Ag News

10.18.17

• Farm Family Culture: The Ties That Bind
• Weekly Outlook: Moving Forward after October Crop Reports
• 33 Senators Ask Trump Administration to Increase U.S. Biodiesel Volumes
• Grassley Threatens Trump EPA Nominees Over Biofuels Mandate
• Another Round of NAFTA Talks Closes With Little Sign of Agreement
• Trump Administration Withdraws GIPSA Rule
• USDA’s Rollback Of GIPSA Rule To Impact Farmers, Ranchers
• Wiesemeyer: Trump Will Tell EPA to Back Off RFS
• Rural Broadband: The Need for Speed
• Senate GOP to Back Trump on Border Wall, Risking Shutdown Fight
• A MUST READ: 35 Years Later, President Reagan’s Message to Farm Country Still Rings True
• USDA Deputy Secretary’s Message to Agriculture: “Keep the Faith”
• Environmental Protection Administrator Scott Pruitt Issues Directive to End EPA “Sue & Settle”
• Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• AFBF’s Duvall Remains Concerned About NAFTA, Trade
• 5 Secretaries of Ag Discuss Food Insecurities in the U.S.
• Economist Issues On-Farm Capital Expenditure Report
• Supreme Court Agrees To Hear WOTUS Argument
• Growing Cattle Inventories Means More Stocker Opportunities
• Website Launched to Help Young Farmers Access Land and Capital
• Wet Fields Continue to Slow Nebraska’s Harvest
• 3 Policy Issues Farmers Should Watch
• Comparison of 2016 ARC-CO and PLC Payments
• Safety Net Needs Changes in Next Farm Bill to Remain Viable Option for Farmers

10.18.17admin2017-10-18T11:35:11+00:00

10.16.17

• 3 Policy Issues Farmers Should Watch
• Comparison of 2016 ARC-CO and PLC Payments
• Safety Net Needs Changes in Next Farm Bill to Remain Viable Option for Farmers
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate GOP Tries to Push Through Budget
• Mexico and Canada Presents United Front on NAFTA
• Grain Market Week in Review-Oct. 13, 2017
• What the Latest Drought Monitor Revealed
• Report Recommends Changes to NASS Methods
• Purdue Economist Releases Report on Farm Capital Expenditure Trends
• U.S. Soybean Crop Expected to be a Record
• Gulke: Soybeans Test $10 In Reaction To Report
• EPA and Dicamba Manufacturers Agree on Label Changes
• USDA-FAS Report: China’s Meat and Poultry Import Forecast, 2018

10.16.17admin2017-10-16T16:02:45+00:00

10.10.17

• Conaway Discusses Farm Bill Timetable
• Perdue: NAFTA and Japan are Top Trade Priorities
• Senators Push EPA for a Strong 2018 RFS
• Exports of All Feed Grains From U.S. at Record Levels
• 2016 ARC-CO Payments Now Available
• NAFTA: Ag Trade Nominee says He’s Not Going Backwards – DTN
• Napa Fires Continue to Burn
• U.S. Agricultural Exports- Data Update from USDA
• USDA Suspends Acceptance of CRP Offers Made After Sept. 30, 2017
• Trump Administration to Scrap Obama-Era Clean Power Plan
• Farmers Likely to Plant More Corn in 2018
• A Disappointing Year for Wheat Complex, Analyst Says
• Digital Divide Narrowing Between Rural & Urban Areas
• Rural Areas Key to Economic Growth

10.10.17admin2017-10-10T12:01:25+00:00

Updated 10.05.17

• Farm Policy Facts-Our View: Will Anything Ever Satisfy Farm Critics? No
• Groups Opposed to Farm Bill Meet to Discuss Strategy
• US Agriculture Often Bears the Cost of Trade Disputes
• The Great Wheat Drought That Spooked Traders Seems Overblown
• Who to Watch in 2018 Farm Bill Debate
• USDA Safety Net, Conservation Payments Total $9.6 Billion
• Outlook: Long-Term Price Cycle Shows Continued Pain
• Can You Manage Ag’s Price Cycle?
• Roberts to Perdue: Help is on the Way
• EPA to Weigh Ethanol Rule Change
• Ag Data: Who is Driving the Bus?
• Tax Reform Framework Leaves Questions for Ag
• Perdue: Japan is No. 1 Target for New FTA
• Download Nebraska Crop Progress Report
• Nebraska Corn: Ear Rot Diseases Developing in Some Fields
• Nebraska Study: What are the Benefits and Limits of Fertilizing Soybeans?
• Rust Could Reach Midwestern Soybeans Even Earlier
• Grain Storage and Marketing a Challenge for Nebraska Farmers
• Washington Week Ahead: After Long Wait, Senate Set to Move USDA Nominees
• Grain Stocks: Corn, Soybeans Well Above Last Year, Wheat Down Slightly
• Quarterly Grain Stocks Report PDF
• Seven Ag Stories You May Have Missed Last Week–Sept. 29
• Fall Climate Outlook: Warmer Temps, Less Precipitation
• NCGA Calls on EPA to Rescind 2015 WOTUS Rule
• University Researchers: Limiting Crop Insurance Cuts Deep
• Op-Ed: Iowa Senators Should Regret Voting For EPA Administration Pruitt, Ethanol’s Decline
• Op-Ed: An Open Letter to Everyone That Eats
• Update On NAFTA Discussions
• Red Ink Reappears in the Cattle Finishing Sector
• Iowa State University- “Financial stress in Iowa farms: 2014-2016”
• New Study Exposes Heritage Foundation’s Misleading Narrative About Farm Policy
• Nebraska Farmers Facing Storage Shortage
• Nebraska Eyes Tyson After Kansas’ Fumble
• Roberts, Stabenow Announce Rural Development, Energy Hearings
• Is the Low in for New-Crop Corn?
• Corn Farmers Expect Largest Grain Crop in 6 Years
• John Phipps: Will Farm Consolidation Consume U.S. Agriculture?
• The Ultimate Farm Financial Checklist

Updated 10.05.17admin2017-10-05T12:05:34+00:00

Updated: 09.22.17

• Nebraska Cash Rent: Who’s Paying How Much?
• First Group of Chinese Beef Buyers Visits Nebraska
• Misleading Crop Insurance Attacks Hurt America’s Farmers
• Corn Progress Lagging Average, Condition Trailing 2016
• Nebraska Cash Rent: Who’s Paying How Much?
• National Farm Safety and Health Week Sept. 17–23, 2017
• Crop Progress Report 09.18.17
• U.S. Trade Envoy Says NAFTA Talks Moving Quickly
• Analysts React to WASDE Report
• Ag Trade: USDA Export Data and Stakeholder Issues
• Grassley: Stepped Up Basis Could be Capped at $10.8 Million
• Trump’s Top Trade Negotiator Says China Unprecedented Threat
• Spurred by Conflict, World Hunger on the Rise Again
• Dicamba Faces State Restrictions Based on Weed Science Data – DTN
• Farm Aid Highlights How Family Farmers Grow Opportunities
• 5 Ways To De-Risk Your Farm Operation
• Update on Soybean Rust
• Weekly Outlook: Corn and Soybean Production Outlook in 2017-18
• Taiwan Signs Agreement To Purchase $2 Billion Of Iowa Grain
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate Prepares to Move USDA Nominees
• The New Myth of Herbicide Rotation
• Global Farmers Consider Oilseed Alternatives to Soybeans
• Survey: Cover Crop Acres on the Rise
• Survey: Cover Crops Boost Yield and Weed Control
• La Nina Winter? Models Show 60 Percent Chance
• FJCTV: How Replant Decisions Impacting Yield Expectations
• Farm Aid Highlights How Family Farmers Grow Opportunities
• Trends in Income By Farm Type 2012-2016

Updated: 09.22.17admin2017-09-22T10:43:29+00:00

Updated: 09.13.17

• Bigger Crops Derail Markets
• Crop Farmers: Faint Hope For a Rebound in Ag Economy
• Pro Farmer Reaction to USDA Reports
• Weather and Crop Bulletin: Sept. 12, 2017
• WASDE: World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
• Crop Production, 09.12.2017 [pdf]
• USDA Shocks Market By Raising Corn and Soybean Production, Yield
• USDA: Agricultural Exports Forecast Up In 2017, Slightly Down In 2018
• Handling Income from Crop Revenue Insurance-Price Loss vs. Yield Loss
• Agricultural Conditions Mixed in Latest Beige Book
• AFR Members in Washington Talking Farm Issues With USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue
• AccuWeather: Economic Cost of Hurricanes Could be $290 Billion
• Farm Family Business: To Be Successful, Don’t Act Like Family – DTN
• Nebraska: Farmers Offer Insights on Integrating Cover Crops into Crop Production
• Nebraska: Forecast End-of-Season Weather and Freeze Risk
• 5 Predictions for the Sept. 12 USDA Reports
• Crop Progress Report 09.11.17
• Tax Reform, Immigration, Trade Key Issues for Agriculture
• Perdue Calls for Change in Way Forest Service is Funded
• USDA Issues Farmland Values, Rents Report
• Farm Labor Group Likes Goodlatte Proposal With Possible Change
• Cheaper U.S. Dollar Could Be Recipe to Turn Ag Economy Around
• How ‘Antis’ Want to Fix the Farm Bill
• Washington Week Ahead: House Debates FY18 Spending Bills
• These Farm Management Practices Could Pay $110 Per Acre
• EARLY EXCLUSIVE: Farmer Mac Upgrades Farm Economy Grade to B-
• Farm Labor Group Likes Goodlatte Proposal With Possible Change
• FAPRI Baseline Update: A More Nuanced Outlook for Agricultural Markets
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Announces Additional USDA Agency Reorganization Plans
• Outlook of Farm Economy Declines But Higher Than 2016

Updated: 09.13.17admin2017-09-15T09:34:48+00:00

09.06.15

• Husker Harvest Days 2017
• Ag Economy: Producer Sentiment Drifts Lower as Commodity Prices Weaken
• Crop Progress Report
• Maturity Delayed, Conditions for Corn, Soybeans, Cotton Improve
• Crop Insurance Makes Wheat Farming Possible
• Farm Policy Facts’ View: Heritage Foundation On an Island When it Comes to Opposing Farm Policy
• Farmers Prepare for Hurricane Irma
• Grain Markets: Storing Corn and Soybeans in 2017
• Northey (Iowa), Ibach (Nebraska) nominated to top USDA posts
• American Soybean Association Tells Trump Administration Not to Mess with KORUS
• Op-Ed: Agriculture Could Be Key To Easing U.S.-North Korea Tensions
• NCGA Leaders Cite Concerns But Ask Farmers to Complete NASS Surveys
• 4 Factors Illustrating Today’s Farm Outlook
• Washington Week Ahead: Congress Back With Harvey Relief Topping Agenda
• USDA Lending Rates Unchanged from August

09.06.15admin2017-09-06T11:43:59+00:00

Updated: 09.05.17

• Northey (Iowa), Ibach (Nebraska) nominated to top USDA posts
• Crop Progress Report 08.28.17
• Nebraska’s Soybean Rating Shows Improvement
• Nebraska: Estimating Potential Corn Yields
• Video: Crop Insurance Must be Affordable, Available & Viable
• Crop Insurers Respond To Government Calls For Added Budget Cuts
• Lawmakers Offer Perspective on the Farm Bill
• Hurricane Harvey Wreaks Havoc on Texas Cattle as Ranchers Hope Flood Waters Recede
• Hurricane Harvey’s Potential Impact on Grain Exports
• Weekly Outlook: Cattle on Feed Inventory Remains Above a Year Ago
• 5 Ways to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims
• NAFTA Changes U.S., Canada Leaders Say Could Help Beef Trade
• Advice for Farmers Considering Non-GMO’s
• Odd Trend in Wheat Country: Not Much Wheat
• Corn Maturity Pace Falls Behind, USDA Says
• Apple Will build a New Data Center in America’s Heartland
• Farm Safety-Net Payments Through the First Three Years of the 2014 Farm Bill, CRS Report
• Farm Bill Offers Certainty, Opportunities U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Recently Addressed Concerns Over the Farm Bill
• Interpreting USDA’s Net Farm Income Forecast
• Trump Tweets Show Frustration Over ‘Worst’ NAFTA Deal, Border Wall Funding
• U.S., Korea Remain at Odds on Updating Free Trade Agreement
• Based on Midwest Crop Tour- Farm Journal Sees Smaller US Corn and Soybean Harvest Compared to USDA August Numbers

Updated: 09.05.17admin2017-09-05T08:55:34+00:00

08.23.17

• Weather Holds All the Cards for Nebraska Farmers
• 2017 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour Results: Nebraska
• Gain from Crop Diversity
• Technology Keeps Inflation in Check
• Can Plants Deliver Their Own Pest Controls?
• Farm Bill History: Why the 1996 Bill Didn’t Work and 2002 Was a Throwback – Commentary
• Tax Reform: The Good, The Bad, and Will It Happen? – DTN
• NAWG: NAFTA Can be Improved to Benefit Growers
• Crop Progress Report: August 21, 2017 PDF
• Trade Gets Look at Crop Data
• No Harm Reported Done in NAFTA 2.0 Round 1
• Washington Trade Lawyer Attacks Heritage Trade Proposal
• USDA’s Crop Progress Ratings Lack Dazzle
• Rural America “Stranded in the Dial-Up Age,” Rural Broadband Issues
• Why States Don’t Want Trump to Make ‘Very Big Changes’ to NAFTA
• Nafta Nations Say Quick Deal on Table as Inaugural Talks End
• House Ag Committee’s Frank Lucas- No Issue Closer to My Heart Than Conservation
• On August Recess, Lawmakers Listen and Comment on Farm Bill
• Gulke: How Crop Tour Might Affect Markets
• Crop Surveys Will Be Key Component This Week
• Crop Tour Scout Demo in 360 Degrees
• Why You Should Avoid Applying Dicamba During a Temperature Inversion
• Feed Industry Eager for FDA Guidance on Safety Rules
• Harnessing Rich Satellite Data to Estimate Crop Yields
• Upon Further Review: the Decision on EPA’s RFS Waiver Authority

08.23.17admin2017-08-23T13:11:15+00:00

08.16.17

• Agri-Pulse Farm Bill Video Highlights Crop Insurance Importance
• Trade Discussions Framed Differently Under Trump Administration
• NAFTA Negotiations Set to Begin: Background– Pork, Corn Issues Noted
• NAFTA Negotiators Aim for ‘Ambitious’ 1st Round of Talks -US Official
• Canada Outlines Objectives for NAFTA Negotiations
• Soybeans Close 14¢ Lower Tuesday
• Family Farm Action Formed to Take on “Corporate Ag”
• Coaliton Wants Continued Investment in Young Farmers in Farm Bill
• The USDA Report and a Good Hedge Process
• Farmland Values, 2017: Details for Using USDA Indexing Tools
• Wheat Outlook: U.S. Production Trimmed 20.5 Mln Bushels; Exports Unchanged
• Iowa Crop Update: Drought, Hail Damage, Weed Escapes, and Soybean Aphids
• Nebraska Drought: Better to Harvest a Damaged Field or Leave Residue Standing?
• Crop Progress Report: PDF
• Crop Conditions Better than Expected by Trade, Bad News for Prices in Weekly Crop Progress Report
• USDA Strengthens COOL, LMR Requirements
• Farmers Optimistic About NAFTA Renegotiations
• NASS Explains August Crop Production Numbers
• What Declining Crop Conditions Could Mean For Corn Markets
• KC Fed: Farm Economy Softens Further, But Stabilizing
• Can Some Nebraska Farmers Kill the Keystone XL Pipeline?
• Agri-Marketers Against Land Investment By Foreigners
• USDA Issues: “U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update” Report PDF
• USDA Issues: “Season-Average-Price Forecasts” Report: PDF
• Survey Shows How Farmers Rate Trump Administration
• 4-H, Google Announce Program To Bring Computer Science Education To Kids
• USDA Is Short of Leaders
• USDA Increases Soybean Crop Estimate, Reduces Corn
• Lawmakers Hear a Variety of Farm Bill Concerns- Localized Drought an Issue
• Agri-Marketers Report Their Primary Source of News
• To Succeed in China – US Beef Industry Must be Patient

08.16.17admin2017-08-16T12:26:11+00:00