07.29.19
07.26.19
- MFP Payment Details Market Facilitation Program Payments Will Range From $15 to $150 Per Acre
- The EPA After Pruitt
- First Round of Trump Tariff Payments Could Top $4 Billion
- USDA/FSA Payment Rates by County
- Weekly Export Sales – Holding on to hope
- National Crop Insurance Services Launches New Website: Crop Insurance 101
- Ag Markets Close Mostly Lower Thursday
- Farm Income Will Surge 4% if China Ends Soy Tariffs, Say Analysts
- Gardner testifies at hearing on cannabis challenges
- EPA favors oil refiners over corn farmers
- While Large Banks Exit Ag Lending, Rabobank Plans To Increase Its Ag Loans
- Crop Insurance Protects America’s Heartland by Farm Policy Facts
- Roberts, Stabenow Announce Grain Standards Hearing
- Bill Boosts Ag Import Security | Bipartisan Legislation Increases Ag and Food Inspectors at Ports of Entry
- Chinese government approves soybean purchase Chinese government approves soybean purchase
- Farmers earn more from YouTube than farming
- Farm Related Stress: Look for Warning Signs – DTN
- U.S. and China to Restart Trade Talks on July 30 in Shanghai
- Cover Crops, 2017 US Census of Agriculture
07.19.19
- Midwest Needs Long-Term Plan for Flood Management
- 110˚F. Weather to Take Toll on Late-Planted Corn, Soybeans
- Updated Climate Change Document Not Released By USDA
- Report: GMOs vital to feeding 10 billion people by 2050
- Corn, Soybeans Trade Lower Thursday
- Be Cautious When Bearish USDA Report Moves Market Higher
- Agricultural Trucking Relief Act Introduced
- August Crop Production to Include Resurvey, Satellite and FSA Data
- USDA’s Hutchins defends ERS, NIFA relocation
- KC Fed: Large Loans Drive Further Increases In Farm Lending
- The Debt Limit: A Saga of Self-Inflicted Trouble
- Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- July 2019
- New Farmers.gov Feature Helps Find Loans to Fit Individual Operation
- Corn Basis: The Danger of Using Averages
- Trump Says He Can put More Tariffs on China if He Wants
- Be Cautious When Bearish USDA Report Moves Market Higher
- U.S., Chinese officials to discuss trade in Thursday call -Mnuchin
- GRAINS-Soybeans rebound, crop-friendly U.S. weather cap gains
- EPA Approves Sulfoxaflor as Crop Insecticide After Studying Impact on Bees
- New Partners Want To Fill “Lending Void” In Agriculture
- Crop Conditions Haven’t Been This Bad Since 2012
- Labor Department Proposes H-2A Changes | Ag Secretary Says New Rule Eases Burden on US Farmers
- House Ag Subcommittee Hears Stories of Lost Opportunity in Trade
- When the Senior Generation Withold Important Transition Information
- Fate of USMCA Hinges on Trump and Pelosi Agreement
- USDA Announces Funding to Support Veteran Farmers
- Texas Rancher to U.S. House: Ratify USMCA for American Beef Producers
- White House Approves Trade Aid 2.0, Payments Expected Next Month
- White House completes MFP review
- Weather, Trade Weigh on CHS, Cargill Two Agribusinesses Show Significant Drops in Net Income
- Exporting U.S. Ag Is Big Business
- July 15 Crop Progress Report
- U.S., Chinese Officials to Discuss Trade This Week -Mnuchin
- USDA Urged to Address Discrimination Issues
- Trump Administration Proposes New Agriculture Immigration Rules
- Rewards and Risks of Buying Seed Online
- Official Definition Of “Precision Agriculture” Released
- Perdue Signs Pledge to America’s Workers
- Secretary Perdue Statement on the Department of Labor’s Proposed H2A Modernized Rule
- Reproductive Stage Soybeans More Sensitive to Dicamba
- Short Crop Will Slash Record-Large Soy Stockpile by One Fourth
- Farmers Urged to Fence in a Range of Prices, Analyst Says
- How to Navigate Through This Economic Downturn in Farm Margins
- Committee Passes Family Farmer Relief Act
- U.S. Growing Largest Crop of Marijuana in 5 Years
- Conflicting Perspectives on China’s Promise to Purchase More U.S. Farm Goods
07.12.19
- 3 Big Things Today, July 12
- 7 Ag Stories You Migh Have Missed This Week – July 12, 2019
- Trade War May Permantently Alter Trade, Cargill Exec Says
- Rural Community Broadband Benefit | Congressman Asks for Rural Voices to be Heard on Funding Broadband Access
- Grains Ease Following WASDE-Day Surge
- Deep Dive: What We Lost in the Trade War With China
- Wall Street Banks Bailing on Troubled U.S. Farm Sector
- Federal Reserve Expected to Lower Interest Rates
- USDA Makes Few Changes In Corn, Soybean Production Thursday
- Trump Defends Refinery Waivers
- First Company Approved For Ag Spraying Via Drone In Iowa
- The Other Side of the Seventies
- Unprecedented Year Could Spark Unprecedented Changes in WASDE Report
- Farm Policy Facts: Time is Ticking as Farmers Ask Congress to Pass USMCA
- Deep Dive: What We Lost in the Trade War With China
- USDA Extends Reporting Date For Spring Crops
- 10 Years of Seed Industry Mergers, Acquisitions and Retired Brands
- Barrasso Eyes Aug. 1 Markup for Infrastructure Reauthorization Bill
- GIPSA Reboot Coming This Fall
- Roberts, Stabenow Announce Ag Research Hearing
- SDA Reports Preview July WASDE: Mirage or for Real?
- Sanders, AOC: Declare Climate Emergency
- Startups grow meat in lab, face scrutiny
- China Eyes Trump’s 2020 Strategy for Clues on Trade War Deal
- Study Shows Farmers Losing More Yield Than They Think
- Beef Exports Steady in May; Values Tick Up 1%
- U.N. Report: Ag Growth to Keep Food Prices Low in Coming Decade
- Farm Loan Delinquencies Higher in 2018, But Remain Historically Low
- AccuWeather: 2019 Corn Yield Will be Lowest Since 2012
- New Ad: EPA’s RFS Waivers Harm Biodiesel Producers, Farmers
07.05.19
- 3 Big Things Today, July 5
- The 5 Myths of Hemp Growth
- Global Stocks Mixed on Friday
- EIA: Ethanol Stocks Jump to 6-Week High
- China Considers Buying U.S. Farm Products
- Making Sense of the USDA’s Planted Acres Report
- The Farm Bill Looks to Tackle Food Loss and Waste
- The Jones Act: Hidden Cost to Farmers
- USDA Expects Storm-Related Planting Claims to Top $1 Billion
- EPA Relaxes Restrictions on Use of Dicamba in Texas
- Trump Approval Among Farmers Rises to 79%
- Special salary report: Think you want to be an Ag Dean?
- Weekly Outlook: June Acreage Report Heightens Uncertainty
- Ag Economic Insights: Direct Payments To Farmers May Top $20 Billion, Highest In Two Decades
- Farmers Will be ‘Great Beneficiary’ as U.S.-China Talks Resume, says Trump
- Todd’s Take: Making a NASS of Themselves
- Senators Want President to Keep Ag Secretary Out of EPA Small-Refinery Decisions: Backlash Over Perdue Influence
- Demand for Seed Skyrockets, Supplies Tight as USDA Encourages Cover Crops
- June Acreage Report Heightens Uncertainty
- USDA Crop Data Not Matching Up with Others’ Assessments
- Democrats running out of options to stop Trump from moving two USDA offices
- USDA Releases Its Annual Technology Transfer Report
- Perspectives on Corn Belt Farmland Values
- Cattle Auction Markets Raise Over $230,000 for Nebraska Flood Relief
USDA Releases New Website on Prevented Planting - Nebraska crops behind, but doing well
06.27.19
- Friday’s USDA Data the Most Volatile in 7 Years, Successful Marketing Newsletter Says
- Ag Chem Industry Concerned Over Proposed New Tariffs
- USDA Farm Bill Implemenation Update
- Aid for Farmers, Ranchers Available Through FSA
- The Bottom For Cattle?
- Where do 2020 Dems stand on climate and agriculture?
- Tysons Being Investigated for Price-Fixing Allegations
- June Rural Mainstreet Index Climbs Above Growth Neutral
- Perdue Acknowledges Farmers as Casualties of Trade War
- Study Shows North American Crop Production Benefits from Climate Change
- Agriculture Secretary Behind Livestock Industry Push to Change
- This Crop Season Could Be Just What the Supply Doctor Needed, Analyst Says
- Our Nation’s Rail, Bridges, and Roads Need Repairs
- Senate Dems want climate change transparency
- China and U.S. officials talk ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
- Bill passes with no funding for USDA KC relocation
- Farmers Working Capital at "Critical Low"
- John Phipps: Why USDA’s Silence on Farm Bill Programs is Unsettling
- House Dems Dig In On Demands to Change USMCA
- Where Do 2020 Dems Stand On Climate and Agriculture
- Stocks End Mostly Lower as Rally Fades
- Decision Due in Mid-July on Banning Chlorpyrifos
06.20.19
- USDA to Move Up Date to Hay, Graze Prevent Plant Acres
- Duvall Says Farmers May Need Another Trade Aid Program
- Understanding NASS’s planting percentage
- 3 Big Things Today, June 20
- Fusarium Head Blight Taking Hold in Winter Wheat Fields
- Trade policies shifting to transactional partnerships
- Stable Agricultural Land Values Settle Farm Balance Sheets, For Now
- USTR to Democrats: Let’s make a deal on USMCA
- U.S. Trade Rep: Farmers Hit By Japanese Agreements with Others – DTN
- Ag Trade Balance Projected to Fall to $8 Billion in Fiscal 2019
- Taco Bell Refuses to Consider Using Fake Meat
- Climate Change Sows Seeds of Multi-Peril Crop Insurance Denials
- Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- May 2019
- Senators Press for Trade Action | Trade Ambassador Says USMCA Talks Continue to Advance With Democrats
- Trade Optimism Sends US Stocks Higher
- Trump and Xi will talk trade at G-20 “extended meeting”
- Lighthizer testifies on USMCA details
- USDA Releases "Feed Outlook: June 2019" Report
- Prevent Plant for Corn and Soybeans, 2007-2018
- Trump’s $16 Billion Farm Bailout Criticized at the WTO
- Call the Vet! Rural Veterinary Medicine is Struggling
- Is Trump’s Farm Support Wearing Thin
- Market Retreats to Mull Acreage
- USDA Releases "Season-Average Price Forecasts" Outlook Report
- USDA: Agricultural Exports Supported An Estimated 1.2 Million Full-Time Jobs In 2017
- Millions Of Corn, Soybean Acres Remain Unplanted
- Despite Sour Ag Economy, Farmers Nat’l Co. Reports Land Sales Volume Up 29%
- Texas Growers With Failed Cotton Have Replant Options
- Trade Of U.S. Wheat Not Disrupted By Discovery Of GE Crop
- Analysts: Millions of Acres of Corn, Soybeans Will Not Get Planted
- The Other Side of the 2019 Corn Rally
- Senate Ag Committee Member Says It’s Time to Crack Down on EPA Waivers
- Pruitt Advised Not to Issue Exemptions | Adviser Warned Pruitt of ‘Appearance of Quid Pro Quo’ on Small-Refinery Waivers
- Planting Cover Crops on Prevent Plant Acres? Read This First
- Trump Mulled Plan in 2018 to Scale Back U.S. Biofuel Waivers
- Top Stories Broin: E15 is ‘a game changer for rural America’
- Outlook Chairman ‘Could Argue Both Ways for Soybean Planted Acreage’
- CoBank: Blockchain hurdles for commodity system
- Why Is Kansas City a Good Home for ERS?
- Washington Week Ahead: USTR presses USCMA, House debates FY20 bills
06.13.19
- 3 Big Things Today, June 13
- Trump in Nebraska, Iowa to Push Year-Round E-15 Sales
- Some Details Of Trade Aid 2.0 Revealed, First Payments In August
- FEEDD Act introduced in U.S. House: A bill that would allow for early haying and grazing of cover crops on prevent plant ground has been introduced in the U.S.
- Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech Order
- U.S. – Mexico Rift Far From Over and Still a Trade Threat
- Farmers Counting on Congress to Bring USMCA Across Finish Line
- As the First Round of Planting Nears an End, Replanting Begins
- Tyson Enters Plant-Based Meat Market
- EIA: Ethanol Stocks Plunge
- Rural Voters Sticking With Trump
- Trump Simplifies Reviews of Genetically Modified Farm Products
- USDA Set to Adjust U.S. Soy Numbers in July Report – Chief Economist
- As Democratic voters warm to free trade, White House candidates struggle for positions
- Weather Delay Cuts Corn Crop to Smallest in 4 Years
- In farm children, I see virtues that one sees too rarely these days
- Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech Order
- Secretary Perdue: Farmers are Resilient
- The Aftermath of Wet Spring: USDA Making Rare Adjustment to Corn Yield
- Will the USDA Bombshell Stick?
- President Trump Streamlines Agriculture Biotech Regulations
- Trump Simplifies Reviews of Genetically Modified Farm Products
- Yield Busters: USDA Report Sends Corn Futures Skyward
- Planting cover crops could yield MFP payments
- As Biden Tours Iowa, Farmers Want to Know Where He Stands on Ethanol
- Doud, McKinney: Trump Has Farmers Backs
- House Ag Subcommittee Agricultural Trade Hearing- USMCA Approval “Vital”
- New Book Released: Who’s Running Your Farm (NEXT)?
- Fragile U.S. – Mexico Dea Doesn’t Include Ag Purchases
- Trump Removes Tariff Threat, But Obstacles Remain for USMCA
- 2017 Census Shows Continued Concentration In Agricultural Production
- USDA Releases “Latest U.S. Agricutlural Trade Data” Outlook Report
- USDA Tempers Aid Expectations: Planting Still a Priority for MFP Payments, Disaster Aid Has to Stretch Far
- USDA’s June Report Ill-Suited for Big Questions
- Petroleum Interests Sue EPA on E15 Rule
- Crop Progress Report
- China: 5 Things to Think About
- Should You Keep the Corn and Soybean Seeds You Have?
- Efforts to Retrict Foregin Ownership of US Farmland Grow
- Additional Information on Disaster and Trade-Related Assistance from USDA
- Wheat Groups Comment on Discovery of GE Wheat in Washington Field
- Secretary Perdue Statement on Disaster and Trade-Related Assistance
- Senators Urge USDA to Expedite Crop Insurance Guidelines
- Trump Calls Off Tariff Threat After Agreement is Reached
- On Heels of Tariff Deal, Trump Seeks to Reassure Rural Base
- ARA: Payments May Negatively Impact Retailers
- Trump Signs Disaster Bill with $3 Billion for Agriculture
- Stage Set for a Significant Price Rally, Analysts Says
- USDA Proposes New Rule for Regulating GM Crops
- G-20 Officials Pledge to Protect Growth
- Positive Trade News with Mexico in the Midst of an Awful Spring for Planting
- Harvested Cropland Declined by 2 Million Acres in 2018
06.05.19
Corn planting in Nebraska, as of Sunday, stood at 88 percent. Sixty-seven percent of the crop had emerged, compared to 88 percent normal. Soybean planting was 64 percent complete, well behind the 87 average. Thirty-nine percent of soybeans had emerged. Thirty-six percent of sorghum was planted. Winter wheat rated 67 percent good to excellent and 25 percent fair. Pasture and range conditions were called 83 percent good to excellent and 15 percent fair.
- Ag Retailers Say Disaster Aid Could Leave Them Holding the Seed Bag
- Ethanol Groups Predict Year-Round E15 Sales Will Lead to Long-Term Market Growth
- Ag Senate Committee Chairman Roberts Issues Statement On EPA EPCRA Rulemaking
- Ag Economy Barometer Falls to Ocotber 2016 Level
- Texas Judge Sinks WOTUS Rule
- Which Farmers are Most at Risk in 2019
- Farm Groups Applaud EPA’s Livestock Emissions Exemption
- Disaster Relief Bill Awaits President Trump’s Signature
- China Suspends U.S. Soybean Purchases
- USDA: Slightly Over 12% Of U.S. Residents Participated In SNAP In 2018
- Long-Stalled Disaster Aid Clears Congress
- Farm Policy Facts: Our View –Financial Woes on the Farm Bode Ill for the Nations
- Farmers Unsettled by U.S. Tariff Threats, While USDA Projects Lower Agricultural Exports
- Crop Progress Report: June 3, 2019
- Crunch Time: 31 Million Corn Acres Unplanted
- Trump Says Mexico to Discuss His Tariff Threat in DC
- Syngenta Announces Global Introduction of Novel Seed Treatment Fungicide Vayantis
- USDA Says States Can’t Block Hemp Transports
- Pulse Poll: More Than a Third of Farmers to Take Prevent Plant
- USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates
- Stabenow Applauds New Crop Insurance Benefits for Farmer Veterans
- Ag Economic Insights Issues Report “Trade War Consequences And Impacts”
- Mexico And U.S. Gear Up For Tariff Talks As Trump Doubles Down On Threat
- U.S. Businesses, Farm Groups Warn Tariffs On Mexico Raise Costs, Create Uncertainty
- USDA Reports Nation’s Ag Exports At Three Year Low
- EPA Finalizes E15 Rule Agency Leaves Potential Biofuel Credit Reforms on Table for Later Time
- A Roundup of Recommendations for Late Soybean Planting
- Farmers Face Difficult Decisions as Spring Planting Lumbers On
- Jerry Gulke: Prices Blow Through Overhead Resistance; What’s Next?
- Farmers Used Rally As Opportunity To Drain Elevator Space
- Washington Week Ahead: House Set to Clear Long-Awaited Disaster Aid
- Lower Peanut Stocks
- “Undercover” Videos Are Not Going Away: Hire Carefully