38:56+00:00September 25th, 2021|

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09.16.2021

• President of Almond Alliance of California Biden’s pick for Chief Ag Negotiator
• CA produce industry decries action on SB 559
• Californians are bolstering climate resilience
• President of Almond Alliance of California Biden’s pick for Chief Ag Negotiator
• Farmers relieved stepped-up basis preserved
• FAPRI Sees Lower 2022 Farm Income With Loss in Pandemic Aid, Net Farm Income Will Fall Sharply From Higher 2021 Totals
• US Ethanol Inventory Falls Again | EIA: Ethanol Output Again Up, Demand Falls to Over 4-Month Low
• Charts give hope for profitable fall sales
• Big drop in farm income forecast as pandemic aid ends
• Estate Planning Conundrum: Business decisions made 15 years ago aren’t working out Can their problem be solved?
• CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-China cuts forecast for feed use of corn in 2021/22 as pig prices remain low
• RIN’s not to blame for higher consumer gasoline prices
• Antitrust lawsuit involving “Big 4” meatpackers will proceed
• House Committee Nixes Transfer Tax Proposal, Farm CPA Bumps Grade From ‘F’ to ‘B-‘
• Antitrust Lawsuit Against Packers To Move Forward
• Farm groups not backing down on stepped-up basis
• House panel approves $66 billion ag bill; change in ‘stepped-up basis’ is abandoned
• Charts give hope for profitable fall sales
• House Democrats Propose Cutting Estate Tax Exemption, Offer Higher Farmland Exclusion
• Ethanol, Oil Interests Try to Influence OMB on Renewable Fuel Standard
• Farmers relieved stepped-up basis preserved
• New equipment highlights from summer farm shows
• Successful Farming Tools of the Year 2021
• White House Takes On ‘Big Meat,’ Says Inflation Isn’t the Source of Swelling Retail Protein Prices
• Livestock industry leaders talk hunger, climate at forum
• U.S. August Tractor Sales Up 10%, Combine Sales Up 20%
• Crop Progress Report 09.13.2021 (PDF)

admin2021-09-25T09:39:34+00:00September 16th, 2021|

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09/10/2021

• The Organic Center Digs into AgTech for Organic
• CA Farm Water Crisis – The Big Picture with Aubrey Bettencourt
• Upcoming Legislation on Product Packaging Concerns California Farmers
• Biden plan to mandate vaccines/testing at large packing plants
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- August 2021
• Analyst suggests bearish sentiment ahead of USDA report could set stage for a bump
• USDA announces $446 million to fund ag, business renewable projects
• U.S. farmers need trade advocates
• September 2021 WASDE Preview: Will the bears emerge from hibernation?
• Vilsack: Biofuels $700M Still on Way Secretary of Agriculture Says USDA Biofuels Aid in Hands of OMB
• View From the Cab | Wrangle the Clock: Farm Time Management is a Tough Job
• Ag and Rural Funding Priorities | House Ag Committee to Consider How to Divvy Up $135 Billion in Reconciliation for Food and Ag
• Higher Metals Prices Add to Ag Supply Chain Worries
• Thune and Tester sponsor mandatory COOL bill for beef
• USDA to help cover feed transport costs in drought areas
• USDA Announces New Grants to Provide COVID Workforce Assistance
• Tax proposals risk future of family farms, OKFB tells Congress
• Democrats propose major boosts in ag research, rural energy funding
• Airlines boost biofuel pledge as White House announces development plan
• USDA Reports Preview USDA Homes in on US Crop Estimates
• Ag, Biofuels Groups Petition Court to Vacate 2018 Small-Refinery Exemptions
• Four key questions for Friday’s USDA report
• Field management practices show dividends at harvest
• USDA Reports Preview USDA Homes in on US Crop Estimates
• Hot Used Market, Hot Online Auction | Online Auction Events Has Busy Sales Days, Thousands of Viewers
• Thune and Tester sponsor mandatory COOL bill for beef
• Grain market analyst sees support in fall market
• Duvall urges House not to hasten budget package
• USDA Attache Update from Beijing Highlights Soy Variables, as Ida Related Export Delays Persist
• House Dems propose $35B in child nutrition aid; $36B for conservation, research expected
• Administration Plans Tougher Action to Rein in Meat Prices
• Agri-Pulse Reports Ag Organizations’ CEOs Compensation
• Farm Bureau: Tax Proposals Put Future Of American Farms At Risk
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Puts Pressure On Congress To Protect Family-Owned Businesses
• USDA Releases “Farm Income And Wealth Statistics” Outlook Report

admin2021-09-10T11:41:28+00:00September 10th, 2021|

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09.03.2021

• USDA To Offer New Insurance Option For Corn Farmers Who “Split-Apply” Nitrogen
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this past week
• Ag markets end higher | Thursday, September 2, 2021
• A simple method to measure soil health in dryland farming
• Farm Succession Scars
• Oil Giants Announce Renewables Ventures
• Agricultural exports to break records
• USDA shares farm income forecasts
• Ida puts America’s grain export infrastructure to the test
• Tax change fears keeping farmers up at night
• Chlorpyrifos Post-Mortem Five Things Farmers Need to Know About EPA’s Ban on Chlorpyrifos
• New farmers staying financially informed as farmland values increase
• Data Connect creates opportunities for equipment operators
• Comments sought on labeling of meat derived from animal cells
• RMA makes improvements to Whole-Farm Revenue Protection
• Fire, Fuel and Food: Secretary Vilsack Outlines How USDA Is Helping Producers, Combatting Climate Change
• USDA Significantly Boosts Net Farm Income Forecast, Highest Since 2013
• U.S. Cropland Values Up Nearly 8% in 2021
• Farm income expected to rise in 2021, but so are expenses
• Farm Progress Survey Points To More Wheat, Corn, Soybean Acres

admin2021-09-03T12:45:27+00:00September 3rd, 2021|

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