08.30.18
08.28.18
- Farmer Trade Aid Detailed: USDA Plan Draws Some Criticism From Commodity Groups as Soybean Payments Dominate
- Farm Futures: USDA Unveils Plans to Assist Farmers Impacted by Retaliatory Tariffs: Signup begins Sept. 4, 2018.
- How Much Will Your Tariff Payment Be?
- Trump to Cut Soybean Farmers a Check for Up to $1.65 per Bushel
- US, Mexico Reach Trade Deal President Trump Says Farmers Who Have Stuck by Him Will be Pleased With Deal
- Perdue on U.S. – Mexico Trade Agreement
- U.S. – Mexico Trade Deal Has Zero Ag Tariffs
- Trump Says He’s ‘Terminating’ NAFTA, Anounces New Trade Agreement With Mexico
- U.S., Mexico Reach NAFTA Deal. Is Canada Next?
- 3 Big Things Today, August 28
- Farm Policy News: USDA Outlines Trade Assistance; While President Trump Touts U.S., Mexico Trade Agreement
- DTN Early Word Grains Wheat Stages Recovery, Row Crops Chop
- Crop Progress Report: Aug. 27, 2018 (PDF)
- China Struggles to Curb Reliance on U.S. Market
- Which 10 States Have the Highest Cash Rent?
- COOL 2.0: Comment Period Extended for “Product of U.S.A.” Labeling
- Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers: USDA’s Aid Package Fails To Consider All Commodities
- Iowa Soybean Assn Issues Statement On Trade Aid Proposal
- Cattle on Feed Report
- Primary Runoff Elections Set as Oklahoma Voters Make Their Choices
- Basis Levels Not Considered in USDA Aid
08.22.18
- Tariffs Could Cost Fruit and Nuts $3 Billion
- California Almonds: Sterile Tech to Battle Naval Orangeworm – It Worked on Pink Bollworm
- California Olive Ranch Marks 20 Years with Largest Olive Tree Planting in State
- Fruit, Nut Tariffs Estimated to Cost $3.4 Bln Annually
- Legal Battle on 2015 WOTUS Rule Rages on in Multiple Federal Courts
- Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
- USDA Prepares to Unveil Massive Trade Aid Package
- What to Watch in U.S., China Talks
- Deadline Extended for ‘Product of U.S.A.’ Comments
- Hours of Service Changes Considered by Department of Transportation
- Third U.S. Soybean Vessel Left in Limbo Off China Unloads Cargo
- California Supreme Court Declines to Hear Glyphosate Appeal
- Commodity Prices Have Landowners Searching for Additional Income
- USDA Releases Its Annual Farmland Value Study, Remain Stable
- Study: China Tariffs Will Cost U.S. Up to $2.4 Billion Annually
- Farmers Tested by Tariffs as the U.S. and China Prepare For Trade Talks
- Ag Continues to Swing at WOTUS Zombie Legal Battle Now Shifts to Texas Court for National Injunction
- Crop Progress, 08.20.2018 [pdf]
- Trump and Media — No Winner
- Cattle Producers Watching Trade Negotiations
- DC Signal to Noise: China is Back in Play
- Rural Mainstreet Index Rises
- Big Crops and Tariff Troubles
- WOTUS Woes Hit Farmers in 26 States
- Judge Orders Trump to Reinstate Waters of the US Rule
- Scientist Crack Wheat Genome Code
- Expert Witness Expects Monsanto Case to Have Limited Herbicide Industry Impact
08.14.18
- California Lemon Growers Feeling the Heat
- Chlorpyrifos Ruling Won’t Change Much in California
- Farmers Concerned About Crops Tainted by Smoke
- Crop Progress, 08.13.2018 (PDF)
- Proposed Relief Package Could Cause More Trade Problems
- Recent Livestock ELD Waiver Passed By Senate Causes Mixed Reactions
- Mexico vs. Canada in Trade Talks
- Bayer Shares Plunge After Roundup Ruling
- Futures Lose More to Start Week
- 80 Years in Agriculture–Two Brothers Spill the Dirt
- New Buyers Elusive, U.S. Builds a Mountain of Soybeans
- Farmers Win Battle Against Army Corps of Engineers, Fight Not Over
- $266M Trust Set Up for Native American Farmers/Ranchers
- U.S. Tractor Sales Up 13% In July, Combine Sales Up 37%
- USDA to Realign ERS With Chief Economist
- August 10 WASDE Report (PDF)
- Federal Reserve Reports Show Farmland Values Remain Relatively Steady
- Farmer Can Aggregate Income from Multiple Entities to Maximize Deduction
- EPA Listens to Dicamba Discussion
- Monsanto Fined $289 Million in Roundup Suit
- EPA Must Ban Chlopyrifos, Court Rules
- China Expects its U.S. Agricultural Imports to Fall Sharply
- Trade Tensions Hit Farm Prices and Profits
- 7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed Week Ending Aug. 10, 2018
- The World’s First ‘Intelligent Sprayer’
- Farm Futures Magazine Survey Shows Farmers’ Support For Pres. Trump Slipping
08.09.18
- California’s Mendocino Complex Wildfire Is Now Largest in State’s History
- Fighting ACP on Farms and Residential Areas Critical
- Navel Orangeworm Pressure Could Be Increasing in Almonds
- Dried Plums or Prunes? Name Debate Continues
- For Farmers, Trump’s Tariffs Are Far Worse Than Any Bad Trade Deal: By Bart Ruth, opinion contributor —The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of Our Agency
- China Tariffs: The Last Straw for Our Weak Ag Economy – Commentary
- One Group Plans Ad Buys in Ag States Opposing ‘President Trump’s Trade War’
- Chief Ag Negotiator Says NAFTA Talks Progressing with Mexico, but Not Canada
- Ag Economy Falls 26 Points in July
- Low Unemployment Creates Farm Labor Pinch Point
- Will The August WASDE Be A Game Changer?
- Farmers Sharing Poor Crop Conditions On Social Media
- Farmers Express Serious Economic Concerns In Latest Ag Barometer
- Next Round of US Tariffs Set
- Truth, Lies and Power: A Farmer Fights The Feds
- Trump Administration Returns Water-Permitting Authority Back to States, Good News for Agriculture
- Equal Access to Justice Act is Not Equal for Farmers
- USDA’s Trade Aid Prevents Farm Income Crisis, Economist Says
- US Infrastructure: Still in the Back of the Funding Line
- Less Than 50% Of Farmers Plan To Participate In Tariff Aid
- Ag Holds Roundtable on Lawsuit Abuse
- Tax Code Changes Make Charitable Remainder Trusts More Attractive
- EPA Emails Show Agency Approved Dicamba Label Changes After Consulting With Monsanto
- Remember When ‘Freedom to Farm’ Became ‘Freedom to Fail’? – Commentary
- U.S., China Seek to Restart Talks to Defuse Trade War
- Senate Approves ELD Delay for Livestock Haulers
- Index Shows Slower Growth: Tariffs Impact Two-Thirds of Firms
07.31.18
- Almond Harvest – Shaking Starts, More Just Ahead – AgFax Tree Crops
- Ag Labor: H-2C Program, E-Verify Will Harm Longtime Work Force – DTN
- American-Grown Pistachio Consumption Increases Globally
- Almond Harvest – Shaking Starts, More Just Ahead – AgFax Tree Crops
- California Regulators Target Chlorpyrifos
- Lawmakers Stress Importance of Crop Insurance as Farm Bill Moves Forward
- Secretary Perdue Cautions Against Expectations of Large Payments Based on Price Declines
- U.S. Says Farmers Could Get Cash Aid by October But Will Not Be Made Whole
- EU Court Ruling on Gene Editing Could Hold Up Future US Crop Traits
- Do Not Give Your Storage Away
- Crop Progress Report
- This Why Farmers are So Angry at the Federal Government
- Ross: NAFTA Negotiations With Mexico Going Well
- Crop Progress: Are We Headed For Record Yields?
- Perdue Pushes for Inclusion of Ag in U.S.-EU Trade Talks
- House Moves Forward with 2018 Farm Bill Process
07.26.18
- CFBF President Jamie Johansson Responds to Tariff-Assistance Package
- Trade Aid Reactions Vary Wildly Some Ag Leaders in Congress Were Silent While Pro-Trade GOP Lawmakers Lashed Out
- ‘Soybeans is a Big Deal,’ President Says in Announcing EU Agreement to Buy More Beans, Lower Trade Barriers
- New Study: Farmers Will Buy Less Crop Insurance If It Costs More
- Uncle Same to the Rescue: Will Bailouts Keep Farmers in Trumps Corner
- Trump Says China is Targeting U.S. Farmers, Being ‘Vicious’
- Economist Says Trump Aid Package Lacks Substance
Outline of Programs to Assist Farmers
USDA will use the following programs to assist farmers:
• The Market Facilitation Program, authorized under The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act and administered by Farm Service Agency (FSA), will provide payments incrementally to producers of soybeans, sorghum, corn, wheat, cotton, dairy, and hogs. This support will help farmers manage disrupted markets, deal with surplus commodities, and expand and develop new markets at home and abroad.
• Additionally, USDA will use CCC Charter Act and other authorities to implement a Food Purchase and Distribution Program through the Agricultural Marketing Service to purchase unexpected surplus of affected commodities such as fruits, nuts, rice, legumes, beef, pork and milk for distribution to food banks and other nutrition programs.
• Finally, the CCC will use its Charter Act authority for a Trade Promotion Program administered by the Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) in conjunction with the private sector to assist in developing new export markets for our farm products.
Industry Statements on Aid: 07.25.18
- Senate Ag Chairman Roberts’ Statement on USDA Trade Assistance
- Nat’l Cotton Council’s Statement On Trade Assistance Package
- Nat’l Corn Growers Assn’s Statement On USDA Trade Aid
- Wheat Organizations Continue To Support An End To Trade War As Administration Offers Help For Farmers
- Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn’s Statement On Trade Aid