Ag News

• Ag Markets Trim Losses Wednesday
• CoBank: Rising Interest Rates Adds Burden to Ag, Rural Economy
• Ethanol, Ag Groups Sue on RFS Waivers Court Challenge Alleges EPA Failed to Publish RFS Waivers as Final Actions
• Is There a Hay Storage Where You Farm
• Do You Have a Digital Strategy on Your Farm?
• China’s Slow Approvals of Biotech Crops Cost U.S. $7 Billion, Says Industry Group
• China Slams Trumps ‘Flip-Flop’ on Tarrifs
• Producers Getting Whiplash from Trade Back-and-Forth
• Bayer Sells Ag Businesses Ahead of Merger
• Meteorologist: 2018 Weather Pattern To Parallel 2012
• Selling Interest in Selling Farmland is Picking Up
• An Overview of Crop Insurance: Recent Congressional Research Service Report
• Crop Progress Report: 05.29.18
• Groups Sue Over RFS Refinery Waivers
• Justice Department Demands $9 Billion in Competitive Divestiture from Bayer
• US Corn Planting Progress Surpasses Five-Year Average
• Ag-Blockchain Nexus Growing Consumer Groups Point to Blockchain as Tool to Improve Food Traceability
• New Study: ‘Efforts to Limit HPO Would Increase Risks to Farmers’
• Tariff Fears Intensify
• Trump to Impose $50 Billion in Tariffs on Chinese Imports
• DOJ approves Bayer-Monsanto merger–Updated: DOJ requires Bayer AG to divest assets worth $9 billion
• NAFTA Talks Continue, Time Running Short
• Vertical Farming Market Forecast To Grow 24% Annually
• Meteorologist: 2018 Weather Pattern To Parallel 2012
• US Corn Planting Nears Completion While OK, KS Wheat Crop Condition Declines Ahead of Harvest
• Grassley-Conaway Subsidy Feud Escalates
• Brazil Strike Impact global Commodity Trade
• China Trade Risks Prove Manageable for U.S. Ag Traders
• Trump Administration Seeks to Streamline Farm Labor Program for Ag Employers
• Four Steps to Solve the Mystery of Whether It’s Herbicide Injury or Disease
• Hopes for El Nino by Autumn: No Easing Of Southwest Drought
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Hits Second Highest Level on Record
• New Hours of Service Bill in U.S. Senate: Transporting Livestock Across America
• U.S. Officials Criticize EU’s Biotech Approval Process At WTO Meeting
• 10 Largest Landowners in the U.S. Named
• Boston Consulting Study Reports Five Trends Reshaping Farming
• USDA, University Study Compares Farmers Using Dealer Financing And Those With Conventional Lender
• Start Up Crop Pro Insurance Cancels Policies, Lacks Reinsurance
• Doud Says USTR Is Searching For More Trade Opportunities Outside of NAFTA
• Implement Dealer Financing and Farm Financial Stress

• Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue: “Trump Administration Stands Behind Ag Producers”
• Lies, Damned Lies, and Soybeans
• Kansas and Nebraska Leap Ahead of Average Corn, Soybean Planting Pace
• Nebraska Corn: Scouting for Insects after Emergence
• Steps Outlined for the Next Farm Bill Vote
• Reaction to U.S.–China Trade War Truce
• China, U.S. Near Deal on ZTE Reprieve; Beijing Cuts Auto Tariffs
• China Denies it Has Offered a $200 Billion Package to Slash U.S. Trade Gap
• China’s Buyers Balk at U.S. Corn on Trade Fears, GMO Controls
• Rest of the Story: China Framework Agreement: Analysis by Jerry Gulke
• Agriculture Is A Common Bargaining Chip in Trade Negotiations
• Crop Protection Companies Readying Business Plans For Robot Sprayers
• What do $3.80 Corn and $10 Soybean Midpoints Mean for 2018 Crop Revenues?
• May 21, 2018 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Paulsen Releases Report “For Women Only: How To Get Ahead In Agribusiness”
• Trump Tweets: China to Buy ‘Massive Amounts’ of U.S. Farm Products
• Farms Under Threat: The State of America’s Farmland Report Sounds a Stark Warning
• President Trump Says China Will Buy ‘Practically as Much as Our Farmers Can Produce’
• U.S. – China Trade Truce May Not Last
• China Lifts Sorghum Tariffs, Agrees to Purchase More U.S. Goods; U.S. Suspends Tariff Implementation
• Trade Deal with China Means Most for New Crop Soybeans, Meats
• Paul Ryan Extends NAFTA Deadline
• Trump Focuses on ‘Good’ NAFTA Not Deadlines
• Kansas and Nebraska Leap Ahead of Average Corn, Soybean Planting Pace
• Solar and Wind Dominate as Investment to Reach $2.20 Trillion
• Organic Farmers Assn Applauds USDA For Terminating Organic Checkoff Program
• Farmers For Free Trade Issues 4 Steps To Improve U.S.-China Ag Issues

Farm Bill Fails in the House Amid Republican Infighting Over Immigration

• House Expects Farm Bill Vote Today
• Editorial from Farm Policy Facts: Our View: If You Support Farmers, Reject Anti-Farmer Amendments
• Farm Bureau, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Dozens of Other Groups Oppose Checkoff Reform Amendment to 2018 Farm Bill
• GOP Leaders, Freedom Caucus Face Off on Farm Bill, Immigration
• The Farm Bill Could Be A Huge Blow To Animals
• The Case for Cutting Energy Programs from the Farm Bill
• Comparing Price Policy Directions in the 2018 Farm Bill Debate
• House Expects Farm Bill Vote Today
• Nebraska – Glyphosate Resistance: Preemergence Herbicides Help in Roundup Ready Corn
• 1st Nat’l Bank Of Omaha Releases Results Of 2018 State of Midwest Agribusiness Survey
• Farmers Plant 60% Of Nation’s Corn Crop In 3 Weeks
• Midweek Farm Prices Turn Lower
• Nebraska Planting Moves Ahead
• Nebraska Crop Progress Report
• Iowa Crop Progress Report
• Big Spread in Iowa’s Planting Progress
• EPA Chief’s Job Threatened Over Biofuel
• Crop Insurance: Premium Subsidy and Insured U.S. Acres – Impact by Crop
• NAFTA Talks Likely to Miss May Deadline
• Agriculture And Its Related Industries Added $1 Trillion To U.S. GDP In 2016
• Rough Road Ahead for Farm Bill
• New Crop Traits Target Photosynthesis for Bigger Yield Gains
• An Update on Global Warming , ‘Climate Change’
• Change Your Twitter Password
• Drought Damages Big Portion of Corn in Brazil’s Mato Grosso
• Grassley Says EPA Chief Must Slow Refinery Waivers or Resign
• Novak: New Definition of RFS “Hardship” Needed
• EPA Biofuel Volume Mandates Delivered to White House
• USDA Launches Ag Resource Management Survey
• Trade Update: NAFTA, China
• Biggest Threat to U.S. Produce Is Waiting On Chinese Customs
• NAFTA Talks Likely to Miss May Deadline
• USDA to Terminate Organic Checkoff Rulemaking
• Letter Signed by 300 Farm Groups Opposing Amendments That Could Critically Hurt Farm Families
• House Plans ’18 Farm Bill Vote This Week
• Former Author of RFS Legislation Sees Octane Levels as Advancement for Ethanol
• Weekly Grain Movement – Which crops are staying ahead of forecasts?
• Report That China Won’t Enforce Tariffs On Ag Products Boost Soybean, Pork Prices
• Trump Deal on China’s ZTE May Reduce Ag Tariff’s
• China’s Multi-Story Hog Hotels Elevate Industrial Farms to New Levels
• Farmland Transition: When Grandma and Grandpa Don’t Plan Well
• Wheat Outlook: Russia’s Export Projection Raised While U.S. Exports Trimmed

• May 10, 2018 WASDE Report
• Pruitt Targets ‘Farm Dust’ Regulation
• USDA Board Chairman Pushes Back on Notion USDA Analysis is Staid, Short on Data-Debating the WASDE Data
• China Increases Inspections of U.S. Ag Imports
• Agri View: Trade War
• 5 Key Findings from Farmland Loss Report
• China Set to Trim 2018/19 Soybean Imports as Trade Row Boosts Prices
• Vessels Carrying U.S. Sorghum to China Switch Destinations to Japan, S.Korea
• Secretary Perdue Restarts Back to Our Roots Tour
• US Wheat Crop Shrivels in Drought, Large Global Supplies
• Co-Bank: Rapid Growth of Blockchain Brings Opportunity, Change to Agriculture
• USDA Predicts Oklahoma Wheat Crop at 52 Million Bushels- Forty Seven Percent Under the Size of the 2017 Crop
• Trump Holds Off On Farm Bill Veto Threat
• House Committee on Agriculture Report to Congress Confirms Commitment to Efficient Irrigation

• Nebraska Xtend Soybeans: Cover Crops or Burndown – Which Dicamba Product Should I Use?

• May 7, 2018 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• The President Ready to Make Decision on RFS
• NAFTA Talks Enter Critical Week with U.S. Pushing Hard Line
• Pelosi Visits Central Iowa Farm, Warns RFS Under Attack
• Anti-Agricultural Opinion: 6 Ways the House Farm Bill Betrays Perdue’s Principles
• Groups Argue Pruitt Should not be Involved in Water Rule Drafting
• ICYMI: Crop Insurance Must be Protected in Upcoming Farm Bill
• House Republicans Will Pass Farm Bill on Their Own, Says Conaway
• Soybean Market Gives Up 25¢ Monday–Corn and Wheat are Weaker Too
• Interest Rates on Farm Loans Increase, Pressure on Some Farm Operators Could Follow
• When Does ‘Do No Harm’ Actually Hurt Ag Trade?
• Trump Pledges Guestworker Program For Ag
• American Agri-Women to Meet in D.C.
• Corn Growers Thank Ag Sec’y Perdue, Urge Continued Advocacy
• More Incremental Deterioration in OK’s Wheat Crop in May, as Conditions Hold in KS, Improve in TX
• Secretary Perdue Applauds President Trump’s Selection for USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety
• Why Republicans Should Fear a Rural Revolt in 2018
• How Will Farm Bill Debate Settle PLC vs. ARC
• New Crop Insurance Study Provides Valuable Farm Bill Insight
• Farm Bill Expected to Meet Resistance
• Will Farmers Be Protected If There’s a Trade War?
• EU, Mexico Reach New Agreement on Trade
• President Trump Sets RFS Meeting for This Week
• Peanut Consumption Up Two Percent in U.S.
• Foreign Cheating Continues As Farm Bill Debate Unfolds
• Experts Say Rising Interest Rates Could Pressure Farmers’ Balance Sheets
• What is Bioengineered Food
• Kansas Winter Wheat Yields Projected to Fall 19% as Drought Curbs Output
• USDA Trade Data Update, and China Trade Dispute Weighs on Exports
• U.S. Trade Commission Returns From China Meeting, Nations Still Farm Apart
• Update On China’s Stopping To Purchase U.S. Soybeans

• Trump Delays Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
• NAFTA Negotiations Continue Next Week
• New TPP Moving Forward
• The Long, Hard Road to Export More U.S. Farm Products is Filled With Potholes
• Crop Progress, 04.30.2018
• This Cattle Market Still Has Some Opportunity Left in It
• Cow-Calf Profit Analysis Lower-Profit Operations Have Some Things in Common
• SF Special: Farmer Suicides Today vs. 1980s Farm Crisis
• GRAINS-Corn prices edge down, but losses curbed as USDA confirms planting delays
• Trump’s Threats on Trade Unsettle Farming Backers-Wheat Farmers in Particular Worry About How Tariffs Would Affect Their Market
• U.S., China Trade Issues: Sorghum, Soybeans
• USDA Meteorologist Releases Weather Forecast
• Rabobank Forecasts $4.00 Corn Prices This Year
• USDA Supports Specialty Crop Industry with Multi-State Initiatives
• Researchers Find No Link Between Antibiotic Use In Animals, Resistance In Humans
• Nebraska Xtend Soybeans: Cover Crops or Burndown – Which Dicamba Product Should I Use?

• Rural Mainstreet Index Hurt by Trade Concerns
• The Trade Policy Shift: Are US Farmers Losing Their Competitive Edge
• DTN Grain Close: Spring Wheat Tumbles Lower
• Ag Trade: Issues with China Escalate – Closer Look at Sorghum, Soybeans
• The Power of a Job in Town
• April 23, 2018 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Market Update for April 23, 2018 (Audio)
• China Ag Trade Issues Continue to Percolate- Closer Look at Sorghum, Soybeans
• Fire Comes Sweeping Down the Plain Lives, Livestock, Homes Lost to Oklahoma Wildfires
• Cattle on Feed Report US Cattle on Feed Up 7%
• How the Section 199A ‘Fix’ Will Work
• Criticism of House GOP Farm Bill Grows
• Iowa Records No Corn Planting Progess, USDA Says
• Successful Farming Covers: 12 Issues of Today and Yesterday
• Dicamba Debate Continues As Uncertainty Lingers
• Treasury Secretary Optimistic on Settling Trade Dispute

• This Scribner, Nebraska Producer’s Day Job Fuels Her Farming Passion
• USDA Offers Help to Blizzard-Affected Farmers in Nebraska
• This Scribner, Nebraska Producer’s Day Job Fuels Her Farming Passion
• Nebraska Corn: Cold Soil and Planting Windows
• Perdue: Ag Not Only Soldiers in Trade Battle
• Farmers Find Finances: Farm Financial Picture is Cautiously Optimistic
• Crop Insurers Send House Ag Committee a Letter of Support
• New Japanese Policy to Allow Use of U.S. Ethanol
• The Long-Term Damage of U.S.-China Trade Dispute
• This Historically Cold April Might Mean Lower Yields
• Trump Flips on Trade Pact, Weighs Rejoining TPP
• Senators Turning Up RFS Heat: Grassley Points to Ethanol Conflict in Trump Administration
• Farmers’ Rights vs. Eminent Domain
• Over Chinese Duties to be Accessed Against US Grain Sorghum
• Farm Bill Kerfuffle: More ‘Family Members’ Could Collect Commodity Payments – DTN
• More Details on Farm Bill Draft Released
• Rep. Kind Asking Lawmakers to Save CSP Program in Farm Bill
• EPA Could OK Pesticides Without Endangered Species Review Under Proposed Farm Bill
• Critics: Farm Bill Work Requirements Counterproductive
• Gillibrand Fights GOP Over Snap; Republicans Look to Make Work Requirements More Strict
• Farm Bill Loosens Payment Rules Farm BillChanges Expand Legal Entities and
• Family Eligibility for Commodity Programs
• SNAP Work Requirements Provoke Broad Opposition to House Farm Bill
• 2018 Farm Bill, A Success or ‘Betrayal?’
• Peterson: No Farm Bill Amendments, ‘Can’t Put Lipstick on a Pig’
• The Rest of the Story: May USDA Report Looms Significant
• Conaway Schedules Markup; GOP Touts SNAP Changes on House Floor
• Pence: “Very Close” to Renegotiated NAFTA
• NAFTA Negotiations Enter ‘Permanent Round’
• High Time for Corn, HRW Wheat?
• Trade War Backfire: Steel Tariff Shrapnel Hits U.S. Farmers
• Trump Says US Could Rejoin TPP if Deal Improved. How Hard Would it Be?
• In New Sign of Trade Battle, China Slaps U.S. Sorghum Producers with 179 Percent Deposit
• Weekly Outlook: Too Early to Worry About Corn Acreage?
• U.S. Corn Planting Progress Twice as Slow as a Year Ago
• Soybeans Close 12¢ Lower Monday

• Nebraska Soybean Seeding Rates: On-Farm Research Has Taught Us Many Lessons
• Most Expensive Nebraska Farm Hits Market For $34 Million, Has 44 Pivots
• Trump to Farmers: ‘We’ll Make it Up to You’
• Farm Bill Could be Used to Shield Farmers From Trade Spat
• US Department of Justice Said to Approve Bayer-Monsanto Deal
• Afternoon Market Recap for April 9
• RFS Wrangling Continues
• USDA Announces Near-Record Year for Farm Loans
• U.S. Lawmakers Skeptical of Promises to Shield Farmers from Trade Dispute
• Soybeans, Wheat Close Double-Digits Higher, Corn Hits $4.00
• Tariffs Impact Price and Supply & Demand, Ag Economists Say
• How Long Will Game of Chicken with China Last
• Farm Bill: SNAP Issues Persist
• Successful Farming Suggests Three Ways AgVocates Can Reach Non-Ag Audiences
• USDA Announces A Near-Record Year For Farm Loans