Ag News

08.09.17

• Nebraska: Changes in Two Wheat Practices Could Lead to Increased Yield
• Iowa: Dicamba Off-Target Injury Complaints Continue to Rise
• Farm Bill Needs Are Many: a short-term version of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
• Farm Bill Issues- House Ag Committee “Listening Sessions” Continue, Sec. Perdue Visits Midwest
• USDA’s Sonny Perdue On A Roll In Iowa
• USDA Replaces The Phrase “Climate Change” With “Weather Extremes”
• House Ag Committee Chair Expects Farm Bill By End Of The Year
• Risk Management Tools a Top Priority for Farmers
• Proper Hedging Needed in Risky Market Environment
• Is the Trade Looking for Too Much of a Yield Reduction?
• Brazil Mulls Tariffs on U.S. Ethanol Imports
• Global Grain Fundamentals Begin to Improve
• USDA Has Opportunity to Help Craft Farmworker Bill
• Crop Progress Report
• All Eyes Look to Thursday and USDA Crop Production Numbers
• Highlights From Last Week’s Farm Bill Listening Session
• USDA Sees U.S. Corn Condition Getting Worse
• Ag’s Down Cycle May Offer Slow, Steady Succession Route
• Recent USDA Updates Provide Snapshot of Farm Economy Variables
• Trump Might Start Trade War With Brazil Over Imports of Ethanol
• Soybeans: Syngenta and Dow Enter Licensing Agreement for Enlist Technology
• Monsanto and Valent Expand Partnership in Roundup Ready PLUS, 2018
• Strong Six-Months for U.S. Red Meat Exports
• Highlights From Last Week’s Farm Bill Listening Session
• Farm Futures Releases Its Crop Forecast Survey Results
• Peanut Farmers Planting More Acreage in 2017
• Low Crop Prices, Increasing Conservation Compliance
• Dow, DuPont to Make it Official September 1
• Weed Scientist Disappointed With Industry Dicamba Response
• “The World Isn’t Going to Wait for Us,” Panelist Says of U.S. Trade
• Burn More Corn to Avoid Overproduction, Ethanol Leaders Say
• Trump Nominee for USDA Post Draws Criticism, Support
• Sec. Perdue: Trump Looks to Coordinate Permitting Process, Co-Locate Agencies
• Pre-NAFTA Renegotiation Discussions Intensify
• Texas Sorghum: Sugarcane Aphids Unaffected by High Plains Rains, Continue Spread
• Sugarcane Aphid Infestation County Map
• August 5: Grain Markets ‘Virtually Collapse’ This Week

08.09.17admin2017-08-09T22:29:29+00:00

Updated 08.04.17

• Nebraska Leads Research Group in Heat-Tolerant Crops
• Congressmen Hearing Wide Range of Concerns as Crafting of Next Farm Bill Begins
• Producers Press for Safety Net Assurance in Next Farm Bill
• Passing Farm Bill Could Be First Big Win For Divided Congress
• Mexico Announces NAFTA Renegotiation Goals
• Trump Trade Goals Include Anti-Dumping Tool for Perishable and Seasonal Products
• What You Need to Know about Trump’s Immigration Bill
• New USDA Survey: Land Values Continue to Defy Gravity
• Land Market Stability Questioned In New Land Values Report
• August 3 Farm Futrues Surveys Finds Smaller Crop Harvests
• U.S. to Reject Biofuel Program Tweaks in Blow to Refiners, Icahn-Sources
• Crops Close Lower Thursday
• Nebraska Leads Research Group in Heat-Tolerant Crops
• Planted Acres VS. Bases Acres and the Coming Farm Bill
• Perdue: Mexico Won’t Drop U.S. as Food Supplier
• Ag Sec’y Perdue To Embark On “Back To Our Roots” RV Tour
• Nebraska Leads Research Group in Heat-Tolerant Crops
• Purdue/CME Group Producer Sentiment Increases in July 2017
• More Farm Bill Hearings Scheduled by House Ag Committee
• U.S. Appeal Court Supports EPA Chlopyrifos Use
• Meet Vance Crowe: The Man Building a Network to Rally Against the Pseudoscience Attacking GMOs
• Rain Is More Important Than Crop Ratings, Analyst Says
• EPA Hears Calls for RVO Adjustments
• USGC: Tweaking NAFTA Risky for Grains
• Ag Barometer Hits Second-Highest Level Ever
• What to Watch as Mergers Near the Finish Line
• Weekly Outlook: Old Crop Soybean Consumption and Weather
• Nebraska: Cover Crop Study Focuses on Benefits in Soybean Cropping System
• Crop Progress Report
• U.S. Farmers Favor Little Change in Farm Programs
• Hand-Wringing and Hand-Holding Ahead of NAFTA Talks
• What Can Get Done in Congress This Year? Farm Bill “Possible”
• Farmland Income Return Shows Modest Gains
• Current Farm VISA Program ‘Unworkable’
• USDA: Most GE Corn And Cotton Seeds Now Have Both Herbicide Tolerance And Insect Resistance
• Ag Sec’y Perdue: Mexico “Not Serious” About Other Grain Sources
• Nebraska Soybeans: Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot Developing in Fields
• Appeal Court Rules EPA Can’t Consider Supply When Setting RFS Volumes
• Farmer Have Been Closely Watching Health Care Debate
• Mexico Won’t Drop U.S. as Supplier Because of NAFTA Anxiety – Perdue
• Japan Beef Tariff Hike Threatens Trade Relations -U.S. Ag Secretary
• U.S. Court Decision May Boost Biofuels, Hit Refiners
• Anticipate Potential $11.50 Upside to Soybean Prices If 45 BPA Yields
• The Great Corn Clash Is Coming as U.S., Brazil Farmers Face Off
• Trump May Have to Boost Biofuel as Court Deals Blow to Oil
• The Great Corn Clash Is Coming as U.S., Brazil Farmers Face Off
• NCBA Responds to Japan with ‘Disappointment’
• Assessing the Pulse of the Next Farm Bill Debate
• EPA’s Scott Pruitt Touts Regulatory Certainty as a Key for a New Improved WOTUS Coming From the Trump Administration

Updated 08.04.17admin2017-08-04T10:24:39+00:00

Updated: 07.28.17

• Trump Ag Nominee Questions Crop Insurance Constitutionality – DTN
• Reaction to Clovis Nomination at USDA Getting Mixed Reaction
• Op-Ed: Are Outside Investors A Blessing Or Curse For Agriculture?
• Trump Administration Begins Formal Process to Repeal WOTUS Definition
• The New NAFTA Inspires Anxiety on Both Sides of the Border
• House Ag Committee Examines NAFTA- Trade Issues
• Japan Considers Tariffs as Frozen Beef Imports Rise
• Actions Have Consequences: TPP Fallout With Japan
• South Africa Raises Forecast for Record 2017 Corn Harvest
• CFTC Nominees Promise to Protect Ag, Futures Markets
• EPA’s Scott Pruitt Meets With Farmers in Guymon- Looking for Input to Clarify WOTUS
• This Week on SUNUP – Kim Anderson Analyzes How Russia is Impacting the Price of U.S. Wheat
• USDA Extends Crop Insurance For Bee Keepers To More States
• Higher Wages Don’t Always Mean a Higher Standard of Living: Rural Cost-of-Living and Farmworker Wages
• Study Shows Soybean Growers Face 120 Regulations
• Groups Outline Priorities for Farm Bill 2019
• Perdue Hosts Meeting of Ag Task Force
• 5 Ways to Kill a Farm Credit Crisis
• U.S. Doesn’t Need a Bumper Crop, Analyst Says
• Soybeans Closed 17¢ Lower Tuesday-Improved Crop Weather Pressures Prices
• USDA Issues: “Livestock, Dairy And Poultry Outlook” Report: PDF
• Policy Change on U.S. Beef Exports to China- Early Impacts Explored
• 2017’s Corn Yield Could Be Year for Haves and Have Nots
• E-15 Bogged down by Tag-Along Proposals
• Monsanto Faces Class Action Suit Over Dicamba
• USDA to Publish New Cattle Report Beginning Today
• U.S. Cattle Inventory at 103 Million Head, Jumps 4% Since 2015
• Policy Change on U.S. Beef Exports to China- Early Impacts Explored
• Crop Progress Report: 7.24.17
• USDA Can’t Stop the Bleeding in its Crop Ratings
• Lawmakers Seen Dabbling With Comprehensive Immigration Reform
• Drought Fuels 11-Year High in U.S. June Fed Cattle Placements
• Iowa State Economist: Trade Is More Important To Agriculture Than New Farm Bill
• Nebraska: Southern Rust Confirmed in 7 Counties
• Dicamba: Nebraska Update on Soybean Injury
• Nebraska: UNL Researchers Work to Get More Oil, Less Starch from the Crop
• Trump Administration To Cancel Hundreds Of Regulations
• Senate Appropriations Committee Okays Fiscal Year 2018 Ag Budget- Including Approval of Cottonseed as “Other Oilseed” for Farm Program Support
• Four Troubling Statements About Dicamba Damage
• Senate Panel Votes to Keep Top USDA Rural Development Job
• U.S. Trade Representative Releases NAFTA Negotiating Objectives
• Budget, Appropriations Issues Continue to Unfold- Agriculture, Farm Bill
• Farm Moods Plummet to Lowest Levels in 9 Years on Recent Survey
• Why Funds Bought 1.3 Billion Bushels of Wheat
• U.S. Cattle Inventory at 103 Million Head, Jumps 4% Since 2015

Updated: 07.28.17admin2017-07-28T11:40:06+00:00

07.13.17

• World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report (WASDE): July 12
• 8 Things About Temperature Inversion You Should Know
• Farm Groups Concerned With Trade Deals
• USDA: Season-Average Corn Prices Down a Dime, Soybeans Up a Dime
• As Corn Prices Rise, So Do Fertilizer Stock Prices
• Chinese Buyers Commit to Large Volume of U.S. Soy
• Russia is Now the Largest Wheat Exporter
• NCBA President Craig Uden Has Multiple Reasons to Celebrate at this Year’s NCBA Summer Meeting
• Trade Group Says US-China Beef Deal “Cuts the American Cowboy’s Throat,” Calls for Renegotiation
• Soybeans Close Higher as Traders Return to Fundamentals, Grains Mixed
• Microsoft Announces Plan To Provide Broadband To Rural Areas
• Ag Groups Ask Administration To Not Place Tariffs On Steel Imports
• New “Ivy League Farmer” Film To Debut On RFD-TV And The Cowboy Channel
• Fertilizer Costs in 2017 and 2018
• Crop Insurance Saves Taxpayers $8 Billion Over 5 Years
• Latest National Beef Quality Audit Results to be Released at the 2017 Summer Cattle Industry Business Meeting
• More Farm Bill Hearings Scheduled During July & August
• This Will Make You Cringe: California Wheat Farmer Faces Millions in Fines
• U.S. Corn and Soybean Crop Ratings Continue Dropping
• Crop Progress Report 07.10.17
• U.S. Ag Trade Data Update: Some Interesting Observations
• Global Climate: We Just Had 2nd Warmest May on Record in 137 Years – NASA
• SF Special: Will a Megadrought Slam the U.S. as Soon as 2050?
• U.S. Corn Sales Drop to Three-Year Low as S. American Exports Rise
• How to Negotiate a Lower Farm Lease
• Missouri, Arkansas Halt Dicamba Sale and Use
• Syngenta Settles With Nebraska Farmer Ahead of Trial
• Washington Week Ahead: House GOP Looks to Agree on Budget
• Scientists Research Original Wheat Plant to Advance Genome Sequencing
• Framework for Evaluationg Strategic Options
• US Red Meat Exports Continue to Exhibit Strong Momentum During May 2017 According to USMEF
• Thompson-Weeman: Why the Heck Would Anyone Listen to “What the Health”?

07.13.17admin2017-07-13T22:57:09+00:00

07.06.17

• Nebraska Farmland: Ag Land and Buildings Down $5.6Bln from 2016
• House Ag Chair Sees Enough Money for Farm Bill, Even With Cuts
• Wal-Mart Upgrades to Angus Beef
• U.S. Farmers Running out of Opportunities to Sell Corn at Profit
• Crop Progress Report: July 5, 2017 (PDF)
• Trump Administration Maintains Corn, Biodiesel Mandates for 2018
• Trump Signs Agro-Terrorism Legislation
• Is Debt a Better Instrument for Farmland Investment?
• Are You Better or Worse Off Than Last Year?
• Iowa State Economist: Despite Some Alarming Signs, Repeat Of 1980’s Farm Crisis Seen As Unlikely
• Barometer: Ag Financials Stronger, But Miss 2017 Targets
• Ag Industry Urges Trump to Appoint Full USDA Leadership Team
• Trump’s Rural Broadband Goal Won’t Be Easy, It Will be Costly
• U.S. Wheat, Corn, Soy Climb as MGEX Spring Wheat Tops $8
• Farmer Testifies on Conservation
• EU Trade Deal With Japan Likely
• Court Orders EPA to Enforce Methane Regulations
• Nalivka: IRS Should Not Manage Ranch Finances
• Rabobank Issues Report on Declining Wheat Acres

07.06.17admin2017-07-06T11:18:15+00:00

06.28.17

• Nebraska Beef Arrives in China; Ibach There to Celebrate
• Conaway Praises EPA Repeal of WOTUS, Calls for Continued Work to Protect Farmers and Ranchers
• Farm Groups Applaud Withdrawal of WOTUS Rule
• How Much $ Does It Take to Become a Farmer?
• The Cash Rent Spectrum Is Wide
• USDA Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin PDF
• Cattle on Feed Up 3%
• U.S. Trade Representative Begins NAFTA Hearings
• Crop Ratings Dip Supports Prices
• U.S. Winter Wheat Protein Levels Remain Low, Premiums Swell
• Farm Equipment: Repair or Replace?
• Countdown to Important USDA Reports
• Perry Launches Trump’s ‘Energy Week’ With Nuclear Pledge
• Machinery Cost Estimates for 2017
• Crop Progress Report 06.26.17
• First Signs of Trade Trouble with Mexico Surface
• How Has Your State Fared Under the 2014 Farm Bill?
• USDA Issues: “Commodity Cost And Returns” Report
• Economist Derrell Peel Predicts Cattle Markets Likely to Hold a Sideways Pattern for Remainder of 2017
• Nebraska Corn: Wheat Stem Maggot Infestation
• Nebraska: Japanese Beetles Emerge in Corn and Soybeans
• This Business of Farming: 4 Things That Keep Farmers Up at Night
• Principles of Farm Leadership
• Jury Awards $217.7 Million to Kansas Corn Growers in Syngenta GMO Class Action Lawsuit
• USDA Halts Imports of Fresh Brazilian Beef
• U.S. Biodiesel Profitable Despite Expired Tax Credit
• Is High-Tech Subsurface Moisture Monitoring on the Way?
• Bipartisan Bill To Help Farmers Purchase New, Replace Worn-Out Equipment Introduced

06.28.17admin2017-06-29T11:17:47+00:00

06.21.17

• Ag Leaders Laud Benefits of NAFTA
• Nebraska Throws Support Behind Waters of the US Rewrite – DTN
• Nebraska Corn: Growth Stage and Postemergence Herbicides
• Costco Breaks Nebraska Ground on First Poultry Processing Facility
• Trump: Moving Beyond Energy Independence to Energy Dominance
• Trump Nominates Gregory Doud to be Chief Ag Negotiator
• In Search of Predictable Crop Cycle Prices
• Analyst: 70 Percent Chance of Seeing $12 Soybeans in 2017
• In Search of Predictable Crop Cycle Prices
• DTN Grain Close: Row Crops Sink Lower; Spring Wheat Higher
• States Urge EPA To Cut Obama Era WOTUS Rule
• Study: Close Failing Banks Before They Cost U.S. Billions
• Betting it All, Gamblers and Farmers Have a Lot In Common
• Progress Report June 19, 2017
• Op-Ed: Agriculture Giants Merging Could Ruin American Farmers
• A Friendly Face in the U.S. Trade Office
• Did Farmers Get a Better Deal With ARC/PLC?
• 10 Up & Comers in Agriculture in 2017
• The Top 10 All Around the Farm Ideas: Machinery
• AFBF Speaks Out On Trump’s New Cuban Business Rules
• Ag, Rural Prosperity Task Force Focuses on Improving Rural Economy
• U.S. Ethanol Groups Applaud Mexico’s Adoption of E10
• Grape-Based Compounds Kill Colon Cancer Stem Cells in Mice

06.21.17admin2017-06-21T13:03:33+00:00

06.13.17

• Nebraska Loads First Beef Shipment to China Under New Trade Deal
• Crop Progress Report 06.12.17
• U.S. Corn Rating Drops, USDA Says
• Crop Ratings Offer a Surprise
• NCGA: Trade Agreements a Good Deal for U.S. Feed Grains
• Final Guidelines Set for U.S. Beef Exports to China
• Trump Regulatory Review Could Boost Apprentice Programs
• New Crop Insurance in America Web Site Launched
• Farm Cash Income Could Post Gains In 2017, Report Says
• Rural Unemployment in Steady Decline Since 2010
• Reasons Why Cooperatives Are Merging
• Court Fight Over Local Restrictions on Large-scale Farms
• Why Corn is a Climate Change Champion
• Nebraska Corn Rated 78% Good to Excellent; Beans 74%
• Washington Week Ahead: Perdue Faces Senate Challenges to Budget
• Crops Dip, Recover After USDA’s Bearish Supply
• FSA Nominations Period Opens June 15, 2017
• USDA Sees Big Year to Year Drop in Winter Wheat Production
• No Big June WASDE Surprises Revealed
• China May Have Smallest Corn Harvest in Four Years
• Report Defines Sustainability from Consumer and Farmer Points of View
• Crop Insurance Product Comparisons

06.13.17admin2017-06-15T11:49:32+00:00

06.07.17

• Farmland Sales Hard to Find as Growers Hold Tight, Keeping Land Value Fairly Stable
• Farmer Mac Early Exclusive: Farm Bankruptcy Rates Low
• Differences in Revenue and Costs for Higher and Average Return Grain Farms
• 3 Vital Finance Lessons from a Gray-Haired Banker
• Corn Closes Just Below the $4 Mark Tuesday
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Trump Considers Allowing In Argentine Biodiesel, Beef
• Perdue Pushes Canada to Drop Dairy, Wheat Trade Barriers
• U.S. Wheat Associates’ Warning To Commerce: National Security Arguments Cut Both Way
• Producer Sentiment Holds Steady; Producers Voice Support For Renegotiating NAFTA
• U.S., Mexico Reach Sugar Pact Without Backing From U.S. Producers
• Millennial Farmers Head to Washington, D.C.
• Crop Progress Report: 06.05.17
• Farm Policy: Concerns Over Trump Ag Budget Proposal Persist
• Canada’s Minister Of Agriculture Issues Comments On Meeting With U.S. Ag Sec’y
• Spanning the Globe – Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Production and Exports since 2000: Focus on the Black Sea Area and the U.S.
• Meat Packer Blames ABC’s ‘Pink Slime’ for Nearly Killing Company
• Agri-Pulse: Ag Sec’y Suggests Crop Insurance Is Being Abused
• Farm Leaders Take to Newspaper Opinion Pages to Defend Crop Insurance
• Washington Week Ahead: Lawmakers Defend Food Aid, Perdue Goes to Canada
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Issues Statement On Pres Trump Cancelling U.S.’ Participation In Paris Accord
• Farmers’ Grain Marketing Practices Vary Little, Study Finds
• Corn Prices Will Follow Summer Weather, Says Analyst
• Pullout From Paris Accord Will Have No Impact on Biofuels
• Are Organic Pesticides Safer Than Synthetic Counterparts?
• With Trump in the White House, Could a Full Repeal of the “Death Tax” Finally Happen?

06.07.17admin2017-06-07T12:20:42+00:00

06.01.17

• Terminology Important in Making Crop Insurance Claims
• Senators Not Happy with Trump Budget Cuts to Ag Programs
• U.S. Commerce Chief Says Hopes to Finish NAFTA Talks by Early January
• Corn Closed Up a Nickel Wednesday
• Early U.S. Winter Wheat Harvest Supports Low-Protein Fears
• Details of China/U.S. Beef Protocol Discussions Start to Emerge
• Heightened Importance On Summer Weather
• Fed’s Kaplan Sticks to Rate Forecast Despite Inflation Weakness
• Marketing Against the Grain
• Ross pledges NAFTA Renegotiation Will ‘Do No Harm’ to US Exports
• USDA: Productivity Gains, Declining Acreage Lower Cotton Production Costs
• Nebraska Planting: 4 Tips to Consider if You Have Weather Delays
• May 30, 2017 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• 3 Practices for Your Cash Rent Approach
• 2017 Cattle Outlook: Prices Haven’t Hit the Bottom
• Details of China/U.S. Beef Protocol Discussions Start to Emerge
• Summer Weather Outlook 2017: Hot and Dry
• Will Lawmakers Find Common Ground on Energy Bill this Year?
• Farm Bureau President Confident Congress Will Fully Fund Agriculture
• Senate Democrats Raise Concerns Over President Trump¹s Cuts to Rural Development in Joint Letter
• Crop Insurance Ax Threatens Farm Country
• Nebraska: Evaluating Early-Season Hail Damage in Corn
• Leaders of Senate Agriculture Committee Say No to Farm Bill Cuts

06.01.17admin2017-06-01T11:53:24+00:00