Ag News

05.30.17

• June 1 Is an Important Crop Insurance Date – Be clear on unplanted and replanted coverage.
• Nebraska Extension Releases Grain Marketing Plan App
• Trump’s Proposed 2018 Budget Cuts Staff, Crop Insurance, Food Aid
• Crop Insurance Cut 36% in Trump Budget
• Watch on You Tube: Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s Message to USDA Staff Regarding FY2018 Budget
• Trump Budget Cuts May Stir Backlash in Rural America
• U.S. Wheat Associates Disappointed By Proposed 2018 Budget Cuts
• Three New Food Realities Facing Farmers
• Pesticide Legislation: HR 953 is Designed to Reduce Regs. on Farmers and Applicators – DTN
• Trade Talks: Ag Groups to President – “Do No Harm” – DTN
• 25 Percent of Bank CEOs Support June Fed Rate Hike
• Washington Week Ahead: Trump to Target Agriculture Spending in FY18 Budget
• Mexico Buys Cheaper Brazil Corn as NAFTA Talks Loom -Official
• 5 Financial Tips to Persevere Through 2017 and Beyond
• NAFTA: Perception Vs. Reality
• U.S., China Accelerate Beef Talks; Deal Possible by Early June
• June, July Markets Could Be a Deal Breaker
• Creighton’s Rural Mainstreet Index Reaches Highest Level In Two Years
• The Deferred Tax Monster

05.30.17admin2017-05-30T10:28:24+00:00

05.18.17

• Margin Protection Insurance Expanding in 11 States
• Why the Market Hasn’t Responded to May’s Wet Weather
• Mexican Trade Delegation: Don’t Fix What Isn’t Broken
• Field of Candidates for USDA Posts Becoming Clearer
• AgWeb: 5 Questions for Sonny Perdue
• Perdue Defends USDA Reorganization Plans, Outlines Agency Priorities
• USDA Secretary Perdue Engages House Ag Committee in Discussion on the Ag Economy and How USDA Can Help
• U.S. Immigration Arrests Up Under Trump
• Roberts, Stabenow Announce Hearing on Farm Economy
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Comment On Ag Sec’y Perdue’s Congressional Testimony
• 2016 Crop Insurance Performance: A Very Low Loss Year
• Farm Policy: Wall Street Journal Runs Special Section on Ag Issues
• Perdue on AgriTalk: ‘Hold Me Accountable’
• USDA Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin
• Farm Groups Oppose End to USDA’s Rural Development Office
• Mexican Grain Industry Officials Express Concerns
• USDA Issues: Wheat Outlook Report
• Corn, Soybean Prices Going Opposite Ways
• Farm Income, Land Values Trending Lower in Federal Reserve Report
• All But Two Countries Are in the Paris Climate Agreement. The U.S. Could be the Third
• CropLife America CEO Argues for PREA Reauthorization, More EPA Funding
• Progress Report | PDF
• 71% of U.S. Corn, 32% of Soybeans Planted
• Trump Reassures Farmers Immigration Crackdown Not Aimed at Their Workers
• Farm Income Appears to Stop Dropping?
• DTN Livestock Close: Cattle Stumble Into Week With Big Crash
• Bill Would Help Farmers Improve Irrigation Systems
• NASS Issues Ag Chemical Use on Corn for 19 States
• Which Commodities Depend the Most on Exports?
• Statement Of Ag Sec’y Perdue Regarding Trade Breakthrough With China
• U.S. Beef Headed to China
• U.S., China Agree to First Trade Steps Under 100-Day Plan
• 70 Percent Chance Dec. Corn Futures Hit $4.40-$4.50
• DC Dialogue: Trade for Rural Development?
• Fed Budget Cuts: Ag-Related Agencies Look for Alternative Funds – DTN
• Perdue Heads to Hill, USDA Nominees Near
• The Next Month Will Be Critical for Disease Development
• EPA Reopens Comment Period for Pyrethroids
• Investment in AgTech Have Tripled Over 2016
• Cargill’s CEO Expects World’s Grain Supply To Remain Oversupplied

05.18.17admin2017-05-18T11:34:27+00:00

05.10.17

• Farmers Say Risk Management Tops Priority Lists
• Perdue Proves His Row-Crop Credentials
• A Map Like This Persuaded Trump to Save NAFTA, For Now
• How to Fix the CRP
• USDA Delays Organic Livestock and Poultry Rule a Second Time
• Roberts Applauds USDA Delay of Organic Rules
• USDA: Winter Wheat Down 1 point at 53% Good/Excellent
• USDA: Larger Family Farms Show Stronger Financial Performance Than Smaller Farms
• EPA to Establish New Definition of Protected Waters
• When Should You Consider a Replant?
• Working Ranch Cowboys Association Steps Up for Fire Relief
• Senate to Vote Wednesday on Undoing Obama Methane Rule
• Nebraska Corn: Cold, Wet Conditions Favor Seedling Disease
• Crop Progress Report 05.08.17
• Top 10 Moves Trump Made Impacting Agriculture
• Highlights From Senate Ag Committee’s Farm Bill Hearing In Michigan
• Biotech Crop Surge Reaches All-Time High
• What NAFTA Renegotiations Will Mean
• EPA Sends WOTUS Withdrawal Notice to OMB
• U.S. Farm Groups Pile on Canada Over Trade Fairness
• USDA Issues: "Commodity Costs and Returns" Report
• May Forecast Raises Uncertainties for U.S. Corn
• NAFTA Could Get Renegotiated Soon, Says Sony Perdue
• CRP Bumps Acres Cap, So Signup Will Need to Wait
• "We’re Not Messing With the RFS," USDA Perdue Tells Iowa Farmers
• EPA Administrator Working to Streamline Registrations
• Syngenta, ChemChina One Step Closer to Sealing the Deal
• Highlights Of Ag Sec’y Perdue’s First Farm Policy Speech
• Senate Ag Committee To Hold Hearing On Pesticide Regulations This Thursday
• Assessing and Managing Strategic Risk

05.10.17admin2017-05-10T16:05:36+00:00

05.02.17

• Crop Progress Report 05.01.17
• May WASDE Could Be Catalyst For Letdown in Beans, Futures at $9
• Rain, Snow Puts Planting on Hold
• More Rain to Pummel U.S. Plains After Crop-Damaging Storm
• America’s 2017 Farmers Mom of the Year Finalists Announced
• Monsanto Terminates Precision Planting Acquisition With Deere
• ‘We Lost the Western Kansas Wheat Crop This Weekend’
• The High Cost of Lower Corporate Taxes
• Perdue Says Trump May Overlook Immigrant Farm Workers
• A Reminder on NAFTA and Agriculture
• Farm Journal Poll Shows How Farmers Rate Trump in First 100 Days
• Ag Lender Survey: Farm Profitability Down, Commodity Prices Top Concern
• Reports: Electoral Map Was Key to Trump’s New Stance on NAFTA
• USDA: Farmland Ownership Concentrated Among Older Operators And Landlords, And Male Operators

05.02.17admin2017-05-02T10:36:31+00:00

04.26.17

• Nebraska Corn, Soybeans: How Will Cold Snap Affect Planted Crops?
• Trump Signs Executive Order for Agriculture
• The Good and Bad of New Executive Order for Agriculture
• Trump Drops Wall to Avoid Shut Down, Farm Workers Fearful
• Trump Slaps Tariff on Canadian Lumber in Response to Dairy Battle
• Iowa Ag Secretary Shares His Observation on President Trump’s Ag Roundtable
• Farmer, Rancher’s Share of Food Dollar Lower Than What You Think
• Farm Policy Facts: There is No Free Market When it Comes to Agriculture
• 5 Things To Watch in 2018 Farm Bill and Agricultural Legislation
• Soybeans Close Lower, Grains Jump as Investors Weigh Planting, Dollar
• Mexico Talks Tough on Trump With NAFTA Talks Looming
• Nearly a Third of U.S. Ag Workers are Foreign Born
• Acre Changes in Crops from 1991 to 2016

04.26.17admin2017-04-26T11:21:14+00:00

04.25.17

• April 24, 2017: Crop Progress Report | PDF
• Senate Ag Committee’s Chairman Roberts Announces Perdue’s Senate Confirmation
• Chairman Conaway Applauds the Confirmation of Secretary Perdue
• A Sea of Issues Await Perdue When He Walks in the Door at USDA
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Statement On The Confirmation Of Sonny Perdue’s Confirmation
• Trump Could Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 15%
• Soybean Prices Close Double Digits Higher Monday
• Current Corn Market Price Factors
• DTN Livestock Close: Cattle Futures Crash In Reaction to Record March Placement
• Farm and Kids – Every 3 Days a Child Dies in Ag-Related Accident
• Feed Buyers Urged to Secure Supplies, Analyst Says
• Wall Street’s Bets on Commodities Put to the Test
• March Cattle Placements Hit New Monthly High
• New Farm Journal Fund Doubles Your Donation for Wildfire Recovery
• Oil Back Below $50 Amid Growing U.S. Production
• Senate Set to Confirm Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary
• Japan Pushes Back Against U.S. Pressure for Bilateral Trade Deal
• KC Fed Reports Farm Lending Continues To Moderate
• Have Generic Acres Impacted Planting Decisions?

04.25.17admin2017-04-25T12:24:38+00:00

04.17.17

• Farmers Waiver a Little on Trump, Farm Bill
• Relationship between Cash Rent and Net Return to Land
• EPA Promises ‘Back to Basics’ Approach
• Administration’s Biofuels Stance Still a Question Mark
• Reebok Introducing Footwear Made of Corn and Cotton
• USDA: More Women Becoming Farm Operators
• Will Paying Income Taxes Make You Work Harder?
• USDA Makes Loans Available for on Farm Storage
• Farmers Business Network Releases “The Voice of the Farmer” Report

04.17.17admin2017-04-17T12:19:26+00:00

04.12.17

• China Will Get Better U.S. Trade Deal If It Solves N. Korea Problem, Says Trump
• China Could Be Poised to Drop 13 Year Ban On U.S. Beef
• Sen. Grassley Wants Ban On Packer-Owned Livestock
• Cattlemen Applaud Delay of GIPSA Rule
• Crop Progress, 04.10.2017 [pdf]
• GIPSA Rule Delayed Again
• USDA Data Seen as Bearish for Farm Markets
• Immigration Issues Threaten Agriculture’s Profitability
• International Standard Set for Seed
• China May Finally Lift Ban on U.S. Beef
• Expanded U.S. Beef Sales to China a ‘Big Prize,’ Spicer Says
• 8 Critical Cover Crop Best Practices
• USDA Issues Report on Impact of Ag Mergers, Acquisitions
• Groups Ask Trump to Shut Down USDA Animal ID Road Tour
• Supreme Court in SD Denies ABC News Appeal in Beef Defamation Suit
• Defensive Cotton Variety Selection Comes With Risk
• Ten Tips for Tough Times in Farming

04.12.17admin2017-04-12T11:44:46+00:00

04.04.17

• 2017 Break-even Prices for Corn and Soybeans to have the Same Profitability: Revisited
• Perdue Confirmation Vote Not Likely for This Week
• Which Acres Make the Most Money?
• Farmers Are More Optimistic About Future vs. Current Economy
• Study to Show How Wheat Adds Value to Crop Rotation
• USDA Extends Emergency CRP Grazing for Fire Stricken Ranchers
• Changes Make CSP Benefits More Measurable
• Soybeans Bounce From Summer 2016 Lows
• Trump Administration Ready to Renegotiate NAFTA
• Agri-Women Announces ‘Ag Day is Every Day’ Campaign
• Farm Advocate Testifies On Importance Of USDA Financing For Farmers In Crisis
• Producer Sentiment Slips As 2017’s Challenges Start Coming Into Focus
• Nat’l Cotton Council Reports Its Farm Bill Priorities In Congressional Testimony
• USDA: Winter Wheat Condition Down a Little from a Year Ago
• Farmers Score Win With a Chlopyrifos Decision
• Funds Sell Commodities, But Interest Could Revive
• Devastation From Wildfires Still Burns Across TX, OK, KS
• 51% of U.S. Winter Wheat Rated Good to Excellent
• Dear Mr. President: Agriculture Needs Legal, Temporary Workers
• Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Trade Abuse
• Draft of New NAFTA Agreement Includes Only Modes
• Survey Reports Half of U.S. Workers Will Wait Until at Least Age 70 to Retire or Won’t Retire at All
• Weekly Outlook: Implications of the Prospective Planting Acreage and Grain Stocks for Corn and Soybeans
• How Should Farm Business Income be Divided?
• Sonny Perdue Is One Step Away From Becoming Agriculture Secretary
• EPA Reverses Self, Decides Not to Ban Chlopyrifos
• Grain Stocks for Corn, Soybeans and Wheat Top Trade Forecasts
• USDA Prospective Plantings Report
• FMC to Buy DuPont Assets Including Insecticide and Cereal Herbicide Businesses
• Brazil Seen Producing a Huge Soybean Crop
• Gulke: Soybean Prices Fall On Two Report Revelations
• Will a New Month Bring Fund Buying?
• Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Trade Abuse
• Ag Groups Call for Estate Tax Repeal, Continuation of Stepped-up Basis
• USDA Accepting CSP Contract Renewals
• Agriculture Groups Focus On Importance Of Immigration Reform In Letter To President

04.04.17admin2017-04-05T11:52:58+00:00

03.30.17

• Committee Vote on Perdue Pushed Back to Thursday
• USDA Secretary-Nominee Confirms Support for RFS; House and Senate To Consider ESA, Brownfields, Energy and Water; NOAA Seeks Marine Experts
• USDA Acreage Deviation Vs. Year Ago
• USDA to Bring the Market Heat Friday
• Beef Industry Asks Trump to Help Get U.S. Beef Back into China
• Wind, Solar Power Could Grow 51% by 2020
• Should We Expect a Spring Rally in Corn?
• Pruitt Remarks on EPA’s Review of Clean Power Plan
• Cattlemen Applaud Re-Establishment Of Congressional Beef Caucus
• USDA Announces Loan Rates For Wheat, Feed Grains, Oilseeds, Rice And Pulse Crops
• Chairman Pat Roberts Announces Committee Vote for USDA Secretary Nominee Today
• House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Holds Hearing on Next Farm Bill
• ASA Leader Testifies in Support of Crop Insurance
• Farm Groups Concerned With Perdue Vote Delay
• Dow, DuPont Get Conditional EU Nod
• Mexico Opens Door to Brazil’s Rice. Corn Next?
• USDA to Bring the Market Heat Friday
• Tough Times for Farm Income, Bright Spots on the Horizon
• Gulke: Acreage Surprises Possible in 2017 Planting Intentions Report
• Judge Approves Settlement ot Protect Farmers’ Privacy
• Relationships of Soybean-to-Corn Price Ratios Between Projected and Harvest Periods
• What Does the Banker Want?
• Soybeans Close 6¢ Lower Monday
• U.S. Oil Refiners Push for Biofuels Overhaul at White House
• Mexico Considers Granting Duty-Free Access to South American Corn
• “Emotional Element” to Farm Bill Discussion
• Livestock Producers and Industry Divided Over USDA Proposed Rules – DTN
• Health Insurance Has Become Farmers’ New No. 1 Worry
• More On Ag Sec’y Nominee’s Hearing, No Vote Taken
• Highlights Of Ag Sec’y Nominee’s Senate Confirmation Hearing
• Brazil to Double Corn-Based Ethanol Production in 2018
• The Farm CPA: Why You Might Want to Use a Disclaimer
• Coalition to Advance Precision Ag Launches New Website
• House Passes Pesticide Registration Bill
• Per Acre Payment Caps: Their Role as Payment Limits

03.30.17admin2017-03-30T12:22:12+00:00