TOP AG NEWS
Senators Want President to Keep Ag Secretary Out of EPA Small-Refinery Decisions
Republican senators from oil-producing states are pressing President Donald Trump to tell Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to effectively stay…
USDA Weekly Crop Progress
Corn and soybean conditions — for the portion of those crops that was planted and emerged — held steady last…
Farmers Expected to Receive $1 Billion in Prevented Planting Claims on 10 Million Acres
Agriculture Department officials expect farmers to file more than $1 billion in insurance claims for acreage they were unable to…
Direct Payments Set to Soar in 2019
While producers wait for the USDA to release meaningful information about how MFP 2.0 might impact their farm’s financial projections,…
USDA Adds Flexibility for Cover Crop Management in Crop Year 2020
The 2018 Farm Bill mandated changes to the treatment of cover crops for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, which…
What Was USDA Thinking?
USDA told us in the June 28 Grain Stocks and Acreage reports on Friday that producers had planted, or still…
CoBank’s Economic Outlook-Trade Talks, Record Rains Upend Agriculture
The world economy continues to slow amid the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. Hopes are for talks to resume soon between…
U.S. Corn Pollination Expected to Occur Very Late
Pollination is the most critical phase of development for determining corn yields. Corn pollination (or silking) has already begun across…
ERS Report-“Interdependence of China, United States, and Brazil in Soybean Trade”
Late last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) released a report (“Interdependence of China, United States,…
Be Ready for Market Volatility on Friday
The saga of the 2019 planting season continues. Extreme weather challenges, which started months ago, have caused a record-slow planting…