04.06.2022

• Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order in Response to Western Drought
• USDA announces hearing on Walnut Marketing Order amendments to be held online
• Purdue’s Ag Economy Barometer Slides Lowers
• DAP Fertilizer Price Now at Highest Price in History of DTN
• What Ag Can Learn From Enlist Enlist Herbicide Regulatory Rollercoaster Holds Lessons for All Farmers
• How to find spare parts when you need them most
• Farmers face continued input uncertainty
• Are There Enough Chemicals and Fertilizer to Plant This Year’s Crop? An Inside Look at What’s in Jeopardy
• High input costs reveal importance of crop, livestock budgets
• FarmlandFinder relaunches to exclusively offer sale-leaseback
• Mexico asks U.S. to coordinate on tamping down food inflation
• Biden considering summertime sales of E15
• USDA Says There Are No Plans to Issue Direct Payments to Farmers Coping with Skyrocketing Fertilizer Prices
• China Made Its Largest Corn Buy Since May, and It May Be Just the Start
• April 4, 2022 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report | First Crop Progress Report of Season Shows Lowest Winter Wheat Condition in Over a Decade
• Toughest Factor in Succession Planning Is Transitioning Relationships to Next Generation
• USDA Planting Estimates Coincide With Bearish Changes
• What are the states with the most crop acres?
• Weather surprises could alter USDA’s planting estimates
• 2022 planting starts on pace with five-year average
• CDFA announces comment period for beginning farmer program
• China Made Its Largest Corn Buy Since May, and It May Be Just the Start
• Senate Passes Legislation to Ease U.S. Shipping Backlogs
• USDA Won’t Release CRP Acres For Crop Production

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03.29.2022

• Senator: farm bill discussions continue
• Supreme Court to consider NPPC and AFBF challenge to California’s Proposition 12
• RaboResearch Releases Annual Price Outlook Report for U.S. Crops
• Senators Fischer, Grassley, Tester, Wyden Unveil Updated Cattle Market Reform Bill
• Fed increases interest rates, further increases could be looming
• President Biden proposes FY 2023 budget, includes funding increases for USDA
• Statement by Secretary Vilsack on the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• 4 Potential Surprises for the March 31 Prospective Plantings Report
• Dig into the latest USDA report
• Will old crop supplies last?
• Traders begin to mull prospective plantings
• Covid concerns creep back into the picture
• Planting has started, but progress is delayed by weather and parts
• February cattle placements up 9%
• Farm Bureau says Prop 12 could have implications beyond pork industry
• Farm Inflation: Fertilizer, Food, and Equipment Manufacturing
• “The Impact (on Global Markets) is Direct, Dramatic and Large. And it Continues,” Ukraine’s Ag Minister on Ag Exports
• China Issues New COVID-19 Lockdowns: Could it Create New Demand Risk?
• Inflation Already Costing Consumers, USDA Makes Large Upward Revisions in Food Price Forecast
• U.S. Diesel Exports Increase
• From Shockers To Snoozers, Here Are The Big Takeaways From FBN’s Farmer Planting Survey
• “It’s Going to be Real,” President Biden on War-Related Food Shortages
• U.S., U.K. Hold Trade Talks, Agree to Drop Tariffs

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03.22.2022

• Celebrating Agriculture’s Worldwide Role During Ag Day
• National Ag Day Website
• Only 8 of 20 critical GSA plans approved
• Drought Monitor: Deterioration Continues Across Great Plains, California
• Pecan growers deal with weevils, other pests
• View the Celebration of Modern Agriculture virtually beginning at 10am Central this coming Tuesday, March 22. REGISTER HERE
• 30 Agriculture & Food Organization’s Release 2022 Industry Economic Impact Report
• Farmer Says Inability to Timely Repair Equipment Has Been Costly
• USDA: Farmers’ Share Of The Food Dollar Rose One Cent In 2020, Largest Increase In Nearly A Decade
• Time is Ticking for Feedlots to Gain Leverage Ahead of Summer Lows
• La Niña could spark fire in already-overheated markets
• As regenerative agriculture takes root, let’s hold corporates accountable
• Supply chain issues are creating market, financing volatility in the equipment market
• Analyst recommends target orders to manage market volatility
• Market expert says Ukraine war means more demand for U.S. crops
• “Global Food Crisis” Possible- – “No Precedent Even Close to This Since World War II”
• Canadian Pacific Rail Strike to Add to Commodities Supply Shock, Hurt Farmers Ahead of Planting
• Adios to the Ag Dollar: A Farmer’s Story on Inflation and Inputs
• The Latest Investment Craze: Farmland
• SEC proposes requiring climate disclosures
• DTN Grain Close: Wheat Flies Higher; New Contract High on Dec. Corn
• Thompson on Cotton: Charts Flashing Buy Signals, Outside Factors Still a Concern
• USDA Urges Communities, Farmers, Ranchers to be Prepared for Severe Weather
• Take National Young Farmers Survey | The survey closes March 27; the results will help shape legislation in the 2023 Farm Bill
• NCGA Releases Its 2022 “World Of Corn” Publication
• John Deere Expands Access To Self-Repair Resources

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03.15.2022

• Congressman Valadao Secures Funding to Improve Central Valley Communities in Annual Government Funding Bill
• 5 Transformations Happening in China That Will Affect Your Farm
• Russia bans grain exports to neighboring ex-Soviet countries
• “Limitations” on How Fast U.S. Farmers Can Respond to High Commodity Prices, as “Global Oilseed Prices Soar”
• Tractor Sales Grow in 2022 February Machinery Sales Show Tractor Growth, Decrease in Combines
• Family Business Matters | Rethink Family Farm Business Failure and Explore Your Options
• Answers to 4 questions on interest rate hikes
• March market madness actually makes sense
• Here we go again: Is ethanol climate-friendly?
• 3 ideas to deal with setbacks during change
• Prep for profit
• 3 ideas to deal with setbacks during change
• U.S. drought nearing record-dry conditions
• Farmland Bill to limit new conservation land gains speed
• Study Reports 9% Of Americans Plan To Move In This “Work From Home” Era
• USDA Issues “Feed Outlook” Report
• Should production cost be factored into the next farm bill?
• Washington Week Ahead: Omnibus done, Congress to-do list includes shipping reform
• Vilsack announces fertilizer grants, climate program extension in Commodity Classic address
• U.S. Drought Expands To Largest Area Since 2012
• Kub’s Den A Crude Connection Between Grains and Geopolitics
• DTN View From the Cab Feature Offers Chance to Tell Your Farm Story
• Ag Secretary Touches on Ukraine, Fertilizer Challenges and Trade at Commodity Classic
• Policy Talk at Commodity Classic Ag Association Leaders Talk About Sustainability, Trade, Crop Insurance at Commodity Classic
• What’s New in Crop Tech Next Generation Crop, Weed Tech on Display at Commodity Classic
• 5 landowners with the most acres in America
• Keeping farmers a part of the sustainability conversation
• Managing the uncertainty in agriculture
• Farmers preparing for the unexpected
• Sen. Cramer joins call to permit sale of E15 fuel over summer driving season
• ERS: “U.S. Wheat Prices Surging,” Markets Are in Flux – – FT Notes Ukraine Spring Planting Fears
• Food Prices Climb 7.9%, Biggest Jump Since 1981
• USDA Issues Report Showing A Decade Of Conservation Trends
• Bill Introduced In Congress Would Provide Relief On Fertilizer Tariffs
• Agribusiness, Food Companies Cutting Ties With Russia

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03.08.2022

• Supreme Court Again Considers Whether To Hear California Prop. 12 Case
• Opinion: California’s stone fruit industry is at a crossroads
• USDA Reports Preview Amid Russia-Ukraine War, USDA Ventures New Estimate
• For first time, FDA OKs marketing of gene-edited food animal products
• Ukrainian Farmers Ask: “Plant or Not to Plant,” Even if Fighting Stops, Yields Could Suffer as Input Worries Loom
• Yes, Interest Rates Are Headed Higher, But How High?
• Set Distractions Aside and Let the Cattle Market Trade Cattle
• Land Transactions May Have Unexpected Tax Consequences
• Drones and AI technology could help fight plastic contamination
• Federal Maritime Commission Chair says shipping container availability is better but problems remain
• Ag groups sue EPA over emission vehicle standards
• White House Considers Dropping Ethanol Mandate, Rehashes “Food Vs Fuel” Debate
• Special report explores agriculture impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict
• 2 lessons to remember during this epic rally
• Global Food Prices Hit Record in February, Russian Invasion Intensifies Supply Risks, as Food Protectionism Stirs
• Farm-Tested ATV Iowa Farm Couple Tests Polaris ATV Across Diverse Operation
• Todd’s Take Commodity Prices Face Bullish Trifecta From Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Drought, Pandemic
• Three Insect Pests Could Dominate in Drought Areas in 2022
• Ukraine introduces export licenses for key agricultural commodities
• Jerry Gulke: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
• Washington Week Ahead: Negotiators rush to finish massive spending bill
• White House Considers Dropping Ethanol Mandate, Rehashes “Food Vs Fuel” Debate
• Farm Groups File File Complaint With FTC Against Deere’s Right To Repair Restrictions

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02.28.2022

• Washington Week Ahead: Biden set to face Congress as Ukraine crisis unfolds
• War Stymies Black Sea Exports, Importers Seek Alternative Sources of Wheat, Corn- Food Inflation Worries Grow
• Wheat jumps most in a decade; corn, soybeans rally Wheat makes biggest one-day gains since 2012 on supply woes.
• Ukraine Invasion Spotlights the Delicate State of Democracy
• Russian Invasion of Ukraine Overtakes Other Washington Issues as Congress Returns this Week
• Jerry Gulke: Global Events Rattle Grain Markets
• Putin attacks Ukraine: How will war in Eastern Europe impact your business?
• What’s at stake for global economy as Russia standoff escalates?
• Successful Farming: Q&A: Iurii Mykhaylov, a Ukrainian citizen that compares Putin’s move to Hitler | Retired Army lieutenant/Journalist: "I never expected to find myself in the whirl of the ferocious war."
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Duties Blamed for Fertilizer Price Rise
• Finding More Respect for Commodity Price Trends
• Attorney general examining high fertilizer costs
• Words of wisdom from a 30-year grain trader
• More than half of U.S. commodities stuck in extended dryness
• The 2022 Outlook for U.S. Agriculture From USDA’s Chief Economist
• Autonomous Electric 4-Row Planter Prototype Being Tested In Iowa
• USDA Reports Destinations Of Record 2021 Exports 2-28-2022
• KC Fed: Farm Real Estate Values Continue Rapid Climb

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02.24.2022

• Russia Invades Ukraine
• Privacy protections updated in California, Colorado
• Supreme Court To “Re-List” California Prop 12 Hearing, Nat’l Pork Producers Council Disappointed
• Russia, Ukraine Conflict Escalates, Ripple Effects Could Include Impacts on Food Prices, Production, and Fertilizer
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends | Most Fertilizer Prices Continue Upward Climb
• Why price prediction is a fool’s game
• Challenges – and opportunities – ahead of 2022 growing season
• Can ethanol lower gas prices and reduce emissions?
• USDA restarts Mexican avocado inspections for import
• California Almonds: Emergency Use (Section 18) Approved for Bacterial Blast
• Global Markets: Tree Nuts – World Pistachio Output Lower Despite Record U.S. Production
• Supply Chain Variables Continue to Percolate: Potash, Glyphosate, Bird Flu, and Grain/Wheat Exports
• USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Ag Looking at Climate-Smart Commodities: Paying Producers for How They Farm
• Supply Chain Snags Garner DOJ Attention DOJ Announces Initiative to Monitor for Price Collusion Amid Supply Chain Woes
• Vilsack: USDA ‘Laser Focused’ on Crop Insurance Access
• Growers, Lenders, Conservationists Call on Congress to Back Crop Insurance in Farm Bill
• Challenges – and opportunities – ahead of 2022 growing season
• Canola may fill spring forage gap for High Plains dairies
• Texas Ag Forum to highlight carbon credits, climate initiatives
• Deere raises profit outlook as farm boom fuels machinery demand
• Data Snapshot: As agrochemical prices skyrocket, so do investments in biological alternatives
• Farmers can set a price floor while leaving the topside open, analyst says
• USDA head: US farmers to help if Ukraine exports threatened
• USDA Agricultural Projections to 2031- Focus on Corn, Soybeans
• Jerry Gulke: How Will Global Events Affect Agriculture?
• March Soybeans Top $16 as USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum Could Fuel More Explosive Price Action Next Week
• U.S. Ag Exports Shatter Records in 2021
• U.S. Farms and Land in Farms Were Down Slightly in ’21
• Court Orders Farm Air Emissions Rule to be Sent Back to EPA
• Mandatory Price Reporting Extended in Resolution Bill
• USDA: Value Of Hemp Production Totaled $824 Million In 2021

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02.15.2022

• Crush Report Reveals an 8.7% Increase in California Grapes
• Hemp Hampered no More with Research Showing Potential as Cash Crop
• Lawmakers Pledge to Maintain, Expand Crop Insurance in Next Farm Bill
• Livestock Risk Protection | Updated Livestock Risk Protection Program Works for Small Herds
• USDA: Working Capital Remained Below Historical Averages For All Farms Size From 2015 To 2020
• Pandemic casts shadow on sunny cotton outlook
• Glyphosate Supply Alert | Bayer Warns Retailers of Glyphosate Production Disruption
• Federal Reserve Banks Say Farmland Values at Least 20% Higher Than Year Ago
• Urea prices fall as soybeans rumble higher
• SMARTFARM offers carbon solutions
• Price, profitability drive sorghum planting decisions
• Efficiency is key in 2022
• Small tractors continue leading strong equipment market
• Inflation could add instability in the ag economy in 2022
• Ag groups suing EPA over agency’s ignoring science & safety findings
• John Phipps: The Great Land Debate on Long-Term vs. Short-Term Leases
• RFA: Setting The Record Straight On The Environmental Outcomes Of The Renewable Fuel Standard
• USDA Releases "Feed Outlook" Report
• Five Equipment Manufacturing Trends To Watch In 2022
• Washington Week Ahead: FDA nominee set for vote, negotiators work on FY22 deal
• Farmer seeks crop insurance certainty in the 2023 Farm Bill
• Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2021 Fourth Quarter, Rise in Farmland Values Accelerates
• Pandemic Cover Crop Program for 2022 | Product Management Bulletin | Revised February 2022
• Jerry Gulke: Will Exploding Prices Reduce Demand?
• KC Fed Reports Ag Bankers Are Optimistic About 2022
• Food Prices Surge 7%, The Most Since 1981
• Pandemic Cover Crop Program Fact Sheet | Revised Feb. 2022
• Commodity Market Fundamentals Stumble in Today’s Fast-Paced Environment
• USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Ag Looking at Climate-Smart Commodities: Paying Producers for How They Farm
• Ethanol Diesel Engine Passes Road Test ClearFlame Ethanol Technology Passes Road Test in Class 8 Diesel Truck Engine
• Ranch Roots Help Drive Olympic Slider Kansas | Ranching Roots Help Lift US Skeleton Racer at Beijing Winter Olympics
• 11 great takes from the 2022 Summit | Farm Futures
• Ag Marketing IQ brought to you by 3 reasons why wheat could be this year’s big winner
• What will cost you more this year, herbicides or weeds?
• Crop Insurance Earns Bipartisan Praise at Congressional Hearing
• Cover crop insurance premium discounts offered again
• 2022 Farm Sector Income Forecast – Feb. Update

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02.08.2022

• Feb. 2022 WASDE Report
• 2022 Farm Sector Income Forecast, February
• USDA’s WASDE Focus Turns to South America Crop Conditions
• USDA Promotes Climate-Smart Commodities | Tapping Commodity Credit Corp. Funds, USDA Partnership to Fund Climate-Smart Projects Aims to Develop Markets
• Federal Program for New Truckers Aims for More Uniform Training Standard, Safety Benchmark Nationally for CDL
• Ethanol, Ag Groups File RFS Comments Growth Energy Tells EPA Proposed RFS Cuts for 2020 ‘Plainly Unlawful’
• USDA to invest $1B in establishing climate smart commodities
• Farm income is forecast far above average for second year
• What are farmers doing to overcome high fertilizer prices? Five farmers from across the country break down their approach to fertility in the upcoming season.
• USDA provides update on implementation of forthcoming disaster assistance
• John Phipps: As Inflation Increases Costs for Consumers, Here’s What is Often Overlooked
• Will This be the Last Year of 100% Bonus Depreciation
• Agri-Pulse to launch ‘Newsmakers’ video and podcast
• Lawmakers Ask for Flexibility on COVID Vaccines for Foreign Farmworkers
• Nat’l Assn Of State Depts Of Ag Asks EPA To Suspend Action On WOTUS Rulemaking
• Fertilizer Price Index Jumps Most Since September
• Ag Law Center Lists Top Ten Legal Issues In 2022, Pesticides Are Top Concern
• Conservation Title Kicks Off 2023 Farm Bill Debate in House Ag Subcommittee Hearing
• USDA Forecasts Farm Sector Profits To Remain Above Long-Term Averages In 2022
• What’s Behind China’s About-Face on 15 Million Bushels of US Corn?
• Into a New World Where Supply is Not Taken for Granted
• 50 Senators: EPA, Stop WOTUS Rulemaking | Republican Senators Want EPA to Suspend WOTUS Rulemaking Pending Court Case
• What a Russian-Ukraine war could do to grain markets
• Online tool allows farmers, ranchers to report anticompetitive practices
• Concern recent dealings between China and Russia could threaten U.S. ag export demand
• Companion bill introduced on shipping reform
• Farm Bureau calls on DOJ for update on meatpacker investigation
• Fertilizer Price Index Jumps Most Since September
• World Food Prices Are Climbing Closer Toward a Record High
• Purdue/CME Polls Finds 40% Of Farmers Will Reduce Nitrogen Applications This Year
• CropLife Lists Best Agriculture Apps For 2022

 

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Ag News: 02.01.2022

• State of the American Pecan Industry
• California Farmland Trust Protects 253 Acres of Almonds in East Merced County
• Coalition: Don’t Cut Crop Insurance Farmers Back Crop Insurance as EWG Criticizes Program Over Climate Change
• EPA Finalizes RFS Compliance Delays Despite Call From Biofuels to Enforce Law
• Cattle Lean into Monday Hopeful for Week Ahead
• USDA Cattle Inventory Report | Jan. 1 Cattle Inventory Down 2%
• Hefty subsidy needed for adoption of cover crops
• Sharp decline in farm income likely this year
• Cattle inventory numbers point to more contraction
• USDA announces partnership to ease port congestion
• Researchers find tradeoff between water quality and emissions on the farm
• Future of U.S. corn, soybean & wheat production depends on groundwater
• New Machinery Autonomy in Action: These Machines Bring Imagination to Life
• Succession Planning | John Phipps’ Ugly Truth about Succession Planning: Unearned Wealth Brings Out the Worst in Everybody
• Trouble Brewing in Brazil? Soybean Crop Forecasts Trimmed as Bad Weather Hurts Yields
• Daybreak Jan. 31: House tackles competition billAg Sec’y Vilsack Lists His Top Three Priorities
• Six Lingering Questions About John Deere’s Autonomous Tractor
• Washington Week Ahead: Conservation gets focus, House considers trade provisions
• On the ground in Ukraine: what it means for agriculture
• Why It’s Still Difficult to Forecast Next Week’s Weather
• EPA Finalizes RFS Compliance Delays Despite Call From Biofuels to Enforce Law
• Crop insurance flexibilities have been extended by 5 months, USDA says
• Farm management analysts concerned working capital will begin to erode
• Just When You Think Fertilizer Shortages are Improving, Trucker Vaccine Mandates Slam Supply Chain Into Disarray
• New Machinery | Autonomy in Action: These Machines Bring Imagination to Life
• Ag Trade: China Keeps Eye on Domestic Food Security
• USDA: 2021 Retail Food Price Inflation Continued, But Varied Among Food Categories

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