AG NEWS

05.22.19

• California Almonds: Plenty Of Rain, Plenting Of Rethinking? – AgFax Tree Crops
• Trade Aid Details Leaked | USDA Says Aid Program Won’t Skew Planting Decisions
• USDA Calls Bloomberg Trade Aid Story “Inaccurate”
• U.S. Considers Paying $2 per Bushel for Soybeans to Help Farmers – Bloomberg
• 3 Big Things Today, May 22
• Some in Ag See Economic Opportunities in Climate-Change Mitigation
• USDA Meteorologist Reports This Is The Slowest Planting Progress Ever
• Record Slow Planting Puts 2019 Crops at Risk
• Record Slow Planting Lifts Prices
• For High-Value Farms, Labor Squeeze Gets Tighter
• Sell This Corn Rally, or Wait, Analyst Says
• USMEF Applauds ‘Important Breakthroughs’ on Trade
• Statements on Farm Bill Conservation Programs
• The Role of Agricutlure in Climate Change
• Trade Mitigation to Disrupt Acreage Intentions?
• UPDATE 1-China rebuffs Trump claim U.S. tariffs are making firms leave
• Design of Aid Package and Prevented Planting Become Intertwined
• Crop Progress Report May 20, 2019 (PDF)
• USDA: Only Half Of The Corn Has Been Planted, 19% Of Soybeans
• Does It Really Take $4.5 Million to Be a Stock Cow Operator?
• China Says Foreign Investors Enthusiastic Despite Trump Claim
• USMEF Applauds ‘Important Breakthroughs’ On Trade
• A New Era of Cattle Identification on the Horizon
• Eminent Domain Bill Reported Out of Committee
• IRS Removes Farm Income Averaging Guidance on QBI
• U.S. Organic Sales Reach Record $50 Billion in 2018
• Who Is Buying And Selling Farmland Today?
• Prevented Planting: Implications for New-Crop Market Prices
• Secretary Perdue Statement on the Removal of Section 232 Tariffs
• Welcome News on Trade, But Unresolved Issues Linger
• Washington Week Ahead: Farmers Await Trade Package, Disaster Aid
• U.S. Will Lift Steel, Aluminum Tariffs On Canada and Mexico
• Japan Opens Doors to Full Access of U.S. Beef Imports – USDA
• Japan Lifts Age Restriction on Beef
• Brazil Rides Wave of Soybean Sales to China as U.S. Trade War Rages
• Trump Says Deal With Mexico and Canada Cuts Tariffs
• Farmers Follow Trump Into Trade War
• USDA Enhances African Swine Fever Surveillance

admin2019-05-22T13:59:10+00:00May 22nd, 2019|

Read More

05.16.19 | Updated 05.17.19

• Perdue: Trade Aid Could Reach $20B Ag Secretary – USDA Calculating ‘Legally Defensible’ Trade Damage Done to Producers
• Secretary Perdue Confirms New Trade Aid Details Aren’t Ready
• China’s Retaliation Could Move Beyond Tariffs
• Trump to Donate Q1 Salary to USDA
• Trump Declares National Emergency to Secure Communications Technology
• China Says Economic Impact of U.S. Trade Tensions Controllable
• California Almonds: Another Record-Breaking Crop Predicted
• 3 Big Things Today, May 16
• New Trump Aid Plan for U.S. Farmers to Rely on Direct Payments – Sources
• Trade War Hurting the U.S. Ethanol Industry ‘Badly’ -U.S. Grains Council
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Provides Update On China-U.S. Relations
• Trump Displays Preference for Tariffs Over Deals
• Why Farm Bureau Likes EPA’s Revised Water Policies
• Farm Progress America, May 15, 2019
• Mnuchin: Deal on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs is ‘Close’
• USDA Reopens Continuous CRP Signup
• Angry Chairman Threatens to Shut Down Conservation Signup
• U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Deserve Better
• Stoic, Resourceful – And at Risk for Suicide
• GOP Works to Ease Blow From Trump’s Trade War
• U.S., China Trade Dispute Escalates, While Some Trade Aid Details Emerge
• Trump Declares National Emergency to Secure Communications Technology
• Manage Risk: 5 Grain Marketing Tips for 2019
• New Ag Trade Aid Package in Days, Not Weeks
• Trump Says U.S.-China Trade Talks Have Not Collapsed
• China Says Tariff Retaliation to Take Effect on June 1
• Senator Lobbying White House for Trade Aid for Farmers Affected by China Tariffs
• Literal Cost of the Trade War
• Agriculture Waits for Crucial USMCA Vote
• JP Morgan Calls U.S. Ag Fundamentals “Rapidly Deteriorating”
• EPA Proposal Would Raise Biofuel Mandate in 2020
• Roberts, Stabenow Announce Climate Change Hearing
• Trump Says U.S. Farmers to Get $15 Billion in Aid Amid China Trade Spat
• Trump to Meet Xi After Defiant China Slaps U.S. with New Tariffs
• Perdue: U.S. Wants China to Be a Customer
• Roberts: Time is Now for Deal with China
• Wanted: U.S. China Trade Deal, Deadline: June 1
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress US Farmers Fall Further Behind in Race to Plant
• Prevented-Planting Decisions Farms Underwater Won’t Have a Choice, but Prevented Planting Not an Easy Decision
• Planting Delayed? Here Are Your Prevent Plant Options
• May 13, 2019 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Weekly Grain Movement – Wheat carves out a marketing-year high
• Jury awards $2 billion in third Roundup trial
• Soybeans Prices Break Hard Monday, Hit 10-Year Low
• Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2019 First Quarter Farm Economy Conditions
• Amazon, Walmart? Farming’s Wild Scramble For Online Ag Retail
• Texas Wheat: Bacterial Streak and Black Chaff
• Farmland Cash Rents Again Mostly Steady in 2019
• Weekly Outlook: Reconsidering USDA’s Corn Projections

admin2019-05-17T07:51:40+00:00May 16th, 2019|

Read More

05.09.19

• 3 Big Things Today, May 9
• Wine Institute Applauds New Congressional Wine Caucus Leadership
• California Moves to Ban Chlorpyrifos
• California Walnuts: Trees Take An Autumn Hit – Here’s What’s Known
• California Pistachios: Crop Assessments, Observations From Bob Beede
• A Lot on the Line as China Negotiations Near Possible Tipping Point
• USDA’s Early Glimpse of a New Season
• Most Fertilizer Prices Move Lower for Second Week in a Row
• White House Says China Has Indicated It Wants to Make Trade Deal
• Farmer Sentiment Darkens as China Hopes Fade
• Grains Weaker as Forecast Improves and Tariffs Are Readied
• Turning Pivots Into Autonomous Crop Growing Machine
• China Warns It Will Retaliate if Trump Follows Through on Tariff Threat
• Congress to EPA: Stop Undercutting Farmers with Unjust Big Oil Exemptions
• CME Group’s Ag Economy Barometer Plummets in April
• As Farm Bankruptcies Climb, Ag Bankers Take Action
• Group Calls For A New Agency To Be Formed At USDA To Regulate Ag Industry Consolidation
• WTO Dispute Panel Report on China’s Administration of Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) for Certain Agricultural Products
• 3 Big Things Today, May 8
• China Outlook Dims on Latest U.S. Trad Spat
• USDA Announces Dual-Use Insurance Grain-Graze Coverage
• EPA Fights for Refiner Waivers in Court Agency: ‘While RFS Encourages Use of Renewable Fuels, Not at All Costs’
• More Background on the Study That Claims Growing Corn Kills People
• Survey Highlights Negative Trend in Worker Availability
• Perdue Plows Ahead With USDA Relocation
• North Dakota Grain Growers to Leave National Association of Wheat Growers
• China Changes Laws in Trade War with U.S., Enforcement a Concern
• Disaster Aid Delays Leave Farmers Hanging By A Thread
• Chapter 12 Bankruptcies Don’t Fully Reveal the Pain in Farm Country
• A Bottom for Cattle?
• Is Anyone Watching the May WASDE Report?
• Lighthizer says China backed away from trade commitments
• ASA President ‘Shocked’ By Trump Tariff Tweet
• USTR Confirms Plan to Hike Tariffs on China
• Trump Threatens More Tariffs
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Planting Slips Further Behind Average Pace
• Robo Farming: Sabanto Autonomously Plants Soybeans in Iowa, North America
• World Shares Mixed on Tuesday
• Farmer Suicides, Mental Health are Real Problems
• 3 Ways Consumer Trends Impact Your Farm
• Purdue On Assessing Ag Producers’ Purchasing And Marketing Skills
• Number of Employees Leaving USDA’s ERS Doubled Over Moving Plan
• Trump Sticks By Tariffs: Grassley Mum on Trump’s Trade Meeting Response to GOP Senators
• Lab-Produced Meat on Rise Ag Challenge: Meeting Changes in Consumer Demand
• Trump ‘Firm’ on China Structural Demands, Tariffs Part of Enforcement -Pence
• China Considers Canceling Trade Talks With U.S., WSJ Says
• Congress Working Towaards Solutions for Livestock Haulers
• Kansas City Fed: Ag Banks Make Adjustments
• Warren Buffett: America, Lucky Genes and Compound Interest
• By The Numbers: The Farm Bank Landscape
• Climate Change: Political Trigger and Real Fact – Commentary
• Perdue Announces Top Sites for ERS and NIFA Relocations
• Farmers Report How Much Time It Takes To Plant Their Corn Crop
• Ag Lawyer: 737 Max Crashes Are A Preview Of Driverless Liability Issues To Come
• Beyond Meat debuts as year’s top U.S. IPO
• Assessing Procurement and Marketing Skills

admin2019-05-09T17:47:29+00:00May 9th, 2019|

Read More

05.02.19

• How to Control Grubs in Blueberries: Organic & Conventional Methods
• AgFax Tree Crops – Hot Weather In Almond Country Pushes Insects, Treatment Decisions
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends: Most Fertilizer Prices Move Lower
• Mixed Ag Markets on Weather, Trade and On-Farm Supplies
• Cattle Producers’ Beef With Meat Packers Could Be a Lose-Lose Scenario
• Perdue Indicates Japan “Ag” Trade Deal Could Happen Soon
• Delegation Examines Impacts of U.S. Trade Policy
• Supreme Court May Address CWA’s Treatent of Groundwater – Or Not
• Canadian Government Taking Action for Canola Sector
• Late Planting and Projections of the 2019 U.S. Corn Yield
• CSP Signup Deadline Nearing
• Despite Court Rulings, Sales Of Bayer’s Roundup Climb
• Crop Insurance Loss Ratios in 2018
• Effort Leads to Overhaul of USDA Livestock Insurance
• Trump, Pelosi, Schumer Reach Infrastructure Agreement
• More Farm Aid Is a Miscommunication, USDA’s Perdue Says
• Perdue: President Playing the Long Game| Ag Innovation, Better Trade Deals Will Boost Ag Finances
• Grains Higher as Forecasts Remain Bleak
• Mulvaney Says U.S. Ready to Walk If No China Trade Deal Soon
• U.S. EPA Stalls Biofuel Waiver Transparency Plan After White House Blowback -Sources
• Why African Swine Fever Will Have a Devastating Impact on the Pork Industry
• EPA Reaffirms Glyphosate is Not a Cancer Risk
• USDA Releases Report on Rural Broadband
• USDA: Share of Highly Leveraged Farm Businesses on the Rise
• Farmers Business Network Releases Its 2019 FBN Network Trends Report
• USDA Extends Deadline for MFP Payments
• Rural Interests Dissect WOTUS Rule Commenters Express Concern on Treatment of Ditches in Proposal
• Lawsuit Alleges Meatpacker Conspiracy Class Action Points to Cattle Price Fixing Through Slashing Slaughter Volumes
• Stocks Tick Up to Another Record High
• April 29, 2019 Crop Progress Report (PDF Version)
• Farmer’s Share of the Food Dollar Falls to All-Time Low
• Indiana’s Lugar, soft-spoken statesman in Senate, dies at 87
• Trump says U.S-Japan are making progress in trade talks
• Mnuchin says enforcement part of trade deal (China) ‘close to done’
• American Bankers Association Farm Bank Performance Report
• USDA: Share Of Highly Leveraged Farm Businesses Is Forecast To Increase
• Farmers Nat’l Co. On Real Net Farm Income Trends And Outlook
• USDA Issues Food Price Outlook

admin2019-05-02T22:24:05+00:00May 2nd, 2019|

Read More

04.26.19

• California Almond Acreage Increased in 2018
• Could U.S. ag take a page from almond board?
• AgFax Tree Crops: With Warmer Weather, Things Get Interesting In Almonds, Walnuts
• New president is part of citrus group’s succession plan
• Game of Thrones meme sets California avocado season in motion
• Dealing with Stress: Ag Stress Tough on Body, Mind
• Tillable Introduces Hassle-Free Lease
• Economist: Walmart’s Beef Announcement is Part of an Industry Trend
• IBM and Yara Partner For Digital Farming Platform
• UPDATE: 37 People Hospitalized Following Anhydrous Ammonia Leak
• Monsanto appeals state court’s $78.5M Roundup verdict
• 12-Year Research Explores Cover Crop’s Benefit to Soil
• Study Shows What Industries Are Hiring, Agriculture Down 11%
• Class Action Points to Cattle Price Fixing Through Slashing Slaughter Volumes
• Washington Insider — Thursday New Smarter Weather Model Planned
• Door Opens for More Livestock Insurance
• Walmart Creates Angus Beef Supply Chain, Cutting Out Meat Processors
• USDA Will Not Survey for Volume of Grain Lost to March Floods
• Ag Markets Incur More Losses Wednesday
• Strengthening the Voluntary Recall Process
• Sonny Perdue: Modernizing Rural Broadband Infrastructure
• Farm Bank Lending Rises to $108 Billion in 2018
• House Bill Mirrors Senate on Farm Bankruptcy Update
• Lawsuit Says Tyson, Cargill, JBS Conspired to Suppress Beef Prices Paid to U.S. Ranchers
• Crop Progress Report
• Corn, Spring Wheat Planting Well Below Average Pace
• S&P 500, Nasdaq Close at Record Highs
• Bayer CEO Faces Growing Opposition from Shareholders
• Plan aims to help farmers mitigate climate change
• House to Take Up Family Farm Bankruptcy Protection Bill
• U.S., China Trade Talks- Planned Timeline and Agricultural Issues
• New Spreadsheet Available for Prevented Plant
• Press Release: New Podcast Brings Farm Policy to Public, Congress
• USDA Makes Livestock and Dairy Insurance Enhancements
• Markets Fade as Rebound Stalls
• Small Ag Banks Mitigate the Risk of Rising Demand for Farm Loans
• Farmworker Labor Debate, Cuomo Taxes
• U.S., China Trade Talks- Planned Timeline and Agricultural Issues
• 5 Factors Driving the Livestock Outlook
• New Legislation Would Ease Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Rules Amid Farm Economy Slump
• 8 Reasons Why the Livestock Industry Is on a Roll
• Row Crops Have a Case of the Blues
• Can BlockChain Deliver Real Value to Farmers?
• Trump and Pointless Tariff Fatigue
• Rural Bankers: Farm Loans Soar to New Level
• 4 Strategies to Cope With Financial Pain
• Ag Groups Ask President, Congress for Disaster Relief
• Could 2018 Tariff Impact Been Foreseen?
• Sign Up for Updated Conservation Stewardship Program
• Analysis Shows Elite Ag Producers’ Financial Ratios Are Also Weakening
• Rural Mainstreet Index Rises For March: Almost Half Report Negative Flood Impacts

admin2019-04-26T11:43:31+00:00April 26th, 2019|

Read More

04.19.19

• New Research Explores Walnuts & Mental Health
• California Tomatoes: Beet Curly Top Update – Some “Positives,” Weather Delays
• Western Growers Launches Ag Tech Directory
• Ag Policy Blog: Plunging Deeper into Farmers and Property Taxes
• Cattle on Feed Report Summary April 1 Cattle on Feed Up 2%
• Weekly Export Sales: Two scenarios for China
• U.S. Wins WTO Ruling Against China Grain Import Quotas
• 3 Ways to Diversify and Grow Your Bottom Line
• Ag Census: Input Costs Rise, Farm Income Declines Amid Low Commodity Prices
• What’s Your State’s 5 Most Profitable Commodities?
• Make Smart Choices In A Down Market
• Farm Taxes and Vehicle Depreciation – What are the Rules
• Ag Banks Make Adjustments as Lending Remains Elevated
• U.S. Wheat Associates Urges China To Comply With WTO Agreements Following Favorable Dispute Ruling
• Federal Budget Discussion, Part 2: Revenues and Spending
• Agriculture Trucking Relief Act Introduced
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- April 2019
• The Benefits of Commodity Credit Corporation Loans
• Did China Impose Illegal Restrictions on Farm Imports
• 3 Big Things Today, April 18
• Ag Census: Cattle, Dairy, Hog Herd All Jump as Producers Build Inventories
• Demand in Focus Ahead of Long Weekend
• How Do You Compare to Your State’s Average Farm Income?
• Beef Prices Finding a Reason to Hang Tough
• Farm Share of U.S. Food Dollar Continues to Shrink
• Beef Prices Finding a Reason to Hang Tough
• Farm Share of U.S. Food Dollar Continues to Shrink
• New Ag Census Shows Disparities in Property Taxes by State
• Data Farming Brings Actionable Intelligence to Field, New Management Challenges
• Financial Outlook – Worry index hits home
• 3 Big Things Today, April 17
• Farmers are unnerved by Trump’s enthusiasm for tariffs
• EU’s Exclusion of Ag Disappoints ASA
• Will Funds Keep Selling?
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Files WOTUS Comments

admin2019-04-19T12:47:38+00:00April 19th, 2019|

Read More

04.16.19

• Census of US Agriculture released – California snapshot
• Pecans and Politics – A Troublesome Match
• California Tomatoes: Beet Curly Top Update – Some “Positives,” Weather Delays
• AgFax Tree Crops: Almonds – Plenty of Wind, How Much Loss?
• California: Walnut Blight: Dealing With Resistance — It’s Complicated
• Thousands of US Bridges in Poor Condition as Repairs, Funding Lags
• Weekly Grain Movement – Still Waiting on China
• 3 Big Things Today, April 16
• In a Break, Disaster Relief Bills Could Pay Farmers’ Crop Insurance Premiums
• Farmland Values Currently Steady Economic Concerns- But Potential for Declines Exist
• Trump Administration’s 5G Plans Move Ahead, Boosting Rural Internet
• No Home Runs For Ag In 2019, But A Better Outlook Than 2018
• Cover Crop Acreage Surged 50-Percent in Five Years
• Upcoming Changes to the May 2019 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate Report
• The Changing Face of Farms: Women Step In as U.S. Growers Age
• USDA Issues “Season-Average Price Forecasts” Outlook Report
• USDA Issues “Feed Outlook: April 2019” Report
• 5 Changes to USDA FSA Farm Loan Program
• USDA Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
• States Fight Back on Dicamba State Regulators Ask EPA to Allow State Pesticide Restrictions to Continue
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• U.S. EPA Revives Provision That Could Name Oil Refiners Applying for Biofuel Waivers
• Should the Public Know Who Asks for Biofuel Mandate Exemptions?
• More than individual landowner issue: Study looks at weed control through a cross-boundary lens
• 3 Big Things Today, April 15
• U.S. and Japan to Begin Trade Talks Today
• 2017 Ag Census: More Producers, Less Farms
• Higher Limits Now Available on Farm Loans
• U.S. and Japan to Begin Trade Talks Monday

admin2019-04-16T12:54:56+00:00April 16th, 2019|

Read More

04.04.19

• Tree Crops: Effects from Cold and Wet Conditions Continue to Ripple Through the Crops
• Nassif: Immigration, border policies tighten ag labor availability
• California Pistachios: Nitrogen In 2019 — Enough But Not Too Much
• 2019 Planting Stats
• Ag Barometer Drops Lower For March
• Battle Over Funds for Puerto Rico Remains Roadblock to Disaster Aid
• As Congress Hears About Ag Labor Issues, USDA Offers Tools to Navigate H-2A Program
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends Fertilizer Prices Mostly Lower Now
• Trump Takes to Twitter to Warn ‘If No Action, Border . . . Will close’
• Trump: Security More Important Than Trade
• Farmers Expect to Win Sino-U.S. Trade War
• Farmland Values Are Stable Despite Income and Trade Turmoil
• House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Hearing on the Rural Economy
• Democrats Look to Farmers, Workers for Compromise on H-2A Reforms
• USDA sued for weakening school sodium, whole grain requirements
• Expert Discusses Tax Law Changes as Deadline Approaches
• USDA Launches New Farmers.gov Features to Help with H2A Applications, Managing Loans
• RaboResearch Report Details Risks Of U.S. Hemp Industry
• Senate Fails to Pass Disaster Aid Bill
• Purdue/CME Group’s Ag Barometer Drifts Lower On Concerns About The Future
• Perdue Says Progress is Being Made in U.S. – China Trade Talks
• Disaster Bill Sidetracked in Senate in Fight Over Puerto Rico Aid
• Lenders Tell Lawmakers They’re Doing What They Can to Help Farmers Affected by Disasters
• Disaster Aid in Limbo
• Disaster Aid Won’t Cover Crops Drowned by Midwest Floods
• Debt Level vs. Interest Rate
• House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Hearing on the Rural Economy
• How Long Will Trump Keep U.S. Steel and Aluminum Tariffs in Place?
• April 1: Crop Progress Report
• Farmers Are Assuming Plenty of Prevented Planting
• Farm Groups Push for Year-Round E-15
• Closing the Border is Preposterous, But What If
• Ag Groups to Trump: Don’t Shut Down Trade With Mexico
• U.S. Wheat and Barley are Losing Japanese Market Share Fast
• Peanut Growers Challenged to Set, Stick to Yield Goal
• Interest Rates Headed Down as Fed Confronts Global Slowdown
• Jerry Gulke: USDA Shock and Awe
• Warren, Klobuchar agree on breaking up Big Ag
• Farmers confront physical, emotional challenges
• 2019-2020 Farm Program: Decision, Fairness on Covered Commodities

admin2019-04-16T12:59:56+00:00April 4th, 2019|

Read More

03.29.19

• California Pistachios: Time To Start Bug Scouting
• California Jury Finds Bayer Liable for $80 Million in Second Glyphosate Trial
• How farmers, fish and waterfowl can win in the Sacramento Valley
• FDA announces FSMA enforcement discretion
• California LGMA to require treatment of water for leafy greens
• Avocados In Six States From California Packer Recalled, Threat Of Listeria
• Tree Crops: Will Robots Help Protect Orchards from Frost Damage?
• Almond Board Taps Sustainability Expert
• 3 Big Things Today, March 29
• 2019-2020 Farm Program Decision and Fairness across Covered Commodities
• Farmers Look to Build Upon 2018 Farm Bill Victories
• US Trade Negotiators Arrive in China for Talks
• Analyst expects next round of USDA reports to be bearish
• California Jury Finds Bayer Liable for $80 Million in Second Glyphosate Trial
• USDA Reports Preview Brace for Some Bearish News
• Oil Futures Slip on Demand Concerns
• Buyer Beware on New Health Insurance Options
• Amazon Dips its Web Services Toe Into Agriculture
• Seven Ag Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
• Weakness Prevails for Wednesday’s Ag Markets
• Renewed Push for the USMCA
• Agriculture Leads Bankruptcy Filings, Report Shows
• Senators Sponsor Bill Expanding Family Farm Protections
• Mixed Moves in Retail Fertilizer Prices
• ASA unhappy with Trump’s comments on tariffs
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Provides Comment On Farm Bill’s Trade Programs
• Trump Won’t Settle for Less Than an ‘Excellent Deal’ With China
• China Rejects Canadian Canola Shipment Over Pest Contamination
• Chinese researchers claim they are one step closer to African swine fever vaccine
• Tyson Foods Begins DNA Testing Beef to Prove Genetics
• Senators Launch Probe Into Conservation Easement Tax Fraud
• 2019 Salary Survey
• What’s Helping to Hold Up Land Values?
• Boswell defends ERS, NIFA moves to skeptical Dems
• Sen. Roberts Comments on Green New Deal
• Transportation Disruption Means Soaring Costs for Ethanol Plants, Feedlots
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Finance First: Are projected breakevens important?
• Reimbursement for Grain Lost in Flooding May be Question for Congress
• 7 Ways to Change Your Business in 2019
• Chinese Researchers Claim They Are One Step Closer to African Swine Fever Vaccine
• Minnesota Farmer Says Trade Deals Need to Be Done “Yesterday”
• Prospective Plantings: Acreage Shuffle Likely
• DOJ Lawyer Tells Court EPA Could Have Chlopyrifos Decision Soon
• Dicamba-Stacked Corn on the Horizon
• Disaster aid bill facing a tricky path
• Will new FDA leadership approve more GE foods?
• AFBF Launches Women in Agriculture Survey
• 101 Agriculture, Food, And Science Organizations Urge Congress To Block USDA Moves
• USDA Releases “Food Price Outlook” Report

admin2019-03-29T15:30:18+00:00March 29th, 2019|

Read More

03.21.19

• California Almonds: Bee Hours and Pollination
• A Huge Decline in Pecan Production
• Trump Considering Leaving Tariffs on China After Deal
• FDA reworking ag water rules
• Farm Bill Offers More Conservation Tools in EQIP
• Senators Push FCC to Improve Broadband Data Maps
• Stocks Mixed After Fed News
• Crop Insurance Wins Wide Support on Capitol Hill and In Countryside
• Brazil Agrees to Let Some Wheat Enter Duty-Free, an Opening for U.S. Grain
• U.S., China Trade Talks Persist, While Flooding Compounds Stress on the Ag Economy
• UPDATE: President Confirms New Round of U.S.-China Trade Talks Coming
• NOAA & Export Sales Could Steal the Show
• EPA Identifies 40 Chemicals to Prioritize for Risk Evaluation
• Proposed Budget Cuts Affect Cotton Producers
• USDA Issues "Agricultural Projections To 2028" Outlook Report
• Report: U.S. GDP Could Lose $290 Billion Due to Tariffs
• Debt Figures Raise Questions of Whether Farm Debt is on Cruise Control
• EPA Approved Refinery Waivers Raise Ire of Biofuels Industry
• Snowmelt, Rain Wreak Havoc on US River Systems
• US and China Seek April Trade Deadline
• Another Jury Rules Gyphosate Caused Cancer
• Progress Being Made in U.S. China Talks Despite Delay in Announcing Deal
• Volatile Session for Cattle Futures
• American Ag is Already Sowing the Seeds for the International Markets of the Future

admin2019-03-21T19:09:42+00:00March 21st, 2019|

Read More