07.12.2022
- California Walnuts: Managing Mold
- California’s Prolonged Drought and Lost Irrigation Water Pressure Farm Safety Net
- Wheat plummets at market close | Monday, July 11, 2022
- Ag Policy: The 2024 Farm Bill and Price Support Adjustments
- 1st Half: Agri Marketing’s Stock Index Down Slightly, Much Better Than General Markets
- The 2021 Crop Insurance Loss Performance
- July 11, 2022 Crop Progress Report
- Do this first to reach farm’s big goals
- Smart land use planning is needed to protect agricultural land, American Farmland Trust reports
- Fertilizer expert concerned about 2023 prices
- Labor Contract Negotiations Continue Past Deadline at Some of America’s Most Important Ports
- Will Commodities go Back to Trading Fundamentals After Fund Wash Out? Are the Highs in in the Grains?
- Crop Insurance: Importance of Historical Weather Info to Setting Premiums
- Times are good, so start planning for downturn
- Ag Sec’y Vilsack Issues Update On USDA’s Pro-Competition Advocacy Activities
- U.S. June Tractor Sales Down 8%, Combine Sales Up 25%
- Ag Policy: The 2024 Farm Bill and Price Support Adjustments
- USDA Reports Preview USDA’s July WASDE Report to Remind Traders of Crop Fundamentals
- Washington Week Ahead: Democrats try for last-ditch climate deal
- Court Denies SD Farmer in Wetlands Case South Dakota Judge Sides With USDA in Farmer Challenge of Wetlands Determination on Puddle
- Farm Progress "Cover Crop Best Management Practices"
- 7 ag stories you might have missed
- 6 charts to explain the June 30 USDA reports
- When farmers revolt
- Television special kicks off Farm Next program
- Court sides with peach farmer in dicamba drift case
- Put options compliment futures contracts
- Supply demand for live cattle to turn bullish; decline in lean hogs positive fundamental factor
- Fertilizer industry and farmer advocates at odds about solutions to fertilizer crisis
- Food Prices Fall for Third Consecutive Month, But Remain Very High
- What Would a Neutral Weather Pattern Mean for Harvest?
- USDA Announces July Ag Lending Rates
07.07.2022
- To date, USDA has issued $107M in emergency relief to CA producers
- State Water Board Releases Updated Draft Biological Goals for Protection of Fish, Habitat in the Delta
- Pistachio Grower Bullish about Market Amidst Record Production
- 2022 California Wine Grape Crop & Market Update
- EPA to Act on Regulatory Oversight of Pesticide-Treated Seeds
- Biden Administration Set to Rewrite Endangered Species Act Rules Following Court Decision
- Take the gamble out of marketing
- Financial uncertainty weighs down farmer sentiment
- Global hunger getting worse, new UN report finds
- Farm Finances: Trends in Working Capital
- Five Critical Times To Use Data With Growers
- Ag Research: Reduced Public Spending – Being Penny Wise and Pound Foolish – Discussion
- USDA: Sales At Food Stores Were Higher In May 2022 Than May 2019, Reports By Food Category
- USDA Releases Season Average Price Forecasts Report
06.29.2022
- Big landowner closing California forests due to fire danger
- Costa says drought support is needed for Calif. farmers
- Almond Alliance supports growers whipsawed by supply chains, water
- California OSHA Rules Operator Must Be Present On Autonomous Machine, Big Set Back To The Industry
- Supreme Court Rejects R-CALF Lawsuit, Ending Effort Against Beef Checkoff
- Bayer loses second case in a week
- Relentless heat is taking a toll on crops
- Biden admin set to boost biobased products
- Policymakers Ponder Russian Sanctions that Minimize Food Inflation, as Some See Improving Ag Supply Outlook, Lower Prices
- SCOTUS Refuses to Hear R-CALF’s Checkoff Appeal
- Ag Trade: Policymakers Ponder Russian Sanctions; Some See Improving Ag Supply Outlook
- Farmers Report Their Least Favorite Childhood Chores
- 2023 Farm Bill Could Top $1Trl, Funding to Remain Flat for Conservation/Climate Programs
- 06.27.2022 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
- A Safety Net for our Food Supply and the Farm Economy
- Is the Perfect Storm Brewing for Railroad and Port Logistic Failures?
- Is the two-year bull market history?
- USDA trade mission concludes in London
- Is the two-year bull market history?
- Biden signs school nutrition extension, averting potential ‘summer hunger crisis’
- Policymakers Ponder Russian Sanctions that Minimize Food Inflation, as Some See Improving Ag Supply Outlook, Lower Prices
- FDA Approves Biotech Wheat Which Is Drought Resistant, Goes To USDA And EPA
- Study Reports How Consumers Would Invest USDA’s Budget, Much Different Than The Reality
- U Of Illinois Releases Guide Outlining Steps To Take When Pesticide Drift Occurs
06.22.2022
- 6/21/2022 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
- USDA amends California Grape Marketing Order
- Supreme Court Rejects Roundup Petition
- Biden Administration Sides With Ag on SCOTUS Proposition 12 Challenge
- California Regulatory Commission Denies Monarch Tractors’ Petition To Not Have Operator On Autonomous Machine
- US backs AFBF, NPPC in Proposition 12 Supreme Court case
- Industry Leaders List Major Supply-Chain Issues In The AgriBusiness Industry
- Ag groups express concern over SEC’s proposed rule on climate-related disclosures
- Transitioning the Farm to the Next Generation: Fair Is Not Equal
- Grain bulls charge Wall Street bears
- Fuel retailer is optimistic diesel prices will come down some
- A strong safety net remains a priority for farmers
- Cover crops, alfalfa management and market updates
- Ukraine Grain Harvest Begins, Farmers Running Out of Storage Options
- Court Orders EPA to Reassess Glyphosate Impact on Human Health, Environment
- Contentious livestock industry reforms set to move
- Farm Bill: Environmental Issues and the Carrot or Stick Dilemma – Discussion
- June Rural Mainstreet Economic Index Falls Below Growth Neutral
- EPA Determines Three Widely Used Insecticides Are Harmful To Several Endangered Species
- Beyond Meat Hit With Two Lawsuits Over False Labeling, Protein Claims
- Washington Week Ahead: Contentious livestock industry reforms set to move
- Jerry Gulke: Are Ag Commodities Due for a Reset?
- Kub’s Den | Fuel Up: Diesel Underpins Inflationary Pressures
- SCOTUS to Hear Sackett Arguments Oct. 3 | Environmentalists, Lawmakers Stand Behind EPA on Sackett Case Before Supreme Court
- How to calculate time value of an option
- Students reimagine rancher’s 30-year-old cattle market prediction model
- House passes Lower Food and Fuels Cost Act
- Ag organizations react to passage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act
- Crawford calls for increasing reference prices in upcoming farm bill
- Senate Ag urged to seek more farm bill funding
- Democrats force House passage of ag bill they claim will cut prices
- Court Orders EPA To Re-Examine Its Ruling That Glyphosate Is Not Cancer Causing
- U Of Illinois Study Reports Farmland Lease Types
- Cattle Industry Fights Controversial SEC Climate Rule
- Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Disappointed In House Passage Of Special Investigator Bill
06.14.2022
- Farmers worry water-rights proposal could affect food supply
- New Measures to Improve Ag Exporter Conditions at the Port of OaklandBe Aware of Heat Illness Prevention
- Turlock Irrigation District Serves Growers, Conserves Water with New Technology
- Editorial: How bees became fish in California
- Oldest orange variety released from quarantine
- Crop Progress Report | June 13, 2022 | PDF
- Ocean Shipping Reform bill awaits Biden’s signature
- Farmers Are Now Paying Above $5 For Off-Road Diesel, And It’s More Than Just Russia to Blame
- Ag Weather Forum
- What trajectory do you want for your farm operation?
- Ukrainian producers desperately looking for solutions to export problems
- U.S. Supreme Court delays decision in hearing Bayer’s Roundup appeal
- Grocery prices rise 11.9% in a year, worst increase since 1979
- Farm Bill Review: Economic Perspectives on Title I Commodities
- USDA: Eating Out Spending Returns To Pre-Pandemic Levels
06.09.2022
- Almond Board of California Announces 2022 Election Results
- Almond Alliance Announces Historic Joint Venture to “Move Nuts”
- New Measures to Improve Ag Exporter Conditions at the Port of Oakland
- California Farmers’ Tequila Dreams
- Mechanical Pruning Trial in ‘French’ Prune – Through Year Three
- Barchart Cuts Production and Yield Forecasts In Initial 2022 Estimates
- USDA Offers New Estimates in Strained World Market
- Most Fertilizer Prices Move Lower for First Time Since November 2020
- US Ethanol Inventories Rise
- USDA adviser chosen as USTR chief ag negotiator
- Cropland prices up 20% this year
- Grain prices wobble but move higher
- The bear market is growling…
- 2022 Ag Census signup deadline is June 30
- Eminent domain reform bill to protect landowners
- Turkey, Russia Begin Talks on Sea Lane for Ukrainian Grain Exports
- Biden to nominate USDA advisor McKalip as USTR ag negotiator
- Yellen critical of US tariffs on China
- Farmers struggle amid rising diesel prices
- Ag watching SCOTUS for decision on whether to hear Roundup case
- Farmer sentiment dives on production cost concerns
- Duvall Talk with Biden on Shipping Reform, Supply Challenges
- Upcoming series: Drought management in beef operations
- Ag Weather Forum
- Barchart Cuts Production and Yield Forecasts In Initial 2022 Estimates
- Jerry Gulke: Is the Government Influencing Price Discovery?
- Todd’s Take The Need For Soybean Oil Has Never Been Greater
- Is it time to buy fertilizer and fuel?
- Production shortfalls provide wheat pricing opportunities
- Farmer sentiment plummets as production costs skyrocket
- Volatility delivers mixed results for grain prices
- WOTUS roundtable features cattle producers’ concerns
- Producer conversations about WOTUS show issues with EPA authority, clarity
- 75 Million Tonnes of Grain Could be Stuck in Ukraine by Fall, Kyiv Notes Anti-ship Weapons Could Help Secure Exports
- Kremlin Trying to Sell “Stolen Ukrainian Grain,” as Kyiv Search For Alternative Grain Export Routes Continues
- USDA study: Bt corn largely spares non-target insects
- American Agri-Women Call On Officials To Unleash U.S. Energy Potential
06.01.2022
- Bill to accelerate Bay-Delta Plan defeated
- Wildfire awareness at a glance
- Protect farm assets by updating property insurance
- USDA Releases “Outlook For U.S. Agricultural Trade” Report
- USDA Releases “Food Price Outlook” Report
- Crop Progress Report | 5.31.2022 (PDF)
- USDA Crop Progress Report: Corn, Soybean Planting Closes in on Normalcy
- Federal Court Stays ADM Ethanol Lawsuit Archer Daniels Midland Ethanol Markets Lawsuit Stayed by Federal Magistrate
- Farm family conflict does not mean failure
- Would you buy a driverless tractor?
- Virtual sessions offer insight on scouting, pest management
- Direct beef sales program to address legal, economic issues
- 2022 crop: An enormous, historic amount of capital at risk
- USDA to infuse billions into transforming food supply chain
- Solar not so popular in the country
- Protect farm assets from being eaten up by long-term care expenses
- Poor planting conditions prompt questions about insurance options for non-conventional practices
- Former Ambassador to China doubtful about Phase Two
- Ag economy to remain strong in 2022 despite signs of softening on the horizon
- American Agri-Women Release Their Farm Bill Recommendations
- USDA: Agricultural Exports Supported More Than 1 Million Jobs In 2020
- USDA Forecasts Record Farm Exports in FY 2022
- CRP Contract Termination to Offset Global Food Crisis Gains USDA’s Approval
- Help for Ag Producers Facing Stress Market, Weather Stress Can Lead to Physical, Emotional Ailments for Farmers, Ranchers
- Market Matters Blog Bipartisan Group of Senators Ask STB to Continue Monitoring Rail Service
- Minding Ag’s Business | Federal Reserve Faces Unique Challenges as it Attempts to Tackle Inflation
- Soil Problems Plague Farmers Soil Concerns Reported on Half of Row Crop Acres Surveyed in USDA Study
- Putin ready to facilitate unfettered grain exports from Ukraine’s ports, Kremlin says
- Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis
- The push for alternative engines in tractors as prices continue to climb
- Ag economy to remain strong in 2022 despite signs of softening on the horizon
- Family tells their story to prevent future farm tragedies | Say ‘no’ to dangerous tradition of extra riders on tractors
- Farm Groups Want U.S. Tariffs to be Suspended, Reduced or Dropped
- 40 Ag Groups Ask Biden Administration To Reduce/Drop U.S. Tariffs
05.24.2022
- U.S. Wine Imports Jump 25% in 2021
- Biden appoints Western officials to USDA, EPA posts
- Western Drought Will Impact All Americans
- Calif. rice acreage to drop to 39-year low
- Crop Progress Report 5/23/2022 (PDF)
- USDA May 1 Cattle on Feed Report | May 1 Cattle on Feed Up 2%
- Ag Interest Rate Snapshot 5/23/2022
- Archer Daniels Midland Wants Green Plains’ Ethanol Lawsuit Dismissed
- How satisfied are you with your farm partners?
- Court brief on glyphosate causing ag groups concern
- Ag groups urge withdrawal of administration’s SCOTUS brief in Roundup case
- How farm’s long-term vision impacts decisions now
- EPA to propose 2023 ethanol mandate within four months
- Bayer pushing Supreme Court on Roundup case
- May Grain Exports From Ukraine Could Reach 1.5 Million Tonnes
- Who Actually Won the U.S., China Trade War?
- Opinion Will An Interest Rate Increase Lower Land Values?
- Twelve countries sign up with US for Indo-Pacific Framework
- USDA To Provide $6 Billion to Crop Producers Impacted By 2020 And 2021 Natural Disasters
- 7 ag stories you might have missed last week
- 5 good things happening in agriculture
- Export market programs key to ag export growth
- When does a put option have no potential value?
- Profit outlook bright, despite supply chain, cost issues
- 2 ways to navigate volatile markets
- John Deere enters distribution agreement for ‘revolutionary’ baler design
- 27 million tons of grain planned for export stuck in Ukraine
- Economist says On Feed report indicates tight supplies of cattle coming
- Resolution introduced to investigate anticompetitive practices
- USDA outlook meeting previews June WASDE
- NCBA blasts overreaching, political Special Investigator Bill
- Filling A Tractor Tank Daily Now Costs Some Farmers $1,000, Double What It Did a Year Ago
- Jerry Gulke: What Can Farmers Learn from the Stock Market Collapse?
- Washington Week Ahead: Vilsack faces senators amid mounting food crisis
- USDA monitoring drought with eye on potential assistance
- FDA chief tries to sell lawmakers on food oversight
- U.S. Cattle on Feed Continues to Set Records
- Cybersecurity on the Farm
- Administrator Tells Senators EPA Now Devoting Resources To Put Priority On Re-Evaluating Pesticides
05.17.2022
- Webinar: Who Has Rights to the Water When Drought Hits? – May 18 M
- Smaller U.S. almond crop projected amid larger stocks
- Raisin grape growers stay the course
- Disaster Relief For 2020 and 2021 Crops | USDA to Provide $6 Billion in Disaster Aid to Crop Producers Hit by 2020, 2021 Natural Disasters
- Crop Progress Report | 05.16.2022 PDF
- Ag Sec’y Vilsack, Dairy Industry Won’t Support Canada’s Latest Quota Fixing Proposal
- Cattle Market Success or Demise This Summer Depends on Throughput
- Fertilizer concerns underscore WASDE forecasts
- Wheat soars to new heights on Indian export ban
- John Deere reorganization aimed at helping farmers easily adopt the right tech for their operation
- Senators Dianne Feinstein & Alex Padilla join effort to resolve export trade crisis
- Russia Makes Some Land Gains – Persists in Strangling Ukrainian Grain Exports
- USDA Accepts Applications To Help Lower Costs Of Organic, Transitioning Producers
- What Does John Deere’s Shift To “Recurring Revenue” Mean?
- Crop Insurance Key to Avoiding Another Farm Economy Downturn
- 7 ag stories you might have missed last week
- View From the Cab | Farmers Race Weather to Plant 2022 Crops
- Diesel Fuel Prices Set Records | Retail Diesel Prices Hit New Highs in May 2022 as Ukraine War Exacerbates Tight Stocks Situation
- Domestic ag support left out of Ukrainian package
- May 2022 WASDE’s biggest takeaways (Audio)
- Post-WASDE price gains continue
- Strong interest seen in USDA’s climate-smart commodity proposals
- Former USDA leader nominated for trade undersecretary
- Report criticizes meat industry’s handling of COVID
- Meteorologist expects extreme weather patterns to continue
- Washington Week Ahead: FDA chief faces lawmakers, Vilsack in Poland
- Vilsack: Russia using hunger as ‘weapon of war’
- G-7 ag ministers take aim at global fertilizer woes
- USDA Continues Urgent Actions to Address Infant Formula Shortage
- What Does John Deere’s Shift To Recurring Revenue Mean?
05.10.2022
- Foreign impacts of Proposition 12
- California CAFO Bill Dies for Lack of Action
- Vilsack pivots, seeking new insurance, conservation incentives to boost production
- Infrastructure bill program set to provide internet cost relief
- May 9, 2022 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
- Sort and Cull Cash Cattle Prices Likely to Face Pushback From Packers
- Grain Marketing Opportunities to Lock in Profitability Through 2025
- Comment Period Extended on Climate Rule
- Class I Railroads Get New Oversight | Surface Transportation Board Requires Railroads to Submit Weekly Reports, Recovery Plans
- Can this partnership be saved?
- Global Food Prices Ease Slightly From Record, as Ukrainian Exports Foiled; and Global Wheat Variables Evolve
- 30% of Farmers Still Having Trouble Finding Essential Crop Inputs for This Year
- Bronaugh Supports White House Plan to boost Acres
- Kristjan Hebert: Myths Versus Facts of Modern Farms
- A Dream Come True? Busch Light And John Deere Serve Up Limited Edition ‘For The Farmers’ Beer Can
- USDA Issues “Commodity Costs And Returns” Report
- USDA Releases Report Showing Farmers’ Soil And Water Concerns