Ag News

06.03.16

• Soybeans Close 44 Cents Higher, Headed for $12?
• Atrazine Risk Assessment Draws Ire from Ag Sector
• Editorial: Not Every Prairie Pothole Needs Federal Protection by Noah Feldman
• As Obama Pushes Trade, Farm Groups Balk at T-TIP
• What’s Needed for US Wheat to be Globally Competitive
• Farming Needs Strong Policy and Crop Insurance

06.03.16admin2016-06-03T09:40:24+00:00

06.01.16

• USDA Unveils New Improvement to Streamline Crop Reporting
• Vilsack to Make First Official Visit to Puerto Rico
• USDA Extends Deadline for Recording Farm Structure
• USGC Says Japan Taking Steps to Ratify TPP
• NASS Collecting Data for Annual Survey
• Crop Progress Report: PDF
• USDA Funds for Farm Loans are Running Out
• Rural Mainstreet Economy Remains Weak for May
• U.S. Farmers Rush to Sell Soybeans Early as Prices Rally
• Grain Market: "Most Bullish Start in Spot Soybeans Since 1997″ – DTN
• SCOTUS: Landowners Can Sue Corps Over Wetlands Determinations
• DTN Cotton Close: Futures Recover from Sharp Early Losses
• Nebraska: Waiting on Muddy Soils – How Wet is Too Wet
• North Dakota Ballot Measure Pits Family vs. Corporate Farms ?
• Quarterly Outlook Shows Drop in Ag Exports
• Senate Ag Committee Holds Hearing on Livestock Issues
• USDA Issues Extension for Actively Engage in Farming Determinations
• Buy Puts Before June Acreage Numbers, Analyst Says
• Wheat Supported by Harvest Delays
• As Seed Companies Combine, Farmers Suspect Competition and Innovation Will Suffer
• How the Rural Landscape is Changing
• Livestock groups Hit Their Major Points at Senate Ag Hearing
• Vilsack Calls for Mandatory GMO Labeling
• House Fails to Pass Energy & Water Appropriations Bill

06.01.16admin2016-06-01T11:09:03+00:00

05.25.16

• Weekly Outlook: Will Summer Pricing Opportunities Materalize?
• CME Making Livestock Changes Cattle, Hog Markets to Allow Post-Close/Pre-Open Order Entries
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
• National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President’s Testimony on the Farm Economy
• Study: Ag Exports Boost U.S. GDP
• Monsanto Rejects Bayer’s $62 Billion Bid
• Brazil Faces Corn Shortage Crisis
• Farm Bureau Tells Congress EPA, Army Corps of Engineers Violate Law, Oprress Farmers
• As El Nino Exits, La Nina Looms
• Nebraska Field Reports: Planting Between and After the Rains
• Crop Progress Report
• U.N. Agriculture Sector Key to Protecting Livelihoods, Addressing Conflict and Climae Change Risks
• Demand for Used Equipment, Rising Combine Values Surprise in 2016
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Up 1 Percent
• TPP: Time to Act or Scrap the Deal
• Big Wheat Harvest Looming: Selling Could Get Ugly
• Farm Credit Agency Officials: This Is Not the 1980s
• When a Lease is More: Don’t Forget IRS’ Share
• Changing ARC-County Formula Senator Offers Provision to Change How ARC Yield Calculated
• Mars Probe to Be Used by Agriculture

05.25.16admin2016-05-25T11:24:28+00:00

05.12.16

• Field Work? Virtually No Progress
• Brazil’s 2016 Corn Crop Size Continues To Fall
• Arson Blamed for Deadly Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast in 2013
• 2016 Marketing Gain Impacts on Income Statements Will be Limited
• New Survey Provides Consumer Insight: Family Farms
• Profit Tracker: Feedyards Nearing Breakeven
• Senators Question Disparity of Payments Under ARC Program
• Farmers Wanted for Data-Intensive Farm Management Program
• Weather Causes Record Losses in South America Corn, Soybeans
• U.N.: New Pesticide Guidelines Seek Faster Phase – Out Of Risky Toxins
• 2016 Marketing Gain Impacts on Income Statements Will be Limited
• Comprehensive Commodity Costs and Returns: USDA
• Argentina Floods Spark Biggest Bet on Soybean Rally in Two Years
• 2018 Farm Bill–Simplifying Rural Development
• Nebraska: Planting Delays? Don’t Switch Hybrids or Crops Yet
• Nebraska: Shift to La Nina Likely in Late Summer or Earlier
• Organic Livestock Standards Proposed
• TPP in Lame Duck Uphill Challenge
• Land Rents Move Beyond Word of Mouth: "Bird Dog" solves an age-old problem – how to match tenant, landowner values
• Canada Running Out of Wheat
• USDA Selects Over 800,000 Acres for CRP Enrollment
• When Will Cattle Finishing Be Profitable Again?
• Oklahoma Cattlemen Expect Negative Messages About Cattle Production From New HSUS National Agriculture Advisory Board

05.12.16admin2016-05-12T11:24:09+00:00

05.06.16

• Nebraska has 3rd Most CRP Acres
• Costs Behind New Crop Protection Products on the Rise
• Crop Insurance Premium Subsidy Rates: A Proposed Objective Metric Based on Systemic Risk
• Vilsack Wants More CRP Acres in Next Farm Bill
• Farmers Take First Look at Trump v. Clinton
• Millions of Dollars in New Money Coming to Crop Technology
• Digital Farming Could Spell Shake-Up for Crop Chemicals Sector
• U of Illionois Economist Issues Report: How Well Can Banker’s Predict Future Farm Loan Volumes

05.06.16admin2016-05-06T09:59:06+00:00

05.05.16

• Managing Fuel and Fertilizer Price Risk for the Next 5 Years
• Why Corn Has a Strong Potential to Move Lower
• New Index Sees Upturn in Farmer Outlook
• Agribank Releases Insights Report on Livestock and Dairy Sectors
• Adios El Niño
• Will There Be A Federal Policy Response to the Slumping U.S. Agricultural Sector?
• Many Farm Borrowers Took a 2015 Hit
• EPA Releases, then Pulls Report on Glyphosate
• China to Remain Big U.S. Ag Customer, Analysts Says
• Analysts Cut Crop Estimates for South America
• New Index From Purdue, CME Group Will Track Health of Ag Economy
• Nickerson, Nebraska Rejects New Poultry Processing Plant Which Would Create 1,100 Jobs
• Nebraska Corn: Scout for Insects, Don’t Assume Protection
• USDA: Corn Planting at 45%, Soybeans 8%
• Analyzing USDA Reports for Your 2016 Marketing Plan
• Analysts: South American Weather Continues to Spark Volatility
• Top Negotiators Cite Progress in Latest T-TIP Talks
• Weekly Outlook: Falling Cattle Prices: Where’s the Bottom?
• OSHA Anhydrous Storage Rule Change Impact on Farmers, Ag Retailers

05.05.16admin2016-05-05T11:21:55+00:00

04.26.16

• Crop Progress Report: PDF
• Corn, Soybeans, Wheat Higher as Widespread Rains Cause Concerns
• Will Fund Buying Show Up Today?
• DuPont Boosts Outlook as First-Quarter Sales Top Estimates
• Could Brazil be Buying U.S. Grain?
• ASA Comments on USDA’s Revised Biotech Regulations
• Weekly Outlook: Are Price Swings Finished or Just Beginning?
• Cash Rents Dip 7% to Average $211 Per Acre
• Rural Mainstreet Index Continues to Slide
• NCBA’s Colin Woodall Says Beef Industry is Losing Money Every Day Until TPP is Ratified
• Nebraska Soybeans: Tips and Formula for Accurate Seeding Rates
• What’s New With EPA and WOTUS
• Without Major Production Problem, Beans Will Stay Below $10, Says Analyst
• Cattle Market Is Majorly Undervalued, According to Analyst
• Robots Replacing Japan Farmers Seen Preserving Food Security
• Agricultural Economist Evaluates Rural Economy
• How Much Could Be Lost in Argentine Farmers’ Flooded Fields?
• Biofuels Not in Paris Deal Obama Administration Doesn’t Include Biofuels in Climate Policy Mix
• USDA, FBI Warns Farmers About the Dangers of Hackable Farm Equipment
• USDA Reports When Major Crop Producers Apply the Most Nitrogen Fertilizer

04.26.16admin2016-04-26T12:06:49+00:00

04.20.16

• House Committe on Agriculture Examines Credit Conditions in Farm Country
• Soybeans Close 32 Cents Higher Tuesday
• Net Farm Income Declines; Demand for Loans Grows
• EPA Inspector General Will Investigate Grant to NW Indian Fisheries Commission
• USDA Officials Diagnose Rural America’s Needs
• Cornucopia Suing USDA Over Organic Board Appointments
• USDA: Corn planting at 13% vs 7% year ago
• Markup of House Ag Appropriations Bill is April 19
• Chinese-Led Group to Buy Australia’s Most Iconic Cattle Rancher
• USDA Officials Diagnose Rural America’s Needs
• Weekly Outlook: Implications of Corn and Soybean Planting Progress
• Farm Safety Net Put to the Test
• Timeliness is Critical to Improve Peanut Production

04.20.16admin2016-04-20T11:26:10+00:00

04.14.16

• Nebraska Lawmakers Pass Last Piece of Property Tax Plan
• Conaway Wants Answers from EPA for Funding Anti-Farmer Campaign
• Corn, Soybeans and Wheat Post Solid Gains After Bullish China Export Data
• Bloomberg: Agriculture Traders See No Relief from Glut-Fueld Bear Market
• What’s Your Farm Data Worth?
• Searching for More Simplicity in Precision Ag
• Senate Committees Review Farm Bill Programs
• All Eyes on Demand Estimates in WASDE Report
• Wheat Conditions Worsen
• Crop Progress Report: PDF
• Farmers Get Biggest U.S. Subsidy Check in Decade as Prices Drop
• Ag Coalition Asks for Action on TPP
• USDA: Corn Planting at 4% vs 1% Year Ago
• Weather Forecast Creates Fuel for Traders
• Criticism of Some Farm Credit’s Loan Recipients Heats Up

04.14.16admin2016-04-14T10:59:27+00:00

04.07.16

• Website Could Help Beef Producers Improve Marketing Decisions
• I-80 Planting Tour: Grain Prices Top Of Mind For Eastern Nebraska Farmers
• Wheat Falls 11 Cents Lower Wednesday on Crop Rating, Soyeans, Corn Closed Higher
• World Food Prices Edge Up in March
• ARC-CO Payments Depend on Farmer’s Survey Answers, USDA
• Agricultural Research Funding Shortchanged for Nearly 50 Years – DTN
• American Seed Trade Association Reports that Senate Passes Bill to Defend Trade Secrets
• Delayed Crop Progress Report Released: PDF
• Wildfires Threaten Towns in Rural Oklahoma, Kansas
• USDA Invited to Sit At the Table for Hire Our Heroes
• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin for USDA Office of the Chief Economist
• Certified Angus Beef Production Introduced in Russia
• U.S. Ethanol Production Expected to Decrease
• The Numbers Don’t Add Up for More Corn, Economists Say
• How to Get the 2016 Cotton Crop Off to a Good Start
• A $150 Million Bond Clash Jolts U.S. Debt Market for Farmers
• Senate Debates Trade Secrets, GMO Bill Fate Still Uncertain
• U.S. Grain Facilities New Rules for 3 Reasons – DTN
• Study Being Released on the Impact of the Fertilizer Industry
• Biotech, Other Advanced Technology Makes Agriculture Target of Cybercrime
• Farmers Explain Why They are Planting More Corn, Despite Highest Stocks in 29 Years
• NCBA’s Craig Uden Says Trans Pacific Partnership is Crucial to U.S. Beef Industry

04.07.16admin2016-04-07T09:38:07+00:00