• Ag funding package plus amendments pass House
• $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Clears Senate Hurdle, Includes Biggest Bridge Funding Since Eisenhower Era
• Bonnie defends using CCC for climate, says policy must work for farmers
• Bayer to Appeal Roundup Case to SCOTUS | Bayer CEO Tells Investors Company Hopes to Bring Roundup Litigation to End
• Bayer to remove glyphosate from lawn and garden Roundup products
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Grains jump on hot, dry weather | Thursday, July 29, 2021
• More competition in meatpacking or ‘bust them up,’ senators are told
• USDA invests $67 million in Heirs’ Property Relending Program
• Labor Sec. says infrastructure bill will create rural jobs
• House holds hearing on State of the Beef Supply Chain
• DTN Grain Close: Winter Wheat, Soybean Oil Lead Markets Higher 7-29
• USDA Releases Economic Impact Analysis of the U.S. Biobased Products Industry
• Ag Economy: Federal Reserve Observations from July
• House Ag Committee Passes Supplemental Farm Disaster Bill
• View From the Cab Thirsty Crops Feel Summer Heat in Iowa and Texas
• Will corn, soybeans make lows in August, analyst asks
• Two of the Four Major Meatpackers Grilled Over Competition During Senate Hearing
• US agriculture lays out priorities for WTO reform
• Second time around, it’s harder for Vilsack to get USDA team installed
• Lawsuit challenges Trump-era overhaul of USDA’s biotech regulation
• USDA: Most Food Categories Have Experienced Slower Price Increases In 2021 Compared With 2020
• Crop Progress Report 07.26.2020 | PDF
• Threat of Food Inflation Persists, as Sec. Vilsack Sees Prices Moderating
• DC Signal to Noise: Lots on the Table for Lawmakers Ahead of August Recess
• Ag Weather Forum | When Crop Insurance Gets Burned Out
• Why the bull market is exciting for some but stressful for others
• Senate bill repeals corn ethanol mandate
• Is Mexico living up to their USMCA promises?
• Biden administration plans to expand electric vehicles in ag
• Lawsuit challenges Trump-era overhaul of USDA’s biotech regulation
• Farmers National Co. on Who is Buying Farmland Today
• USDA Releases “COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts On Food And Consumers” Report
• USDA Releases “Food Price Outlook” Report
• Ag Economic Insights: How Good Is The Farm Economy In 2021?
• U Of Illinois Economist Issues Report: Overview Of The Meatless Meat Industry
• USDA: Commercial Farms Received The Highest Average Government Payments

• Republican Senators Say Farms, Ranches Would Be in Crosshairs of Democratic Tax Plans
• 3 clues to future grain price movement
• What is the future of WOTUS for farmers?
• White House says executive order coming on labeling beef as a ‘Product of USA’
• FTC to devote more attention to right to repair
• A corn market low is expected in August, analyst says
• Buttigieg points to ag infrastructure needs
• Key Republican challenges legality of new CRP contracts
• Lawmakers look at revising ag disaster program
• USDA Releases Season-Average Price Forecasts Report
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook Report
• USDA Analysis Forecast Record Beef Exports, Led By China
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Outlook Report
• USDA Analysis Forecast Record Beef Exports, Led By China
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook Report
• More pandemic aid on tap for agriculture, says Vilsack
• Vilsack, GOP senators tangle over farm workforce bill
• Herbicide Injury on the Rise Battle Lines Drawn as Dicamba Injury Surfaces Once Again
• What is the future of WOTUS for farmers?
• Outlook for ag economy remains strong, says Fed
• Green groups sue EPA over BASF herbicide
• USDA tops $7 billion in pandemic aid in four months
• Ag labor hearing dissects immigration issues in the food supply chain
• NCGA CEO says ag has transitioned from climate change skepticism
• 4 Questions Farmers are Asking about Carbon Markets

• July Rural Mainstreet Index shows strength
• Year-round ag labor fix included in appropriations bill
• Agriculture loses in U.S. Supreme Court
• Corn farmers captured, stored carbon before it was cool, industry leader says
• With growing data collection comes push for standardization
• China Economic Growth at 7.9%
• Anthrax, grasshoppers, dying clams show North American heat toll
• Push for Green New Deal or will trillion fatigue set in?
• KC Fed: Interest Rates For Farm Operating Loans Rise Slightly From All-Time Lows
• Following Court Decision, U.S. House Moves To Ensure E15 Year-Round
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- July 2021
• GRAINS-Prices consolidate after rally as U.S. weather eyed
• Agriculture loses in U.S. Supreme Court
• JBS USA announces new global sustainability targets
• Computer chip shortage spills into ag industry
• Ethanol industry CEO still optimistic on biofuels future
• Legislative proposal bans CAFOs, reinstates MCOOL
• John Deere makes JDLink available at no extra cost
• Cupping Soybeans: Iowa Farmers Question the Cause, Some Point Fingers
• New legislation seeks to write E15 waiver into law
• USDA Announces Indemnity Program to Help Farmers Who Depopulated Livestock
• House chairman proposes $50 billion for rural broadband
• USDA Authorizes Emergency Procedures To Help Drought-Impacted Producers
• Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program applications opening this month
• Where’s the bottom?
• Corteva Agriscience unveils new corn herbicide slated for 2022
• CRP Grasslands sign-up now open
• Pandemic brings highest global hunger rate in 12 years
• Farmers face at least $3.6 billion in uncovered losses from 2020 natural disasters
• USDA compensating farms that depopulated herds due to COVID slowdowns
• Biden to Take Aim at Rail, Sea Shipping Competition

• Rare Deere 4030s selling in Nebraska!
  Drought Monitor has pockets of improvement Parts of eastern Nebraska have improved.
• LRP Protects Profits Insurance Guards Against Falling Livestock Prices
• Vilsack to Make Major Announcement in Nebraska, Speculation it Covers Anti-Competitive Practices in Agriculture
• How to make farm data work for you
• CoBank Report: Change Is Coming For U.S. Food And Agricultural Businesses
• Corn and soybean futures close lower | Thursday, July 8, 2021
• Solar leases more popular than carbon contracts among farmers
• Preliminary injunction against USDA debt relief for minority farmers
• Farmers report difficulty hiring adequate labor
• New US rules to protect animal farmers expected this week
• Global Food Prices Fall For the First Time in 12 Months
• The Global Ag Demand Equation: GDP and COVID-19 Cases
• Opinion: Reimagining federal conservation programs
• Finances and young farmers
• Study By Stanford Shows Crops Yielding More Due to Clean Air Act
• Crop insurance needs to recognize conservation practice benefits
• Farmers in China Are Planting More Corn This Year, With a Potential Impact on Import Demand
• USDA Competition Rules Coming White House Spotlights USDA, Agriculture in Pending Executive Order
• A Race to Lock in Feed Supplies Hard-Hit Ranchers Buy Hay to Hold Herds in Drought
• US Biodiesel Output Down | EIA: Biodiesel Output Seen Down Slightly This Year
• New US rules to protect animal farmers expected this week
• Producers can now utilize cover crops without losing prevented planting benefits
• Raising the next generation of beef advocates
• AEM, John Deere Respond to Biden’s Planned Executive Order Over Right to Repair Equipment
• DC Signal to Noise | Interview with Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy
• House spending bills promote climate, environmental enforcement

• 3 Big Things, July 1, 2021
• Farmers emphasize to Congress importance of crop insurance
• PDF USDA Agriculture Prices Report June 30, 2021
• RMA strengthens insurance for dry beans, dry peas, wheat
• U.S. Agricultural Exports at Record Level in First Four Months of 2021
• Bullish USDA Acreage, Grain Stocks Reports Send Corn, Soy Futures Skyward
• USDA Acreage Report friendly for crops, devastating for livestock producers
• Biofuel Bills Introduced
• Ag spending bill advances out of committee
• $6 new crop corn indeed — can we see $7?
• Using ag data to prove crop damage in court
• Senator Braun discusses Growing Climate Solutions Act with farmers
• Checkoff transparency bill re-introduced

• Hailstorm cuts portion of Iowa’s corn yield potential by 10-15%, agronomist says
• Ag Climate Bill Crushes Senate Vote | Senators Overwhelmingly Approve Climate Bill for Ag Carbon Program
• Another judge delivers blow to minority debt relief program
• Corn, soybean markets fall sharply | June 24, 2021
• ‘Free meat for a year’ offered in JBS U.S. vaccine sweepstakes
• Farmer sees dramatic change in weather during tenure
• NASDA highlights priorities for strengthening food supply chain
• Work continues on finding solutions to problems in the cattle markets
• Hearing examines cattle market transparency, competition
• KC Fed: Farm Debt Declines Further, Credit Stress Easing
• Biden-Harris Administration Extends Foreclosure Moratorium to Provide Relief to Homeowners
• Statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Intent to Nominate Homer Wilkes, Ph.D. to Serve as Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
• House Republican Ag Committee Leader Thompson Opposes Senate’s Climate Solutions Act
• Highlights Of Kansas Cattlemen’s Testimony Before Senate Agriculture Committee

• Vilsack reviving tougher organic animal welfare standards
• June Rural Mainstreet Index: Machinery Sales and Farmland Prices Soar
• Interactive map provides valuable insight into the digital divide across the U.S.
• Soybeans close $1.18 lower, corn ends limit down | Thursday, June 17, 2021
• View From the Cab Heat. Dads. Sand. Rain. Wind. Cows. Hope. Farm Week Full of Four-Letter Words
• Severe drought covers 40% of Iowa
• Budding farmer aims to normalize hemp
• USDA to implement up to $4 billion in pandemic aid through mid-August
• Three trends could shift what consumers put in their shopping carts
• USDA opens signup for CLEAR30, expands pilot nationwide
• Cargill’s Sanfeliu Sees “Mini-Supercycle” for Crop Markets, as China’s Pig Herd Expands
• Record-High Optimism Buoys Already Strong Farmland Prices
• DTN Grain Close: Markets See Panic Selling; China Talks Down Prices 6-17
• U.S. Grain Stocks-To-Use Ratios Have Declined Since 1960
• Seeking Bi-Partisan Farm Labor Solution Vilsack, Senators Commit to Passing Farm-Labor Immigration Bill
• USDA increases incentives for CRP sign-ups
• GRAINS-Corn drops over 2% on U.S. weather outlook; soy, wheat also down
• How four big companies control the U.S. beef industry
• FOCUS-Stung by pandemic and JBS cyberattack, U.S. ranchers build new beef plants
• Vilsack on steps needed following JBS cyberattack
• Republican Ag Committee leaders highlight study on tax changes
• Vilsack blasts farmers suing over minority debt relief
• Tax Changes Would Hit Ag Hard, Say Experts – DTN
• More Ag Pandemic Relief Details – DTN
• USDA Publishes Federal Register Notice for Public Input on Racial Justice and Equity
• Wheat Organizations Welcome End To U.S.-EU Aircraft Trade Dispute
• USDA Announces Additional Aid To Ag Producers And Businesses In Pandemic Assistance For Producers Initiative

• June WASDE Report (PDF)
• USDA Launches Resource Guide to Help America’s Rural Workforce Build Back Better
• Ag markets closed mixed, following USDA data | Thursday, June 10, 2021
• USDA data is market-friendly for corn, bearish soybeans
• Grain market is teetering on the top of a cliff, analyst says
• Mexico stalling GMO corn permits ahead of ban, says top farm lobby
• Biden administration begins rewrite of water rule
• More On Biden Administration’s Move To Re-Define Clean Water Act
• Drought intensifies to ‘severe’ in five Nebraska counties
• Soybean Gall Midge Emergence Detected in Nebraska
• Seed Companies Volunteer to Clean Up Mead Companies May Be at Nebraska Plant Conducting Cleanup For at Least 2 Years
• Crop Dusted: While America Slept, China Stole the Farm
• Cattle industry has Washington’s attention
• Continuing Coverage: Cattle Market Dynamics and Packer Investigation
• Crop Insurance Basics: Risk Mitigation and Risk Management
• White House supply chain task force established
• A June USDA WASDE Report to Forget
• When Tragedy Opens Doors Loss of Family Member Changes Farm Dynamic
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot Farm Credit Rates
• NCGA releases first sustainability report
• Weather concerns goose the corn, soybean markets | June 8, 2021
• USDA to tag $4 billion for U.S. food supply chain improvements
• China Demand Fuels U.S. Farm Economy, as Federal Support Subsides
• Should You Buy That Farm? A Tool to Help You Do the Math
• Biden Rolls Out Strategy to Reduce Supply Chain Disruptions
• USDA Releases “Food Price Outlook” Report
• Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• DC Signal to Noise: Will Hot/Dry Weather This Week Affect Accuracy of Upcoming S&D Report?
• Vilsack making race an issue in farm programs
• Efforts aim to increase rural COVID vaccination understanding
• Cyberattacks a “wake up call” for ag businesses
• China Demand Fuels U.S. Farm Economy, as Federal Support Subsides
• As Food Production Moves to Automation, Is More of the Food Chain at Risk of Cyberattacks?
• House Ag Committee Chair Raises Concerns About Biden’s Proposed Tax Changes
• Jerry Gulke: Is History Repeating Itself in the Grain Markets?
• Technical, financial assistance eyed as key needs for sustainability push
• USDA Conducting Two Surveys in June
• USDA Forecasts Record Farm Exports In FY 2021
• When Do I Need A Farm Land Appraisal?
• USDA Releases “Outlook For U.S. Agriculture Trade” Report
• Thompson Cotton: Prices Rise Despite Improving Moisture in the Southwest 6-7

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• Women in Ag Webcast to be held June 8th
• Lincoln: Extension offering free suicide prevention training
• Cyberattack shuts down world’s largest meat supplier
• Statement by Secretary Vilsack on President’s budget
• Did COVID-19 create new farmland competitors?
• Can CCC funds be used to pay farmers for carbon?
• Lawmakers ask for $200 billion for USDA climate work
• Fairness in cattle markets will be a top priority, says Hipp
• Farmer advises meeting with lawyer on estate tax issues
• Livestock Sector in China Looks to Wheat
• Surging Costs of Breakfast Staples Stirs Food Price Concerns, as the U.S. and China Talk Trade
• Bayer Says Judge’s Ruling Won’t Affect Roundup Availability for Farmers
• Biden seeks major funding increases for environmental priorities
• U.S., China Trade Reps Hold Candid Meeting Last Week
• Report: Incentives Are Needed To Help Farmers Address Climate Issues