Ag News

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• RMA: Companies ready for prevent plant claims
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• Trump to Impose 5% Tariff on Mexican Goods
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• Trade: China Halts U.S. Soybean Purchases, While USMCA Prospects Unfold
• Historic Flooding Hits Farmers in South-Central US
• Trade Aid Not a Solution: Farm Groups Praise Aid, President, But Keep Asking for Long-Term Trade Resolution
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• Weather Chaos Expected to Leave Record U.S. Corn Acres Unplanted
• A Need For Tech-Savvy Farmers Plagues The Agriculture Industry
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• RMA: Companies ready for prevent plant claims
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• Corn Prices Surge to Three-Year High
• Planting Progress Remains at a Record Low
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• Court Tosses 2015 WOTUS Rule
• China Puts U.S. Soybean Purchases on Hold
• Late Planting with Grain Sorghum Could Provide Opportunity
• Another Right-to-Farm Victory
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• USDA Marketing Assitance Loan Deadlines Near
• Rural Broadband Deplyment Report Receives Mixed Reviews
• Trump Tariff Payments Could Triple Farm Subsidies This Year
• Corn Prices Surge to Three-Year High
• Revisit Hedges as Late Planting Season Begins
• DTN Early Word Opening Livestock Follow-Through Pressure Expected
• Fertilizer Outlook – Fertilizer Industry Scramble to Adjust
• USDA WASDE predicts $4.70 average wheat price
• ERS, NIFA employees expected to be relocated this summer
• Renewable Fuel Standard Act Introduced: Bill sets June 1 deadline for submitting small refinery exemption petitions
• 11 findings from aerial applicator survey
• New Attempt for House Passage of Disaster Bill Possible This Week
• High Risk of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome This Spring
• Ag Economist Sees Big Drop In Corn Acreage–And Yields
• Japan braces for more pressure from Trump
• Questions Surround Trade, Disaster Relief as Farmers Struggle to Plants
• Perdue Responds to UGA Study on USMCA
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• U.S. Cattle on Feed Hits Another Record
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• Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act Introduced
• Judge Rejects Plan for Public Land Grazing Allotments
• Farm Groups Praise Aid, President, But Keep Asking for Long-Term Trade Resolution
• Senator Asks EPA’s Inspector General for RFS Waiver Investigation
• While in Japan, Trump Comments on China
• U.S. Court Rules in Favor of Miller Coors in a Sour Fight With Rival Bud Light
• Farmers Show Cautious Optimism for Tariff Aid Plan
• Will USDA Avoid Skewing Planting Decisions?
• Strong Weekend Storms Continue to Delay Planting

• New Tariff Aid Plan Offers Single Payment for All Non-Specialty Crops
• Senate Disaster Aid Bill Waives AGI Limits On MFP 2.0
• USDA Details New Round of Trade Aid for Farmers That Demands Planting This Spring
• Congress, President Agree on $19 Billion Package Covering Hurricanes, Floods
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – May 24, 2019
• USDA Offers Explainer on $16 Billion Trade War Buffer to Farmers
• Trump Speaks on China, USMCA, and Deregulation at Trade Aid Press Conference
• Groups support agribusiness merger moratorium bills
• MPF Payments: Less Pressure to Plant Soybeans?
• MFP 2.0 Makes Prevent Plant Decisions Even More Difficult
• USDA Alerts Vendors to Fraudulent DocuSign Email

USDA Announces Support for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation and Trade Disruption

(Washington, D.C., May 23, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation and trade disruption. President Trump directed Secretary Perdue to craft a relief strategy to support American agricultural producers while the Administration continues to work on free, fair, and reciprocal trade deals to open more markets in the long run to help American farmers compete globally. Specifically, the President has authorized USDA to provide up to $16 billion in programs, which is in line with the estimated impacts of unjustified retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural goods and other trade disruptions. These programs will assist agricultural producers while President Trump works to address long-standing market access barriers. Continue reading.

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• Japan Opens Doors to Full Access of U.S. Beef Imports – USDA
• Japan Lifts Age Restriction on Beef
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• 3 Big Things Today, May 16
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• Ag Sec’y Perdue Provides Update On China-U.S. Relations
• Trading Challenges Add to Boost in Corn
• Trump Displays Preference for Tariffs Over Deals
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• GOP Works to Ease Blow From Trump’s Trade War
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• 3 Big Things Today, May 14
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• Weekly Outlook: Reconsidering USDA’s Corn Projections

• 3 Big Things Today, May 9
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• A Lot on the Line as China Negotiations Near Possible Tipping Point
• USDA’s Early Glimpse of a New Season
• Most Fertilizer Prices Move Lower for Second Week in a Row
• White House Says China Has Indicated It Wants to Make Trade Deal
• Farmer Sentiment Darkens as China Hopes Fade
• Grains Weaker as Forecast Improves and Tariffs Are Readied
• Turning Pivots Into Autonomous Crop Growing Machine
• China Warns It Will Retaliate if Trump Follows Through on Tariff Threat
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• As Farm Bankruptcies Climb, Ag Bankers Take Action
• Group Calls For A New Agency To Be Formed At USDA To Regulate Ag Industry Consolidation
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• China Outlook Dims on Latest U.S. Trad Spat
• USDA Announces Dual-Use Insurance Grain-Graze Coverage
• EPA Fights for Refiner Waivers in Court Agency: ‘While RFS Encourages Use of Renewable Fuels, Not at All Costs’
• More Background on the Study That Claims Growing Corn Kills People
• Survey Highlights Negative Trend in Worker Availability
• Perdue Plows Ahead With USDA Relocation
• North Dakota Grain Growers to Leave National Association of Wheat Growers
• China Changes Laws in Trade War with U.S., Enforcement a Concern
• Disaster Aid Delays Leave Farmers Hanging By A Thread
• Chapter 12 Bankruptcies Don’t Fully Reveal the Pain in Farm Country
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• Lighthizer says China backed away from trade commitments
• ASA President ‘Shocked’ By Trump Tariff Tweet
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• World Shares Mixed on Tuesday
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• Purdue On Assessing Ag Producers’ Purchasing And Marketing Skills
• Number of Employees Leaving USDA’s ERS Doubled Over Moving Plan
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• Climate Change: Political Trigger and Real Fact – Commentary
• Perdue Announces Top Sites for ERS and NIFA Relocations
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• Trump says U.S-Japan are making progress in trade talks
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