Ag News

12.12.17

• Strong Winds at Bad Time Diminish Nebraska Corn Crop
• Husker Harvest Days’ $7 Million Site Upgrades Underway
• PDF: December 12, 2017 Crop Production Report
• RFS: Rift Between “Corn State” Senators & “Oil-and-Gas State” Senators Persists
• Center for Rural Afairs Releases Farm Bill Platform
• Roberts, Stabenow Announce Witnesses for Ag Security Hearing
• Weekly Grain Movement Grains Struggle to Improve
• Latest NAFTA Talks Run Through Friday in Washington
• Producers Need Contingency Plan if U.S. Pulls Out of NAFTA, USDA’s McKinney Says
• Monsanto Offers Cash to U.S. Farmers Who Use Dicamba
• USDA Issues: "U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update"
• Op-Ed: Agriculture’s Biggest Challenges In 2018
• Senate Panel Ok’s Top USDA lawyer, But New Questions Loom
• President Trump Reaches Out To Iowa Senators, Assures Them Of His Biofuel Support
• Washington Week Ahead: GOP Presses for Tax Deal, Fight Looms for USDA Nominee
• USDA Trade Data; NAFTA Perspectives from Farm State Senators
• Fund Buy Agriculture, Just in Time for a Selloff
• Rising Number of Young Leaving Jobs to Farm
• USDA Changes Voluntary Beef Grading Standards
• White House Pressures Big Corn to Meet on U.S. Biofuels Policy
• USDA Seen Raising Soybean Ending Stocks
• Harvest Outlook Shows Record Production
• Rabobank: Farmers Must Transform Their Businesses To Continue Their Operations
• AFBF President Appointed to Trade Committee
• USDA Invests in Safety, Health of Farmers
• The Value of Decision Tools to Farmers and Landowners

12.12.17admin2017-12-12T18:34:48+00:00

Updated: 12.07.17

• Nebraska Farm Bureau Study Shows Withdrawal From NAFTA Could Cost $55,000 Per Farm
• Soybeans: Farmer Sets New Nebraska Yield Record, Credits Strong Start
• Alternative Protein Market Expected to Grow
• Future Regroup After Rally Fizzles
• 2018 Predictions for the Drone Industry
• Soybeans Close Above $10.00 Tuesday
• USDA Updates U.S. Ag Export Forecast Amid NAFTA Worries
• CME Feeder Cattle Futures 3-month Low on Fund Selloff; Hogs Lower
• USDA to Change U.S. Beef Grade Standards
• Now Is the Time To Engage with AgTech
• Monsanto Moves to Stop Arkansas from Banning Dicamba
• With Fracking and Biofuels, Is it Time to Re-Evaluate U.S. Energy Policy
• Ag Barometer: Producer Sentiment Slips Following Harvest
• USDA Issues: “Farm Sector Income & Finances” Report: Download PDF
• Livestock Methane Emissions Data May Be Faulty
• Junk Food is Cheap and Healthful Food is Expensive, But Don’t Blame the Farm Bill
• Senate Advances its Tax Reform Bill
• Soybeans Try Chart Breakout
• 3 Obstacles Ahead for Autonomous Farm Equipment
• Farm Exports to Remain Strong in 2018
• Farm Groups Weigh in On Tax Bill
• Trump Cuts Utah Monuments by 2 Million Acres, Ranchers Applaud Decision
• Trump Announces Plans to Shrink Monuments Sparking Environmentalist Uproar
• How to Ensure Your Banker Will Approve Your Loan
• Opinion: Agriculture Mergers Won’t Hinder Consumer Choices
• USDA Just Launched a New Website Helping Veterans Cultivate their Future on or Beyond the Farm
• USDA Issues: “Farm Income and Wealth Statistics” Report: Download
• USDA Issues: “Farm Household Income And Characteristics” Report
• Washington Week Ahead: GOP Looks to Finish Tax Bill, Extend Government Funding
• Up is Down in USDA Forecast of 2018 Ag Exports
• EPA: Recent Perspectives on RFS and Agriculture
• Scrapping NAFTA Bad for Agriculture
• $12 Billion Plan to Prevent Flooding Opposed in Congress
• Pipelines and Farmers Collide
• Trump to Meet with Oil Execs to Discuss Biofuels Policy
• Less Than Half of Supply Managers Support Current Tax Package
• #FarmBillFriday: Rep. Vicky Hartzler Shares the Importance of Ensuring the Farm Bill Benefits for Farmers, Ranchers & Consumers
• Agri-Marketers Rate Ag Sec’y Perdue
• Farm Bureau Commend Senate Action On Tax Reform
• What Strategic Issues Should Influence my Growth Options?
• Coop Leader Chuck Connor Disappointed in Section 199 Not Being Included in Senate Tax Cut Bill

Updated: 12.07.17admin2017-12-07T12:03:58+00:00

Updated: 12.01.17

• Nebraska Soybean Day and Machinery Expo Dec. 14
• Nebraska: Burndown Herbicides May Not Work in Low Temperatures
• Analysis: Defending Crop Insurance, Last in a Series
• USDA Forecasts Soybeans Will Surpass Corn As Most Planted Crop
• Senate Tax Bill Headed for Marathon Debate
• 2017 Census of Agriculture Now Underway
• Our Year in Review. Managing Thin Margins
• USDA Sees Record-High U.S. Soy Acres, More Corn in 2018-19
• Weekly Outlook: Acreage Prospects for 2018
• What’s Changed for Soybean Dicamba Use in 2018
• Can Renewables Spur More Investment in Rural America?
• DTN Cotton Close: Settles Higher in 2017-Crop Contracts
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Young Farmers Ready to Defy Odds

Updated: 12.01.17admin2017-12-01T12:51:31+00:00

11.21.17

• Farm Bill Update: Perspective from Chairman Conaway and Chairman Roberts
• Despite Spill PSC Approves Keystone XL Alternative Mainline Route
• Senators Ask Ross for Analysis of Impact to Ag of Leaving NAFTA
• Crop Progress Report
• U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Highest Level on Record
• USDA NIFA Supports Canola, Potato and Alfalfa Research
• More Than $1 Billion Invested in Rural Health Care
• Geological Survey Finds More Farmland Than Previously Thought
• Good-Enough Data Isn’t Good Enough Anymore
• Market Rally: Running With the Herd on Risk Management
• What is Brazil’s 2017-2018 Crop Going to Look Like?
• With Surprising Corn Yields, Does Weather Matter Anymore?
• U.S. Ag Exports Remain Strong, But Global Share Declines as Destinations Have Changed (NAFTA, China)
• U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Hightest Level on Record
• Reactions to Passage of House Tax Bill
• Nation’s 14th Largest Cow-calf Ranch Ceases Operations, Focuses on Citrus
• No Sign Yet of Agreement on Moving Senate PRIA Bill
• Keystone Pipeline Shut Down Because of Major Leak
• For First Time, Biodiesel Leadership Weighs In with Trump on RFS
• EPA, Army Corps of Engineers Propose Delay of WOTUS
• New Farmers Website
• A NAFTA Collapse Could Push Mexico Over the Edge
• Study Shows 20% Of Jobs Linked To Food, Agriculture Industries

11.21.17admin2017-11-21T20:19:09+00:00

11.17.17

• Senators Sends Open Letter to Farmers on NAFTA
• Rural America: Perspective from USDA Report, and Federal Reserve Ag Credit Survey
• AFBF Pleased, NFU Alarmed by House Tax Bill Passage
• Farmers Need More Collateral to Secure a Loan
• EPA Files for WOTUS Delay
• Analysis of the ARC-CO Payment Cap for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat
• U.S. 2017 Ag Exports Reach 3rd Highest Level Ever
• Is a Hunting Acre More Valuable Than a Tillable Acre?
• Reviewing the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
• Enrollment is Open for Safety Net Coverage
• House, Senate Panel Advance GOP Tax Bills
• Keystone Pipeline Shut Down Because of Major Leak
• Secretary Perdue Statement on House Passage of Tax Cuts & Reforms

11.17.17admin2017-11-17T12:02:48+00:00

11.14.17

• FARM POLICY FACTS: Our View: Anti-Farmer Legislation Rings Hollow
• Feedback From The Field – Nov. 13, 2017
• Crop Progress Rates Slow as Winter Wheat Planting and Corn and Bean Harvest Nears Completion
• TPP Could Be Further Delayed
• Farm Progress America, November 13, 2017 Max Armstrong offers a look at an interesting proponent of FFA – Howard Buffett, Jr.
• Senate, House Tax Bills Differ in Key Ways
• How Many Heifers Should You Keep?
• Research Advocates: Agriculture Needs to Speak Up
• Farm Financial Standards Council Releases Free Guide
• NASS to Collect 2017 Crop Production and Stocks Data
• Range Specialists Warn Overgrazing Pastures and Invasive Plants Reduce Profitability
• Delay Sought for Reporting Farm Air Emissions

11.14.17admin2017-11-14T12:37:10+00:00

11.08.17

• Purdue/CME Ag Economy Barometer Finds Farmers More Optimistic
• Crop Choices, Farm Size: Changes in a Time of Low Corn and Soybean Prices
• China to Pledge More U.S. Soy Imports During Trump Visit
• Indian Ethanol Market Could Be Big. Really Big.
• Wins, Some Losses, in GOP Tax Bill for Farmers
• Grain Export Study Shows Big Impact
• USDA to Re-Engage on Biotechnology
• Should You Keep or Sell Heifers?
• US Beef Exports Continue to Trend Higher in September While Pork Remains Steady, Says USMEF
• Crop Progress Report PDF
• U.S. Ag Exports: USDA Data Update, NAFTA Worries Persist
• USDA Investing $200 Million in Broadband
• USDA Withdraws Proposed Biotech Rule
• Cargill Fined $10 Million for Inaccurate Swaps Information -CFTC
• Nafta Negotiators Are Said to Extend Length of Upcoming Round
• Dumped by Trump, Bid to Save Pacific Trade Pact Comes to a Head
• Ag Lender Survey: Farm Profitability Still Down But Improving
• Washington Week Ahead: Lawmakers Start Debate on GOP Tax Bill
• True Impact of Tax Bill to Farmers Still Unknown
• The Tax Bill Is Farm Friendly, Maybe
• Ag Groups Respond to House Tax Bill
• Bill Northey Comments On His Stalled Nomination As USDA Undersecretary
• U.S. Ag Exports: USDA Data Update, NAFTA Worries Persist
• Winter Grain Sales Guidance
• Northey Caught Between Oil, Ethanol Interests
• Soybean Market Closes 12¢ Lower Friday
• Supply Woes: Brazil Cuts Into U.S. Soybean Market Share in China
• Why Your Lender Is Asking About Working Capital
• It is the End of Organic as We Know It
• Cattle Prices Leap-frog Higher
• USDA To Invest $2.5 Billion In Rural Electric Infrastructure
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Annonces Farm Service Agency And Rural Development State Directors

11.08.17admin2017-11-08T12:46:23+00:00

11.01.17

• USDA Announces Enrollment for Safety Net Coverage in 2018
• Voting Begins for 2017 FSA County Committee Elections
• GAO Study: Damage to Agriculture from Climate Change
• What 3100 Scientists Have Against Sam Clovis
• Grassley Says Too Soon To Draw Conclusion on Clovis
• Roberts: NAFTA Benefits Agriculture
• Roberts Calls on U.S. Chamber to Help Set NAFTA Record Straight
• Final Report of Dicamba Injured Soybeans Exceeds 3.5 Million Acres
• USDA Nominee is Campaign Supervisor in Mueller Probe Documents
• Ag Sector Losing Faith in NAFTA Talks
• Experts Advise Farmers To Be Proactive About Crop Insurance

11.01.17admin2017-11-01T11:27:34+00:00

10.30.17

• Perdue to Swear-In Ibach in Omaha Monday
• Perdue on Confirmation of Ibach to Key USDA Post
• Washington Week Ahead: Farmers Have Much at Stake as House GOP Rolls Out Tax Plan
• Conaway: Farm Bill Progress is on Track
• Timely Update by Ag Economists Provides Insight into Current, Upcoming Year
• China Cuts Minimum Purchase Price for Wheat for First Time in Over a Decade
• 8 Points from the Latest Federal Reserve Ag Finance Databook
• 12 Things Farmers Need to Know About the World
• Northey Confirmation Vote Still on Hold
• USDA- ERS: Opportunities for U.S. Ethanol Exports
• Forget Tesla, CA Cars running on Restaurant Grease

10.30.17admin2017-10-30T10:57:01+00:00

10.24.17

• Crop Progress Report PDF
• Weekly Grain Movement – How low can wheat go?
• 60,000 Have Been Impacted By Beginning Farmer Programs
• EPA’s ‘Endangerment Finding’ is endangered – EPA has used this finding and the Clean Air Act to implement its war on coal and other fossil fuel
• U.S. Corn Harvest Is Stretched Out Even Further
• 2018 Soybean Projections Maintain Record Acreage
• Corn Belt: “Hoping to Breakeven,” in a “Persistently Weak” Ag Economy
• University of Florida Study Finds consumers See ‘Organics’ and ‘Non-GM’ Food Labels as Synonymous
• 90th National FFA Convention & Expo • Oct. 25 – 28, 2017 • Indianapolis
• Washington Week Ahead: GOP Looks to Tax Bill, Moving Nominees
• EPA’ Pruitt Clarifies Position on Renewable Fuel Issues
• USDA Nominees Advance, Though Legal Glitch Ensnares Northey
• Rural Mainstreet Index Rises For October’ 10% Of Bankers Expecting Farm Foreclosures
• After Pressure from Senators, Iowa Governor- Trump Administration Signals RFS Support
• Farmland Market Stabilizes
• In Glyphosate Review, WHO Cancer Agency Edited Out ‘Non-Carcinogenic’ Findings
• EPA Abandons Changes to U.S. Biofuel Program After Lawmaker Pressure
• RFA Head Hopes Pruitt ‘Learned a Lesson’ on RFS
• Farm Bill Listening Tour
• Members Shape Farm Bureau’s Policy Priorities
• ‘Takeaways” 2017 Fall Wheat Industry Conference
• Insurance Companies Weigh in on Dicamba Damage
• ‘Engage Legislators,’ Challenges AFB President Duvall
• Cattle on Feed a Bearish Surprise with Placements Five Percent Above Trade Expectations
• Women in Ag: Nebraska

10.24.17admin2017-10-24T23:15:27+00:00