AG NEWS

07.26.19

• MFP Payment Details Market Facilitation Program Payments Will Range From $15 to $150 Per Acre
• The EPA After Pruitt
• First Round of Trump Tariff Payments Could Top $4 Billion
• USDA/FSA Payment Rates by County
• Weekly Export Sales – Holding on to hope
• National Crop Insurance Services Launches New Website: Crop Insurance 101
• Ag Markets Close Mostly Lower Thursday
• Farm Income Will Surge 4% if China Ends Soy Tariffs, Say Analysts
• Gardner testifies at hearing on cannabis challenges
• EPA favors oil refiners over corn farmers
• While Large Banks Exit Ag Lending, Rabobank Plans To Increase Its Ag Loans
• Crop Insurance Protects America’s Heartland by Farm Policy Facts
• Roberts, Stabenow Announce Grain Standards Hearing
• Bill Boosts Ag Import Security | Bipartisan Legislation Increases Ag and Food Inspectors at Ports of Entry
• Chinese government approves soybean purchase Chinese government approves soybean purchase
• Farmers earn more from YouTube than farming
• Farm Related Stress: Look for Warning Signs – DTN
• U.S. and China to Restart Trade Talks on July 30 in Shanghai
• Cover Crops, 2017 US Census of Agriculture

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07.19.19

• Almonds don’t lactate: Farmers call on FDA to do its job
• California Walnuts: Howard Nut Drop – What Happened?
• Almonds: Growers Make Real Progress With Hull Split Sprays – AgFax Tree Crops
• Updated Climate Change Document Not Released By USDA
• Report: GMOs vital to feeding 10 billion people by 2050
• Be Cautious When Bearish USDA Report Moves Market Higher
• Agricultural Trucking Relief Act Introduced
• August Crop Production to Include Resurvey, Satellite and FSA Data
• USDA’s Hutchins defends ERS, NIFA relocation
• KC Fed: Large Loans Drive Further Increases In Farm Lending
• The Debt Limit: A Saga of Self-Inflicted Trouble
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- July 2019
• New Farmers.gov Feature Helps Find Loans to Fit Individual Operation
• Trump Says He Can put More Tariffs on China if He Wants
• Be Cautious When Bearish USDA Report Moves Market Higher
• U.S., Chinese officials to discuss trade in Thursday call -Mnuchin
• EPA Approves Sulfoxaflor as Crop Insecticide After Studying Impact on Bees
• New Partners Want To Fill “Lending Void” In Agriculture
• Crop Conditions Haven’t Been This Bad Since 2012
• Labor Department Proposes H-2A Changes | Ag Secretary Says New Rule Eases Burden on US Farmers
• House Ag Subcommittee Hears Stories of Lost Opportunity in Trade
• When the Senior Generation Withold Important Transition Information
• Fate of USMCA Hinges on Trump and Pelosi Agreement
• USDA Announces Funding to Support Veteran Farmers
• White House Approves Trade Aid 2.0, Payments Expected Next Month
• White House completes MFP review
• Weather, Trade Weigh on CHS, Cargill Two Agribusinesses Show Significant Drops in Net Income
• Exporting U.S. Ag Is Big Business
• U.S., Chinese Officials to Discuss Trade This Week -Mnuchin
• USDA Urged to Address Discrimination Issues
• Trump Administration Proposes New Agriculture Immigration Rules
• Rewards and Risks of Buying Seed Online
• Official Definition Of “Precision Agriculture” Released
• Perdue Signs Pledge to America’s Workers
• Secretary Perdue Statement on the Department of Labor’s Proposed H2A Modernized Rule

 

admin2019-07-19T16:53:43+00:00July 19th, 2019|

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07.12.19

• Preparing for SGMA — The Time is Now
• USDA predicts reduced almond yield this year
• Researchers say walnut canopy damage caused by fall freeze
• Pecans show potential for growth in California
• 2019 Strawberry Harvest is Brisk
• 3 Big Things Today, July 12
• 7 Ag Stories You Migh Have Missed This Week – July 12, 2019
• Trade War May Permantently Alter Trade, Cargill Exec Says
• Rural Community Broadband Benefit | Congressman Asks for Rural Voices to be Heard on Funding Broadband Access
• Grains Ease Following WASDE-Day Surge
• Deep Dive: What We Lost in the Trade War With China
• Wall Street Banks Bailing on Troubled U.S. Farm Sector
• Federal Reserve Expected to Lower Interest Rates
• First Company Approved For Ag Spraying Via Drone In Iowa
• The Other Side of the Seventies
• Unprecedented Year Could Spark Unprecedented Changes in WASDE Report
• Farm Policy Facts: Time is Ticking as Farmers Ask Congress to Pass USMCA
• USDA Extends Reporting Date For Spring Crops
• 10 Years of Seed Industry Mergers, Acquisitions and Retired Brands
• Barrasso Eyes Aug. 1 Markup for Infrastructure Reauthorization Bill
• Roberts, Stabenow Announce Ag Research Hearing
• USDA Reports Preview July WASDE: Mirage or for Real?
• Sanders, AOC: Declare Climate Emergency
• Startups grow meat in lab, face scrutiny
• China Eyes Trump’s 2020 Strategy for Clues on Trade War Deal
• Study Shows Farmers Losing More Yield Than They Think
• Beef Exports Steady in May; Values Tick Up 1%
• U.N. Report: Ag Growth to Keep Food Prices Low in Coming Decade
• Farm Loan Delinquencies Higher in 2018, But Remain Historically Low
• New Ad: EPA’s RFS Waivers Harm Biodiesel Producers, Farmers
• In aid package for farmers, many blow past caps | USDA rules let farms file claims for multiple family members or other partners
• Making Sense of the USDA’s Planted Acres Report
• EPA Takes Heat for Proposed RFS: Volumes Agency’s Proposal Leaves Little Room for Growth in Biodiesel
• World Weather Inc. Says Early Frost, Freeze Very Likely
• Can Hemp Withstand Drift?

admin2019-07-12T12:21:12+00:00July 12th, 2019|

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07.05.19

• USDA Study on Goats in California
• Sonoma County Winegrowers Share Early Outlook on 2019 Harvest Crop Expected
• California Almond: USDA Forecasts 2019 Crop Down 3.5%
• 3 Big Things Today, July 5
• The 5 Myths of Hemp Growth
• Global Stocks Mixed on Friday
• EIA: Ethanol Stocks Jump to 6-Week High
• China Considers Buying U.S. Farm Products
• Making Sense of the USDA’s Planted Acres Report
• The Farm Bill Looks to Tackle Food Loss and Waste
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• The Jones Act: Hidden Cost to Farmers
• USDA Expects Storm-Related Planting Claims to Top $1 Billion
• EPA Relaxes Restrictions on Use of Dicamba in Texas
• Trump Approval Among Farmers Rises to 79%
• Special salary report: Think you want to be an Ag Dean?
• Weekly Outlook: June Acreage Report Heightens Uncertainty
• Ag Economic Insights: Direct Payments To Farmers May Top $20 Billion, Highest In Two Decades
• Farmers Will be ‘Great Beneficiary’ as U.S.-China Talks Resume, says Trump
• Todd’s Take: Making a NASS of Themselves
• Senators Want President to Keep Ag Secretary Out of EPA Small-Refinery Decisions: Backlash Over Perdue Influence
• Demand for Seed Skyrockets, Supplies Tight as USDA Encourages Cover Crops
• June Acreage Report Heightens Uncertainty
• USDA Crop Data Not Matching Up with Others’ Assessments
• Democrats running out of options to stop Trump from moving two USDA offices
• USDA Releases Its Annual Technology Transfer Report
• Perspectives on Corn Belt Farmland Values

admin2019-07-05T14:49:49+00:00July 5th, 2019|

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06.27.19

• Almond Alliance President Appointed to USDA Agricultural Trade Policy Advisory Committee
• Disrupting One Gene Could Be First Step Toward Treating Honey Bee Parasite Nosema Ceranae
• Friday’s USDA Data the Most Volatile in 7 Years, Successful Marketing Newsletter Says
• Ag Chem Industry Concerned Over Proposed New Tariffs
• USDA Farm Bill Implemenation Update
• Aid for Farmers, Ranchers Available Through FSA
• The Bottom For Cattle?
• Where do 2020 Dems stand on climate and agriculture?
• Tysons Being Investigated for Price-Fixing Allegations
• June Rural Mainstreet Index Climbs Above Growth Neutral
• Perdue Acknowledges Farmers as Casualties of Trade War
• Study Shows North American Crop Production Benefits from Climate Change
• Agriculture Secretary Behind Livestock Industry Push to Change
• This Crop Season Could Be Just What the Supply Doctor Needed, Analyst Says
• Our Nation’s Rail, Bridges, and Roads Need Repairs
• Senate Dems want climate change transparency
• China and U.S. officials talk ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
• Bill passes with no funding for USDA KC relocation
• Farmers Working Capital at “Critical Low”
• John Phipps: Why USDA’s Silence on Farm Bill Programs is Unsettling
• House Dems Dig In On Demands to Change USMCA
• Where Do 2020 Dems Stand On Climate and Agriculture
• Stocks End Mostly Lower as Rally Fades
• Decision Due in Mid-July on Banning Chlorpyrifos

admin2019-06-28T00:49:55+00:00June 28th, 2019|

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06.20.19

• Recent Study Shows All Around Benefits of Mechanized Vineyard Canopy Management
• Does FSMA No Longer Apply to Almond Growers?
• California Almonds – Mites, Insects Stirring After Heat Wave – AgFax Tree Crops
• Almond Genome Reveals How Edible, Sweet Almonds Arose
• Duvall Says Farmers May Need Another Trade Aid Program
• Understanding NASS’s planting percentage
• 3 Big Things Today, June 20
• Trade policies shifting to transactional partnerships
• Stable Agricultural Land Values Settle Farm Balance Sheets, For Now
• USTR to Democrats: Let’s make a deal on USMCA
• U.S. Trade Rep: Farmers Hit By Japanese Agreements with Others – DTN
• Ag Trade Balance Projected to Fall to $8 Billion in Fiscal 2019
• Taco Bell Refuses to Consider Using Fake Meat
• Climate Change Sows Seeds of Multi-Peril Crop Insurance Denials
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- May 2019
• Senators Press for Trade Action | Trade Ambassador Says USMCA Talks Continue to Advance With Democrats
• Trade Optimism Sends US Stocks Higher
• Trump and Xi will talk trade at G-20 “extended meeting”
• Lighthizer testifies on USMCA details
• Trump’s $16 Billion Farm Bailout Criticized at the WTO
• Call the Vet! Rural Veterinary Medicine is Struggling
• Is Trump’s Farm Support Wearing Thin
• Market Retreats to Mull Acreage
• USDA Releases "Season-Average Price Forecasts" Outlook Report
• USDA: Agricultural Exports Supported An Estimated 1.2 Million Full-Time Jobs In 2017
• Despite Sour Ag Economy, Farmers Nat’l Co. Reports Land Sales Volume Up 29%
• Senate Ag Committee Member Says It’s Time to Crack Down on EPA Waivers
• Pruitt Advised Not to Issue Exemptions | Adviser Warned Pruitt of ‘Appearance of Quid Pro Quo’ on Small-Refinery Waivers
• CoBank: Blockchain hurdles for commodity system
• Why Is Kansas City a Good Home for ERS?
• Washington Week Ahead: USTR presses USCMA, House debates FY20 bills

admin2019-06-20T14:35:09+00:00June 20th, 2019|

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06.13.19

• 3 Big Things Today, June 13
• Table grape industry seeks to offset tariff hit
• Wine industry grapples with challenges
• Almonds – The Heat Is On, 2019’s Rollercoaster Ride Continues – AgFax Tree Crops
• Stabenow, Peters Applaud Decision on Trade Practices Harming Cherries
• 2018 USDA California Almond Nursery Sales Report
• Some Details Of Trade Aid 2.0 Revealed, First Payments In August
• FEEDD Act introduced in U.S. House: A bill that would allow for early haying and grazing of cover crops on prevent plant ground has been introduced in the U.S.
• Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech Order
• U.S. – Mexico Rift Far From Over and Still a Trade Threat
• Farmers Counting on Congress to Bring USMCA Across Finish Line
• As the First Round of Planting Nears an End, Replanting Begins
• Tyson Enters Plant-Based Meat Market
• EIA: Ethanol Stocks Plunge
• Rural Voters Sticking With Trump
• Trump Simplifies Reviews of Genetically Modified Farm Products
• USDA Set to Adjust U.S. Soy Numbers in July Report – Chief Economist
• As Democratic voters warm to free trade, White House candidates struggle for positions
• In farm children, I see virtues that one sees too rarely these days
• Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech Order
• Secretary Perdue: Farmers are Resilient
• The Aftermath of Wet Spring: USDA Making Rare Adjustment to Corn Yield
• Will the USDA Bombshell Stick?
• President Trump Streamlines Agriculture Biotech Regulations
• Trump Simplifies Reviews of Genetically Modified Farm Products
• Planting cover crops could yield MFP payments
• Doud, McKinney: Trump Has Farmers Backs
• House Ag Subcommittee Agricultural Trade Hearing- USMCA Approval “Vital”
• New Book Released: Who’s Running Your Farm (NEXT)?
• Fragile U.S. – Mexico Dea Doesn’t Include Ag Purchases
• Trump Removes Tariff Threat, But Obstacles Remain for USMCA
• 2017 Census Shows Continued Concentration In Agricultural Production
• USDA Releases “Latest U.S. Agricutlural Trade Data” Outlook Report
• USDA Tempers Aid Expectations: Planting Still a Priority for MFP Payments, Disaster Aid Has to Stretch Far
• USDA’s June Report Ill-Suited for Big Questions
• Petroleum Interests Sue EPA on E15 Rule
• Crop Progress Report
• China: 5 Things to Think About
• Efforts to Retrict Foreign Ownership of US Farmland Grow
• Additional Information on Disaster and Trade-Related Assistance from USDA
• Wheat Groups Comment on Discovery of GE Wheat in Washington Field
• Secretary Perdue Statement on Disaster and Trade-Related Assistance
• Senators Urge USDA to Expedite Crop Insurance Guidelines
• Trump Calls Off Tariff Threat After Agreement is Reached
• On Heels of Tariff Deal, Trump Seeks to Reassure Rural Base
• ARA: Payments May Negatively Impact Retailers
• Trump Signs Disaster Bill with $3 Billion for Agriculture
• Stage Set for a Significant Price Rally, Analysts Says
• USDA Proposes New Rule for Regulating GM Crops
• G-20 Officials Pledge to Protect Growth
• Positive Trade News with Mexico in the Midst of an Awful Spring for Planting
• Harvested Cropland Declined by 2 Million Acres in 2018

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06.05.19

• Almond Grower and Board Chair Holly King Attends White House Briefing with President
• Almonds – Plenty Of Caution (And Fungicides) After All The Rain – AgFax Tree Crops
• Almonds’ Lead Increases in U.S. Tree Nut Consumption
• Ag Retailers Say Disaster Aid Could Leave Them Holding the Seed Bag
• Ethanol Groups Predict Year-Round E15 Sales Will Lead to Long-Term Market Growth
• Ag Senate Committee Chairman Roberts Issues Statement On EPA EPCRA Rulemaking
• Ag Economy Barometer Falls to Ocotber 2016 Level
• Which Farmers are Most at Risk in 2019
• Farm Groups Applaud EPA’s Livestock Emissions Exemption
• Disaster Relief Bill Awaits President Trump’s Signature
• USDA: Slightly Over 12% Of U.S. Residents Participated In SNAP In 2018
• Long-Stalled Disaster Aid Clears Congress
• Farm Policy Facts: Our View –Financial Woes on the Farm Bode Ill for the Nations
• Farmers Unsettled by U.S. Tariff Threats, While USDA Projects Lower Agricultural Exports
• Trump Says Mexico to Discuss His Tariff Threat in DC
• Syngenta Announces Global Introduction of Novel Seed Treatment Fungicide Vayantis
• USDA Says States Can’t Block Hemp Transports
• Pulse Poll: More Than a Third of Farmers to Take Prevent Plant
• USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates
• Stabenow Applauds New Crop Insurance Benefits for Farmer Veterans
• Ag Economic Insights Issues Report “Trade War Consequences And Impacts”
• Mexico And U.S. Gear Up For Tariff Talks As Trump Doubles Down On Threat
• U.S. Businesses, Farm Groups Warn Tariffs On Mexico Raise Costs, Create Uncertainty
• USDA Reports Nation’s Ag Exports At Three Year Low
• EPA Finalizes E15 Rule Agency Leaves Potential Biofuel Credit Reforms on Table for Later Time
• Farmers Face Difficult Decisions as Spring Planting Lumbers On
• Jerry Gulke: Prices Blow Through Overhead Resistance; What’s Next?
• Farmers Used Rally As Opportunity To Drain Elevator Space
• “Undercover” Videos Are Not Going Away: Hire Carefully

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05.31.19

Disaster Relief Advances Congress, President Agrees on $19 Billion Package Covering Hurricanes, Floods

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Ag News: 05.31.19

• What Growers Should Know about the Grape Crush
• California Cotton: Widespread Hail Damage – 6 Criteria To Make A Replant Decision
• California Almonds – Rain Persists, Fungicide Decisions In Play – AgFax Tree Crops
• California Pistachios: Points To Remember Going Into Summer
• 3 Big Things Today, May 31
• Perdue Mulls Inclusion of Unplanted Acres in Trade Aid
• RMA: Companies ready for prevent plant claims
• Disaster Relief Advances Congress, President Agrees on $19 Billion Package Covering Hurricanes, Floods
• Trump to Impose 5% Tariff on Mexican Goods
• Canada, Mexico, President Trump Take Action Toward Approval of USMCA
• Trade: China Halts U.S. Soybean Purchases, While USMCA Prospects Unfold
• Trade Aid Not a Solution: Farm Groups Praise Aid, President, But Keep Asking for Long-Term Trade Resolution
• Should You Plant or Take Prevented Plant Coverage?
• A Need For Tech-Savvy Farmers Plagues The Agriculture Industry
• Demand For CBD Products Spurring Large Increase Of Farming Operations Of Cannabis In U.S.
• RMA: Companies ready for prevent plant claims
• Crop Progress Report
• Planting Progress Remains at a Record Low
• Court Tosses 2015 WOTUS Rule
• Another Right-to-Farm Victory
• SF Special: Chuck Grassley, A Senate Force For Farmers
• USDA Marketing Assitance Loan Deadlines Near
• Rural Broadband Deployment Report Receives Mixed Reviews
• Trump Tariff Payments Could Triple Farm Subsidies This Year
• Revisit Hedges as Late Planting Season Begins
• DTN Early Word Opening Livestock Follow-Through Pressure Expected
• Fertilizer Outlook – Fertilizer Industry Scramble to Adjust
• USDA WASDE predicts $4.70 average wheat price
• ERS, NIFA employees expected to be relocated this summer
• Renewable Fuel Standard Act Introduced: Bill sets June 1 deadline for submitting small refinery exemption petitions
• 11 findings from aerial applicator survey

admin2019-05-31T14:31:12+00:00May 30th, 2019|

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