AG NEWS

• Winegrape Crush Waste Studied
• Cyberattack shuts down world’s largest meat supplier
• Statement by Secretary Vilsack on President’s budget
• Did COVID-19 create new farmland competitors?
• Can CCC funds be used to pay farmers for carbon?
• Lawmakers ask for $200 billion for USDA climate work
• Fairness in cattle markets will be a top priority, says Hipp
• Farmer advises meeting with lawyer on estate tax issues
• Surging Costs of Breakfast Staples Stirs Food Price Concerns, as the U.S. and China Talk Trade
• Bayer Says Judge’s Ruling Won’t Affect Roundup Availability for Farmers
• Biden seeks major funding increases for environmental priorities
• U.S., China Trade Reps Hold Candid Meeting Last Week
• Report: Incentives Are Needed To Help Farmers Address Climate Issues

• 7 ag stories you might have missed week ending- May 28, 2021
• GOP, White House Pitch Infrastructure President Says Time Running on Talks as White House Seeks Bold Infrastructure Investment
• Here’s the near-term outlook for livestock prices
• Did COVID-19 create new farmland competitors?
• CRP acres targeted to offer immediate carbon benefits
• Senate ag leaders promise cattle market hearing
• The problem with options
• NAMI, R-CALF USA present different versions of cattle markets in letters to Congress
• USDA Forecasts Record Farm Exports in FY 2021
• Report: Incentives Are Needed To Help Farmers Address Climate Issues
• U.S. ag exports to set all-time record in 2021, thanks to China
• Climate funding push splits Senate Ag leaders
• The Cattle Industry Continues to Deteriorate While History Is Being Made
• USDA Agricultural Trade Outlook- FY 2021 U.S. Exports Forecast Up $7.0 Billion to Record $164.0 Billion
• Court Rejects Bayer Roundup Settlement Judge Says Bayer Proposed Settlement on Roundup Won’t Cover Future Claims
• VRA Dicamba Troubleshooting Using Volatility Reduction Agent (VRA) With Dicamba This Year? Read This First
• Advocates: Agriculture needs $200 billion increase for climate mitigation
• Record sales of organic food as pandemic boosts home cooking
• USDA rolls out debt relief package as more socially disadvantaged producers come forward seeking relief
• Democratic tax plan ties biofuel incentive to carbon reductions
• New report captures how the pandemic changed grocery shopping
• FACT SHEET: Update on USDA Activities to Contain the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Purdue Report Documents Nationwide Agricultural Confined Space-Related Injuries

• This Growing Season Could Be Similar to 2015
• Farm Dept Relief Now Available for BIPOC Producers
• May WASDE Report (PDF)
• Overall farm economic outlook remains strong but uncertainty lies ahead
• EPA Issues Emergency Fuel Waiver to Address Shortages, E15 is Broadly Available
• Inflation Concerns Sprout From Climbing Commodity and Consumer Prices
• Cattle Industry Groups Hold Closed-Door Meeting to Discuss Price Imbalances
• USTR provides no timeline for renewing Trade Promotion Authority
• No surprises in USDA report. What’s next for grain market?
• Corn closes limit down, soybeans drop 58¢ | Thursday, May 13, 2021
• USDA forecasts highest prices for U.S. crops in years amid global boom
• China strengthens optimism on corn demand with new purchases from US
• Senate confirms Bronaugh to USDA deputy post
• Wheat Market: Rail Merger Proposals Should Improve Competition, Hold Down Shipping Rates
• DTN Cotton Close: Market Ends Sharply Lower
• Nat’l Black Farmers Assn Responds To White Farmers Lawsuit Fighting Emergency Relief

• Could Seasonal Wildfires Ruin our Wine?
• Potential Funding to Accelerate California Water Projects
• Prices fell for West’s major noncitrus crops in 2020
• Washington Week Ahead: Biden looks for a deal, top USDA nominee set to advance
• Jerry Gulke: Will the USDA Report Meet Bullish Expectations?
• Biden-Harris Administration Outlines “America the Beautiful” Initiative
• Death of Chicago’s grain options pits hits traders as crop prices soar
• Bullish Land Price Outlook Ag Land Prices Remain Strong on High Demand, Rising Farm Income
• C Corporations Lose Luster Farmers Convert Out of C Corporations as Tax Benefits Erode
• 7 ag stories you might have missed last week ending May 7, 2021
• Net farm income projected lower despite gains in commodity prices
• Farmers share concerns with USDA officials
• Processing problems continue to impact the fed cattle market
• World Food Price Index Highest Since 2014, Few Signs of Higher Prices Curbing Demand
• Analysts Explain How Deere Stock Tripled in Past Year
• Highlights Of Ag Sec’y Vilsack’s Address To Biofuel Leaders At Growth Energy’s Conference

• CA establishes quarantine against emerald ash borer
• California Almonds: Nutrient Management in a Lean Price Year
• Cattle rancher addresses Congress on wildfire management
• Ag Economy Barometer steady in April 2021
• Feds, Feeders Lower As Beef Soars
• USDA To Hold Listening Session for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
• Biden’s first 100 days for agriculture
• U.S. farmers remain optimistic on prices, concerned about tax proposals, Ag Barometer shows
• Ag, conservation alliance issues recommendations for USDA carbon bank
• Purdue/CME Group’s Ag Economy Barometer Remains Strong
• USDA Announces Listening Session On Impacts Of COVID-19 On New Farmers
• Consumers Increasingly Considering Health, Environmental Impacts Of Food Post-COVID-19
• Kelly Blue Book Names Best Family Cars Of 2021
• USDA Reports Planting
• EPA Asks Court To Vacate Trump Administration’s Last-Minute Refinery Exemptions
• Farm Journal Poll Shows What Farmers Think Of Biden’s Climate Policies
• Crop Progress Report | May 3, 2021 (PDF)
• Bullish Outlook for Ag CoBank Forecasts Shrinking Supplies, Stronger Demand for Beef
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report Corn Planting Progress Jumps 29 Percentage Points, Returns to Ahead-of-Normal Pace
• Biden’s first 100 days for agriculture
• Another farmer PPP fix needed for partnerships
• EPA again must decide on chlorpyrifos pesticide use
• It’s OK to be bullish, but take stock of your finances
• Interest rates on FSA loans expected to be flat in 2021
• Signal to Noise: The CRP Discussion Continues
• Growing Drought: USDA Indicates 14 States Have No Topsoil Moisture in Surplus Conditions
• Ag, conservation alliance issues recommendations for USDA carbon bank
• Ag Groups Urge DOT to Address Shipping Container Shortage
• Food & Ag Climate Alliance Recommends USDA Use Pilot Projects To Build Toward A Carbon Bank
• Farm Journal Poll Shows What Farmers Think Of Biden’s Climate Policies
• USDA Issues “Price Spreads From Farm To Consumer” Outlook Report
• Farmers File Another Lawsuit Over Discriminatory Debt
  

• Crop Progress Report 4.26.2021
• Biden is expected to eliminate ‘stepped-up basis’
• Vilsack Likes What He Sees in Regan | Ag Secretary Says Open Communication Lines Needed With Other Fed Agencies
• Basically, every day is Earth Day
• USDA deputy secretary nomination hearing held
• John Deere addresses the ongoing risks of living in a digital world
• Ag braces for possible tax changes in Biden spending plan
• Jerry Gulke: Will High Prices Cause Demand Destruction or Demand Reduction?
• Vilsack slams critics for claiming Biden wants to cut meat consumption
• Second season of Agri-Pulse ‘Deep Dive’ focuses on biofuels
• Biofuels Coalition Readies for Oral Arguments in Supreme Court
• Farmers Received $13.4 Billion In CFAP 2 Payments
• USDA Issues "Food Price Outlook" Report
• USDA: Share Of Off-Farm Income Varies By Commodity Specialization
• Study Reports What Americans Think Of The Recovering Economy
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Says Biden’s 30×30 Plan IS Not A "Land Grab"
• Washington Week Ahead: Biden proposing tax hikes, SCOTUS mulls ethanol case
• 2020 a “bounce-back year” for US ag exports
• Cover cash sales with futures and options, analyst says
• Economist says cattle margins could narrow
• Chairwoman Stabenow applauds USDA action
• Continuing Coverage: Crop Protection and Ag Products In Short Supply
• Launching Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate
• Ag, Food Groups Support Senate’s "Growing Climate Solutions Act"
• EPA Administrator: No Intention Of Returning To Obama WOTUS Rule
• Federal Spending On Food Assistance Reached Record High Of $122.1 Billion In 2020

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• California Walnuts: April Orchard Management Considerations
• CA: Action by insurance commissioner will define scope of farmers’ coverage gap
• CA passes pandemic aid for smaller family farms
• Biden Budget Proposal Includes 16% USDA Funding Increase- Sec. Vilsack Testifies at House Appropriations Committee
• Daybreak April 15: Vilsack: We’ll talk to Treasury about stepped-up basis
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – April 16, 2021
• Ambassador Puts Climate on Trade Agenda US Trade Representative Tai to Stress USDA Climate Strategy as ‘New Global Standard’
• Crop Insurance Basics: Moral Hazard
• Yes you can buy farmland with your IRA
• Farm Futures Summit returns with in-person meetings
• Farm state senators defend meat on government menus
• Experts come together to study weeds
• Vilsack outlines ag priorities before appropriators
• Bold action to put climate at center of trade policy
• USDA to review quarterly U.S. grain stocks report methodology
• Vilsack: Creating revenue streams key to farmer friendly climate solutions
• Barometer: farmers discuss potential payment rates for carbon sequestration
• House committee asks USDA secretary about unused broadband funds
• Farm automation to place premium on IT knowledge
• House, Senate comment on USDA COVID-19 assistance
• Drought Watch: 12 States Have Majority of Topsoil in Short to Very Short Moisture Conditions
• USTR: Environmental protection to play a bigger role in US trade policy
• U.S. Tractor Sales Up 81% In March, Combines Up 7%
• Farm Bureau Issues Statement On Abrupt Cancellation Of Important Food Program

• April 2021 WASDE Report – PDF
• News of the Day Study Reports Food/Ag Industry Contributes $7 Trillion To U.S. Economy
• After COVID’s chill, a hot recovery is at hand
• Climate change will bring floods, drought, and supercharged ragweed
• Farmer losing rented ground to solar industry
• FDA launches Closer to Zero, a plan to improve baby food
• U.S. economy gathers momentum
• Global food prices rise for 10th month in a row
• Ag Economy Barometer Shows Farmer Optimism Climbed to Levels Not Seen Since October
• Washington Week Ahead: Biden, Vilsack look to sell lawmakers on spending priorities
• White House issuing budget proposal
• Biden budget boosts USDA climate work, clean energy transition
• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Issues Statement On The President’s FY22 Discretionary Funding Request

• USDA Releases “Farm Income And Wealth Statistics” Outlook Report
• How to prepare for this week’s USDA Grain Stocks and Acreage Reports
• Ever Given container ship freed
• Operators Plowing Profits, Stimulus Funds Into Planter Upgrades
• What to do when uncertainty runs high
• Autonomous tractors may come sooner than you think
• Protectionist measures in Russia raise questions
• Vilsack wants more transparent, competitive markets
• Biofuels coalition files brief in Supreme Court case
• Senate hearing covers child health, hunger crisis
• Stagnant funding for ag research threatens food systems
• Observers Watching ASF in China, Herd Size a Variable Impacting Demand for Feed and Pork
• US ag exports suffer as USTR suspends a key trade tie with Burma during unrest
• Administration’s Infrastructure, Climate Plan to be Announced
• Biden-Harris Administration Extends Moratorium on Residential Evictions in USDA Multifamily Housing Communities in Accordance with CDC Guidance
• Farm Journal Survey Reports Technology Investments Producers Want To Make