AG NEWS

• Global wine output falls this year after bumper 2018
• Why We Need to Treat Wildfire as a Public Health Issue in California
• California Ag Today: Californian’s Have been Kept in the Dark on Preventable Wildfires and Power Outages
• Smoke And Power Outages Near California Wildfires Hit Farmworkers Hard
• Flora recognized as Almond Champion of the Year Assemblymember Heath Flora (R-Ripon) has been recognized by the Almond Alliance
• Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren to Introduce Immigration Reform Bill
• 3 Big Things Today, October 31, 2019
• China doubts long-term trade deal possible with Trump
• U.S. & China need a new location to sign trade deal
• Chinese market is a huge opportunity for US beef
• New Ag Labor Bill Touted Groups Cite Compromise to Legalize Ag Workers, Reform H-2A
• Farmers, Biofuel Producers Give Earful on EPA Proposal at Michigan Hearing
• What USDA Says About Hemp Farming Rules
• NCBA Applauds Approval of CFTC Reauthorization Bill
• AAW Announces ‘Women Heroes of Science & Technology’ Program
• The Fine Print of Trump’s China Tariff Deal
• Plans for Phase One Trade Agreement With China Move Ahead
• Crop Insurance Receives Bipartisan Praise
• Roberts, Stabenow introduce NBAF mission bill Bill would affirm the mission of the National Bio and Agro-Defense facility
• Buying guide: Is the internet killing ag retail?
• Government props up net farm income numbers
• USDA Takes an Earlier Look at the Long-Term Crop Forecast
• Have Prices on Combined Topped Out?
• Take that, Bud Light–Iowa brewery makes a beer with corn
• Spend the big bucks on herbicides for spring 2020
• Highlights from House’s Hearing: “Protecting The RFS: The Trump Administration’s Abuse Of Waivers”
• Scientists to Study How Cover Crops Affect Plant Disease
• USDA Establishes Domestic Hemp Production Program
• The Case for Looking at the ARC-IC (ARC-Individual) Program Option
• Crop Progress Report (PDF) 10.28.19

• USDA to buy $30 million of U.S. grapes
• Ag Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Enrollment Open
• 3 Big Things Today, October 16, 2019
• Harvest Remains Behind Five-Year Pace
• Future of Food and Agriculture
• Farmers and Lawmakers Dismayed Over Details in Proposed EPA Ethanol Formula
• China confirms Trump’s version of trade deal; Mnuchin comments
• Uncertainty Hovers Over China’s Commitment to U.S. Farm Purchases
• Ag Secretary talks trade and disaster payments
• Trust And Verify: Lender Relationships in 2020
• US ag looks for big biotech and poultry wins with China
• Which Program Paid More Under the 2014 Farm Bill: ARC-CO or PLC? October 15, 2019
• China wants tariff reduction before making ag purchases
• Congress returns with ag work to do
• Taxlink Employee or Independent Contractor?
• During Weakened Farm Economy, Leasing Of Machinery Has Doubled
• Op-Ed By Senator Grassley: Farm Communities Need USMCA
• US, China Strike Partial Trade Deal
• U.S. Farmers Cheered by Apparent Trade Truce, Hope Shipments to Follow
• U.S., China Take Initial Step on Trade Deal; China Agrees to Buy $40-$50 Billion in U.S. Farm Goods Amid Rough Details
• Signal to Noise: China Deal, Is There a Devil in the Details?
• Dicamba’s off-target effects continue for third year

• Chlorpyrifos Use In California – The End Is In Sight
• California Alfalfa: Chlorpyrifos Leaves The Market – Effects, Alternatives?
• California Walnuts: Yellow Howard Problem Returns
• California Almond Growers Vote to Continue Marketing Board
• PG&E outage slows California ag to a crawl

• California Almond Growers Vote To Continue Almond Board Of California
• CA Table Grapes Projects 109 Million Boxes in Volume into January 2020
• California Almonds: For Sustained Almond Yields, Start Thinking “Potassium”
• PG&E outage slows California ag to a crawl
• American pistachio exports grow in China, India
• A last chance to stop California’s Proposition 12
• Survey Helps UC Understand Cannabis Production Challenges in State
• U.S.-China relations are ‘tangled mess’
• China Offers Agricultural Purchases as Trade Talks Set to Resume
• Anticipating Bullish October Estimates
• Vice President Pence Demands Passage of USMCA This Year
• Organic Versus Conventional–Can’t Everyone Just Get Along?
• Farm Bill Implementation Hearing Announced
• USDA to Survey County Row Crop Acres, Production
• Five Largest Farmland Operators In The U.S. Reported
• President Holds White House Ceremony to Formalize Lower Ag Tariffs
• EIA Projects 1.9% Year-on-Year Decline in 2019 Ethanol Production
• Bullish Market Factors are Stacking Up, Analyst Says
• World’s First Fully Autonomous Farm by 2025?
• Upcoming WASDE Take Center Stage
• What Do 100 Percent Renewable Energy Goals Mean in Context?
• USDA: Share Of Highly Leveraged Farm Businesses Forecast To Increase
• Trump Signs Japan Deal President Holds White House Ceremony to Formalize Lower Ag Tariffs
• Where the U.S.-Japan Trade Deal Falls Short
• China Makes Large U.S. Wheat Purchase
• NASS Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report Corn 58% Mature, 15% Harvested; Soybeans 72% Dropping Leaves, 14% Harvested
• White House looks to clear path for ‘bioeconomy’
• USDA Invests $152 Million To Improve Broadband Service In 14 States

• CAWG Explains New Smoke Exposed Wine Grape Research & Grower Assistance
• Tree Nuts: Almond, Walnut, and Hazelnut Production Forecast To Drop – USDA
• California Olive Growers Applaud Administration’s Measure Against EU Aircraft Subsidies
• New York City Bans Serving Processed Meat In Its Schools, Including Bacon
• Trump Officials Agree on Plan to Boost Ethanol, Biodiesel
• Weekly Export Sales – uphill battles continue
• Examining USDA 2019 Acreage and Yield Estimates
• US adds tariffs to EU ag goods, EU expected to retaliate
• USDA: China buys U.S. pork, soybeans
• Ethanol, corn leaders say waivers must be addressed
• Race, ethnicity, & gender in the Census of Ag
• NCBA Exposes Relationship of OCM and HSUS
• Fired-Up Producers Call on Trump Administration to Help Restore Balance in Cattle Markets
• Outcome-Based Pricing Q&A With Bayer on Outcome-Based Pricing
• Retaliatory tariffs, U.S. agriculture, and market outlook
• Herbicide-resistant kochia invading Texas High Plains
• Ag Economy Barometer slips 3 points in September 2019
• Bullish News Needed to Keep Corn, Soybean Rallies Going
• Perdue and Reynolds on upcoming biofuels package
• Nebraska Farmer Snuffed Out Saddam Hussein
• More Farmers Expect China Trade Dispute to be Settled Soon

• U.S.-Japan deal a boon to California specialty crops
• Help APG Advocate for Funding to Fight NOW
• CDFA unveils new farmer resource website
• Press Release: Secretary Perdue Statement on Signing of US-Japan Trade Agreement
• Japan Trade Deal Opens Markets for $7 Billion in U.S. Products – Trump
• Censky calls Japan trade deal “big win” for US agriculture
• Trump, Shinzo Abe sign ‘first stage’ of trade pact
• Senator Warns Democrats Not to Stall USMCA Over Impeachment Inquiry
• Increasing demand remains key to the livestock sector
• NCBA President testifies on state of cattle industry
• Iowa Senator Grassley: Farmers Patient With China, Not So With Biofuel Delays
• Consumer Group: Fake Meat is Factory Food
• President on China Trade Talks: “I’m not Looking for a Partial Deal
• Top item on Democrats’ climate agenda faces ag pushback
• Fertilizer Prices Drop for Sixth Week in a Row
• Iran Pres. to Address UN Amid Tensions
• Teen Climate Activist Wins ‘Alt. Nobel’
• Farm Balance Sheet: Debt/Asset Ratio and Interest Expense Ratio 9-24

Fresno County’s agriculture production in 2018 hit a record $7.89 billion, a 12% increase over 2017 numbers, with almonds, grapes and pistachios leading the list, according to an annual report from the county’s ag commissioner. Continue reading.

• California Pistachios: Delving Into Leaf Scorch In Golden Hills Variety
• 3 Big Things Today, September 12
• Farmdoc 20 Year Retrospective on Agricultural Trade (In Chart Form): 20th Anniversary of the farmdoc Project
• Trump Delays Next Round of Tariffs on China
• New Data Shows Tariffs Cost U.S. Taxpayers $30 Billion
• China to Remove Tariffs on Some U.S. Products, Exempting Soybeans
• USDA Reports Preview | More Bearish News From USDA?
• Uncertainty Continues Ahead of USDA Updates
• Ethanol, Ag Interests Not in White House RFS Meeting
• EIA: Ethanol Stocks Drop | Ethanol Stocks Fall Despite Demand Loss, Output Gain
• SCOTUS OKs Trump Asylum Rule
• Yesterday: Ag Markets Fade Ahead of USDA Report
• Of Interest: Sexual Harassment Prevention Discussion for Farms: New Regulations Begin October 9th in New York
• EPA, Corps scrap 2015 WOTUS with repeal rule
• Aug. Ag Equipment Sales Rose Over Last Year
• USDA Sign-up Will Start for 2018, 2019 Disaster Declarations–Wednesday, September 11, 2019
• ARC/PLC Enrollment Is Open, Farmers Urged to Wait
• Crop Progres Report (PDF) September 9, 2019
• Perdue: farmers will be pleased with disaster relief
• Mnuchin hopes China talks can pick up, says no impact to U.S. economy yet
• Court Backs Lawmakers in Conservation Fight
• Perdue/CME on Current Financial Challenges for Farmers
• U.S. Exports of Live Animals and Red Meats Accelerating
• USDA: Potential Effects of Climate Change on Ag Productivity to Vary by Region