AG NEWS

02.28.2022

• Washington Week Ahead: Biden set to face Congress as Ukraine crisis unfolds
• War Stymies Black Sea Exports, Importers Seek Alternative Sources of Wheat, Corn- Food Inflation Worries Grow
• Wheat jumps most in a decade; corn, soybeans rally Wheat makes biggest one-day gains since 2012 on supply woes.
• Ukraine Invasion Spotlights the Delicate State of Democracy
• Russian Invasion of Ukraine Overtakes Other Washington Issues as Congress Returns this Week
• Jerry Gulke: Global Events Rattle Grain Markets
• Putin attacks Ukraine: How will war in Eastern Europe impact your business?
• What’s at stake for global economy as Russia standoff escalates?
• Successful Farming: Q&A: Iurii Mykhaylov, a Ukrainian citizen that compares Putin’s move to Hitler | Retired Army lieutenant/Journalist: "I never expected to find myself in the whirl of the ferocious war."
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Duties Blamed for Fertilizer Price Rise
• Finding More Respect for Commodity Price Trends
• Attorney general examining high fertilizer costs
• Words of wisdom from a 30-year grain trader
• More than half of U.S. commodities stuck in extended dryness
• The 2022 Outlook for U.S. Agriculture From USDA’s Chief Economist
• Autonomous Electric 4-Row Planter Prototype Being Tested In Iowa
• USDA Reports Destinations Of Record 2021 Exports 2-28-2022
• KC Fed: Farm Real Estate Values Continue Rapid Climb

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02.24.2022

• Russia Invades Ukraine
• Privacy protections updated in California, Colorado
• Supreme Court To “Re-List” California Prop 12 Hearing, Nat’l Pork Producers Council Disappointed
• Russia, Ukraine Conflict Escalates, Ripple Effects Could Include Impacts on Food Prices, Production, and Fertilizer
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends | Most Fertilizer Prices Continue Upward Climb
• Why price prediction is a fool’s game
• Challenges – and opportunities – ahead of 2022 growing season
• Can ethanol lower gas prices and reduce emissions?
• USDA restarts Mexican avocado inspections for import
• California Almonds: Emergency Use (Section 18) Approved for Bacterial Blast
• Global Markets: Tree Nuts – World Pistachio Output Lower Despite Record U.S. Production
• Supply Chain Variables Continue to Percolate: Potash, Glyphosate, Bird Flu, and Grain/Wheat Exports
• USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Ag Looking at Climate-Smart Commodities: Paying Producers for How They Farm
• Supply Chain Snags Garner DOJ Attention DOJ Announces Initiative to Monitor for Price Collusion Amid Supply Chain Woes
• Vilsack: USDA ‘Laser Focused’ on Crop Insurance Access
• Growers, Lenders, Conservationists Call on Congress to Back Crop Insurance in Farm Bill
• Challenges – and opportunities – ahead of 2022 growing season
• Canola may fill spring forage gap for High Plains dairies
• Texas Ag Forum to highlight carbon credits, climate initiatives
• Deere raises profit outlook as farm boom fuels machinery demand
• Data Snapshot: As agrochemical prices skyrocket, so do investments in biological alternatives
• Farmers can set a price floor while leaving the topside open, analyst says
• USDA head: US farmers to help if Ukraine exports threatened
• USDA Agricultural Projections to 2031- Focus on Corn, Soybeans
• Jerry Gulke: How Will Global Events Affect Agriculture?
• March Soybeans Top $16 as USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum Could Fuel More Explosive Price Action Next Week
• U.S. Ag Exports Shatter Records in 2021
• U.S. Farms and Land in Farms Were Down Slightly in ’21
• Court Orders Farm Air Emissions Rule to be Sent Back to EPA
• Mandatory Price Reporting Extended in Resolution Bill
• USDA: Value Of Hemp Production Totaled $824 Million In 2021

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02.15.2022

• Crush Report Reveals an 8.7% Increase in California Grapes
• Hemp Hampered no More with Research Showing Potential as Cash Crop
• Lawmakers Pledge to Maintain, Expand Crop Insurance in Next Farm Bill
• Livestock Risk Protection | Updated Livestock Risk Protection Program Works for Small Herds
• USDA: Working Capital Remained Below Historical Averages For All Farms Size From 2015 To 2020
• Pandemic casts shadow on sunny cotton outlook
• Glyphosate Supply Alert | Bayer Warns Retailers of Glyphosate Production Disruption
• Federal Reserve Banks Say Farmland Values at Least 20% Higher Than Year Ago
• Urea prices fall as soybeans rumble higher
• SMARTFARM offers carbon solutions
• Price, profitability drive sorghum planting decisions
• Efficiency is key in 2022
• Small tractors continue leading strong equipment market
• Inflation could add instability in the ag economy in 2022
• Ag groups suing EPA over agency’s ignoring science & safety findings
• John Phipps: The Great Land Debate on Long-Term vs. Short-Term Leases
• RFA: Setting The Record Straight On The Environmental Outcomes Of The Renewable Fuel Standard
• USDA Releases "Feed Outlook" Report
• Five Equipment Manufacturing Trends To Watch In 2022
• Washington Week Ahead: FDA nominee set for vote, negotiators work on FY22 deal
• Farmer seeks crop insurance certainty in the 2023 Farm Bill
• Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2021 Fourth Quarter, Rise in Farmland Values Accelerates
• Pandemic Cover Crop Program for 2022 | Product Management Bulletin | Revised February 2022
• Jerry Gulke: Will Exploding Prices Reduce Demand?
• KC Fed Reports Ag Bankers Are Optimistic About 2022
• Food Prices Surge 7%, The Most Since 1981
• Pandemic Cover Crop Program Fact Sheet | Revised Feb. 2022
• Commodity Market Fundamentals Stumble in Today’s Fast-Paced Environment
• USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Ag Looking at Climate-Smart Commodities: Paying Producers for How They Farm
• Ethanol Diesel Engine Passes Road Test ClearFlame Ethanol Technology Passes Road Test in Class 8 Diesel Truck Engine
• Ranch Roots Help Drive Olympic Slider Kansas | Ranching Roots Help Lift US Skeleton Racer at Beijing Winter Olympics
• 11 great takes from the 2022 Summit | Farm Futures
• Ag Marketing IQ brought to you by 3 reasons why wheat could be this year’s big winner
• What will cost you more this year, herbicides or weeds?
• Crop Insurance Earns Bipartisan Praise at Congressional Hearing
• Cover crop insurance premium discounts offered again
• 2022 Farm Sector Income Forecast – Feb. Update

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02.08.2022

• Feb. 2022 WASDE Report
• 2022 Farm Sector Income Forecast, February
• USDA’s WASDE Focus Turns to South America Crop Conditions
• USDA Promotes Climate-Smart Commodities | Tapping Commodity Credit Corp. Funds, USDA Partnership to Fund Climate-Smart Projects Aims to Develop Markets
• Federal Program for New Truckers Aims for More Uniform Training Standard, Safety Benchmark Nationally for CDL
• Ethanol, Ag Groups File RFS Comments Growth Energy Tells EPA Proposed RFS Cuts for 2020 ‘Plainly Unlawful’
• USDA to invest $1B in establishing climate smart commodities
• Farm income is forecast far above average for second year
• What are farmers doing to overcome high fertilizer prices? Five farmers from across the country break down their approach to fertility in the upcoming season.
• USDA provides update on implementation of forthcoming disaster assistance
• John Phipps: As Inflation Increases Costs for Consumers, Here’s What is Often Overlooked
• Will This be the Last Year of 100% Bonus Depreciation
• Agri-Pulse to launch ‘Newsmakers’ video and podcast
• Lawmakers Ask for Flexibility on COVID Vaccines for Foreign Farmworkers
• Nat’l Assn Of State Depts Of Ag Asks EPA To Suspend Action On WOTUS Rulemaking
• Fertilizer Price Index Jumps Most Since September
• Ag Law Center Lists Top Ten Legal Issues In 2022, Pesticides Are Top Concern
• Conservation Title Kicks Off 2023 Farm Bill Debate in House Ag Subcommittee Hearing
• USDA Forecasts Farm Sector Profits To Remain Above Long-Term Averages In 2022
• What’s Behind China’s About-Face on 15 Million Bushels of US Corn?
• Into a New World Where Supply is Not Taken for Granted
• 50 Senators: EPA, Stop WOTUS Rulemaking | Republican Senators Want EPA to Suspend WOTUS Rulemaking Pending Court Case
• What a Russian-Ukraine war could do to grain markets
• Online tool allows farmers, ranchers to report anticompetitive practices
• Concern recent dealings between China and Russia could threaten U.S. ag export demand
• Companion bill introduced on shipping reform
• Farm Bureau calls on DOJ for update on meatpacker investigation
• Fertilizer Price Index Jumps Most Since September
• World Food Prices Are Climbing Closer Toward a Record High
• Purdue/CME Polls Finds 40% Of Farmers Will Reduce Nitrogen Applications This Year
• CropLife Lists Best Agriculture Apps For 2022

 

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Ag News: 02.01.2022

• State of the American Pecan Industry
• California Farmland Trust Protects 253 Acres of Almonds in East Merced County
• Coalition: Don’t Cut Crop Insurance Farmers Back Crop Insurance as EWG Criticizes Program Over Climate Change
• EPA Finalizes RFS Compliance Delays Despite Call From Biofuels to Enforce Law
• Cattle Lean into Monday Hopeful for Week Ahead
• USDA Cattle Inventory Report | Jan. 1 Cattle Inventory Down 2%
• Hefty subsidy needed for adoption of cover crops
• Sharp decline in farm income likely this year
• Cattle inventory numbers point to more contraction
• USDA announces partnership to ease port congestion
• Researchers find tradeoff between water quality and emissions on the farm
• Future of U.S. corn, soybean & wheat production depends on groundwater
• New Machinery Autonomy in Action: These Machines Bring Imagination to Life
• Succession Planning | John Phipps’ Ugly Truth about Succession Planning: Unearned Wealth Brings Out the Worst in Everybody
• Trouble Brewing in Brazil? Soybean Crop Forecasts Trimmed as Bad Weather Hurts Yields
• Daybreak Jan. 31: House tackles competition billAg Sec’y Vilsack Lists His Top Three Priorities
• Six Lingering Questions About John Deere’s Autonomous Tractor
• Washington Week Ahead: Conservation gets focus, House considers trade provisions
• On the ground in Ukraine: what it means for agriculture
• Why It’s Still Difficult to Forecast Next Week’s Weather
• EPA Finalizes RFS Compliance Delays Despite Call From Biofuels to Enforce Law
• Crop insurance flexibilities have been extended by 5 months, USDA says
• Farm management analysts concerned working capital will begin to erode
• Just When You Think Fertilizer Shortages are Improving, Trucker Vaccine Mandates Slam Supply Chain Into Disarray
• New Machinery | Autonomy in Action: These Machines Bring Imagination to Life
• Ag Trade: China Keeps Eye on Domestic Food Security
• USDA: 2021 Retail Food Price Inflation Continued, But Varied Among Food Categories

admin2022-02-01T12:32:28+00:00February 1st, 2022|

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01.25.2022

• Court Halts Enforcement Of Prop 12: State Of California Must Finalize Rules First
• Judge delays enforcement of California animal housing law
• Calif. Court Halts Prop 12 Enforcement Ag, Grocery Industries Given Six Months to Comply With Prop 12 Once Rules Finalized
• California’s battle to cut emissions with biofuels burns in new truck engines
• Groups Seek Legal Remedies to Stop Prop 12
• Shallow Loss Crop Insurance Options to Consider
• USDA: Retaliatory Tariffs Reduced Ag Exports Annually By $13.2 Billion
• USDA Releases “Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook” Report
• How farmers are reducing inputs without losing yield
• Rural Mainstreet Index Starts Year Off Strong, Survey Of Rural Bankers
• Rural Bankers Rank the Greatest Threats for 2022
• 2022 Bull-Bear Outlook: Opportunity Versus Volatility
• A 15-Year Court Battle Over EPA Wetland Determination Gets Second Hearing Before High Court
• Russia-Ukraine Conflict Lifts Commodity Prices, Increases Market Risk
• Farm Futures: How Do You Know if Your Farm is Making Progress?
• Continued contraction sets the stage for higher prices
• Contract Library could help boost producers’ market confidence
• USDA says vast majority of pesticide residues under EPA levels
• Farmer discusses plans, challenges for the upcoming growing season
• Vilsack highlights work in 2021 to promote food and nutrition security
• WSJ: Omicron Brings Renewed Strain to U.S. Food System
• As Input Prices Soar, 200 bu. per acre Yields may be The Ticket to Breaking Even In 2022
• Supreme Court will hear case questioning reach of Clean Water Act
• USDA Releases “COVID-19 Vaccinations In Rural America” Outlook Report
• Senators Object To EPA’s Direction On Pesticides
• What the Endangered Species Act Means for Ag Pesticide Use
• One year checkup: How ag fared in Biden’s climate plan

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01.18.2022

• The Price of Prop 12
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- January 2022
• 2021 Tractor Sales Rise Double Digits Tractor, Combine Sales Up Double Digits, as Small-Tractor Sales Lose Steam
• Ag Weather Forum Extreme Weather Costs Greater Than Farm Income
• Key indicators in the growing value of American farmland
• AgFunderNews.com Lists Its 20 Most Read Stories In 2021
• CHS expects fertilizer prices to come down in 2022
• Agribusiness group applauds Supreme Court vaccine ruling
• Fertilizer Prices Fall, Diesel Prices Climb
• Food Prices Up 6.3 Percent Since Last Year
• Jerry Gulke: Will South America be the Price Maker?
• Did USDA’s January Crop Production Report Reveal a Major Marketing Lesson?
• Is BBB DOA or is it just sleeping?
• Statement by Secretary Vilsack on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• New Economic Analysis Has Farmers Raising Concerns About Looming Tariffs On Nitrogen Fertilizers

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01.11.2022

• California’s defense of Prop 12 in U.S. Supreme Court
• Webinar on USDA farm program details
• Jerry Gulke: New Year, New Paradigm for Grain Markets?
• Supreme Court Will Not Review E15 Ruling, Ethanol Industry Disappointed
• Ag Economic Insights Lists The Top 11 Questions Facing Agriculture In 2022
• Cyber Threats Are A Real Threat To Modern Agriculture’s Expanding Digital Infrastructure
• USDA Reports Preview USDA Reports Bring Slew of New Numbers Wednesday
• Brace for more volatility after this week’s USDA report
• Duvall touts climate efforts in annual address
• Biden, Vilsack champion trade, market reform efforts to Farm Bureau
• Where are the trade agreements, Mr. President, AFBF economists ask
• Feedlots Pray Slower Processing Speeds are Just a Hiccup, Not a Long-Term Reality
• Prepare for the January WASDE report
• U.S. meat production slows as Omicron hits staff, inspectors
• SCOTUS turns back petition to review E15 ruling

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01.05.2022

• Top 12 stories in 2021 on Western Farm Press
• Farmer Sentiment Rises on Strengthening Current Financial Position – Ag Barometer
• Biofuels to EPA: Pull ’20 RFS Proposal Biofuels, Ag Interests Press EPA Not to Reset 2020 RFS Volumes
• Panel Rules in Favor of US Dairy | US Wins Ruling Against Canada in USMCA Dairy Case
• Port Expands Space to Alleviate Ag Export Congestion
• John Deere unveils fully autonomous 8R tractor
• Tractor Owners Choose Their Favorite Brands
• Find 2022 profit tips at Farm Futures Business Summit
• Both sides of RFS issue testify before EPA hearing Tuesday
• Administration to work with Congress for fair, transparent cattle markets
• A challenging path ahead for cattle market legislation
• Crop protection providers hampered by supply chain issues
• Ag Day at the Capitol is January 26
• President Biden Met Virtually with Farmers, Outlines Plans to Tackle Meat Prices
• Biden Plan Directs $1 Billion To Impact Meat & Poultry Processing, Strengthen P&SA, Add New Labeling Rules
• Webinar: Ag Land Use Conflicts Among Wind, Solar Farms, Jan. 19
• USDA: The Distribution Of Irrigated Acreage Has Shifted Eastward
• United Van Lines Reports Most Moved To/Out States In 2021
• Agriculture Department and Justice Department Issue Shared Principles and Commitments to Protect Against Unfair and Anticompetitive Practices
• Biden Administration Will Outline Steps to Boost Competition in the Meat Sector in Monday Announcement
• Biden Pledges Beefed-Up Enforcement of Packers and Stockyards Act, Funds to Expand Packing Capacity
• Progressive Farmer Reader Insights Survey Winners Tractor Owners Choose Their Favorite Brands
• Confusion About Current Inflation
• Ag Producers Share Lessons Learned from a Volatile 2021
• 2022 Policy Update – Possible Impacts on Farm Income
• U Of Illinois Economist Issus 2022 Farm Income Outlook Report
• Agriculture Waits For Big Decisions On Supreme Court Cases
• USDA: Farm Share Of U.S. Food Dollar Increased In 2019 After 7 Years Of Decline
• U. S. economic outlook and agricultural implications for 2022

 

 

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12.28.2021

• Top 12 stories in 2021 on Western Farm Press
• Will Complacency Cost CA Walnut Farmers a Critical Tool?
• Consider 2022 crop insurance implications
• Economist concerned about slow disaster payments to farmers
• Top 10 Ag Stories of 2021: No. 5 La Nina, Drought Highlight Weather Events in 2021
• Satellite imagery helps producers to observe, improve cattle weight gain
• Successful Farming: Staff picks: Our favorite stories of 2021
• All production costs driving near-record breakeven costs for crops in ‘22
• The Future of Agricultural Lending
• U.S. Interest Rates – Are We Entering a Period of Sustained Inflation?
• Biofuel producer bets on camelina as low-carbon feedstock
• USDA Releases “Food Price Outlook” Report

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