Ag News

02.02.17

• House Committee on Agriculture – Chairman Conaway Announces Subcommittee Assignments
• Trump Trade Plans, South America Crops Could Hurt U.S. Farm Exports
• Soybean Prices Finish 12¢ Higher Wednesday
• Democratic Boycott Stalls Pruitt’s EPA Nomination
• Increasing Fears of Trade War With Mexico
• Why There’s Pushback Against Trump’s EPA Nominee
• Vilsack Backs Perdue for Agriculture Secretary
• Sensenbrenner Introduces Bill to Reform RFS Mandate
• ADM to Sell Crop Risk Services Business
• The Profitability of Ethanol Production in 2016
• Nebraska: Watch Out for Wheat Viruses this Spring
• Former Ag Secretaries Pen Op-Ed on Dow-DuPont Merger
• Trump Puts U.S. Food, Farm Companies on Edge Over Mexico Trade
• Wheat Prices Close 6¢ Higher Tuesday
• 8 Rules Every Young Farmer Should Follow
• Ethanol Outlook: Trump’s ‘Unmistakable Support’ for the RFS
• When Land Changes Hands, Opportunities Abound
• Is El Nino Ready to Make a Comeback?
• NPPC Hails Trump U.K. Trade Announcement
• Farm Policy Facts: New Year, But Same Outlook For Farm Economy
• Keeping China Accountable
• Trump Orders Two Regulations Killed For Each New One Issued
• Uncertainty Surrounds Trump Regulation-Cutting Order
• Neiffer: Tax Reform to Benefit Farmers, Death Tax’s Replacement
• Profit Tracker: Feeding Margins Exceed $240
• WOTUS Suit on Hold Till Supreme Court Decides Jurisdiction

02.02.17admin2017-02-02T12:35:54+00:00

01.26.17

• Senate Ag to Hold First Farm Bill Hearing
• Actuarial Performance of Crop Insurance Premiums, 2001-15
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
• USDA Employee Clarifies Agency Guidance Following Backlash
• Trump’s Push Against Trade Deals Disappoints Some of His Supporters
• Experts Report Withdrawal from TPP to Benefit Small Town Workers, Not Farmers
• USDA Exports – Unknown Buys 5.55 Million Bushels of Corn 01/25/17
• Risk Expert: Low Commodity Prices Demand Efficiency
• Trump’s Clamp-Down on Illegal Immigrants Causes Concern for Farm Groups
• Trump Intends to Rework NAFTA
• Soy Growers Urge Prudence on NAFTA Renegotiation
• Grassley Says All Not Lost in TPP Withdrawal
• Farm Groups Bristle as Trump Kills TPP Negotiations
• Struggling U.S. Farm Sector Faces New Threat as TPP Dies
• Dakota Pipeline: Back On?
• Ag Groups Endorse Repeal of Death Tax
• Humanewatch.org Launches Campaign Targeting Humane Society of the U.S.
• Regulatory Overreach Sinks Another Farm Family
• NMPF, USDEC Urge Trump Not to Cede Export Opportunities
• Researchers Discover New Technique to Develop New Crop Protection Products
• Major Questions Facing Agriculture in 2017
• Washington Week Ahead: Trump Delays Regulations, Looks to Trade Deals
• Quick Action Trump Could Take on Energy, Environment, Climate
• Trump says Perdue Will Deliver Big Results at USDA
• K.C. Fed Report: volume of New Ag Loans Drops
• Climate Change May Reduce Some U.S. Grain Harvests by Half
• South Korea Importing More U.S. Beef at Record High Prices – DTN
• Farmer Response Rate to USDA Surveys is Dropping – Bad News for You

01.26.17admin2017-01-26T13:14:34+00:00

01.19.17

• Trump Picks Perdue for Agriculture Secretary, Ending Historically Long Search
• Commodity Groups Weigh in on Secretary of Ag Choice
• Chairman Conaway Disappointed in Organic Animal Welfare Rule
• Bayer Promises Trump it Will Keep 100% of Monsanto Employees, Add 3000 New Jobs
• Successful Farming: A Look Back at Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s Tenure
• Vilsack to Become President and CEO of U.S. Dairy Export Council
• U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Farmer’s Petition Challenging EPA – DTN
• China Cancels Ethanol Imports
• Wheat Virus Crosses Over, Harms Native Grasses
• Cattle Organizations Praise Scott Pruitt- Say He Will Bring Common Sense to EPA as Administrator
• Farm Business: Sweat Equity – Good Compensation for Returning Family?
• Key Argentina Soy Areas Flooded, More Rains Seen Starting Friday
• Successful Farming: Top 16 Questions for 2017
• Weather Talks Dominate Post USDA
• High Court to Decide Where WOTUS Case Should be Heard
• Flint on Crops: Why Choose No-Till? – Commentary
• Farm Business: 3 Tips for Loan Renewal; 5 Tips If Your Loan is Denied
• New Study Shows Ethanol Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• U.S. Farmers Harvest Smallest Winter Wheat Crop in 100 Years
• Lawyers Concerned Over Trump’s Meeting with Bayer, Monsanto CEOS
• Ag Secretary Vilsack Says Goodbye
• Trump is Listening to Farmers, Says Ag Advisory Committee Member
• Grassley Promotes Northey for Top USDA Post
• Women in Ag: A Look at Employment and Benefits
• Where Land Values Show the Greatest Promise
• Another Attempt to Repeal Death Tax Proposed
• China Creates Agriculture Giant With Grain, Cotton Merger
• Pruitt’s EPA Confirmation Hearing Set For Jan. 18
• Inauguration Parade Will Include Ag Leaders Driving Tractors
• CropLife International Lists 10 Most Important Studies in 2016
• Crop Protection Industry Needs to Stay United to Protect Products

01.19.17admin2017-01-19T12:12:40+00:00

01.11.17

• Trump’s Ag Secretary Delay Causes Jitters
• Post-Election Farmer Optimism is Soaring
• Congressman Frank Lucas Offers His Take on the Next Ag Secretary Conversation and Ag-Policy Talks Coming Later This Year
• Performance of Crop Insurance: Tool within the 2017 Crop Insurance Decision Tool
• Poll: Trump Voters Overwhelmingly Support Ethanol
• 10% of Argentina’s Soybean Crop Is Damaged, Experts Say
• Departing U.S. Trade Chief Warns Against Withdrawing From TPP
• Pros and Cons of Granular and Liquid Fertilizers
• Op-Ed: Here’s Why Bayer-Monsanto Combo is Good For Everyone
• USDA Files Motion to Dismiss “Other White Meat” Lawsuit
• Opinion: All producers will lose under new GIPSA rules
• Nebraska: Fremont will Consider Grants for Costco Chicken Plant
• Farm Groups Pitch Trump on Picking Former California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado as Agriculture Secretary
• Finance First: Speedier decision-making on the farm
• Wheat Market Rallies this Week Lifting Farmers Hopes for a Viable Price Next Harvest Come June
• Wheat Seeding Could be Lowest in a Century
• Dollar Dip Props Up Corn, Wheat Markets
• DTN Fertilizer Trends: Prices End Year Down Double Digits from 2015
• DTN Grain Close: 2016’s Losers Bounce Back
• Trade Agreements: Not Sufficient for Gains to Outweigh Losses – Commentary

01.11.17admin2017-01-11T15:57:16+00:00

01.05.17

• The Trump Effect on Ag Issues in Washington
• Trump Sows Dismay in Rural America With Late Agriculture Choice
• Soybean Prices Close 20¢ Higher Wednesday
• Here’s Where FSA Microloans Have Been Distributed
• USDA: 10 Percent of Farmland to be Transferred by 2019
• History Suggests Hope For Wheat
• The Emerging Disruptor: Farmland Investors
• American Petroleum Institute Wants to “Change the Conversation” Under Trump, Pruitt
• Technology Ushers In Next Wave of Irrigation Efficiency
• USDA to Measure Agricultural Land Values
• Livestock Industry Lays Out Federal Lands Priorities For Trump Administration
• 6 Technology Resolution for Your Farm Office
• End of Market’s Bearish News Near, Analyst Says
• Ag Producer Confidence Index Rises Sharply, Agribusinesses Still Pessimistic
• Percent Good to Excellent End of November
• Winners and Losers: 2016 Agri Marketing’s Ag Stock Index
• Buying Used Precision Ag Equipment
• No-till Study Showing Benefits, if Farmers Stick with It
• Insights on 2017 Cash Rents and Farm Operating Budgets
• Lenders Expect Financial Stress to Worsen for Farmers
• Report: Vilsack to Head U.S. Dairy Export Council
• Egypt Haggling as Major Wheat Buyer
• Washington Week Ahead: Farmers Await USDA Nominee as New Congress Convenes
• Trump Leaning Toward Georgia Ex-Gov for Agriculture Head -Official
• 2016 in Review: Our Favorite Things: AgWeb
• Tax Tips: Why You Should Care About Carryback
• Vilsack Reflects on 7-Years, Challenges Replacement Will Have
• Most Ag Export Growth Coming From Emerging Markets

01.05.17admin2017-01-05T20:04:06+00:00

12.30.16

• Modified CRP Rule Benefits Young Farmers
• USDA: 10% of Farmland Expected to be Transferred by 2019
• Fewer Trump Administration Regulations Could Help Agriculture
• Who Gives the Best Weather Forecasts?
• Four Insights Into Farmland Ownership
• Wheat Closes Up 3¢ Thursday
• Traders Prepare for New Year
• Where Dicamba Stands for 2017
• EPA Rejects Request to Delay Pesticide Safety Rule
• USDA: Net Farm Incomes Lower for Third-Straight Year
• FDA Changes Coming for Livestock Owners

12.30.16admin2016-12-30T13:03:37+00:00

12.28.16

• 2016: A Review of the Marketing Year
• Top 10 Stories from 2016
• 2017 Market Movers Reads Like Grocery List
• U.S. Agricultural Trade Policy: How Does it Work?
• What’s Price of a Trade War with China?
• Net Farm Income Forecast to Decline for Third Straight Year
• Trump Adviser is RFS Skeptic
• Obama Admin. Fighting for U.S. Beef Producers
• Congress’ Budget Patch Averts National Farm Loan Crisis
• Chances of a 2017 La Nina Fading, Forecasters Say
• Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Calls Scott Pruitt "The Right Guy at the Right Time" to be Administrator at EPA
• U.S. Global Supplies to Cap 2017 Crop Prices, Analysts Say
• Expert Advice: Chart Your Course in 2017
• Farmers Receive 10-Cents for Each Dollar Spent on Food
• Tyner: Moderately High Gas Prices Likely Next Year
• Iowa State Study Shows Wind Turbines Benefit Crops
• U of Illinois: A Quick Primer on Agricultural Trade
• Planting Profits Launches On-Line Crop Planning Tool
• Pesticide Sensors Could be Saving Grace for Agriculture

12.28.16admin2016-12-28T14:28:40+00:00

12.22.16

• Could Our Next Secretary of Agriculture Be Former Texas Ag Commissioner Susan Combs?
• EPA Amends Rules to Reduce Accidents at Chemical Facilities
• What Rotations Give the Biggest Soil Boost?
• Is 85 Million Acres the New Normal for Soybeans
• Big Concerns for Grain Prices Heading into the New Year
• Does Your iPhone Calendar Have Spam
• Rising Interest Rates and Farmland Prices
• Nebraska: Herbicide Resistance is Key Topic for Pesticide Training
• Pence to Meet with Former Texas Ag Commissioner Combs; Heitkamp Speculation Continues
• Trump, Trade, and China: What to Expect in 2017
• Technicals Weigh On Ag Commodities
• Ethanol Prices Now at Decade-Long Low
• OPEC Deal Makes Oil Investors More Bullish
• What Might a Spring Rally Look Like?
• Talking to Your Banker About Increased Interest Rates
• 3 Answers To Tricky Farm Bill Questions
• 10 Days that Shook the Market in 2016
• Brazil Winter Corn Crop Seen at Record 59.9 mmt, Analyst Says
• House Ag Committee Scorns China’s ‘Predatory Practices’
• La Nina in Full Effect With Cold Snap
• Report: The Failure of Commodity Market Economics
• Pruitt’s Nomination to Lead the EPA Causes Major Upset in Political Circles, Signals Change in the Air
• Trump’s Cabinet is Mostly White and Male. What Will that Mean for Policy?
• Rose on Cotton: Sell Before Year’s End? Depends on Your Answer to 1 Question.
• 7 Stories Your Might Have Missed from Last Week
• 10 Dicamba Damage Takeaways From Missouri
• Will China Introduce GMO Corn Hybrids in the U.S.?
• Obama Signs Water Bill With Caution of Drought Provisions
• Grain Futures: Who is Trading and Why it Matters

12.22.16admin2016-12-22T12:46:07+00:00

12.14.16

• Report on 100 Largest Landowners Issued
• Why are Ethanol Plants Searching for Corn?
• Monsanto Shareowners Approve Merger With Bayer
• Farmers Snapping Up Available Farmland Amid Declining Prices
• Forceful Trump to Press Regulatory Relief First, Say Farm Policy Hands
• What’s the Farm Bill Outlook With a Trump Administration?
• Can Farm Groups and Trump Work Out Their Differences?
• Ag Policy: Caring for Environment Won’t Pay the Bills, Most Farmers Need Incentives
• Oil Crops Outlook: Upward Surge in Soybean Oil Prices Continues
• MetLife Forecasts Higher Grain Prices, Livestock To Remain Stagnant
• Choice of Pruitt Sends RIN Credit Price Downward
• Weekly Grain Movement – Dec. 12, 2016
• EPA Finalizes Standards for Application of Restricted-Use Pesticides
• Stine Seed Gives U.S. Soy Farmers a Rare Chance to Replant GMO Seeds
• Farmers Fought These 4 Harvest Bottlenecks in 2016
• USDA: Variable Rate Technology Used on About 20% of Planted Acres for Several Major Crops
• Farm Payments by Countercyclical and Insurance Programs Since 2002
• Heitkamp Tops Trump’s List for Agriculture Secretary
• Pruitt’s EPA Nomination Likely to Result in Senate Battle
• Farmers Get Win With EPA, China Ambassador Nominees
• McMorris Rodgers in Line for Top Spot at Interior
• Gulke: No News Isn’t Bad News for USDA Reports
• Farmers Narrowly Dodge Environmental Storm
• The Top 5 Farmer Regrets of 2016
• Cattle Outlook: Slight Projection Changes from USDA
• She Called Out Chipotle, and They Answered
• Nine Farm Strategies for a Profitable 2017

12.14.16admin2016-12-14T14:28:08+00:00

12.12.16

• Heitkamp Tops Trump’s List for Agriculture Secretary
• Pruitt’s EPA Nomination Likely to Result in Senate Battle
• Farmers Get Win With EPA, China Ambassador Nominees
• McMorris Rodgers in Line for Top Spot at Interior
• Dec. 9 WASDE Report PDF
• Gulke: No News Isn’t Bad News for USDA Reports
• Farmers Narrowly Dodge Environmental Storm
• The Top 5 Farmer Regrets of 2016
• Cattle Outlook: Slight Projection Changes from USDA
• She Called Out Chipotle, and They Answered
• Texas Cotton: Drone Data Collection Helps Increase Farmer Efficiency, Profitability
• Nine Farm Strategies for a Profitable 2017

12.12.16admin2016-12-12T11:08:04+00:00