09.06.19
- Urge your Representatives to AMEND SB 1 From California Citrus Mutual
- American Farmland Trust to Expand SJV Land & Water Strategy with Conservation Grant
- Dairy Producers Must Sign-Up Before Sept. 20 for 2019 Coverage
- Farms Offer Climate Solutions, But Candidates Criticize Big Ag, Factory Farms, Livestock
- U.S., China Agree to High-level Talks Next Month
- New Crop Estimates Enter Market
- Can Trump save his ethanol support?
- EIA: Ethanol Stocks Build, Demand Falls
- Commodity Safety Net Programs ARC, PLC Were Tweaked in 2018 Farm Bill
- Where Can a Family Cut Corners, Including Estate Planning?
- Hemp Pitfalls and Promise: Alarm Sounded by Midwest Grower
- CME Group Reaches Second-Highest Monthly Volume Ever
- China, U.S. to Hold Trade Talks in October as Mistrust Remains
- Climate Change Report Offers Food for Thought
- Ag Economy Barometer falls 29 points
- A Lot of Crops Are In Limbo, Successful Marketing Newletter Reports
- USDA Commodity Credit Corporation interest rates
- Analyst to Livestock Producers: “Get Your Feed Locked In”
- New Crop Estimates Enter Market
- Lawsuit Charging Nation’s Largest Poultry Processors Fixed Wages
- USDA: Farm Income and Wealth Statistics Outlook Report
- USDA Opens 2019 Enrollment for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs
- 2019 Farm Sector Income Forecast, August
- September 3, 2019 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
- Income From Trade Falls as Farmer Reliance on MFP Payments Grows
- Tax Plans and Exit Strategies
- Optimism Falls In Farm Country, Ag Barometer Shows
- Amid Trade War, Farmers to Collect Largest Federal Payments in 14 years
- USDA Agricultural Trade Outlook- FY19 Export Forecast Lowered Again
- Average farm organization CEO pay topping $500K
- China Files Complaint in WTO Against U.S. Over Tariffs
- USDA Releases "Farm Household Income And Characteristics" Outlook Report
08.30.19
- China Adds to Fruit Tariffs
- Burgundy Wine Grapes Tell Climate Story
- Monster Tumbleweed: Invasive New Species Here to Stay
- Changes on the Horizon for H2-A
- Harsh weather to cut French wine output by 12% this year
- Citrus Crop Value Up as Farmland Shrinks
- Secretary Perdue’s Balancing Act With Trump
- Trump Promises ‘Giant Package’ Related to Ethanol to Please Farmers
- Farmers’ Loyalty to Trump Tested Over Ethanol
- The Importance of Waterways to U.S. Agriculture
- Study: No One Cares About Restaurants’ Stances on Animal Welfare
- Changing the Rules: Reviewing Agency Authority to Rewrite Regulations, Part 1
- Changing the Rules, Part 2: Ambiguity’s Alchemy
- President Expected to Soon Announce Strategy to Offset Sting of EPA Biofuel Exemptions
- Farmers Talk Frost Dates and Farm Stress
- Trump calls in to Farm Progress Show
- Farmers double down on Trump
- USDA Launches Investigation into Beef Pricing Margins
- Farmer Estimates Yields Will be 5-10% Lower this Year
- Perdue Says Farmer Support for Trump Policies Isn’t Waning
- Canada, Mexico, U.S. plan for African swine fever
- Let’s Shift Farm Safety into High Gear this Harvest
- Farmers National Company: Land Market Is Waking Up
- FSA Now Accepting Debit Cards to Make Loan Payments
- China is a Fast Learner, Analyst Says
- American Farmers Hail U.S. – Japan Trade Deal
- Trump Signs Family Farmer Relief Act
- Hemp Crop Insurance Is Now Available, USDA Says
- List of China’s Tariffs on U.S. Commodities and Energy: August 28, 2019
- Bayer to Invest $6 Million in 4-H and FFA
- Farm Bill Funding Opportunities for Animal Health
- Are Cattle Heading Lower?
- Trump: US-China trade talks will resume
- New Maps: ‘100-Year’ Floods Will Happen Every 1 to 30 Years
- Trump, Abe Signal US-Japan Deal | Trump Touts Agreement With Big Sales of Corn and Other Farm Purchases
- Docs Show EPA Ignored OMB on Waivers Interagency Review Documents Show OMB Made Suggestions to Fix Waivers Issue
- Breaking Ties With China: Does Trump Have the Authority to Force American Companies to Cut Ties With China
- August 26, 2019 Crop Progress Report
- Farmers Face Multiple Trips to the FSA Offices This Year
- To Mitigate the Fallout from Waivers, Trump Administration Looks at Biofuel-Blending Quotas
- Weekly Outlook: Economic Importance of U.S. Animal Agriculture
- Crispr Breathing New Life Into Wheat and Other Crops – Can It Avoid GMO Controversy?
- Dogs Now Being Used to Detect Invasive Weeds
08.22.19
- 3 Big Things Today, August 22
- California Walnut Farm Joins Lawsuit Challenging President’s Tariffs
- California Almonds: 5 Tips for Reducing Shaker Damage
- Former Ag Sec’y Op-Ed: Next 30 Years Will Be Most Important In Ag’s History
- Agriculture Officials Pulled From Crop Tour After Farmer Threat
- Veterinarians Urge Anthrax Vigilance
- DTN’s Harvest Forecast Parts Ways With NOAA on Fall Temperatures
- Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
- Trump Flip-Flops on Tax Cuts
- The U.S. Becomes the World’s Largest Oil and Natural Gas Producer
- POET is Cutting Production Due to Government Bailouts
- Anger over RFS waivers is not going away
- US reaches trade deal with Mexican tomato growers
- What Lenders Are Thinking, Seeing In Today’s Ag Economy
- Fordyce says MFP2 on track
- Republican Iowa Senator Says Trump EPA ‘Screwed Us’ With Biofuel Waivers
- Report: Trump Ordered RFS Waivers Ongoing Court Challenges–May Be Only Avenue Left for Biofuels
- Washington Insider — Monday Ongoing Fight over USAID Spending
- Tyson Foods Slaughterhouse Fire Ignites U.S. Beef Prices
- Bayer Unveils its 2020 Pricing Incentive Program
- Tofurky asks court to halt meat-labeling law
- Jerry Gulke: Will Pro Farmer Crop Tour Validate or Invalidate USDA?
- China threatens new retaliation for latest US tariff threat
- Farmers Reel After Sonny Perdue Mocks Them As ‘Whiners’ Amid Trade War Bankruptcies
- USDA Reports 25% Of Farms Don’t Have Internet Access
- Crop Progress Report: August 19, 2019
- Bayer stops sale of NemaStrike for 2020
- Can You Defer RP Crop Insurance Proceeds?
- China to Rely on South American Soybean Imports During 4Q
- USDA Invests in Energy Efficiency Improvements to Help Farmers, Rural Businesses and Ag Producers Lower Energy Costs
- New Study Reveals Majority of Students Have Misconceptions About Careers in Agriculture
- NCBA President on White House Signing – ceremony that established a duty-free quota for high-quality U.S. beef in the European Union
- Canada’s Market Share Of China’s Wheat Imports Doubles To 60%
- USDA Releases "Season-Average Price Forecasts" Outlook Report
- USDA Releases "Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook: August 2019" Report
08.16.19
USDA/RMA PRESS RELEASE | 08.15.19
- California Cotton: Latest County-Level Whitefly Survey Results
- Avocado volume expected to increase after summer shortfall
- Rural Mainstreet Index Drops to Lowest Level in 2 Years
- Kraft, Mondelez to Pay $16 Million in Wheat Price Manipulation Case
- Oversupply Drops LP Gas Prices. Time To Contract For Corn Drying?
- Which States Have the Highest Cash Rent?
- American Coalition for Ethanol CEO to Industry: Don’t Stand Quiet While
- Trump Administration Grants Exemptions
- Washington Insider — Friday Market Tensions Beyond Trade
- Trade negotiations continue as does tit-for-tat retaliation
- Farm Loan Repayment Problems Hit 20-Year High -Chicago Fed
- Recent Perspectives on U.S. Farmland Values
- Should You Gift Some Land Now?
- Senate Continues Working to Restrict Trump’s Tariff Powers
- Trump’s New Farm Tariffs No Match for China’s Retaliatory Duties
- Trump Stuff Tantrum Rolls On
- Our View: Trade Aid Appreciated as Farmers Seek Trade Truce
- NAWG Pushes Back on Trump: Wheat Growers Defend Wheat Exports to Japan After Comment by President
- Trump Snub Irks U.S. Wheat Farmers as Trade-War Discontent Grows
- Smithfield Ventures into Plant-Based Proteins
- Several Factors Propping Farmland Values
- Stable Farmland Values Could Support Weak Farm Economy
- Judge Orders Monsanto Roundup Trial to Start in October
- Coffee Next Product to be Created thru Engineering
- U Of Illinois Economist Analyzes USDA’s Shocking Crop Forecasts
- Finance Committee looks to blunt Trump’s tariff powers
- Investors Can’t Stop Talking About USDA’s Bombshell Report
- Overdone? Cattle Markets Continue Retreat After Tyson Fire
- Democratic Candidates Tap Activists, Farmers for Climae Policy Advice
08.10.19
- California Almonds: Observing Powdery Mildew
- Some FSA Offices Unable to Process MFP Applications
- Biden: Trump’s trade war pushing farmers to bankruptcy
- Farmers Vent – Ag Sec. Perdue Listens – DTN
- EPA Stands Behind Glyphosate: Herbicide Product Labels Containing Cancer Warning Won’t Be Approved
- Weekly Export Sales – Tracking China’s Footprints
- Rolling Out the Farm Safety Net
- AccuWeather Predicts The Lowest U.S. Corn Yield In Seven Years
- China Bought U.S. Ag Goods Ahead of New Tariff Talk
- Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2019 Second Quarter Farm Economy Conditions
- Ag Groups Call for Regulatory Transparency on Gene Editing
- U.N. Agency Issues Report On Ag’s Role In Climate Change
- Five Things To Avoid When Using Public Wi-Fi
- A Look at How USDA Acreage Surveys are Conducted
- Perdue, Peterson Seek to Tamp Down Producer Concerns
- Farm Show Allows Some Venting
- Biodiesel Fraud Identified Early, But EPA Alleges Auditor Dropped Ball
- Acreage Unknowns Create Uncertainty Around Corn Supply and Demand
- U.S. Immigration Agents Arrest 680 Workers at Mississippi Plants
- 6 Common Traits of a Successful Rural Community
- USDA Disputes OIG Review
- FSA Gearing Up for MFP2
- Bayer to Start Outcome Based Pricing
- Cargill Releases Survey on What Consumers Want
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- Bill to aid family farmers passes Senate, House
- Reactions to Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019
- China Halts Purchase of U.S. Farm Products
- Crop Progress Report
- S&P 500 Plunges as Trade War Escalates
- China Investing in Brazil Ag
- Brazil Considers Dropping Barriers to U.S. Ethanol
- Work on USMCA to Continue Through August Recess
- USDA may have broken law in spending on agency relocations, OIG finds
08.02.19
- Winery Numbers Increase, Distributors Consolidate — What’s a Mid-size Winery to Do?
- 3 Big Things Today, August 2
- President Cites Lack of Larger Ag Exports to China as Reason for New Tariffs
- Trump: U.S. Will Hit $300 Billion of Chinese Goods With 10% Tariff
- House Crop Insurance Caucus Shares Importance of Farm Safety Net
- Trump Escalates Trade War With China
- China Buys U.S. Soybeans for First Time Since June
- Your Farm Debt: Two Decisions to Consider
- Chris Barron; Margin Targets Help Unscramble Confusion
- 3 Big Things Today, August 1
- House Crop Insurance Caucus Shares Importance of Farm Safety Net
- Biofuels Industry Calls on Agency to Account for Lost RFS Gallons
- Trump’s assault on WTO may be close to victory
- China to Buy More U.S. Farm Products, Talks to Resume in September -White House
- Overturning the truth on conservation tillage
- Ag Economic Insights: Direct Payments To Farmers Set To Soar In 2019
- Currency realignment would aid farm economy
- 3 Factors Affecting Farm Financial Stability
- Paul Neiffer: Should You Consider a C Corporation?
- Farmers Should Report Acreage Before Applying for MFP
- Conference Reveals Farmer Conflict Over Organics
- Sign Up for MFP 2.0 is Now Open
- GOP Faces Vote on Trump Backed Budget Bill
- Conaway Won’t Seek Reelection
- Trump’s assault on WTO may be close to victory
- 3 Big Things Today, July 31
- President Trump Warns China Not to Wait For 2020 U.S. Election to Make Trade Deal
- Bayer Cancels Plans to Offer NemaStrike Over Safety Concerns
- Bayer CEO’s Investor Call, Will Settle Roundup Lawsuit Financial Responsibly
- Farming: An opportunity to slow climate change
- Exclusive: Ag Trade Negotiator Talks China Negotiations
- USDA Crop Insurance Cycle
07.26.19
- MFP Payment Details Market Facilitation Program Payments Will Range From $15 to $150 Per Acre
- The EPA After Pruitt
- First Round of Trump Tariff Payments Could Top $4 Billion
- USDA/FSA Payment Rates by County
- Weekly Export Sales – Holding on to hope
- National Crop Insurance Services Launches New Website: Crop Insurance 101
- Ag Markets Close Mostly Lower Thursday
- Farm Income Will Surge 4% if China Ends Soy Tariffs, Say Analysts
- Gardner testifies at hearing on cannabis challenges
- EPA favors oil refiners over corn farmers
- While Large Banks Exit Ag Lending, Rabobank Plans To Increase Its Ag Loans
- Crop Insurance Protects America’s Heartland by Farm Policy Facts
- Roberts, Stabenow Announce Grain Standards Hearing
- Bill Boosts Ag Import Security | Bipartisan Legislation Increases Ag and Food Inspectors at Ports of Entry
- Chinese government approves soybean purchase Chinese government approves soybean purchase
- Farmers earn more from YouTube than farming
- Farm Related Stress: Look for Warning Signs – DTN
- U.S. and China to Restart Trade Talks on July 30 in Shanghai
- Cover Crops, 2017 US Census of Agriculture
07.19.19
- Almonds don’t lactate: Farmers call on FDA to do its job
- California Walnuts: Howard Nut Drop – What Happened?
- Almonds: Growers Make Real Progress With Hull Split Sprays – AgFax Tree Crops
- Updated Climate Change Document Not Released By USDA
- Report: GMOs vital to feeding 10 billion people by 2050
- Be Cautious When Bearish USDA Report Moves Market Higher
- Agricultural Trucking Relief Act Introduced
- August Crop Production to Include Resurvey, Satellite and FSA Data
- USDA’s Hutchins defends ERS, NIFA relocation
- KC Fed: Large Loans Drive Further Increases In Farm Lending
- The Debt Limit: A Saga of Self-Inflicted Trouble
- Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- July 2019
- New Farmers.gov Feature Helps Find Loans to Fit Individual Operation
- Trump Says He Can put More Tariffs on China if He Wants
- Be Cautious When Bearish USDA Report Moves Market Higher
- U.S., Chinese officials to discuss trade in Thursday call -Mnuchin
- EPA Approves Sulfoxaflor as Crop Insecticide After Studying Impact on Bees
- New Partners Want To Fill “Lending Void” In Agriculture
- Crop Conditions Haven’t Been This Bad Since 2012
- Labor Department Proposes H-2A Changes | Ag Secretary Says New Rule Eases Burden on US Farmers
- House Ag Subcommittee Hears Stories of Lost Opportunity in Trade
- When the Senior Generation Withold Important Transition Information
- Fate of USMCA Hinges on Trump and Pelosi Agreement
- USDA Announces Funding to Support Veteran Farmers
- White House Approves Trade Aid 2.0, Payments Expected Next Month
- White House completes MFP review
- Weather, Trade Weigh on CHS, Cargill Two Agribusinesses Show Significant Drops in Net Income
- Exporting U.S. Ag Is Big Business
- U.S., Chinese Officials to Discuss Trade This Week -Mnuchin
- USDA Urged to Address Discrimination Issues
- Trump Administration Proposes New Agriculture Immigration Rules
- Rewards and Risks of Buying Seed Online
- Official Definition Of “Precision Agriculture” Released
- Perdue Signs Pledge to America’s Workers
- Secretary Perdue Statement on the Department of Labor’s Proposed H2A Modernized Rule