AG NEWS

12.06.17

• Bullish Times for California Pistachio Growers
• Almond Board of California Invests $4.8 Mln in ‘Next-Generation’ Farming Research
• Orchard Sanitation is Critical This Season To Lower NOW Numbers
• New Aerial Images to Help Almond FarmersTraditional Breeding Helps Find Resistance to Pierce’s Disease
• Alternative Protein Market Expected to Grow
• Future Regroup After Rally Fizzles
• 2018 Predictions for the Drone Industry
• USDA Updates U.S. Ag Export Forecast Amid NAFTA Worries
• Now Is the Time To Engage with AgTech
• Monsanto Moves to Stop Arkansas from Banning Dicamba
• With Fracking and Biofuels, Is it Time to Re-Evaluate U.S. Energy Policy
• Ag Barometer: Producer Sentiment Slips Following Harvest
• USDA Issues: “Farm Sector Income & Finances” Report: Download PDF
• Junk Food is Cheap and Healthful Food is Expensive, But Don’t Blame the Farm Bill
• Senate Advances its Tax Reform Bill
• 3 Obstacles Ahead for Autonomous Farm Equipment
• Farm Exports to Remain Strong in 2018
• Farm Groups Weigh in On Tax Bill
• Trump Cuts Utah Monuments by 2 Million Acres, Ranchers Applaud Decision
• Trump Announces Plans to Shrink Monuments Sparking Environmentalist Uproar
• How to Ensure Your Banker Will Approve Your Loan
• Opinion: Agriculture Mergers Won’t Hinder Consumer Choices
• USDA Just Launched a New Website Helping Veterans Cultivate their Future on or Beyond the Farm
• USDA Issues: “Farm Income and Wealth Statistics” Report: Download
• USDA Issues: “Farm Household Income And Characteristics” Report
• Washington Week Ahead: GOP Looks to Finish Tax Bill, Extend Government Funding
• Up is Down in USDA Forecast of 2018 Ag Exports
• EPA: Recent Perspectives on RFS and Agriculture
• Scrapping NAFTA Bad for Agriculture
• $12 Billion Plan to Prevent Flooding Opposed in Congress
• Pipelines and Farmers Collide
• Trump to Meet with Oil Execs to Discuss Biofuels Policy
• Less Than Half of Supply Managers Support Current Tax Package
• #FarmBillFriday: Rep. Vicky Hartzler Shares the Importance of Ensuring the Farm Bill Benefits for Farmers, Ranchers & Consumers
• Agri-Marketers Rate Ag Sec’y Perdue
• Farm Bureau Commend Senate Action On Tax Reform
• What Strategic Issues Should Influence my Growth Options?
• Coop Leader Chuck Connor Disappointed in Section 199 Not Being Included in Senate Tax Cut Bill

admin2017-12-07T11:55:56+00:00December 6th, 2017|

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11.29.17

• Analysis: Defending Crop Insurance, Last in a Series
• USDA Forecasts Soybeans Will Surpass Corn As Most Planted Crop
• Senate Tax Bill Headed for Marathon Debate
• 2017 Census of Agriculture Now Underway
• Our Year in Review. Managing Thin Margins
• Weekly Outlook: Acreage Prospects for 2018
• What’s Changed for Soybean Dicamba Use in 2018
• Can Renewables Spur More Investment in Rural America?
• DTN Cotton Close: Settles Higher in 2017-Crop Contracts
• USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices
• Young Farmers Ready to Defy Odds
• California Wine 2017 Harvest Report
• Little Progress in NAFTA Talks, Texas Business Leader Warns Texas Could Be Hurt the Most
• Winter Wheat Near Full Emergence as Condition Ratings Continue to Worsen in Latest USDA Crop Progress Report
• Crop Progress Report
• Wheat Acres Drop to 100-Year Low
• Weekly Outlook: Acreage Prospects for 2018
• Estate Taxes Threaten Family Farms
• USDA: Cropland Continues to Shift to Larger Farms
• A Focus on Corn Belt Ag Exports; NAFTA Update
• Europe Approves Glyphosate Use for Five Years
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate GOP Looks to Pass Tax Bill
• New Report: Food and Agriculture Drive One-Fifty of Nations Economy
• Analysis: Defending Crop Insurance, Part 1
• Tax Legislation and the Specter of Sequestration
• Farmers Have Unique Tax Bill Concern
• Grains-Wheat Falls for 2nd Day as U.S. Exports Suffer, Corn Eases
• Increasing Opportunity Costs for 2018 Calves
• Breeding Cows and Heifers on Wheat Pasture
• Farmers Who Gain From Tax Bill Wary of Losing Subsidies Later
• Farm Rescue Program Expands into Providing Livestock Services

admin2017-11-29T13:13:03+00:00November 29th, 2017|

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11.21.17

• Grapes, Strawberries: Intuity Fungicide Registered for Grape Botrytis, Powdery Mold
• California: Help Consumers Understand Ag
  
• Farm Bill Update: Perspective from Chairman Conaway and Chairman Roberts
• Senators Ask Ross for Analysis of Impact to Ag of Leaving NAFTA
• Crop Progress Report
• U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Highest Level on Record
• USDA NIFA Supports Canola, Potato and Alfalfa Research
• More Than $1 Billion Invested in Rural Health Care
• Geological Survey Finds More Farmland Than Previously Thought
• Despite Spill PSC Approves Keystone XL Alternative Mainline Route
• Good-Enough Data Isn’t Good Enough Anymore
• Latest Crop Progress Report Indicates Climbing Winter Wheat Conditions as Fall Planting Wraps Up
• Market Rally: Running With the Herd on Risk Management
• Texas AgriLife Research Gets Jump-Start on Improved Crop Breeding
• USDA: Peanut Price Highlights
• What is Brazil’s 2017-2018 Crop Going to Look Like?
• With Surprising Corn Yields, Does Weather Matter Anymore?
• U.S. Ag Exports Remain Strong, But Global Share Declines as Destinations Have Changed (NAFTA, China)
• U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Hightest Level on Record
• Reactions to Passage of House Tax Bill
• Nation’s 14th Largest Cow-calf Ranch Ceases Operations, Focuses on Citrus
• No Sign Yet of Agreement on Moving Senate PRIA Bill
• Keystone Pipeline Shut Down Because of Major Leak
• For First Time, Biodiesel Leadership Weighs In with Trump on RFS
• EPA, Army Corps of Engineers Propose Delay of WOTUS
• New Farmers Website
• A NAFTA Collapse Could Push Mexico Over the Edge
• Study Shows 20% Of Jobs Linked To Food, Agriculture Industries

admin2017-11-21T20:13:37+00:00November 21st, 2017|

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11.17.17

• Automation Changing How More California Growers Farm
• Senators Sends Open Letter to Farmers on NAFTA
• Rural America: Perspective from USDA Report, and Federal Reserve Ag Credit Survey
• AFBF Pleased, NFU Alarmed by House Tax Bill Passage
• Farmers Need More Collateral to Secure a Loan
• EPA Files for WOTUS Delay
• Analysis of the ARC-CO Payment Cap for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat
• U.S. 2017 Ag Exports Reach 3rd Highest Level Ever
• Is a Hunting Acre More Valuable Than a Tillable Acre?
• Reviewing the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement
• Enrollment is Open for Safety Net Coverage
• House, Senate Panel Advance GOP Tax Bills
• Keystone Pipeline Shut Down Because of Major Leak
• Secretary Perdue Statement on House Passage of Tax Cuts & Reforms

admin2017-11-21T20:10:24+00:00November 17th, 2017|

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11.07.17

• Crop Progress Report PDF
• U.S. Ag Exports: USDA Data Update, NAFTA Worries Persist
• USDA Investing $200 Million in Broadband
• USDA Withdraws Proposed Biotech Rule
• Cargill Fined $10 Million for Inaccurate Swaps Information -CFTC
• Nafta Negotiators Are Said to Extend Length of Upcoming Round
• Dumped by Trump, Bid to Save Pacific Trade Pact Comes to a Head
• Ag Lender Survey: Farm Profitability Still Down But Improving
• California Producer Embraces Technology Early and Often
• CA Growers, Organizations Share Ag Labor Struggles and Solutions
• Aspergillus Niger Induced Hull Rot on Almond

admin2017-11-07T12:08:13+00:00November 7th, 2017|

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11.01.17

• USDA Announces Enrollment for Safety Net Coverage in 2018
• Voting Begins for 2017 FSA County Committee Elections
• GAO Study: Damage to Agriculture from Climate Change
• What 3100 Scientists Have Against Sam Clovis
• Grassley Says Too Soon To Draw Conclusion on Clovis
• Roberts: NAFTA Benefits Agriculture
• Roberts Calls on U.S. Chamber to Help Set NAFTA Record Straight
• Final Report of Dicamba Injured Soybeans Exceeds 3.5 Million Acres
• USDA Nominee is Campaign Supervisor in Mueller Probe Documents
• Ag Sector Losing Faith in NAFTA Talks
• Experts Advise Farmers To Be Proactive About Crop Insurance

admin2017-11-01T11:29:41+00:00November 1st, 2017|

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10.30.17

• Wineries Need Business after Napa & Sonoma Fires
• Weather Impacts 2017 Global Wine Production
• California Faces Labor Issues
• Forget Tesla, CA Cars running on Restaurant Grease
• Perdue to Swear-In Ibach in Omaha Monday
• Washington Week Ahead: Farmers Have Much at Stake as House GOP Rolls Out Tax Plan
• Conaway: Farm Bill Progress is on Track
• Timely Update by Ag Economists Provides Insight into Current, Upcoming Year
• China Cuts Minimum Purchase Price for Wheat for First Time in Over a Decade
• 8 Points from the Latest Federal Reserve Ag Finance Databook
• 12 Things Farmers Need to Know About the World
• Northey Confirmation Vote Still on Hold
• Perdue on Confirmation of Ibach to Key USDA Post
• USDA- ERS: Opportunities for U.S. Ethanol Exports

admin2017-10-30T11:14:36+00:00October 30th, 2017|

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10.26.17

• Wineries Need Business after Napa & Sonoma Fires
• Strong Price for 2017 Raisins Reflects Shrinking Crop Size, Expanding Demand
• Survey Shows Chronic Employee Shortages on California Farms
• Immigration: Goodlatte’s AG Act Advances from Judiciary Committee
• Fix ARC Problems by Using Crop Insurance Data, Say Farm Belt Senators
• Tax Reform Proposals a Mixed Bag for Farmers
• House Ag Chairman Says Farm Bill is Still on Target for Completion
• Mexican Official: NAFTA Proposal "Very Dangerous"
• Republican Wrestle With Estate Tax Repeal
• Farm Bill: Wheat Growers Oppose Big Food Aid Changes – DTN
• Major Farm Groups Rally Behind Proposed Crop Insurance Changes

admin2017-10-26T13:53:10+00:00October 26th, 2017|

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10.24.17

• California Pistachios: When Pruning, Think Into The Future
• Crop Progress Report PDF
• 60,000 Have Been Impacted By Beginning Farmer Programs
• EPA’s ‘Endangerment Finding’ is endangered – EPA has used this finding and the Clean Air Act to implement its war on coal and other fossil fuel
• University of Florida Study Finds consumers See ‘Organics’ and ‘Non-GM’ Food Labels as Synonymous
• USDA Offers Help To California Producers Impacted By Fires
• Almond Kernel Defects
• Tree Crops: Record Almond Crop; Walnuts Decline; Pecans Up 8% – USDA
• California Pistachios: Sanitation Fell Short, Quality Suffered – What About 2018?
• Women in Ag: California

admin2017-10-25T11:17:59+00:00October 24th, 2017|

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10.23.17

• Washington Week Ahead: GOP Looks to Tax Bill, Moving Nominees
• Almond Kernel Defects
• California Dates Being Harvested
• Tree Crops: Record Almond Crop; Walnuts Decline; Pecans Up 8% – USDA
• EPA’ Pruitt Clarifies Position on Renewable Fuel Issues
• USDA Nominees Advance, Though Legal Glitch Ensnares Northey
• Rural Mainstreet Index Rises For October’ 10% Of Bankers Expecting Farm Foreclosures
• After Pressure from Senators, Iowa Governor- Trump Administration Signals RFS Support
• Farmland Market Stabilizes
• In Glyphosate Review, WHO Cancer Agency Edited Out ‘Non-Carcinogenic’ Findings
• EPA Abandons Changes to U.S. Biofuel Program After Lawmaker Pressure
• RFA Head Hopes Pruitt ‘Learned a Lesson’ on RFS
• Farm Bill Listening Tour
• Members Shape Farm Bureau’s Policy Priorities
• ‘Takeaways” 2017 Fall Wheat Industry Conference
• Wheat Growers Dispute Sen. Corkers’s Stance on Food Aid
• Insurance Companies Weigh in on Dicamba Damage
• ‘Engage Legislators,’ Challenges AFB President Duvall
• Cattle on Feed a Bearish Surprise with Placements Five Percent Above Trade Expectations

admin2017-10-25T11:19:14+00:00October 23rd, 2017|

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