12.31.2020
- WineAmerica: Tax reform update and new rule from TTB
- Agri Marketing Lists Its 10 Most Read News Items In 2020
- USDA, HHS Announce Dietary Guidelines For Americans, 2020-2025
- 2021 Farmland Outlook: Buckle Up for a Dynamic Market
- USDA Extends Flexibilities Amid Continuing COVID-19 Pandemic
- Managers Bulletin: Extending COVID-19 Relief (Related News Release Above)
- China lags U.S. trade deal target
- USDA ERS explores COVID-19 impact on rural areas
- 2020 Hindsight: A look back at ag policy
- PPP changes in COVID relief bill offer more aid for farmers
- COVID stimulus likely to have short and longer-term affects on commodity prices
- Court Halts Pesticide Ag Worker Rule Restraining Order Issued Against EPA’s Worker Protection Safety Rule
- Need for ag grads outpaces supply
- New year, new marketing goals
- Skip the Secrets: Your Farm’s Succession Plan Should be Shared
- Cattle Market: Favorable Factors to Watch in 2021 – DTN
- USDA Releases "Food Price Outlook" Report
- Red River Farm Network Lists Its Top 10 Stories In 2020
- USDA Releases "The COVID-19 Pandemic And Rural America" Report
12.24.2020
- Trump Threatens COVID-19 Stimulus Veto
- "Pending" CFAP 3 Details
- Tracking Winter Chill in Fruit Growing Regions
- Beginning Farmer & Rancher Benefits for Crop Insurance
- Dicamba’s 2020 Legal Tug-of-War to Continue in 2021
- Beaten and Battered but Still Resilient, Cattlemen Look to 2021 With Eagerness
- Incoming House Ag Committee Chairman highlights priorities
- Report: Nearly all US farms are still family farms
- Video: What’s in COVID-19 relief package No. 3 for you (If Passed)
- Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
- Incoming Ranking Member Of House Ag Committee Lists His Priorities
- Feed Cost Projections 2021 | Not Much Good News for Feed Buyers Ahead
- How USDA’s January reports could impact your marketing decisions
- Tyson Reports “Misappropriation” Of Funds By Beef Supplier
- EPA faces lawsuits over dicamba, glyphosate and pesticide exclusion zones
RMA to farmers in 2020: ‘We listen to you’ - Top 10 Ag Stories of 2020 – Trump Administration Continued to Deregulate Agriculture
- Agricultural workers win overtime case
- Biden links climate change, jobs and environmental justice
- Biden’s EPA nominee navigated diverse interests in North Carolina
- USDA officially moves toward regulating gene-edited livestock
- Veteran farmer sees “wild” 2021 grain market
- Secretary Perdue Announces Groundbreaking Proposal to Transfer Agricultural Animal Biotechnology Regulatory Framework to USDA
12.18.2020
- California: Department of Justice Sides With Ag on Prop 12 – DTN
- California Almonds: Year-to-Date Receipts at 2.414Bln Pounds
- California Farm Bureau welcomes Vilsack appointment
- Big data offers promise of better groundwater management in California
- USDA revises handler reporting requirement for California walnuts
- CoBank Releases 2021 Year Ahead Report – Forces That Will Shape The U.S. Rural Economy
- Top 10 Ag Stories of 2020 | Best of the Rest of 2020’s Top Ag Stories
- Ag Looks Forward to Having an Advocate in Secretary Vilsack
- $300 Million Dicamba Settlement Finalized, Claim Filing to Start Shortly
- Diversification in Ag Markets: Personal Strategies Venture Beyond Commodities
- Lighthizer says U.S.-U.K. trade deal "extremely likely"
- Communication can solve consumer fears over antibiotic resistance
- What does Mayor Buttigieg DOT nomination mean for ag?
- 10 Farm Succession Goals to Set for 2021
- Biden Picks U.S. Representative Deb Haaland to be Interior Secretary
- What we learned in 2020
- Does your farm need a chief financial officer or controller?
- Farmland values rise despite turbulent year
- US ethanol groups decry Brazil for reimposing 20% tariff
- Landmark study to tap USDA farmer data to assess conservation practices
- CME Group Adds New Hemp Pricing DATA to CME DataMine
- Secretary Perdue Applauds USDA’s 2020 Accomplishments
- AgLaunch And Farm Journal Announce Row Crop Challenge Winners
- Farmers For Free Trade Issues Blueprint Of Policy Suggestions
- Biden and Vilsack outline challenges facing farmers, rural America and USDA
- Prominent Ag Economist Issues Bullish Forecast
- An Overview of U.S. Farms From USDA’s Economic Research Service- 2020 Edition
- “Dynamic” Forecast for Feed Grain Trade, and China is the “Primary Driver.”
- Congress continues work on COVID relief
- Big farm decisions coming up? Start here
- If the world returns to normal in 2021, get ready for less
- Lack of broadband limits farm technology
- Biden vows to pay farmers to plant cover crops and put land in conservation
- Meyer named Chief Economist at USDA
- Farmers Cite Successes In 2020, Look Ahead to 2021
- Future of Farming: Chase to Capture Carbon As Another Revenue Stream
- Ag Groups Urge Biden to Support Nutrient Loss Reduction Program
- Farm Bureau Asks Congress to Act Quickly on PPP Fix
- USDA Announces Joint Final Rule Regarding Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Organizations USDA-Supported Social Service Programs
- USDA: Share Of Consumers’ Disposal Income Spent On Food At Record Low
12.10.2020
- California Almonds: Spooky Stuff — “Mummy Shake” Video Winner Named
- CFBF chief: Ag ‘led the way’ in worker safety amid pandemic
- USDA Releases “Outlook For U.S. Agricultural Trade” Report
- Bipartisan COVID relief proposal allocates $13B in ag aid
- Midweek Markets: Will Today’s WASDE be a game-changer?
- USDA Reports Preview
- Trump DOJ Asks SCOTUS to Deny Refiners | Justice Department Asks SCOTUS to Reject Appeal on Small-Refinery Exemptions
- Big farms, big government payments
- Biden agriculture pick likely to reassure farmers, disappoint activists
- Farm Groups Comment On Pending Vilsack USDA Nomination
- Biden wants Vilsack back in charge at USDA
- Who is Marcia Fudge for USDA Secretary?
- States Mull 2021 Dicamba Limits Some States Working to Further Restrict Dicamba in 2021
- Make Your Farm Voice Heard | How to Tell Your Farm Story
- What has been the biggest challenge of farming in 2020?
- China already reportedly looking to secure 2021 U.S. soybeans
- FCC announces $9.2B in rural broadband projects
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX gets $885M from FCC to help bring broadband to rural US
- Eye-Catching Land Sales
- US farmers count on environmental practices to get edge in foreign markets
12.04.2020
- Crop insurance for climate practices gets attention, but is the science there?
- 2020 Farm Sector Income Forecast, December
- Farm Income Higher in 2020 | Led Mainly by Ad-Hoc Payments, Net Farm Income Forecast to Reach Highest Level Since 2013
- Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
- Scott Looks to be Next Chair of House Ag Committee
- USDA: Farm Sector Profits Forecast to Rise in 2020
- US, China feud over cotton ban
- Weekly Export Sales
- Peterson calls for mandating 50-million-acre CRP to address climate change
- Farmworkers Groups Sue on H-2A Rule | Department of Labor Rule Freezing Wages for Ag Workers Challenged
- Biden: Fast on broadband, slow on China
- Biden says he won’t immediately lift tariffs on China
- Three commodities to watch in December
- Congress sends grain standards bill to Trump
- Suicides in farm country
- Prevented-Planting Changes RMA Finalizes Policy Changes for 2021 Spring Crops, Expanding ‘1-in-4’ Rule Nationally
- World food price index jumps in Nov to almost 6-year high -FAO
- Three commodities to watch in December
- Crop insurance for climate practices gets attention, but is the science there?
- Thompson to join Scott in House Ag Committee leadership
- Decision-time: Regroup or retire?
- Farmers growing skeptical of victory in Sino-U.S. trade war
- China drafts new law on grains reserves amid food security concerns
- World food price index jumps in Nov to almost 6-year high -FAO
- Farmworker advocates challenge H-2A pay freeze in court
- USDA-ERS Predicts $119.6 Billion Net Farm Income For 2020 – The Highest Since 2013
- New group aims to advance Black policy professionals in food and ag
11.25.2020
- 3 Big Things Today, November 25, 2020
- California Almonds: Questions to Ask Ag Tech Companies Before Committing
- USDA Agricultural Trade Outlook- FY 2021 U.S. Exports Forecast Up $11.5 Billion
- President-elect Biden’s EPA could bring major ag changes
- Overall Anticipated Boost in Fuel Demand Seen From Vaccines
- Oil Price Spike Supports Corn, Ethanol
- Biofuel, Ag Groups Sue EPA to Restore 500 Million Gallons to Renewable Fuel Standard
- New Visibility for Climate Change as Formal Transition Begins
- COVID-19 reframes how people define sustainable food system
- Virtual tours emerge as selling tool in land market
- Trend toward lower use rate for pesticides continues
- Dow reaches 30,000 for first time; ag markets diverge Tuesday
- Farmers Sound Off On Increasingly Tough Labor Puzzle
- Grain Export Sales Reach Historic Highs in October
- USDA Ups Its Export Forecasts For FY 2021
- Record Farm Income Recovery Now Underway
- USDA Launches AskUSDA, Improves and Streamlines Customer Experience
- EPA Says It Will Re-Evaluate Dicamba Label Restrictions In Light Of Ag Groups’ Concerns
- Sharing Our Generous Bounty: From U.S. Farms to Foreign Tables
- Crop Progress Report
11.17.2020
- EU, wine sectors renew call for solution to trade dispute
- Walnut twig beetle studies honor late ecologist
- Almond Alliance of California applauds defeat of prop. 15
- California Almonds: Demand Growing, Fueled By Lower Prices
- USDA Introduces Enhanced Coverage Option Crop Insurance Product
- Nov. 16, 2020 | Crop Progress Report | PDF
- USDA Releases “Feed Outlook” Report
- USDA Releases “Oil Crops Outlook” Report
- Speculation for Secretary of Ag heats up
- China’s irritated trade partners push back on coronavirus food tests
- China’s Grain Buying Is “Rocking the Global Market”
- Fate of climate payment plans in hands of researchers
- Daybreak Nov 16: Lame duck heats up as House returns
- Senate Ag Committee Passes Grain Standards Reauthorization
- USDA: Farm Production Expenses Forecast To Decrease In 2020, Sixth Year In A Row
- China, 14 Other Countries Sign Large Trade Deal (Doesn’t include U.S., Canada, Australia or EU)
- ‘We Have a Pledge from Mr. Biden’ to Stop RFS Exemptions