Ag News

• MFP Made Farmers Whole Study: MFP Payments Larger Than Short-Term Price Impact of Trade War
• China likely to speed up buying of U.S. farm goods – COFCO exec
• Crop Insurance Backs Farmers During Unprecedented Uncertainty
• Russia sent 25,000 tonnes of wheat to North Korea
• US soybean exports feed rising Chinese demand
• The Straight and Narrow Path Won’t Be the Road Cattle Take
• Senate bill would require 50% cash cattle sales
• Packers, NCBA Oppose Cattle Bill | North American Meat Institute Argues Packers Have Acted Fairly During Pandemic
• How WASDE wobbled grain prices
• Coronavirus could pare meat consumption by 10 pounds per American
• COVID-19 Roils Ag Markets- Income, Food Prices, Production Impacted as Legislators Weigh In
• FOCUS-Truckers hit by coronavirus pandemic face rocky road to recovery
• Newest House coronavirus aid proposal includes biofuels and livestock producers
• USDA lowers meat production estimate but sees 2021 bounce back
• ADM Optimistic China’s U.S. Ag Products Buying Will Hit Phase 1 Target
• New Website Connects Livestock Producers to Carbon for Composting
• $2.60 December Corn Futures are Possible, Not Inevitable. Here’s Why
• Paycheck Protection Program loans may increase tax burden
• Farm Journal’s Trust In Food Project Releases Research “U.S. Farmers’ Perspectives On Water”
• USDA Releases “Resource Requirements Of Food Demand In The United States” Report

Webinar Today | Noon Central Time

Producers can register for it here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Questions can be sent to USDA through the Q&A box or by emailing CFAP.webinars@usda.gov. The answers, and a recording of the webinar, will be posted at farmers.gov/CFAP. The USDA rule laying out limits and eligibility requirements for the payments was still listed as under White House review as of Tuesday but could be released any day. Scheduling Thursday’s webinar is “good sign” the rule is being released soon, one lobbyist said.

• 3 Big Things Today, May 7, 2020
• Purdue/CME Group’s Ag Barometer Index Drops Below 100 As Coronavirus Disrupts Agriculture
• Ag Secretary Wants Updates on Closed Packing Plants, Directs Guidance on Worker Safety
• Sec. Perdue Expects Meat Plants to Reopen Within 10 Days
• Perdue says meatpacking disruptions have ‘turned the corner’
• View From the Cab | Time to Come Home | Progressive Farmer by DTN
• Perdue outlines processing plant expectations
• Frost to hit the Corn Belt Friday night, forecaster says
• Ag Economists Warn Against Overreaction to Meat Industry Structure
• Picking a Data Partner
• Perdue applauds dismissal of lawsuit against Smithfield
• “Flipped On Its Head” by COVID-19: Some Food Sectors “Scramble” For New Equilibrium
• Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today: Wheat Crops, Ethanol Exports and More
• Business liability shaping up as key issue for next COVID relief bill

• 3 Big Things Today, April 30, 2020
• Pandemic fuels new farm concerns, appeals for more aid: ‘What’s going on is unacceptable’
• EU and Mexico conclude negotiations for new trade agreement
• JBS reopens U.S. pork plant to put down pigs, dispose of carcasses, not produce meat
• China May Miss ‘Phase One’ Target for U.S. Farm Purchases
• Supply Chain Woes Persist After Trump Executive Order, as COVID-19 Impacts Endure
• Farmers Focus on People, Risk Management During COVID-19
• Ag industry tries to digest meatpacking order
• Trump Orders Meatpacking Plants to Remain Open
• Biden campaign ramping up rural effort with key advisers
• NRCS hiring 1,000-plus employees to bolster field offices
• COVID-19 Makes Corn, Soybean Marketing Year Average Prices Nosedive
• USDA to offer 30-year CRP contracts beginning this summer
• Virus-related food shortages will be temporary in U.S., experts say
• There’s a reason meat is cheaper in U.S. than other countries
• Ethanol Production Drops 48% From Last Year
• Study Shows 34% Of Small Businesses Can’t Cover Their May Rent
• Real GDP Contracts Nearly 5 Percent in First Quarter
• CME Reports First-Quarter 2020 Financial Results
• U.S. Consumer Confidence, Exports Sink Amid Disruptions
• Lawsuit Alleges Water Rule Exposes Ag | Cattle Group Says New Water Rule Regulates Non-Navigable Waters
• Call the Market | This Isn’t Where the Road Ends
• View From the Cab | Still Nuts About Farming
• Conaway addresses aid for ag producers, food supply chain
• Tool helps ranchers predict grassland productivity

• 3 Big Things Today, April 24, 2020
• House passes $500 billion coronavirus bill and oversight panel
• Farmers, Lawmakers Seek Solutions to Food Supply Chain Problems
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – April 24, 2020
• Congressman, Union Call on White House Task Force to Respond to Meat Industry Challenges
• Still Some SBA Loan Confusion Farmers Wanting to Apply for Next Round of Funds Need to Act Now
• COVID-19 aid payment limits raise flags for livestock groups
• Who is keeping China accountable for trade pact?
• CDFA surveying growers about PPE needs
• Could sustainability focus earn a premium for growers?
• More than 5,000 U.S. meat, food-processing workers exposed to coronavirus -union
• Two more ethanol plants idled amid coronavirus pandemic
• A bottomless pit for corn prices
• Record red meat, pork, beef production in March
• Global Economies Want Lockdown Escape
• Trump Administration Publishes Final WOTUS Waters Rules
• SCOTUS: Pollutants that travel through groundwater may require permit
• COVID-19 Could Almost Double Global Acute Hunger, Says UN
• Study: ASF Could Cost United States $50 Billion
• USDA Reviews 41 States’ Rural Broadband Pilot Program Apps

• USDA Set to Unveil $15 Billion COVID Farm Aid Package
• DHS and USDA Move to Protect American Farmers and Ensure Continued Flow of America’s Food Supply
• DTN: FAPRI PROJECTS $20 BILLION NET DECLINE IN FARM INCOME FOR 2020
• Peterson: USDA should up commodity purchases | Peterson urges Administration to aid hungry Americans and struggling farmers
• Focus on Logistical Disruptions for Food, as USDA Assistance Plan Expected Soon
• COVID-19 Effects Persist: Decline in Farm Income Seen, Processing Disruptions Continue, Phase One Trade
• Ag Districts Get Focus in Battle for Congress
• Webinar: An Update for Producers on COVID-19 Legislation, Resources – April 17
• Soybean Export Update US Losing Seasonal Soy Sales to Brazil, But Demand Remains Despite Coronavirus Challenges
• Farm employers need labor contingency plans
• Some H-2A requirements will be temporarily amended during COVID-19 emergency
• 7 ways to slice COVID-19 risk during planting
• Cattle industry projected to lose $13.6 billion in wake of coronavirus
• PPP well running dry
• AFBF says China’ needs to accelerate U.S. ag buys
• Weather overrides COVID-19 as biggest influence on successful 2020 crops
• Northey says more funding will be needed to help all commodities
• 2020 Childhood Agricultural Injuries Fact Sheet Released

• 3 Big Things Today, April 9, 2020
• Perdue: USDA hurrying to distribute farm aid
• USDA to probe COVID-19 impact on beef prices
• WTO sees “ugly" trade plunge worse than in financial crisis
• USDA Reports Preview April WASDE Braces for Demand Reductions
• Taxlink The Overly Complicated Self-Rental and 199A
• Kub’s Den | Energy Markets Spooked By ‘Overpriced’ Corn
• Ethanol Blog | Refining Interests Consider Appeal to SCOTUS on Small-Refinery Exemptions
• 3 lessons for grain marketing in volatile times
• Brazil and Argentina Clobbered by Drought
• Court rejects refiners’ request for rehearing on SRE ruling
• NCBA Requests President Trump Expand USDA Market Investigation, Examine Futures Markets

• Farms eager for forgivable loans as SBA updates rules
• SBA Says No to Ag Aid Farm Groups Question SBA Loan Restrictions
• AFBF: Ag Must Be Included in Disaster Loan Program
• Farm Journal Live: How is COVID-19 Impacting the Ag Economy?
• Roberts: $9 billion for livestock producers
• 3 Big Things Today, April 3, 2020
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – April 3, 2020
• Successful Farming | What farmers are reading this week, March 27- April 3
• Conservation Reserve rental rates fall by $8 an acre for new land
• Brazil’s southern soybean crop seen at 8-year low, crop tour reports
• COVID-19 Impacting Food Purchasing Dynamics, as Ag Labor Concerns Persist
• United States Grain Stocks Down from 2019
• Nebraska Farmland Values Post First Gain Since 2014

RMA Offering Remote Assistance and Authorizing Additional Flexibility for Producers

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2020 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is authorizing additional flexibilities due to coronavirus while continuing to support producers, working through Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) to deliver services, including processing policies, claims and agreements. These flexibilities include:

1. enabling producers to send notifications and reports electronically
2. extending the date for production reports and providing additional time
3. deferring interest on premium and other payments.

“Crop insurance will continue to support farmers through the challenges ahead, and our RMA team is here to support them,” RMA Administrator Martin Barbre said. “We are working with the AIPs to continue to deliver crop insurance and to respond to farmer needs.”
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• Massive stimulus deal authorizes billions in new farm aid
• Administration Decides Against Appealing Renewable Fuels Decision
• FARM POLICY FACTS: OUR VIEW | America’s Farmers Need Relief as They Keep Calm and Plant On
• COVID-19 aid package offers assistance to rural America
• USDA Outlook Forum Wheat Projections
• Farm Futures Releases 2020 Producer Planting Intentions Survey Results
• Planting intentions 2020: Farmers see corn as safe-haven
• Ag Groups Praise Aid Bill | Senate Passes $2 Trillion Stimulus Bill Unanimously That Boosts USDA Funds
• Market turmoil triggers interest rate hikes for ag loans
• Data: How COVID-19 is Affecting Ag Employment
• FBN Reduces Prices On Chemical, Seed Inputs By Up To 15% In Response To COVID-19