02.14.18
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- Peterson Statement on Trump Budget Request
- Trump Proposes 33% Cut in Crop Insurance
- Ag Sec’y Perdue Distances Himself From Administration’s Proposed Crop Insurance Cuts
- Senate Introduces Bill to Prevent Farms, Ranches from Regulation Meant for Toxic Superfund Sites
- Soy Growers Oppose Cuts to Crop Insurance
- Dinneen: Pruitt Not Fulfilling Trump’s Promise
- Emissions Reporting Relief Bill a Breath of Fresh Air for Ag
- Feeding Minds Press Will Focus on Accurate Agriculture Books for Children
- Cotton Appointees Announced
- Oklahoma, Indiana youth Win National Ag Day Video, Essay Contest
- Soybeans Close 10¢ Higher Tuesday
- Bustos: Trump Budget Has Deep Cuts to Agriculture
- Revised 2018 Corn and Soybean Budgets
02.06.18
- Southern California Thomas Fire Hurt Agriculture
- California Pesticide Laws Changing Near Schools, Come Learn More
- Cutting Crop Insurance for Big Farms Would Hurt Small Farmers Too
- A Working Paper Addressing: Are Large Farms Less Risky to Insure? (PDF)
- Chairman Conaway Sets Sights on March Farm Bill Vote Vows to Defend Successful Crop Insurance System
- Conaway Hopes Farm Bill is Voted on Before End of March
- Senator Wants Cotton, Dairy Aid Now
- Dow Plunges 1,175 Points
- Dow Drops 1,000 Points, Ag Markets Feel The Ripple Monday
- What the Transportation Plan Could Mean to Rural America
- What Does a Half Million More Cows Mean
- With Sorghum Warning Shot, Beijing Targets Trump’s Core Farm Base
- China: Trade Probe of US Sorghum ‘Normal’
- Texas: Farm Bill Discussions Highlight Ag Forum Meeting
- Secretary Perdue Applauds President Trump’s Selection of USDA’s Rural Utility Service Administrator
- Purdue Professors: What Skills And Competencies A Farmer Needs To Grow?
- Washington Week Ahead: GOP Seeks Funding Extension as Farm Bill Hangs
- KC Fed Survey Shows Ag Lending Increases
- Perdue Names New Leaders
- Kansas City Fed: Ag Lending and Interest Expenses Increase for Farmers
- Diversifying for Soil Health Covering Profitability in Times of Low Prices
- Confirm Doud Quickly, Farm Bureau’s Duvall Says
- 7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed This Week – Feb. 2, 2018
- Grain Market Week in Review – Feb. 2, 2018
- Pacelle (Humane Society of United States) Resigns Amid HSUS Turmoil
- Right to Repair Addressed by Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Equipment Dealers Association
- Senator Lifts Hold on USTR Ag Negotiator Nominee
- CattleFax Holds Grim Outlook on Long-Term Weather Forecast for Plains, Expect Drought to Intensify
02.01.18
- Trump Offers Shared Goals with Agriculture for 2018
- State of the Union Starts a New Year for Agriculture Advocates
- Reviewing the State of the Farm Bill: Perspective from Spending
- Is It Too Late For The U.S. To Rejoin TPP?
- Interactive Farmers.Gov Website Now Live
- USDA: Harvested Cropland Declines By 3 Million Acres
- Bankruptcy Invigorates Efforts to Overhaul RFS
- Few Big Ag Companies Have Followed Through on Data Transparency Pledge
- EPA Chief Riles Ethanol Advocates With Call for Biofuels Policy Reform
- EPA Delays Obama’s WOTUS Rule Until 2020 While It Writes Its Own Version
- Chairman Roberts on WOTUS Delay
- Flake Lifts Hold on US Ag Trade Nominee
- Rural Areas Have High Expectations for Trump’s Infrastructure Plan – DTN
- FDA Takes Steps to Strengthen Oversight of Food Imports
- Canada’s Wheat Production Down, Quality Up
- 3 Big Things Today, February 1
- Perdue Comments on State of the Union
- State of the Union Starts a New Year for Agriculture Advocates
- NAFTA Talks Can Generate Triple Win, Canada’s Freeland Says
- EPA, Army Corps Delay 2015 WOTUS Rule
- Farm Futures Survey Shows Farmers Want More of the Same
- Census of Ag Deadline Just Days
- USDA Launches MARS, Delivering Market Data to Agricultural Producers Around the Globe Faster and Easier
- 2018 Grain Farm Income: The Need for Above Trend Yields or Higher Prices to Break-Even
- Drought Deepens in Southern California
- Statement of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Regarding President Trump’s State of the Union Address
- Tax and Regulatory Reform, Along with Trade, at the Top of the Issues Important to Farmers and Ranchers in Donald Trump’s First State of the Union Address
- Farmers Want No Harm to Crop Insurance
- Few Crop Insurance Changes for 2018
- Trump: State of the Union Strong President Highlights Trade Renegotiation, Cutting Regulations, Tax Reform
- Pruitt Takes Heat EPA Administrator: WOTUS Rule May Be Completed in 2018
- The Regional Composition of U.S. Imports Has Remained Stable Over Time
- Calculated Cover Crops
- 2018 Grain Farm Income: The Need for Above Trend Yields or Higher Prices to Break-Even
- FDA/USDA to Improve Collaboration
- NAFTA Talks Moving Slowly, President Floats TPP Consideration
- Farmers Grade Trump On First Year of Presidency
- U.S. Lawmakers at NAFTA Talks Express Optimism
- Roberts, Stabenow Announce CFTC Oversight Hearing
- History Shows It’s Best to Get an Early Start on Marketing
- U.S. Rejects Proposals to Unblock NAFTA, but Will Stay in Talks
- Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Releases Its Annual Report
- USDA: Off-Farm Income Contributes Significantly To Households Operating Farms
- Investment in walnut research paying dividends
- California Pistachios: Low Chill Potential Effect In 2018?
01.09.18
- CA Citrus Mutual Works Aggressively to Protect Growers in the Industry
- Positive Economic Trends Reflect well on CA Coastal Wine Industry
- Congress to “Cuss and Discuss” Farm Bill
- Trump Sees NAFTA Benefits, USDA’s Perdue Says
- Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- January ’18
- Can Monster Crop Yields Continue?
- How Should Farm Growth Options be Evaluated?
- Task Force Creates a Road Map for Rural America
- All Ag Markets Close Higher Wednesday
- What the 2018 Farm Bill Means for America
- Roberts Discusses Deputy U.S. Trade Rep.
- U.S. Senator Urges Senate Leadership to Fortify Margin Protection
- Corn, 2018: Expect an Average Loss of $115.33 Per Planted Acre – Commentary
- NCC’s Jody Campiche Says Farm Bill Coverage for Cotton in the Works, But Still Long Process Ahead
- Thompson On Cotton: With Rally, Consider Pricing 2018 Crop
- Oklahoma Gins Pine Away at Record Crop, Boast of High Yields, Quality
- U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Proposes 25 Cent Gas Tax To Fund Infrastructure Investments
- Weekly Grain Movement – Only One Crop’s Keeping Up
- Republicans Introducing Their DACA Bill In Hopes for Compromise
- The NAFTA Timeline has Become Indeterminate
- White House Weighs Tougher Options on NAFTA, China Trade
- Speaker Ryan Says Canada is Biggest Problem with NAFTA
- Farmers Celebrate 2017 Victories
- Weekly Outlook: USDA Reports Provide Some Surprises
- USDA Data Realigns Farm Market ‘Stars’
- FCC Chairman Plans to Boost Broadband in Rural America
- Campaign Launched To Prevent Farms, Ranches From Being Regulated Like Toxic Superfund Sites
- Farming, Super Bowl Linked by Big Event
- Weekly Outlook: USDA Reports Provide Some Surprises
- Plunging Temps, Hard Freezes Trouble Texas, Mexico Vegetable Farmers
01.09.18
- Watch President Trump’s Speech at American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Convention 1/8/2018
- Trump: Working to Deliver for Farmers
- Sonny Perdue Says He Told Trump Not to Withdraw from NAFTA
- Secretary Perdue Presents Agriculture and Rural Prosperity Task Force Report to President Trump
- Perdue Highlights Priorities, Accomplishments in New Administration & USDA
- Lawmaker, Ag Law Experts Among Speakers at AFBF Convention
- Trump Backs Crop Insurance, Says NAFTA ‘Not the Easiest Negotiation’
- Agriculture’s Viability Relies on Immigration Reform
- Ag Markets Drop Monday
- Farmland Values: Buy or Rent to Expand? It’s a Complicated Choice
- California: Tree Crops Take Major Hit From Thomas Fire
01.03.18
- New Regs on Pesticide Spraying Near Schools Begin Jan. 1
- Orchard Sanitation is Critical This Season
- California Pistachios: Dormancy Studies – Fuzzy Findings
- California Almonds: Gaining Full Value From Pre-emergent Herbicide Programs
- Walnut Blight Protection is Important
- Almond Band Canker has No Cure
- Crop Insurance Premiums Exceed Claims, Despite Drought, Hurricanes
- CBO Lists Ways to Carve Savings Out of Costly Crop Insurance
- Wheat Closes 6¢ Higher Tuesday
- Breakthrough Allows Wheat Stem Rust Samples to Be Quickly Analyzed
- Trump Tweets Bring Border Wall Back into Discourse
- Connect Americans Now Aims to Improve Rural Broadband
- How Farmers Can Cope With Less Cash
- 8 Feel-Good Stories of 2017
- Cattle Start 2018 With a Bang!
- Fed Agencies See Jobs Boost in Plans for “Billion Ton Bioeconomy”
- USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corp. Lending Rates for ’18
- AgFunder.com Lists Top 10 AgTech Deals of 2017
- Improvements to Crop Insurance Continue
- Washington Week Ahead: Senate Welcomes New Members, Works on Farm Aid
- Farm Bill: Congressional Inaction on Disaster Bill; 2018 Agenda Items
- Hot Economy But There Is Great Need For On-Farm Help
- Are Farmers Optimistic about 2018?
- Farm Bureau: Tax Overhaul Means Lower Taxes for Farmers
- Major USDA Reports Coming Up On Jan 12
- Cover Crops And Cattle Are Cash
- 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Last Week
- 4 Lessons Learned from a Lifetime of Listening to Farmers
- Soybean Fireworks Expected In Early January USDA Report
- USDA Issues Statement on China’s New Soybean Import Inspection Rules
- For Wheat, A Year Of Extremes
- Trey Blocker Files for Texas Ag Commissioner
- USDA Survey: Millennials Prefer Fruits, Vegetables Over Grains, Meat
- AgFunder.com’s Top 10 Read Stories About Investments, AgTech In 2017
- 2018 Could Bring Higher Prices for Farmers
- IFES 2017: Crop and Livestock Price Prospects for 2018
Updated: 12.28.17
- Orange Juice Stuck in Worst Rout in Five Decades as Demand Sinks
- Almond Band Canker has No Cure
- Congress Fails At Immigration Reform
- RMA 2017 Crop Insurance End of the Year Report
- Sober, but Hopeful, Picture for Farm Economy
- 4 Tips from an Ag Lender to Help Farmers Navigate 2018
- Commodity Marketing Tips From Four Analysts
- Expanding U.S. Commodity Markets Top Priority for AMS
- Vaden Denies Politics Played Role in USDA Reassignments
- A Mind-Set for Farm Transition
- Put Daily Rainfall Observations Into a Nationwide Database
- Beef Exports: A Bright Spot in 2017
- Cattle on Feed Up 8% Over November, At Record High
- Prioritize Data Accuracy
- Investment Firms Find Value in Farmland
- Agri Marketing Releases List Of Its Most Read News Items In 2017
- USDA: The Majority Of Agricultural Exports, By Value, Go To Five Key Markets
- USDA: Improvements To Crop Insurance Continue In 2018
- Sober, but Hopeful, Picture for Farm Economy
- U.S. Grains Council Releases 2017 Corn Quality Report
- Farm Credit: Farm Income Stabilizing
- When to Pull the Club on Sticky Cash Rent
- Five Top AgTech Reads From 2017
- 2017 A Year of Natural Disasters
- The Tax Overhaul And Your Farm
- AgFunder.com Lists Top 10 AgTech Deals In 2017
- Farmland Experts On Why Values Remain High, Despite Low Commodity Prices
- 2017 Canola Performance Trial Data Added To Council’s Seed Variety Performance Online Database
12.22.17
- Neiffer Outlines Tax Reform And Ag Impact
- USDA Issues: “Season Average Price Forecasts” Report
- 3 Big Things Today, December 22 by Successful Farming
- Why Farmland Values Won’t Budge
- 2018 Purdue University Outlook: Cash Rents, Farmland Values, Corn and Soybean Prices
- Tax Reform Praised by Ag Interests, Some Concern Remains
- 2018 Outlook: Grain Sorghum Climbs On Early Seed Sales?
- Monsanto Gives CEO Hugh Grant 64% Pay Raise
- Texas: 4 Panhandle Crop Production Clinics, Jan. 8-12
- Perdue Applauds USDA Accomplishments
- Rural Mainstreet Index Improves for December
- Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2017 Accomplishments
- Iowa State Economists Issue 2018 Ag Outlook Report
- Kansas State Ag Policy Expert Flinshbaugh Grades Trump Administration
12.06.17
- Bullish Times for California Pistachio Growers
- Almond Board of California Invests $4.8 Mln in ‘Next-Generation’ Farming Research
- Orchard Sanitation is Critical This Season To Lower NOW Numbers
- New Aerial Images to Help Almond FarmersTraditional Breeding Helps Find Resistance to Pierce’s Disease
- Alternative Protein Market Expected to Grow
- Future Regroup After Rally Fizzles
- 2018 Predictions for the Drone Industry
- USDA Updates U.S. Ag Export Forecast Amid NAFTA Worries
- Now Is the Time To Engage with AgTech
- Monsanto Moves to Stop Arkansas from Banning Dicamba
- With Fracking and Biofuels, Is it Time to Re-Evaluate U.S. Energy Policy
- Ag Barometer: Producer Sentiment Slips Following Harvest
- USDA Issues: “Farm Sector Income & Finances” Report: Download PDF
- Junk Food is Cheap and Healthful Food is Expensive, But Don’t Blame the Farm Bill
- Senate Advances its Tax Reform Bill
- 3 Obstacles Ahead for Autonomous Farm Equipment
- Farm Exports to Remain Strong in 2018
- Farm Groups Weigh in On Tax Bill
- Trump Cuts Utah Monuments by 2 Million Acres, Ranchers Applaud Decision
- Trump Announces Plans to Shrink Monuments Sparking Environmentalist Uproar
- How to Ensure Your Banker Will Approve Your Loan
- Opinion: Agriculture Mergers Won’t Hinder Consumer Choices
- USDA Just Launched a New Website Helping Veterans Cultivate their Future on or Beyond the Farm
- USDA Issues: “Farm Income and Wealth Statistics” Report: Download
- USDA Issues: “Farm Household Income And Characteristics” Report
- Washington Week Ahead: GOP Looks to Finish Tax Bill, Extend Government Funding
- Up is Down in USDA Forecast of 2018 Ag Exports
- EPA: Recent Perspectives on RFS and Agriculture
- Scrapping NAFTA Bad for Agriculture
- $12 Billion Plan to Prevent Flooding Opposed in Congress
- Pipelines and Farmers Collide
- Trump to Meet with Oil Execs to Discuss Biofuels Policy
- Less Than Half of Supply Managers Support Current Tax Package
- #FarmBillFriday: Rep. Vicky Hartzler Shares the Importance of Ensuring the Farm Bill Benefits for Farmers, Ranchers & Consumers
- Agri-Marketers Rate Ag Sec’y Perdue
- Farm Bureau Commend Senate Action On Tax Reform
- What Strategic Issues Should Influence my Growth Options?
- Coop Leader Chuck Connor Disappointed in Section 199 Not Being Included in Senate Tax Cut Bill