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• Trump Threatens COVID-19 Stimulus Veto
• Beginning Farmer & Rancher Benefits for Crop Insurance
• Final Syngenta Corn Payments Coming | Syngenta Corn Claims Payments Coming to Mailboxes in Next Couple of Months
• Dicamba’s 2020 Legal Tug-of-War to Continue in 2021
• Beaten and Battered but Still Resilient, Cattlemen Look to 2021 With Eagerness
• Incoming House Ag Committee Chairman highlights priorities
• Report: Nearly all US farms are still family farms
• “Pending” CFAP 3 Details
• Video: What’s in COVID-19 relief package No. 3 for you (If Passed)
• New CRP Enrollment Offers Opportunity for Grazing, Hay
• Farmers have short window to sign up for ARC, PLC in 2021
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Incoming Ranking Member Of House Ag Committee Lists His Priorities
• Feed Cost Projections 2021 | Not Much Good News for Feed Buyers Ahead
• How USDA’s January reports could impact your marketing decisions
• Russia to boost durum wheat output after Putin’s criticism of pasta prices
• Tyson Reports “Misappropriation” Of Funds By Beef Supplier
• EPA faces lawsuits over dicamba, glyphosate and pesticide exclusion zones
  RMA to farmers in 2020: ‘We listen to you’
• Top 10 Ag Stories of 2020 – Trump Administration Continued to Deregulate Agriculture
• Agricultural workers win overtime case
• This Business of Farming brought to you by Priceless gifts for our children | Teach your kids that shared values like hard work and respect mean more than political signs in your neighbor’s yard.
• Successful Farming | 2020: The year that was What did 2020 teach you about yourself? I am learning to let go of things I can’t control. It’s a process.
• Biden links climate change, jobs and environmental justice
• Biden’s EPA nominee navigated diverse interests in North Carolina
• USDA officially moves toward regulating gene-edited livestock
• Veteran farmer sees “wild” 2021 grain market
• Secretary Perdue Announces Groundbreaking Proposal to Transfer Agricultural Animal Biotechnology Regulatory Framework to USDA

• CoBank Releases 2021 Year Ahead Report – Forces That Will Shape The U.S. Rural Economy
• Top 10 Ag Stories of 2020 | Best of the Rest of 2020’s Top Ag Stories
• Ag Looks Forward to Having an Advocate in Secretary Vilsack
• $300 Million Dicamba Settlement Finalized, Claim Filing to Start Shortly
• Diversification in Ag Markets: Personal Strategies Venture Beyond Commodities
• Lighthizer says U.S.-U.K. trade deal "extremely likely"
• Is ethanol back or about to bottom out – again?
• Communication can solve consumer fears over antibiotic resistance
• What does Mayor Buttigieg DOT nomination mean for ag?
• Soybean market breaks the $12 mark Thursday
• March corn futures have upside target at $4.49, analyst says
• 10 Farm Succession Goals to Set for 2021
• Biden Picks U.S. Representative Deb Haaland to be Interior Secretary
• What we learned in 2020
• Does your farm need a chief financial officer or controller?
• Farmland values rise despite turbulent year
• US ethanol groups decry Brazil for reimposing 20% tariff
• Landmark study to tap USDA farmer data to assess conservation practices
• CME Group Adds New Hemp Pricing DATA to CME DataMine
• Secretary Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2020 Accomplishments
• AgLaunch And Farm Journal Announce Row Crop Challenge Winners
• Farmers For Free Trade Issues Blueprint Of Policy Suggestions
• Ag Senate Chairman Pat Roberts Receives NCBA’s Capitol Hill "Top Hand" Award

• Premiums for the Enhanced Coverage Option
• Corn, Soybeans: Crop Insurance – Premiums for the Enhanced Coverage Option
• USDA Releases "Outlook For U.S. Agricultural Trade" Report
• Bipartisan COVID relief proposal allocates $13B in ag aid
• Midweek Markets: Will Today’s WASDE be a game-changer?
• USDA Reports Preview | Soybean Supplies Expected To Tighten … Again
• Trump DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Deny Refiners | Justice Department Asks SCOTUS to Reject Appeal on Small-Refinery Exemptions
• Big farms, big government payments
• Biden agriculture pick likely to reassure farmers, disappoint activists
• DTN Grain Close: Markets Rebound, Show Timely Support
• Farm Groups Comment On Pending Vilsack USDA Nomination
• Biden wants Vilsack back in charge at USDA
• Who is Marcia Fudge for USDA Secretary?
• States Mull 2021 Dicamba Limits Some States Working to Further Restrict Dicamba in 2021
• Make Your Farm Voice Heard | How to Tell Your Farm Story
• What has been the biggest challenge of farming in 2020?
• Corn market trend is up, farmers should take advantage of it, analyst says
• Soybeans fall 12¢ Tuesday | Investors await this week’s USDA report.
• China already reportedly looking to secure 2021 U.S. soybeans
• FCC announces $9.2B in rural broadband projects
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX gets $885M from FCC to help bring broadband to rural US
• Eye-Catching Land Sales
• US farmers count on environmental practices to get edge in foreign markets

• Crop insurance for climate practices gets attention, but is the science there?
• 2020 Farm Sector Income Forecast, December
• Farm Income Higher in 2020 | Led Mainly by Ad-Hoc Payments, Net Farm Income Forecast to Reach Highest Level Since 2013
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Scott Looks to be Next Chair of House Ag Committee
• USDA: Farm Sector Profits Forecast to Rise in 2020
• Weekly Export Sales – Soybeans stumble again
• Peterson calls for mandating 50-million-acre CRP to address climate change
• Farmworkers Groups Sue on H-2A Rule | Department of Labor Rule Freezing Wages for Ag Workers Challenged
• Biden: Fast on broadband, slow on China
• Biden says he won’t immediately lift tariffs on China
• Three commodities to watch in December
• Congress sends grain standards bill to Trump
• Suicides in farm country
• Prevented-Planting Changes RMA Finalizes Policy Changes for 2021 Spring Crops, Expanding ‘1-in-4’ Rule Nationally
• World food price index jumps in Nov to almost 6-year high -FAO
• Three commodities to watch in December
• Grain Reauthorization Act awaits Trump’s signature

• 3 Big Things Today, November 25, 2020
• USDA Agricultural Trade Outlook- FY 2021 U.S. Exports Forecast Up $11.5 Billion
• President-elect Biden’s EPA could bring major ag changes
• Overall Anticipated Boost in Fuel Demand Seen From Vaccines
• Oil Price Spike Supports Corn, Ethanol
• Biofuel, Ag Groups Sue EPA to Restore 500 Million Gallons to Renewable Fuel Standard
• New Visibility for Climate Change as Formal Transition Begins
• COVID-19 reframes how people define sustainable food system
• Virtual tours emerge as selling tool in land market
• Trend toward lower use rate for pesticides continues
• Dow reaches 30,000 for first time; ag markets diverge Tuesday
• Farmers Sound Off On Increasingly Tough Labor Puzzle
• Grain Export Sales Reach Historic Highs in October
• USDA Ups Its Export Forecasts For FY 2021
• Record Farm Income Recovery Now Underway
• USDA Launches AskUSDA, Improves and Streamlines Customer Experience
• EPA Says It Will Re-Evaluate Dicamba Label Restrictions In Light Of Ag Groups’ Concerns
• Sharing Our Generous Bounty: From U.S. Farms to Foreign Tables
• Crop Progress Report

• USDA Introduces Enhanced Coverage Option Crop Insurance Product
• Nov. 16, 2020 | Crop Progress Report | PDF
• USDA Releases "Feed Outlook" Report
• USDA Releases "Oil Crops Outlook" Report
• Speculation for Secretary of Ag heats up
• Cash Market Moves Corn Harvest 2020: What a Difference a Year or Two Makes
• Sold too early? Get control of your crop’s profitability
• Corn and soybean harvest is virtually complete
• Smithfield Foods, subcontractor fined $100,000 for COVID-19 violations in California
• China’s irritated trade partners push back on coronavirus food tests
• Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2020 Third Quarter Farm Economy Conditions
• China’s Grain Buying Is “Rocking the Global Market”
• Fate of climate payment plans in hands of researchers
• Daybreak Nov 16: Lame duck heats up as House returns
• Senate Ag Committee Passes Grain Standards Reauthorization
• USDA: Farm Production Expenses Forecast To Decrease In 2020, Sixth Year In A Row
• China, 14 Other Countries Sign Large Trade Deal (Doesn’t include U.S., Canada, Australia or EU)
• ‘We Have a Pledge from Mr. Biden’ to Stop RFS Exemptions

• Pfizer, BioNTech say late-stage trial data shows Covid vaccine is more than 90% effective in preventing infection
• AP, TV networks call 2020 presidential race for Biden, Harris
• 3 Big Things Today, November 9, 2020
• Ag groups congratulate, pledge to work with Biden
• Biden’s Agenda and Agriculture Policy Shifts Could Be Tempered by GOP Senate, But Moderation Could Return to Compromise
• Harris Pays Tribute to Black Women in 1st Speech as VP-elect
• Biden’s trade policy will take aim at China, embrace allies
• Unresolved biofuel policy issues facing the next U.S. president
• China’s Tianjin to test cold storage food sites after confirmed coronavirus case
• In Trump Country, disappointment, anger mingle with hope for Biden to unite
• USDA Agricultural Projections Show Increased Soybean Acres in 2021

• Election Changes Ag Leaders | House Ag Chairman Falls, Causing Leadership Shift in Farm Policy
• Rural Voters Reverse 2018 Blue Wave
• 3 Big Things Today, November 5, 2020
• Barchart Releases Final 2020 U.S. Production And Yield Forecasts For Corn And Soybeans
• Trump Backers Converge on Vote Centers in Michigan, Arizona
• Seller’s Market for Land | Analysts, Brokers Seeing Explosion of Interest in Recreational Land Market
• New Dicamba Labels | A Breakdown of Changes to the 2020 Dicamba Labels
• EPA Okays Five-Year Registration for Two Dicamba Products
• Readers Share More Stories About Vintage Combines
• Cash market pricing tools, part 1
• Farm patriarch wonders if anyone in the next generation has what it takes to run the operation
• Farmer optimism is record high in a pandemic year of extreme
• CRS Report: Farm Bill Revenue Support, 2014-2020
• EPA Administrator: RFS Waiver Requests to Wait on Court Appeal

• Rural Voters Go for Trump DTN/PF Poll Shows Trump Has Rural Lead, But Many Said Ag Is Worse Off Than Four
• Todd’s Take A Week of Contradictions in Grains
• Future Poll Workers of America Iowa FFA Students Volunteer to Man Polling Places During COVID-19 Pandemic
• Commodity Classic will be virtual in 2021
• Feed buyers have some decisions to make, analyst says
• 2020: The lost year with a lot to gain
• China local authority warns of coronavirus on packaging of imported Brazilian pork
• Presidential campaigns talk ag during final stretch
• USDA announces Peanut Standards Board appointments
• As Importer’s Need for Corn and Soybeans Seen Rising, Few Countries Currently Competing with U.S. for Export Demand
• Signal to Noise: Positives for Ag Either Way the Election Goes
• Jerry Gulke: Is the Bull Market Over or Pausing to Refresh?
• Pulse: In Campaign Home Stretch, Trump Holds Lock on Farm Vote
• COVID-19 Raises Governments’ Food Security Concerns, Demand for U.S. Crops
• EPA narrows protections from pesticide spraying
• NASDA Welcomes Safety Standards And Improved Clarity In EPA’s New AEZ Rule
• Deere Holding Online Benefit Concert to Benefit Farm Rescue
• Trump Administration Invests $26.4 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Oklahoma
• USDA, Farm Credit Administration To Find Ways To Better Support Credit Needs Of Beginning Farmers
• U Of Illinois Researchers Release Results Of Study "Household Food Acquisition Behaviors During COVID-19"
• USDA Releases "Food Price Outlook" Report

• Rural Voters Go for Trump DTN/PF Poll Shows Trump Has Rural Lead, But Many Said Ag Is Worse Off Than Four
• Todd’s Take A Week of Contradictions in Grains
• Future Poll Workers of America Iowa FFA Students Volunteer to Man Polling Places During COVID-19 Pandemic
• Commodity Classic will be virtual in 2021
• Feed buyers have some decisions to make, analyst says
• 2020: The lost year with a lot to gain
• China local authority warns of coronavirus on packaging of imported Brazilian pork
• Presidential campaigns talk ag during final stretch
• USDA announces Peanut Standards Board appointments
• As Importer’s Need for Corn and Soybeans Seen Rising, Few Countries Currently Competing with U.S. for Export Demand
• Signal to Noise: Positives for Ag Either Way the Election Goes
• Jerry Gulke: Is the Bull Market Over or Pausing to Refresh?
• Pulse: In Campaign Home Stretch, Trump Holds Lock on Farm Vote
• COVID-19 Raises Governments’ Food Security Concerns, Demand for U.S. Crops
• EPA narrows protections from pesticide spraying
• NASDA Welcomes Safety Standards And Improved Clarity In EPA’s New AEZ Rule
• Deere Holding Online Benefit Concert to Benefit Farm Rescue
• Trump Administration Invests $26.4 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Oklahoma
• USDA, Farm Credit Administration To Find Ways To Better Support Credit Needs Of Beginning Farmers
• U Of Illinois Researchers Release Results Of Study "Household Food Acquisition Behaviors During COVID-19"
• USDA Releases "Food Price Outlook" Report