AG NEWS

06.01.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, June 1, 2020
• China asks state firms to halt purchases of U.S. soybeans, pork, say sources
• USDA Allows Insurance Deadline Extensions, Interest Deferrals
• 7 ag stories you might have missed week ending May 29, 2020
• China Halts Some U.S. Farm Imports, Threatening Trade Deal
• Washington Insider– Monday Fed Goes All Out, Approaches Red Lines
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate under pressure to deliver COVID-19 aid, PPP fix
• Trump provokes new uncertainty on Hong Kong ag trade
• President to Withdraw From WHO, Sanction China but Keep US in Phase-One Trade Deal
• Phase One Purchases Behind Schedule, as U.S., China Relations Remain Cloudy
• Jerry Gulke: Letting Time Pass May Pay Dividends
• U.S.-China Trade Tensions Escalate
• USDA Updates ASF Response Plan
• April U.S. Farm Wages Up 2 Percent to $15.07 Per Hour
• Lawsuits Against China Not the Way Forward, Expert Says
• Mid-America Business Index Remains in Recession
• Companies With Ag Operations In The Fortune 500, Those Which Should Be
• Rural Bankers Expecting Small Increase in Farm Bankruptcies
• Women In Agribusiness Summit Now Has Virtual Option

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05.20.2020

• CFAP Payment Rates: Scroll to bottom of this linked page
• USDA PRESS RELEASE 05.19.2020: USDA Announces Details of Direct Assistance to Farmers through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
• CFAP applications to open May 26
• CFAP Sign-up Details Released President Trump Announces Aid Package Sign-up for Farmers, Livestock Producers
• Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) FAQ
• CFAP Payment Breakdown USDA Spells Out Payment Details and Formula for Coronavirus Aid
• What you should know before you cash in equity
• Deep dive: Can technical analysis predict futures prices?
• Startup aims to slash farm costs by sidestepping distributors
• Meat production to rebound sharply after coronavirus slowdown – USDA
• Congressman calls on Perdue to look into processing discrimination
• 10 tips for navigating your farm through coronavirus
• House votes to double coronavirus payments to agriculture
• Farm Journal Live: CFAP Details with Jim Wiesemeyer
• Economist Says COVID Aid Will ‘Help Avert Disaster’
• AgriTalk: R-CALF CEO Discusses Cattle Industry During Pandemic
• Trump suggests ‘terminating’ deals that bring cattle into US

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05.14.2020

• California almond growers project 3 billion pound crop
• California: USDA-NASS Predicts Third Straight Record-Breaking Almond Crop
• Court issues limited injunction against biological opinions
• MFP Made Farmers Whole Study: MFP Payments Larger Than Short-Term Price Impact of Trade War
• China likely to speed up buying of U.S. farm goods – COFCO exec
• Crop Insurance Backs Farmers During Unprecedented Uncertainty
• Russia sent 25,000 tonnes of wheat to North Korea
• The Straight and Narrow Path Won’t Be the Road Cattle Take
• Senate bill would require 50% cash cattle sales
• Packers, NCBA Oppose Cattle Bill | North American Meat Institute Argues Packers Have Acted Fairly During Pandemic
• How WASDE wobbled grain prices
• Coronavirus could pare meat consumption by 10 pounds per American
• COVID-19 Roils Ag Markets- Income, Food Prices, Production Impacted as Legislators Weigh In
• FOCUS-Truckers hit by coronavirus pandemic face rocky road to recovery
• USDA lowers meat production estimate but sees 2021 bounce back
• ADM Optimistic China’s U.S. Ag Products Buying Will Hit Phase 1 Target
• Paycheck Protection Program loans may increase tax burden
• Farm Journal’s Trust In Food Project Releases Research "U.S. Farmers’ Perspectives On Water"
• USDA Releases "Resource Requirements Of Food Demand In The United States" Report
• California Almonds: May-Spray And Mite Decisions As Big Crop Shapes Up – AgFax
• Blue Diamond Growers Encouraged By Formal Start Of U.S., UK Trade Negotiations

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05.06.2020

• California Agriculture Shows Strains Under Virus Shutdown
• Will USDA right a sinking ship?
• Ag Economy Barometer hits 3-year low
• Nine of 10 Rural Bank CEOs Expect Recession
• COVID-19 Packer Crisis Leaves Fed Cattle Unsold as Producers Seek Cash Trade Solutions
• Washington Insider– Tuesday Fulfilling the US, China Trade Deal
• Beyond Meat plans U.S. discounts, hopes to replace beef on summer grills
• Winter wheat crop is in tough shape, growers say
• Closed meat plants = empty meat cases in coming months
• Tyson Foods to resume limited production at largest U.S. pork plant
• Ag Barometer index drops below 100 as coronavirus disrupts agriculture
• As meat plants reopen, Iowa, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska are coronavirus leaders
• USDA announces $100 million in competitive grants for biofuels infrastructure
• Farm group concerned over movement restrictions on H-2A workers
• Proposed ‘Fed Cattle Set-Aside Program’ Surfaces
• Pandemic Employment Trends in U.S. Agriculture
• USDA Announces Commodity Purchasing Plans

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04.30.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, April 30, 2020
• Pandemic fuels new farm concerns, appeals for more aid: ‘What’s going on is unacceptable’
• EU and Mexico conclude negotiations for new trade agreement
• JBS reopens U.S. pork plant to put down pigs, dispose of carcasses, not produce meat
• China May Miss ‘Phase One’ Target for U.S. Farm Purchases
• Supply Chain Woes Persist After Trump Executive Order, as COVID-19 Impacts Endure
• Farmers Focus on People, Risk Management During COVID-19
• Ag industry tries to digest meatpacking order
• Trump Orders Meatpacking Plants to Remain Open
• Biden campaign ramping up rural effort with key advisers
• NRCS hiring 1,000-plus employees to bolster field offices
• COVID-19 Makes Corn, Soybean Marketing Year Average Prices Nosedive
• USDA to offer 30-year CRP contracts beginning this summer
• Virus-related food shortages will be temporary in U.S., experts say
• There’s a reason meat is cheaper in U.S. than other countries
• Ethanol Production Drops 48% From Last Year
• Study Shows 34% Of Small Businesses Can’t Cover Their May Rent
• Real GDP Contracts Nearly 5 Percent in First Quarter
• CME Reports First-Quarter 2020 Financial Results
• U.S. Consumer Confidence, Exports Sink Amid Disruptions
• Lawsuit Alleges Water Rule Exposes Ag | Cattle Group Says New Water Rule Regulates Non-Navigable Waters
• Call the Market | This Isn’t Where the Road Ends
• View From the Cab | Still Nuts About Farming
• Conaway addresses aid for ag producers, food supply chain
• Freeze-injured Texas wheat likely to recover
• Tool helps ranchers predict grassland productivity

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04.24.2020

• 3 Big Things Today, April 24, 2020
• California Almond Acreage Keeps Going Up, Nonpareil is Top Variety Choice
• California Almonds: A Large Potential Crop Continues To Shape Up – AgFax Tree Crops
• Herbicide Drift: PPO Herbicides | Almonds
• House passes $500 billion coronavirus bill and oversight panel
• Farmers, Lawmakers Seek Solutions to Food Supply Chain Problems
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – April 24, 2020
• Congressman, Union Call on White House Task Force to Respond to Meat Industry Challenges
• Still, Some SBA Loan Confusion Farmers Wanting to Apply for Next Round of Funds Need to Act Now
• COVID-19 aid payment limits raise flags for livestock groups
• Who is keeping China accountable for trade pact?
• CDFA surveying growers about PPE needs
• Could sustainability focus earn a premium for growers?
• More than 5,000 U.S. meat, food-processing workers exposed to coronavirus -union
• Two more ethanol plants idled amid coronavirus pandemic
• Record red meat, pork, beef production in March
• Global Economies Want Lockdown Escape
• Trump Administration Publishes Final WOTUS Waters Rules
• SCOTUS: Pollutants that travel through groundwater may require permit
• COVID-19 Could Almost Double Global Acute Hunger, Says UN
• Study: ASF Could Cost United States $50 Billion
• USDA Reviews 41 States’ Rural Broadband Pilot Program Apps

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04.16.2020

• New fungicide approved for Calif. tree nuts
• California farmer plows under lettuce after coronavirus shutters restaurant market
• Feds declare ‘Shasta critical’ year for California irrigation water deliveries
• Walnuts’ recovery slowed by coronavirus
• USDA Set to Unveil $15 Billion COVID Farm Aid Package
• DHS and USDA Move to Protect American Farmers and Ensure Continued Flow of America’s Food Supply
• DTN: FAPRI PROJECTS $20 BILLION NET DECLINE IN FARM INCOME FOR 2020
• Peterson: USDA should up commodity purchases | Peterson urges Administration to aid hungry Americans and struggling farmers
• Focus on Logistical Disruptions for Food, as USDA Assistance Plan Expected Soon
• COVID-19 Effects Persist: Decline in Farm Income Seen, Processing Disruptions Continue, Phase One Trade
• Ag Districts Get Focus in Battle for Congress
• Webinar: An Update for Producers on COVID-19 Legislation, Resources – April 17
• Soybean Export Update US Losing Seasonal Soy Sales to Brazil, But Demand Remains Despite Coronavirus Challenges
• Farm employers need labor contingency plans
• Some H-2A requirements will be temporarily amended during COVID-19 emergency
• 7 ways to slice COVID-19 risk during planting
• Cattle industry projected to lose $13.6 billion in wake of coronavirus
• PPP well running dry
• AFBF says China’ needs to accelerate U.S. ag buys
• Weather overrides COVID-19 as biggest influence on successful 2020 crops
• Northey says more funding will be needed to help all commodities

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04.09.2020

• World’s largest almond huller, sheller boosts capacity
• California, Arizona added to SNAP online program
• California farm values largely stable in 2019
• 3 Big Things Today, April 9, 2020
• Perdue: USDA hurrying to distribute farm aid
• USDA to probe COVID-19 impact on beef prices
• WTO sees “ugly" trade plunge worse than in financial crisis
• USDA Reports Preview April WASDE Braces for Demand Reductions
• Taxlink The Overly Complicated Self-Rental and 199A
• Kub’s Den | Energy Markets Spooked By ‘Overpriced’ Corn
• Ethanol Blog | Refining Interests Consider Appeal to SCOTUS on Small-Refinery Exemptions
• 3 lessons for grain marketing in volatile times
• Brazil and Argentina Clobbered by Drought
• Court rejects refiners’ request for rehearing on SRE ruling
• NCBA Requests President Trump Expand USDA Market Investigation, Examine Futures Markets

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04.03.2020

• California Cotton: 22% Acreage Drop Projected For 2020
• Almond Orchard Recycling a Climate-Smart Strategy
• Table grape growers expect average-size crop
• Calif. specialty crop growers feel the pinch from virus
• 1 Million Acres in California Could Be Fallow Due to Water Rule
• Farms eager for forgivable loans as SBA updates rules
• SBA Says No to Ag Aid Farm Groups Question SBA Loan Restrictions
• AFBF: Ag Must Be Included in Disaster Loan Program
• Farm Journal Live: How is COVID-19 Impacting the Ag Economy?
• Roberts: $9 billion for livestock producers
• 3 Big Things Today, April 3, 2020
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – April 3, 2020
• Successful Farming | What farmers are reading this week, March 27- April 3
• Conservation Reserve rental rates fall by $8 an acre for new land
• Brazil’s southern soybean crop seen at 8-year low, crop tour reports
• COVID-19 Impacting Food Purchasing Dynamics, as Ag Labor Concerns Persist

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03.26.2020

• Senate Passes $2 Trillion Stimulus Bill Unanimously That Boosts USDA Funds
• 3 Big Things Today, March 26, 2020
• Morning Market Review for March 26, 2020
• Massive stimulus deal authorizes billions in new farm aid
• Administration Decides Against Appealing Renewable Fuels Decision
• FARM POLICY FACTS: OUR VIEW | America’s Farmers Need Relief as They Keep Calm and Plant On
• COVID-19 aid package offers assistance to rural America
• USDA Outlook Forum Wheat Projections
• Farm Futures Releases 2020 Producer Planting Intentions Survey Results
• Planting intentions 2020: Farmers see corn as safe-haven
• Ag Groups Praise Aid Bill | Senate Passes $2 Trillion Stimulus Bill Unanimously That Boosts USDA Funds
• Market turmoil triggers interest rate hikes for ag loans
• Data: How COVID-19 is Affecting Ag Employment
• FBN Reduces Prices On Chemical, Seed Inputs By Up To 15% In Response To COVID-19

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