• Updated Climate Change Document Not Released By USDA
• Report: GMOs vital to feeding 10 billion people by 2050
• Corn, Soybeans Trade Lower Thursday
• Be Cautious When Bearish USDA Report Moves Market Higher
• Texas rancher to US House: Ratify USMCA
• Agricultural Trucking Relief Act Introduced
• August Crop Production to Include Resurvey, Satellite and FSA Data
• Wheat Prices Have Potential to Rebound
• USDA’s Hutchins defends ERS, NIFA relocation
• KC Fed: Large Loans Drive Further Increases In Farm Lending
• The Debt Limit: A Saga of Self-Inflicted Trouble

• 3 Big Things Today, July 18
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- July 2019
• New Farmers.gov Feature Helps Find Loans to Fit Individual Operation
• Corn Basis: The Danger of Using Averages
• Trump Says He Can put More Tariffs on China if He Wants
• Be Cautious When Bearish USDA Report Moves Market Higher
• U.S., Chinese officials to discuss trade in Thursday call -Mnuchin
• GRAINS-Soybeans rebound, crop-friendly U.S. weather cap gains
• EPA Approves Sulfoxaflor as Crop Insecticide After Studying Impact on Bees
• New Partners Want To Fill “Lending Void” In Agriculture
• Crop Conditions Haven’t Been This Bad Since 2012

• 3 Big Things Today, July 17
• Labor Department Proposes H-2A Changes | Ag Secretary Says New Rule Eases Burden on US Farmers
• House Ag Subcommittee Hears Stories of Lost Opportunity in Trade
• Wheat Outlook – Wheat Needs Help from Corn
• Uncertainty Has Put a Damper on Chinese Demand for U.S. Cotton
• When the Senior Generation Withold Important Transition Information
• Fate of USMCA Hinges on Trump and Pelosi Agreement
• USDA Announces Funding to Support Veteran Farmers
• Texas Rancher to U.S. House: Ratify USMCA for American Beef Producers

• 3 Big Things Today, July 16
• White House Approves Trade Aid 2.0, Payments Expected Next Month
• White House completes MFP review
• Weather, Trade Weigh on CHS, Cargill Two Agribusinesses Show Significant Drops in Net Income
• Exporting U.S. Ag Is Big Business
• Texas Crop Insurance Fact Sheet
• Oklahoma Crop Insurance Fact Sheet
• July 15 Crop Progress Report
• U.S., Chinese Officials to Discuss Trade This Week -Mnuchin
• USDA Urged to Address Discrimination Issues
• Trump Administration Proposes New Agriculture Immigration Rules
• Rewards and Risks of Buying Seed Online
• Official Definition Of "Precision Agriculture" Released
• Perdue Signs Pledge to America’s Workers
• Secretary Perdue Statement on the Department of Labor’s Proposed H2A Modernized Rule
• Peanut Market Update

• 3 Big Things Today, July 15
• A Bullish, Yet Brief, Hurrah for Wheat
  
• Reproductive Stage Soybeans More Sensitive to Dicamba
• 12 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Week Ending July 12
• Short Crop Will Slash Record-Large Soy Stockpile by One Fourth
• Farmers Urged to Fence in a Range of Prices, Analyst Says
• How to Navigate Through This Economic Downturn in Farm Margins
• Committee Passes Family Farmer Relief Act
• U.S. Growing Largest Crop of Marijuana in 5 Years
• Conflicting Perspectives on China’s Promise to Purchase More U.S. Farm Goods
• Washington Week Ahead: USDA research gets focus, budget issue looms
• Cleveland on Cotton: Avoid the “Wishful Thinking” Marketing Principal
• June Tractor & Combine Sales Down in the U.S.
• Bill to Help Farmers Invest in Biogas Energy
• Nat’l Sorghum Producers Statement On EPA’s Sulfoxaflor Registration Approval

• 3 Big Things Today, July 12
• 7 Ag Stories You Migh Have Missed This Week – July 12, 2019
• Trade War May Permantently Alter Trade, Cargill Exec Says
• Rural Community Broadband Benefit | Congressman Asks for Rural Voices to be Heard on Funding Broadband Access
• Grains Ease Following WASDE-Day Surge
• Deep Dive: What We Lost in the Trade War With China
• Wall Street Banks Bailing on Troubled U.S. Farm Sector
• Federal Reserve Expected to Lower Interest Rates
• USDA Makes Few Changes In Corn, Soybean Production Thursday
• Wheat Closes Up Double-Digits Thursday
• Texas Peanuts: 4 Pod Rot Management Tips
• Trump Defends Refinery Waivers
• First Company Approved For Ag Spraying Via Drone In Iowa
• The Other Side of the Seventies

• 3 Big Things Today, July 11
• Farm Progress America, July 11, 2019
• Morning Market Review for July 11, 2019
• Unprecedented Year Could Spark Unprecedented Changes in WASDE Report
• Farm Policy Facts: Time is Ticking as Farmers Ask Congress to Pass USMCA
• Deep Dive: What We Lost in the Trade War With China
• USDA Extends Reporting Date For Spring Crops
• 10 Years of Seed Industry Mergers, Acquisitions and Retired Brands
• Barrasso Eyes Aug. 1 Markup for Infrastructure Reauthorization Bill
• GIPSA Reboot Coming This Fall
• West Texas IPM: Sugarcane Aphids Arrive; Large Fall Armyworm Flight
• Texas Plains IPM, Hale, Swisher, & Floyd Counties: Cotton – Fleahoppers Biggest Concern; Pests Rising in Corn, Sorghum
• Roberts, Stabenow Announce Ag Research Hearing

• USDA Reports Preview July WASDE: Mirage or for Real?
• Sanders, AOC: Declare Climate Emergency
• 3 Big Things Today, July 10
• Startups grow meat in lab, face scrutiny
• China Eyes Trump’s 2020 Strategy for Clues on Trade War Deal
• Texas Field Reports: Corn, Sorghum Prices Rally on Crop Uncertainty
• Study Shows Farmers Losing More Yield Than They Think
• Peanut Industry Working to Meet Consumer Trend

• 3 Big Things Today, July 9
• Crop Progress Report: July 8, 2019
• Minnesota Farmer Saves 10% to 15% On Seed Corn By Buying Online
• Beef Exports Steady in May; Values Tick Up 1%
• U.N. Report: Ag Growth to Keep Food Prices Low in Coming Decade
• Farm Loan Delinquencies Higher in 2018, But Remain Historically Low
• AccuWeather: 2019 Corn Yield Will be Lowest Since 2012
• New Ad: EPA’s RFS Waivers Harm Biodiesel Producers, Farmers
• Use Crop Insurance? Thank Art Barnaby

• Washington Week Ahead: Trump hopes for progress with China, USMCA
• In aid package for farmers, many blow past caps | USDA rules let farms file claims for multiple family members or other partners
• Making Sense of the USDA’s Planted Acres Report
• EPA Takes Heat for Proposed RFS: Volumes Agency’s Proposal Leaves Little Room for Growth in Biodiesel
• Wheat Outlook-Wheat Market Free-for-All
• World Weather Inc. Says Early Frost, Freeze Very Likely
• Can Hemp Withstand Drift?
• Texas Cotton: Acreage Down, Crop Potential Uncertain
• Texas: Cotton Blue Disease Not Found in State, So Far
• OK: Winter Wheat: Plenty of Stress From Planting to Harvest – DTN

• 3 Big Things Today, July 5
• The 5 Myths of Hemp Growth
• Global Stocks Mixed on Friday
• EIA: Ethanol Stocks Jump to 6-Week High
• China Considers Buying U.S. Farm Products
• Making Sense of the USDA’s Planted Acres Report
• The Farm Bill Looks to Tackle Food Loss and Waste
• See Graphic Below: Total Value of U.S. Agricultural Trade and Trade Balance, Monthly

• The Jones Act: Hidden Cost to Farmers
• Farm Progress America: July 3
• 3 Big Things Today, July 3
• USDA Expects Storm-Related Planting Claims to Top $1 Billion
• EPA Relaxes Restrictions on Use of Dicamba in Texas
• Trump Approval Among Farmers Rises to 79%
• Special salary report: Think you want to be an Ag Dean?
• Weekly Outlook: June Acreage Report Heightens Uncertainty

• Ag Economic Insights: Direct Payments To Farmers May Top $20 Billion, Highest In Two Decades
• Trump Tweets Farm Journal Approval Poll 06/29/2019
• Farmers Will be ‘Great Beneficiary’ as U.S.-China Talks Resume, says Trump
• Todd’s Take: Making a NASS of Themselves
• Senators Want President to Keep Ag Secretary Out of EPA Small-Refinery Decisions: Backlash Over Perdue Influence
• Demand for Seed Skyrockets, Supplies Tight as USDA Encourages Cover Crops
• July 1, 2019 Crop Progress Report
• June Acreage Report Heightens Uncertainty
• 3 Big Things Today, July 2
• USDA Crop Data Not Matching Up with Others’ Assessments
• Democrats running out of options to stop Trump from moving two USDA offices
• USDA Releases Its Annual Technology Transfer Report

• China, U.S. Agree to Restart Trade Talks
• Trump Says China Talks Back On, No New Tariffs
• USDA Reports Surprise Sends Corn Market Reeling
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – June 28, 2019
• Texas Tech, USDA to sign an agreement to open cotton classing facility
• USDA Technology Transfer Report Showcases Solutions to Address Key Issues in Agriculture
• NASS Will Resurvey Crop Producers
• NASS Releases Ag Census Profiles, Rankings
• How the trade aid package works
• USDA Releases Report On Adoption Of Precision Farming Practices

• Farmland Values Firm Up Farmland Brokers See Potential for Strength Despite Uncertainties
• Ag Interest Rate SnapShot
• US Economy Grew 3.1% in 1Q
• Wheat Export Sales: Wheat Moves Noticeably Higher
• 3 Big Things Today, June 28
• What Farmers Can Expect From the Latest Round of Seed Company Mergers
• No U.S.-EU Trade Deal Without Agriculture -U.S. Official
• Trade War Truce Between the U.S. and China?
• Pelosi on USMCA: ‘We want to pass this bill’
• Where do 2020 Dems stand on climate and agriculture?
• Syngenta Seed President David Hollinrake Lists 5 Megatrends In Agriculture
• USDA Releases Census Of Agriculture Congressional District Profiles, Rankings

• Friday’s USDA Data the Most Volatile in 7 Years, Successful Marketing Newsletter Says
• Ag Chem Industry Concerned Over Proposed New Tariffs
• USDA Farm Bill Implemenation Update
• Producers show what agriculture means to Oklahoma
• Aid for Farmers, Ranchers Available Through FSA
• The Bottom For Cattle?
• Where do 2020 Dems stand on climate and agriculture?
• Tyson Being Investigated for Price-Fixing Allegations
• June Rural Mainstreet Index Climbs Above Growth Neutral

• Perdue Acknowledges Farmers as Casualties of Trade War
• Study Shows North American Crop Production Benefits from Climate Change
• Agriculture Secretary Behind Livestock Industry Push to Change
• 3 Big Things Today, June 26
• This Crop Season Could Be Just What the Supply Doctor Needed, Analyst Says
• Our Nation’s Rail, Bridges, and Roads Need Repairs
• Senate Dems want climate change transparency
• China and U.S. officials talk ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
• Bill passes with no funding for USDA KC relocation
• Farmers Working Capital at "Critical Low"
• John Phipps: Why USDA’s Silence on Farm Bill Programs is Unsettling
• House Dems Dig In On Demands to Change USMCA
• Where Do 2020 Dems Stand On Climate and Agriculture

• Crop Progress Report
• Weekly Grain Movement – Looking for silver linings
• Conditions deteriorate in fragile rural economy
• Farmers’ Working Capital Hits 10-Year Low, Economists Say
• Difficult Choices When Crop Insurance, Disaster Aid, and Trump’s Bailout Intersect
• China delayed some soybean purchases ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
• President Trump, Trudeau Make Another Push for USMCA Passage
• Supreme Court Rules SNAP Data Can Remain Private
• USDA: Expiring CRP Contracts Can Now Be Extended

• Congressional Testimony Touts Benefits of Crop Insurance
• Calling Foul Ball on China
• USDA: May Cattle Marketing Down 3%
• Trump Looks to Jump-Start Trade Agenda in Japan
• Trump Confident USMCA Will Be Ratified
• Trump Says New Nafta Ends Competition With Canada and Mexico
• Persistent Adverse Conditions Disrupt Crop Production Outlook
• Farm Woes Raise Loan Defaults for One-Fourth of Bankers
• Ag Trade Balance Projected to Fall to $8 Billion in Fiscal 2019
• Area In U.S. In Drought At Historic Low
• Fed Cattle Market Bottom? Not Yet
• American Agri-Women Raise Key Issues With Washington, D.C., Lawmakers, Regulators
• Dr. Kim Anderson says June through August is the best time to sell wheat in Texas and Oklahoma

• Congressional Testimony Touts Benefits of Crop Insurance
• Dr. Kim Anderson: Wheat Should Be Sold Before August 31
• 7 Ag Stories You Might Have Missed this Week
• Mexico Ratifies USMCA Trade Agreement
• Governors Urge Congress to Support Ag, Ratify USMCA
• Outside Markets Turn Friendly for Grains
• Alito Suggests Reining in Fed Agencies
• Trump – USMCA Vote Will Be ‘Very Bipartisan’
• President Trump Takes Action On Farmer RIN Waiver Concerns
• Autonomous Planting
• Presidential Candidates Called Upon to Aid Farmers
• Lighthizer Plans to Resume Talks with China
• Farm Woes Raise Loan Defaults for One-Fourth of Bankers
• Signing Ceremony Sets Terms of NBAF Transfer from Homeland Security to USDA
• Barry Evans gives 2019 crop update, harvests wheat

• USDA to Move Up Date to Hay, Graze Prevent Plant Acres
• Duvall Says Farmers May Need Another Trade Aid Program
• Understanding NASS’s planting percentage
• 3 Big Things Today, June 20
• Fusarium Head Blight Taking Hold in Winter Wheat Fields
• Trade policies shifting to transactional partnerships
• Stable Agricultural Land Values Settle Farm Balance Sheets, For Now
• USTR to Democrats: Let’s make a deal on USMCA
• U.S. Trade Rep: Farmers Hit By Japanese Agreements with Others – DTN
• Ag Trade Balance Projected to Fall to $8 Billion in Fiscal 2019
• Taco Bell Refuses to Consider Using Fake Meat

• 3 Big Things Today, June 19
• Climate Change Sows Seeds of Multi-Peril Crop Insurance Denials
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- May 2019
• Senators Press for Trade Action | Trade Ambassador Says USMCA Talks Continue to Advance With Democrats
• Trade Optimism Sends US Stocks Higher
• Trump and Xi will talk trade at G-20 “extended meeting”
• Lighthizer testifies on USMCA details
• TFB on availability of dicamba for cotton farmers
• Slight Change to Peanut Supply Numbers
• USDA Releases "Cotton And Wool Outlook: June 2019" Report
• USDA Releases "Feed Outlook: June 2019" Report
• Prevent Plant for Corn and Soybeans, 2007-2018

• 3 Big Things Today, June 18
• Trump’s $16 Billion Farm Bailout Criticized at the WTO
• Call the Vet! Rural Veterinary Medicine is Struggling
• One-Quarter of U.S. Soybean Crop Remains Unplanted, USDA Says
• Crop Progress Report June 17, 2019
• Is Trump’s Farm Support Wearing Thin
• Market Retreats to Mull Acreage
• USDA Releases "Season-Average Price Forecasts" Outlook Report
• USDA: Agricultural Exports Supported An Estimated 1.2 Million Full-Time Jobs In 2017
• Millions Of Corn, Soybean Acres Remain Unplanted
• Texas: Failed Cotton? Late-Planted Sorghum, Other Crops Offer Good Alternatives
• Despite Sour Ag Economy, Farmers Nat’l Co. Reports Land Sales Volume Up 29%
• Texas Growers With Failed Cotton Have Replant Options

• Trade Of U.S. Wheat Not Disrupted By Discovery Of GE Crop
• Analysts: Millions of Acres of Corn, Soybeans Will Not Get Planted
• The Other Side of the 2019 Corn Rally
• Senate Ag Committee Member Says It’s Time to Crack Down on EPA Waivers
• Pruitt Advised Not to Issue Exemptions | Adviser Warned Pruitt of ‘Appearance of Quid Pro Quo’ on Small-Refinery Waivers
• 3 Big Things Today, June 17
• Planting Cover Crops on Prevent Plant Acres? Read This First
• Trump Mulled Plan in 2018 to Scale Back U.S. Biofuel Waivers
• Top Stories Broin: E15 is ‘a game changer for rural America’
• Outlook Chairman ‘Could Argue Both Ways for Soybean Planted Acreage’
• CoBank: Blockchain hurdles for commodity system
• Why Is Kansas City a Good Home for ERS?
• Washington Week Ahead: USTR presses USCMA, House debates FY20 bills

• 3 Big Things Today, June 14
• Union Blasts USDA Relocation Announcement
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed This Week
• USDA Picks Kansas City for ERS, NIFA Decision Comes Just Days After NIFA Employees Vote to Unionize
• Farm Bill Expands Crop Insurance for Young, Veteran Farmers
• Managing Wheat Breeding From Space
• Watch for Momentum Investing in Corn Market, Successful Marketing Newsletter Says
• Discussing Current and Future Ag Trade Efforts
• Secretary Perdue on President Trump’s Biotech EO
• Farmer Support For Trump Holds Strong And Steady
• Peanut Export Update
• Statistical Assn: Upheaval Of USDA Agencies Not In The Best Interest Of Rural America, Food, Ag

• 3 Big Things Today, June 13
• Some Details Of Trade Aid 2.0 Revealed, First Payments In August
• FEEDD Act introduced in U.S. House: A bill that would allow for early haying and grazing of cover crops on prevent plant ground has been introduced in the U.S.
• Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech Order
• U.S. – Mexico Rift Far From Over and Still a Trade Threat
• Farmers Counting on Congress to Bring USMCA Across Finish Line
• As the First Round of Planting Nears an End, Replanting Begins
• Tyson Enters Plant-Based Meat Market
• EIA: Ethanol Stocks Plunge
• Rural Voters Sticking With Trump
• Trump Simplifies Reviews of Genetically Modified Farm Products
• USDA Set to Adjust U.S. Soy Numbers in July Report – Chief Economist
• As Democratic voters warm to free trade, White House candidates struggle for positions
• Weather Delay Cuts Corn Crop to Smallest in 4 Years
• In farm children, I see virtues that one sees too rarely these days

• Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech Order
• Secretary Perdue: Farmers are Resilient
• The Aftermath of Wet Spring: USDA Making Rare Adjustment to Corn Yield
• Will the USDA Bombshell Stick?
• President Trump Streamlines Agriculture Biotech Regulations
• Trump Simplifies Reviews of Genetically Modified Farm Products
• Yield Busters: USDA Report Sends Corn Futures Skyward
• Planting cover crops could yield MFP payments
• As Biden Tours Iowa, Farmers Want to Know Where He Stands on Ethanol
• Corn Closes 12¢ Higher Tuesday
• Doud, McKinney: Trump Has Farmers Backs
• House Ag Subcommittee Agricultural Trade Hearing- USMCA Approval “Vital”
• Texas Peanuts: Mid- to Late-Season Weed Control Options
• Texas Cotton: IDing Early-Season Stand Loss, Seedling Diseases
• Texas Field Reports: High Plains Crops Suffer from Excess Moisture at Planting
• New Book Released: Who’s Running Your Farm (NEXT)?

• Fragile U.S. – Mexico Dea Doesn’t Include Ag Purchases
• Trump Removes Tariff Threat, But Obstacles Remain for USMCA
• 2017 Census Shows Continued Concentration In Agricultural Production
• USDA Releases "Latest U.S. Agricutlural Trade Data" Outlook Report
• USDA Tempers Aid Expectations: Planting Still a Priority for MFP Payments, Disaster Aid Has to Stretch Far
• USDA’s June Report Ill-Suited for Big Questions
• Petroleum Interests Sue EPA on E15 Rule
• Crop Progress Report
• China: 5 Things to Think About
• Should You Keep the Corn and Soybean Seeds You Have?
• Efforts to Retrict Foregin Ownership of US Farmland Grow
• Additional Information on Disaster and Trade-Related Assistance from USDA
• Wheat Groups Comment on Discovery of GE Wheat in Washington Field
• Secretary Perdue Statement on Disaster and Trade-Related Assistance
• Peanut Market Update

• Senators Urge USDA to Expedite Crop Insurance Guidelines
• Online Guide Published to Aid Texas Growers in Replant | Updated Guide to be Published June 11.
• Trump Calls Off Tariff Threat After Agreement is Reached
• On Heels of Tariff Deal, Trump Seeks to Reassure Rural Base
• ARA: Payments May Negatively Impact Retailers
• Trump Signs Disaster Bill with $3 Billion for Agriculture
• Stage Set for a Significant Price Rally, Analysts Says
• USDA Proposes New Rule for Regulating GM Crops
• G-20 Officials Pledge to Protect Growth
• Positive Trade News with Mexico in the Midst of an Awful Spring for Planting
• Texas Cotton: Remember the 15-Day ‘Replant Rule’ for Insurance Decisions
• Harvested Cropland Declined by 2 Million Acres in 2018
• Another Historic Low as ‘Billion-Dollar Disaster’ Looms
• Electric Tractors Will Soon Be Available

• 3 Big Things Today, June 7
• Disaster aid: A summary of what’s included for agriculture
• Decision ‘Sooner Rather Than Later’ on Whether Unplanted Cropland Gets Trump Bailout
• As Foreign Investment in U.S. Farmland Grows, Efforts to Ban and Limit the Increase Mount
• Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Signing of Disaster Aid Bill
• President Signs Aid Package Disaster Aid Bill Provides Funding for Farmers Hit by Floods, Wildfires, Hurricanes
• April US Biodiesel Exports Up From ’18 US–Biodiesel Exports to Canada Surge in April
• Weekly Export Sales: Supply takes center stage
• Mexico tariff threats undermining corn rally
• Member of Congress Tells Trump to Keep Immigration andTrade Separate
• Perdue Says MFP Payment Details are Comming Soon
• USDA Pressed to Ease Cover Crop Rules as Farmers Struggle to Plant
• How High Can Corn Prices Get Before Reducing Demand?

• 3 Big Things Today, June 6
• Senate Ag Committee to Hold Trade Hearing
• Unplanted Acres Deemed Ineligible for Trade Aid
• Possible Mexican Retaliatory Tariff List Excludes U.S. Corn -Sources
• Trade War and Planting Delays Erode Farmer Confidence
• Trump’s Border Tariff Threats Unsettle Produce Marketers
• Trump to D-Day Vets: Greatest American
• Which is Stronger: Optimism or Fear?
• U.S., Mexico Fail to Reach Border Security Deal Before Tariffs Deadline
• Mexico Buys Brazil Corn Cargo Amid Trade Spat With U.S., Says Broker
• U.S. and Mexico Prepare for Showdown Over the Border
• Rising Ag Financial Risk Prompts Calls for Higher Bankruptcy Cap
• Mexico an Important Destination for U.S. Peanuts

• Ag Retailers Say Disaster Aid Could Leave Them Holding the Seed Bag
• Ethanol Groups Predict Year-Round E15 Sales Will Lead to Long-Term Market Growth
• Ag Senate Committee Chairman Roberts Issues Statement On EPA EPCRA Rulemaking
• Ag Economy Barometer Falls to Ocotber 2016 Level
• Texas Judge Sinks WOTUS Rule
• Which Farmers are Most at Risk in 2019
• Farm Groups Applaud EPA’s Livestock Emissions Exemption
• Disaster Relief Bill Awaits President Trump’s Signature
• Texas Field Reports: Fruit Season Looks Above Average
• China Suspends U.S. Soybean Purchases
• USDA: Slightly Over 12% Of U.S. Residents Participated In SNAP In 20
  

• Long-Stalled Disaster Aid Clears Congress
• China Suspends U.S. Soybean Purchases
• Farm Policy Facts: Our View –Financial Woes on the Farm Bode Ill for the Nations
• Farmers Unsettled by U.S. Tariff Threats, While USDA Projects Lower Agricultural Exports
• Crop Progress Report: June 3, 2019
• Crunch Time: 31 Million Corn Acres Unplanted
• Trump Says Mexico to Discuss His Tariff Threat in DC
• Syngenta Announces Global Introduction of Novel Seed Treatment Fungicide Vayantis
• USDA Says States Can’t Block Hemp Transports
• Pulse Poll: More Than a Third of Farmers to Take Prevent Plant
• USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates
• Stabenow Applauds New Crop Insurance Benefits for Farmer Veterans
• Ag Economic Insights Issues Report "Trade War Consequences And Impacts"

• 3 Big Things Today, June 3
• Mexico And U.S. Gear Up For Tariff Talks As Trump Doubles Down On Threat
• U.S. Businesses, Farm Groups Warn Tariffs On Mexico Raise Costs, Create Uncertainty
• USDA Reports Nation’s Ag Exports At Three Year Low
• EPA Finalizes E15 Rule Agency Leaves Potential Biofuel Credit Reforms on Table for Later Time
• A Roundup of Recommendations for Late Soybean Planting
• Washington Insider — Monday Trade Fights Ramp Up
• Praise for Thad Cochran
• Farmers Face Difficult Decisions as Spring Planting Lumbers On
• Jerry Gulke: Prices Blow Through Overhead Resistance; What’s Next?
• Farmers Used Rally As Opportunity To Drain Elevator Space
• Washington Week Ahead: House Set to Clear Long-Awaited Disaster Aid
• Texas LRGV: Cotton Blooming; Sugarcane Aphid in Grain Sorghum
• Weekly Livestock Market Report Week Ending 05-31-19
• Lower Peanut Stocks
• “Undercover” Videos Are Not Going Away: Hire Carefully

• 3 Big Things Today, May 31
• Perdue Mulls Inclusion of Unplanted Acres in Trade Aid
• RMA: Companies ready for prevent plant claims
• Disaster Relief Advances Congress, President Agrees on $19 Billion Package Covering Hurricanes, Floods
• Trump to Impose 5% Tariff on Mexican Goods
• Canada, Mexico, President Trump Take Action Toward Approval of USMCA
• Trade: China Halts U.S. Soybean Purchases, While USMCA Prospects Unfold
• Historic Flooding Hits Farmers in South-Central US
• Trade Aid Not a Solution: Farm Groups Praise Aid, President, But Keep Asking for Long-Term Trade Resolution
• Should You Plant or Take Prevented Plant Coverage?
• Weather Chaos Expected to Leave Record U.S. Corn Acres Unplanted
• A Need For Tech-Savvy Farmers Plagues The Agriculture Industry
• Demand For CBD Products Spurring Large Increase Of Farming Operations Of Cannabis In U.S.

• 3 Big Things Today, May 30
• RMA: Companies ready for prevent plant claims
• Crop Progress Report
• Corn Prices Surge to Three-Year High
• Planting Progress Remains at a Record Low
• Ag Economist Sees Big Drop in Corn Acreage and Yields
• Court Tosses 2015 WOTUS Rule
• China Puts U.S. Soybean Purchases on Hold
• Late Planting with Grain Sorghum Could Provide Opportunity
• Another Right-to-Farm Victory
• SF Special: Chuck Grassley, A Senate Force For Farmers
• USDA Marketing Assitance Loan Deadlines Near
• Rural Broadband Deplyment Report Receives Mixed Reviews

• 3 Big Things Today, May 29
• Trump Tariff Payments Could Triple Farm Subsidies This Year
• Corn Prices Surge to Three-Year High
• Revisit Hedges as Late Planting Season Begins
• DTN Early Word Opening Livestock Follow-Through Pressure Expected
• Fertilizer Outlook – Fertilizer Industry Scramble to Adjust
• USDA WASDE predicts $4.70 average wheat price
• AgriLife Extension opens new plant disease diagnostic lab in Amarillo
• ERS, NIFA employees expected to be relocated this summer
• Renewable Fuel Standard Act Introduced: Bill sets June 1 deadline for submitting small refinery exemption petitions
• 11 findings from aerial applicator survey (Including Texas)
• New Attempt for House Passage of Disaster Bill Possible This Week
• High Risk of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome This Spring
• Ag Economist Sees Big Drop In Corn Acreage–And Yields
• Japan braces for more pressure from Trump
• Questions Surround Trade, Disaster Relief as Farmers Struggle to Plants
• Perdue Responds to UGA Study on USMCA

• 3 Big Things Today, May 28
• USDA: Use Of Insect-Resistant Cotton And Corn Seeds Increase Quickly, Now Widespread
• U.S. Cattle on Feed Hits Another Record
• Comparing Livestock Productivity Since 1993
• Renewable Fuel Standard Integrity Act Introduced
• Judge Rejects Plan for Public Land Grazing Allotments
• Farm Groups Praise Aid, President, But Keep Asking for Long-Term Trade Resolution
• Senator Asks EPA’s Inspector General for RFS Waiver Investigation
• While in Japan, Trump Comments on China
• U.S. Court Rules in Favor of MillerCoors in a Sour Fight With Rival Bud Light
• Texas Farm Bureau on trade assistance package
• May 24: Disaster Bill Fails in the House
• Farmers Show Cautious Optimism for Tariff Aid Plan
• Will USDA Avoid Skewing Planting Decisions?
• Strong Weekend Storms Continue to Delay Planting

• New Tariff Aid Plan Offers Single Payment for All Non-Specialty Crops
• Senate Disaster Aid Bill Waives AGI Limits On MFP 2.0
• USDA Details New Round of Trade Aid for Farmers That Demands Planting This Spring
• Congress, President Agree on $19 Billion Package Covering Hurricanes, Floods
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – May 24, 2019
• USDA Offers Explainer on $16 Billion Trade War Buffer to Farmers
• Trump Speaks on China, USMCA, and Deregulation at Trade Aid Press Conference
• Groups support agribusiness merger moratorium bills
• MPF Payments: Less Pressure to Plant Soybeans?
• MFP 2.0 Makes Prevent Plant Decisions Even More Difficult
• USDA Alerts Vendors to Fraudulent DocuSign Email

USDA Announces Support for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation and Trade Disruption

(Washington, D.C., May 23, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation and trade disruption. President Trump directed Secretary Perdue to craft a relief strategy to support American agricultural producers while the Administration continues to work on free, fair, and reciprocal trade deals to open more markets in the long run to help American farmers compete globally. Specifically, the President has authorized USDA to provide up to $16 billion in programs, which is in line with the estimated impacts of unjustified retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural goods and other trade disruptions. These programs will assist agricultural producers while President Trump works to address long-standing market access barriers. Continue reading.

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• USDA Issues Statement On Support For Farmers, Inaccurate Media Stories On Next Trade Aid Package

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• 3 Big Things Today, May 22
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• USDA Releases “Wheat Outlook: May 2019” Report
• Record Slow Planting Puts 2019 Crops at Risk
• Record Slow Planting Lifts Prices
• For High-Value Farms, Labor Squeeze Gets Tighter
• Sell This Corn Rally, or Wait, Analyst Says
• USMEF Applauds ‘Important Breakthroughs’ on Trade
• Statements on Farm Bill Conservation Programs
• The Role of Agricutlure in Climate Change
• Trade Mitigation to Disrupt Acreage Intentions?
• Texas Field Reports: Hay Supplies Tight, 2019 Season Off to Slow Start
• COTTON SPIN: A bad outcome for the wrong reason
• Cotton Markets Searching for Balance
• Cotton: Studies Find No Yield Benefit to Higher Plant Populations

• UPDATE 1-China rebuffs Trump claim U.S. tariffs are making firms leave
• Design of Aid Package and Prevented Planting Become Intertwined
• History of New Crop Wheat Sales
• Crop Progress Report May 20, 2019 (PDF)
• USDA: Only Half Of The Corn Has Been Planted, 19% Of Soybeans
• U.S. Corn Planting Is Way Behind, USDA says
• Does It Really Take $4.5 Million to Be a Stock Cow Operator?
• China Says Foreign Investors Enthusiastic Despite Trump Claim
• USMEF Applauds ‘Important Breakthroughs’ On Trade
• A New Era of cattle Identification on the Horizon
• Eminent Domain Bill Reported Out of Committee
• IRS Removes Farm Income Averaging Guidance on QBI
• U.S. Organic Sales Reach Record $50 Billion in 2018
• Who Is Buying And Selling Farmland Today?
• Nat’l Cotton Council Thanks President For Steps To Advance USMCA Approval

• Prevented Planting: Implications for New-Crop Market Prices
• Secretary Perdue Statement on the Removal of Section 232 Tariffs
• Welcome News on Trade, But Unresolved Issues Linger
• Washington Week Ahead: Farmers Await Trade Package, Disaster Aid
• Texas LRGV IPM: More Fleahoppers in Cotton; Sugarcane Aphids Take Off in Sorghum
• U.S. Will Lift Steel, Aluminum Tariffs On Canada and Mexico
• Wheat Outlook–Here’s the Number to Watch in Wheat Market
• Japan Opens Doors to Full Access of U.S. Beef Imports – USDA
• Japan Lifts Age Restriction on Beef
• Brazil Rides Wave of Soybean Sales to China as U.S. Trade War Rages
• Trump Says Deal With Mexico and Canada Cuts Tariffs
• Farmers Follow Trump Into Trade War
• USDA Enhances African Swine Fever Surveillance

• Perdue: Trade Aid Could Reach $20B Ag Secretary – USDA Calculating ‘Legally Defensible’ Trade Damage Done to Producers
• Secretary Perdue Confirms New Trade Aid Details Aren’t Ready
• China’s Retaliation Could Move Beyond Tariffs
• Trump to Donate Q1 Salary to USDA
• Trump Declares National Emergency to Secure Communications Technology
• China Says Economic Impact of U.S. Trade Tensions Controllable
• Trump Declares National Emergency to Secure Communications Technologysions “Controllable”
• EU Cancels Duty on US Ethanol Imports
• Wheat Closes 18¢ Higher Thursday
• China Cancels U.S. Pork Import Order as U.S.-China Trade War Drags On
• House Ag Chairman Looking to Stop Continuous CRP Signup
• NFU Urges Congress to Halt ERS/NIFA Move
• NFU: Trade Assistance Must Help All Affected Farmers

• 3 Big Things Today, May 16
• New Trump Aid Plan for U.S. Farmers to Rely on Direct Payments – Sources
• Trade War Hurting the U.S. Ethanol Industry ‘Badly’ -U.S. Grains Council
• Ag Sec’y Perdue Provides Update On China-U.S. Relations
• Trading Challenges Add to Boost in Corn
• Trump Displays Preference for Tariffs Over Deals
• Why Farm Bureau Likes EPA’s Revised Water Policies
• Farm Progress America, May 15, 2019
• Mnuchin: Deal on Steel and Aluminum Tariffs is ‘Close’
• USDA Reopens Continuous CRP Signup
• Angry Chairman Threatens to Shut Down Conservation Signup
• U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Deserve Better
• Stoic, Resourceful – And at Risk for Suicide
• GOP Works to Ease Blow From Trump’s Trade War
• U.S., China Trade Dispute Escalates, While Some Trade Aid Details Emerge
• Trump Declares National Emergency to Secure Communications Technology
• Texas Field Reports: Rainfall Amounts Double Statewide Average Since April 1

• 3 Big Things Today, May 15
• Manage Risk: 5 Grain Marketing Tips for 2019
• New Ag Trade Aid Package in Days, Not Weeks
• Trump Says U.S.-China Trade Talks Have Not Collapsed
• China Says Tariff Retaliation to Take Effect on June 1
• Grains – Corn at 7-Week High, Planting Delays, Soybeans Extend Rally
• Senator Lobbying White House for Trade Aid for Farmers Affected by China Tariffs
• Grain Rally Continues Early Wednesday
• What is a Cut-Off Date?
• Literal Cost of the Trade War
• Agriculture Waits for Crucial USMCA Vote
• JP Morgan Calls U.S. Ag Fundamentals “Rapidly Deteriorating”
• Texas Field Reports: Rainfall Amounts Double Statewide Average Since April 1
• EPA Proposal Would Raise Biofuel Mandate in 2020
• Roberts, Stabenow Annou
  

• Trump Says U.S. Farmers to Get $15 Billion in Aid Amid China Trade Spat
• Trump to Meet Xi After Defiant China Slaps U.S. with New Tariffs
• Perdue: U.S. Wants China to Be a Customer
• Roberts: Time is Now for Deal with China
• Wanted: U.S. China Trade Deal, Deadline: June 1
• 3 Big Things Today, May 14
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress US Farmers Fall Further Behind in Race to Plant
• Prevented-Planting Decisions Farms Underwater Won’t Have a Choice, but Prevented Planting Not an Easy Decision
• Planting Delayed? Here Are Your Prevent Plant Options
• May 13, 2019 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Weekly Grain Movement – Wheat carves out a marketing-year high
• Jury awards $2 billion in third Roundup trial
• Soybeans Prices Break Hard Monday, Hit 10-Year Low
• Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2019 First Quarter Farm Economy Conditions
• Amazon, Walmart? Farming’s Wild Scramble For Online Ag Retail
• Texas Wheat: Bacterial Streak and Black Chaff
• Farmland Cash Rents Again Mostly Steady in 2019

• Washington Week Ahead: Trump Pushing Lawmakers to Reach Aid Deal
• All Eyes on Monday’s Crop Progress Report
• U.S. Planning to Support Farmers Amid China Trade Spat -Agriculture Secretary
• USDA Estimates More Corn, Soybean Supplies Than Previous Forecast
• Trump Says Government Will Help Farmers; Analyst Responds
• Leading Ag Commodities Oppose Additional Tariffs
• Soybean Ending Stocks and 2019
• Trump Says China Tariffs Help, Not Hurt the U.S.
• U.S. Wants China to Be a Customer, Not to Retaliate, Perdue Says
• Traders Turn Focus to Crop Progress Report & Weather Maps
• Jerry Gulke: Government Intervention Back In Vogue
  
• Texas LRGV Crops: Some Cotton Near Bloom, Keep an Eye on Resistance
• Texas Mid-Coast Cotton: 3 Early Season Pests – Thrips, Fleahoppers, Aphids
• Oklahoma: ‘Best Looking Cotton Is Still in the Bag.’

• U.S. & China Trade Talks Resume Friday
• 3 Big Things Today, May 10
• Struggling Ag Economy Creates Ripple Effects
• Soybeans Hover Near Decade Low Ahead of Trade Talks
• WRAPUP 5-U.S. escalates trade war amid negotiations, China says will hit back
• Trump Says He Got Letter From Xi, Leaders May Speak by Phone
• Washington Insider — Friday U.S.-China Trade Talks the Main Focus
• Farm Income Continues to Slide
• House Agriculture Subcommittee Hearing: “Reviewing the State of the Farm Economy”
• Pence: Trump Considering More Trade Aid
• ERS Employee Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize
• Late Planting and Projections of 2019 U.S. Corn and Soybean Acreage
• Texas Peanuts: Herbicide Options for Early Weed Control

• 3 Big Things Today, May 9
• A Lot on the Line as China Negotiations Near Possible Tipping Point
• USDA’s Early Glimpse of a New Season
• Most Fertilizer Prices Move Lower for Second Week in a Row
• California Moves to Ban Chlorpyrifos | Action Comes as EPA Faces July Deadline to Consider Objections
• White House Says China Has Indicated It Wants to Make Trade Deal
• Farmer Sentiment Darkens as China Hopes Fade
• Grains Weaker as Forecast Improves and Tariffs Are Readied
• Turning Pivots Into Autonomous Crop Growing Machine
• China Warns It Will Retaliate if Trump Follows Through on Tariff Threat
• Congress to EPA: Stop Undercutting Farmers with Unjust Big Oil Exemptions
• CME Group’s Ag Economy Barometer Plummets in April
• As Farm Bankruptcies Climb, Ag Bankers Take Action
• Group Calls For A New Agency To Be Formed At USDA To Regulate Ag Industry Consolidation
• WTO Dispute Panel Report on China’s Administration of Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) for Certain Agricultural Products

• 3 Big Things Today, May 8
• China Outlook Dims on Latest U.S. Trad Spat
• USDA Announces Dual-Use Insurance Grain-Graze Coverage
• EPA Fights for Refiner Waivers in Court Agency: ‘While RFS Encourages Use of Renewable Fuels, Not at All Costs’
• More Background on the Study That Claims Growing Corn Kills People
• Survey Highlights Negative Trend in Worker Availability
• Perdue Plows Ahead With USDA Relocation
• North Dakota Grain Growers to Leave National Association of Wheat Growers
• China Changes Laws in Trade War with U.S., Enforcement a Concern
• Disaster Aid Delays Leave Farmers Hanging By A Thread
• Chapter 12 Bankruptcies Don’t Fully Reveal the Pain in Farm Country
• A Bottom for Cattle?
• Is Anyone Watching the May WASDE Report?
• Texas Field Reports:

• 3 Big Things Today, May 7
• Lighthizer says China backed away from trade commitments
• ASA President ‘Shocked’ By Trump Tariff Tweet
• USTR Confirms Plan to Hike Tariffs on China
• Trump Threatens More Tariffs
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Planting Slips Further Behind Average Pace
• Texas Crop Progress Report
• Oklahoma Crop Progress Report
• Robo Farming: Sabanto Autonomously Plants Soybeans in Iowa, North America
• World Shares Mixed on Tuesday
• Farm Wife: Growing Cotton is Personal, Not Just a Commodity
• Farmer Suicides, Mental Health are Real Problems
• 3 Ways Consumer Trends Impact Your Farm
• Purdue On Assessing Ag Producers’ Purchasing And Marketing Skills
• Number of Employees Leaving USDA’s ERS Doubled Over Moving Plan

• Trump Sticks By Tariffs: Grassley Mum on Trump’s Trade Meeting Response to GOP Senators
• Lab-Produced Meat on Rise Ag Challenge: Meeting Changes in Consumer Demand
• Trump ‘Firm’ on China Structural Demands, Tariffs Part of Enforcement -Pence
• China Considers Canceling Trade Talks With U.S., WSJ Says
• Congress Working Towaards Solutions for Livestock Haulers
• Kansas City Fed: Ag Banks Make Adjustments
• Warren Buffett: America, Lucky Genes and Compound Interest
• By The Numbers: The Farm Bank Landscape
• Washington Week Ahead: China talks continue, Congress seeks disaster aid deal
• Texas Cotton: FOV4 Fungus – Don’t Buy Pima Seed from California or El Paso Valley Region
• Cleveland on Cotton: Brazil Prices Undercutting U.S. Offers to China
• Climate Change: Political Trigger and Real Fact – Commentary
• Perdue Announces Top Sites for ERS and NIFA Relocations
• Farmers Report How Much Time It Takes To Plant Their Corn Crop
• Ag Lawyer: 737 Max Crashes Are A Preview Of Driverless Liability Issues To Come
• Beyond Meat debuts as year’s top U.S. IPO
• Assessing Procurement and Marketing Skills

• 3 Big Things Today, May 3
• Ag Sec’y Perdue: China Purchases Will Be "Very, Very Good"
• Sorghum Acres Expeted Decrease Despite Excellent Growing Conditions
• DTN Early Word Grains | Grain Markets Higher on Wet Forecast, Planting Delays
• Discouraging Times for U.S. Wheat Producers
• Why Didn’t the Levee Protect the Town of Hamburg, Iowa
• USDA Could Help Pave the Way for Farmtech Adoption: Where Are You, Sonny Perdue?
• USDA: China passed on U.S. pork last week
• Eminent Domain Reform Unites Farmers
• UPDATE: China’s Leader to Visit the White House in June
• A Push to Renew the Biodiesel Tax Credit

• 3 Big Things Today, May 2
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends: Most Fertilizer Prices Move Lower
• Mixed Ag Markets on Weather, Trade and On-Farm Supplies
• Cattle Producers’ Beef With Meat Packers Could Be a Lose-Lose Scenario
• Perdue Indicates Japan "Ag" Trade Deal Could Happen Soon
• Delegation Examines Impacts of U.S. Trade Policy
• Supreme Court May Address CWA’s Treatent of Groundwater – Or Not
• Canadian Government Taking Action for Canola Sector
• Researchers Find New Clues for Improving Wheat
• Late Planting and Projections of the 2019 U.S. Corn Yield
• CSP Signup Deadline Nearing
• Despite Court Rulings, Sales Of Bayer’s Roundup Climb
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Prioritizes 2018 Farm Bill For Fiscal Year
• NCBA Welcomes Legislation To Help Livestock Haulers
• National Survey Highlights Farmer Stress

• 3 Big Things Today, May 1
• Crop Insurance Loss Ratios in 2018
• Effort Leads to Overhaul of USDA Livestock Insurance
• Trump, Pelosi, Schumer Reach Infrastructure Agreement
• More Farm Aid Is a Miscommunication, USDA’s Perdue Says
• Perdue: President Playing the Long Game| Ag Innovation, Better Trade Deals Will Boost Ag Finances
• Washington Insider: Wednesday: The Fed’s Problem With Inflation
• Grains Higher as Forecasts Remain Bleak
• Mulvaney Says U.S. Ready to Walk If No China Trade Deal Soon
• U.S. EPA Stalls Biofuel Waiver Transparency Plan After White House Blowback -Sources
• Why African Swine Fever Will Have a Devastating Impact on the Pork Industry
• EPA Reaffirms Glyphosate is Not a Cancer Risk
• USDA Releases Report on Rural Broadband
• USDA: Share of Highly Leveraged Farm Businesses on the Rise
• Texas Field Reports: Sorghum Acres to Decrease Despite Excellent Conditions
• Farmers Business Network Releases Its 2019 FBN Network Trends Report

• Farmers Voice Concerns to Perdue
• USDA Extends Deadline for MFP Payments
• Rural Interests Dissect WOTUS Rule Commenters Express Concern on Treatment of Ditches in Proposal
• Lawsuit Alleges Meatpacker Conspiracy Class Action Points to Cattle Price Fixing Through Slashing Slaughter Volumes
• Stocks Tick Up to Another Record High
• April 29, 2019 Crop Progress Report (PDF Version)
• Farmer’s Share of the Food Dollar Falls to All-Time Low
• Indiana’s Lugar, soft-spoken statesman in Senate, dies at 87
• Study: Adding Sulfur May Boost Wheat Yields, Quality
• Trump says U.S-Japan are making progress in trade talks
• Mnuchin says enforcement part of trade deal (China) ‘close to done’
• American Bankers Association Farm Bank Performance Report
• CSP Signup Period Ends May 10
• USDA: Share Of Highly Leveraged Farm Businesses Is Forecast To Increase
• Farmers Nat’l Co. On Real Net Farm Income Trends And Outlook
• USDA Issues Food Price Outlook

• 3 Big Things Today, April 29
• ADM Execs See Stronger Second Half of 2019 on China Trade Recovery
• DTN Early Word Grains Grains Mixed on Planting Delays, Rain for the Southern Plains
• DTN: Washington Insider– Storm Aid Battle Intensifies
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Week Ending April 26, 2019
• Sell Early, Sell Often, and Cover With Calls, Says Market Analyst
• Farmworkers, Owners debate Labor Rules
• Washington Week Ahead: China Talks Resume, Congress Faces Full Agenda
  

• Dealing with Stress: Ag Stress Tough on Body, Mind
• An Explanation for Soybeans’ Day-to-Day Swings
• Tillable Introduces Hassle-Free Lease
• Floods Stall Fertilizer Shipments in Latest Blow to Farmers
• Economist: Walmart’s Beef Announcement is Part of an Industry Trend
• IBM and Yara Partner For Digital Farming Platform
• UPDATE: 37 People Hospitalized Following Anhydrous Ammonia Leak
• Monsanto appeals state court’s $78.5M Roundup verdict
• 12-Year Research Explores Cover Crop’s Benefit to Soil
• Study Shows What Industries Are Hiring, Agriculture Down 11%

• Class Action Points to Cattle Price Fixing Through Slashing Slaughter Volumes
• Iowa Manufacturers, Farmers Call on President Trump to Roll Back Tariffs
• Two New Soybean Diseases to Watch for in 2019
• Washington Insider — Thursday New Smarter Weather Model Planned
• Door Opens for More Livestock Insurance
• Walmart Creates Angus Beef Supply Chain, Cutting Out Meat Processors
• USDA Will Not Survey for Volume of Grain Lost to March Floods
• Ag Markets Incur More Losses Wednesday
• Strengthening the Voluntary Recall Process
• Sonny Perdue: Modernizing Rural Broadband Infrastructure
• Farm Bank Lending Rises to $108 Billion in 2018

• House Bill Mirrors Senate on Farm Bankruptcy Update
• Lawsuit Says Tyson, Cargill, JBS Conspired to Suppress Beef Prices Paid to U.S. Ranchers
• Crop Progress Report
• Corn, Spring Wheat Planting Well Below Average Pace
• S&P 500, Nasdaq Close at Record Highs
• Bayer CEO Faces Growing Opposition from Shareholders
• Plan aims to help farmers mitigate climate change
• House to Take Up Family Farm Bankruptcy Protection Bill
• USDA Opens Application Portal for New ReConnect Rural Broadband Infrastructure Program
• U.S., China Trade Talks- Planned Timeline and Agricultural Issues
• Texas Field Reports: Pastures, Rangelands Experience Weedy Spring
• New Spreadsheet Available for Prevented Plant

• Press Release: New Podcast Brings Farm Policy to Public, Congress
• USDA Makes Livestock and Dairy Insurance Enhancements
• Markets Fade as Rebound Stalls
• 3 Big Things Today, April 23
• Small Ag Banks Mitigate the Risk of Rising Demand for Farm Loans
• Farmworker Labor Debate, Cuomo Taxes
• Oklahoma Governor Signs Hemp Bill
• U.S., China Trade Talks- Planned Timeline and Agricultural Issues
• 5 Factors Driving the Livestock Outlook
• Watch Out for Slow-Moving Farm Vehicles
• New Legislation Would Ease Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Rules Amid Farm Economy Slump

• 3 Big Things Today, April 22
• 8 Reasons Why the Livestock Industry Is on a Roll
• Row Crops Have a Case of the Blues
• Grains Weaker as Planting Progress, Trade Remain Focus
• Can BlockChain Deliver Real Value to Farmers?
• Trump and Pointless Tariff Fatigue
• Rural Bankers: Farm Loans Soar to New Level
• 4 Strategies to Cope With Financial Pain
• Ag Groups Ask President, Congress for Disaster Relief
• Could 2018 Tariff Impact Been Foreseen?
• Sign Up for Updated Conservation Stewardship Program
• Analysis Shows Elite Ag Producers’ Financial Ratios Are Also Weakening
• Rural Mainstreet Index Rises For March: Almost Half Report Negative Flood Impacts
• Canola Council Urges Stronger Measures To Support Rules-Based Trade

• Ag Policy Blog: Plunging Deeper into Farmers and Property Taxes
• Cattle on Feed Report Summary April 1 Cattle on Feed Up 2%
• Weekly Export Sales: Two scenarios for China
• U.S. Wins WTO Ruling Against China Grain Import Quotas
• 3 Ways to Diversify and Grow Your Bottom Line
• Ag Census: Input Costs Rise, Farm Income Declines Amid Low Commodity Prices
• What’s Your State’s 5 Most Profitable Commodities?
• Make Smart Choices In A Down Market
• Farm Taxes and Vehicle Depreciation – What are the Rules
• Texas Corn: New Lines Released for Use in Commercial Hybrids
• Ag Banks Make Adjustments as Lending Remains Elevated
• Peanut Contracts Pulled (Audio)
• U.S. Wheat Associates Urges China To Comply With WTO Agreements Following Favorable Dispute Ruling
  

• Agriculture Trucking Relief Act Introduced
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- April 2019
• Lawmakers Seek Answers from Corps About Flood, Reassurance on Rebuilding
• Army Corps Gets Bipartisan Rebuke at EPW Field Hearing
• The Benefits of Commodity Credit Corporation Loans
• Did China Impose Illegal Restrictions on Farm Imports
• 3 Big Things Today, April 18
• Ag Census: Cattle, Dairy, Hog Herd All Jump as Producers Build Inventories
• Demand in Focus Ahead of Long Weekend
• How Do You Compare to Your State’s Average Farm Income?
• Beef Prices Finding a Reason to Hang Tough
• Texas Wheat: 2 New Varieties Offer Good Disease Resistance Packages
• Farm Share of U.S. Food Dollar Continues to Shrink
• USDA Releases "Wheat Outlook: April 2019" Report
• Census Finds Cover Crop Acreage Increases 50% Nationwide
• Here We Go Again: How Many Days Does It Take to Plant the U.S.
  

• New Ag Census Shows Disparities in Property Taxes by State
• Data Farming Brings Actionable Intelligence to Field, New Management Challenges
• Financial Outlook – Worry index hits home
• 3 Big Things Today, April 17
• Farmers are unnerved by Trump’s enthusiasm for tariffs
• EU’s Exclusion of Ag Disappoints ASA
• Will Funds Keep Selling?
• Texas Field Reports: Mostly Warmer, Variable Precipitation
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Files WOTUS Comments

• Thousands of US Bridges in Poor Condition as Repairs, Funding Lags
• Weekly Grain Movement – Still Waiting on China
• 3 Big Things Today, April 16
• In a Break, Disaster Relief Bills Could Pay Farmers’ Crop Insurance Premiums
• Farmland Values Currently Steady Economic Concerns- But Potential for Declines Exist
• Trump Administration’s 5G Plans Move Ahead, Boosting Rural Internet
• No Home Runs For Ag In 2019, But A Better Outlook Than 2018
• Cover Crop Acreage Surged 50-Percent in Five Years
• Upcoming Changes to the May 2019 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate Report
• The Changing Face of Farms: Women Step In as U.S. Growers Age
• USDA Issues "Season-Average Price Forecasts" Outlook Report
• USDA Issues "Feed Outlook: April 2019" Report
• 5 Changes to USDA FSA Farm Loan Program

• USDA Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
• States Fight Back on Dicamba State Regulators Ask EPA to Allow State Pesticide Restrictions to Continue
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• U.S. EPA Revives Provision That Could Name Oil Refiners Applying for Biofuel Waivers
• Should the Public Know Who Asks for Biofuel Mandate Exemptions?
• More than individual landowner issue: Study looks at weed control through a cross-boundary lens
• 3 Big Things Today, April 15
• U.S. and Japan to Begin Trade Talks Today
• 2017 Ag Census: More Producers, Less Farms
• Higher Limits Now Available on Farm Loans
• U.S. and Japan to Begin Trad Talks Monday

• 3 Big Things Today, April 10
• USDA Announces NAP Buy-Up Coverage, New Fees
• WASDE Bearish as Expected on Corn and Wheat, Neutral on Soybeans
• WASDE Report April 9 PDF
• Global Shares Mixed on Wednesday
• Farm Profile: Using Data to Find New Revenue Streams
• New Program to Innovate How Farmers, Retailers Interact
• USDA Blasts Washington Post
• Disaster Aid Issues
• Perdue
  Signals Flexibility on SNAP, Defends Agency Moves
• Texas Field Reports: Wheat Looks Good for Grazing, Grain, Forage
• Ag Sec’y Conce
  

• April 8, 2019 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Next deadline for Conservation Stewardship Program applications is May 10
• Ambassador Says Canada Readying a New Tariff List Against US, Including Ag Products
• Winter Wheat Condition Improves; Spring Wheat Planting Behind Average Pace
• Row Crops Firmer, Wheat Weaker Ahead of April WASDE
• Oil Futures Spike on Supply, Libya
• 10 Common Questions About Hemp Farming
• Banned pesticides found in Europe’s rivers
• FAPRI Baseline: Pressure on Farm Finances Likely to Continue
• Floods Impacting Ethanol Industry, Pushing Gas to 5-Year Highs
• Flood Damage Estimate Soars to $12 Billion
• Small Operations Still Represent 1/4 of Total Farm Production
• USDA’s FSIS Condemns The Washington Post For False Reporting On A Critical Public Health Issue

• Farm Policy Facts View: Trade Can Kickstart Ailing Farm Economy
• 3 Big Things Today, April 8
• Ag Economy Barometer Declines 3 Points in March
• USDA Details Enrollment Period for CSP
• Morning Market Review for April 8, 2019
• Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller calls to eliminate back up at the border
• Cattlemen applaud eminent domain legislation
• Texas Senate passes eminent domain reform bill
• U.S.-China Trade Talks: “Great Progress,” Yet “Some Way to Go"
• FJ Pulse: More than 40% of Soybean Producers Plan to Apply Dicamba
• Washington Week Ahead: Long-Awaited Ag Census Set for Release
• Texas LRGV Cotton, Sorghum: Aphids Attracting Ladybugs
• Flood Damage Estimate Soars to $12 Billion
• Number Of Farm Bankruptcies Climbing
• USDA: Small Farms Represented 1/4 Of Total Production In 2017; Share Varied By Commodity

• Trump Walks Back Threat to Shut Mexican Border
• 3 Big Things Today, April 5
• 7 ag stories you might have missed this week – April 5, 2019
• Morning Market Review for April 5, 2019
• Trump Says China Trade Talks Going Well, Will Only Accept ‘Great’ Deal
• Trump and Liu He (China) to meet today at White House: Draft agreements would give Beijing until 2025 to meet commitments on commodity purchases.
• Texas AG Pushes for WOTUS Injunction
• Grains Weaker as Early Week Gains Fade Ahead of April WASDE
• U.S. and China deal isn’t ready, Trump say
• The American Farm TV Series to Tell ‘Great, Untold’ Story of Farmers
• CoBank Report Predicts Slow Growth, Challenges in Ag Economy
• How Bad Could the April WASDE be for Corn?
• Trump EPA Weighs Reviving Massive Mississippi Flood Project
• USDA to Release Agriculture Census Data Next Week
• Bill Gates On Five Innovations Which Would Change Agriculture

• 3 Big Things Today, April 4
• Ag Barometer Drops Lower For March
• Battle Over Funds for Puerto Rico Remains Roadblock to Disaster Aid
• As Congress Hears About Ag Labor Issues, USDA Offers Tools to Navigate H-2A Program
• Winter Wheats Higher, Soybeans Lower in Quiet Trade
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends Fertilizer Prices Mostly Lower Now
• Trump Takes to Twitter to Warn ‘If No Action, Border . . . Will close’
• Trump: Security More Important Than Trade
• Farmers Expect to Win Sino-U.S. Trade War
• Farmland Values Are Stable Despite Income and Trade Turmoil
• House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Hearing on the Rural Economy
• Democrats Look to Farmers, Workers for Compromise on H-2A Reforms
• USDA sued for weakening school sodium, whole grain requirements
• Expert Discusses Tax Law Changes as Deadline Approaches
• USDA Launches New Farmers.gov Features to Help with H2A Applications, Managing Loans
• RaboResearch Report Details Risks Of U.S. Hemp Industry

• Senate Fails to Pass Disaster Aid Bill
• Purdue/CME Group’s Ag Barometer Drifts Lower On Concerns About The Future
• Perdue Says Progress is Being Made in U.S. – China Trade Talks
• Disaster Bill Sidetracked in Senate in Fight Over Puerto Rico Aid
• Lenders Tell Lawmakers They’re Doing What They Can to Help Farmers Affected by Disasters
• Soybean Outlook – Can China Save the Soybean Market?
• Disaster Aid in Limbo
• 3 Big Things Today, April 3
• Disaster Aid Won’t Cover Crops Drowned by Midwest Floods
• Debt Level vs. Interest Rate
• House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Hearing on the Rural Economy
• How Long Will Trump Keep U.S. Steel and Aluminum Tariffs in Place?
• Peanut Market Update

• Morning Market Review
• 3 Big Things Today, April 2
• First Crop Progress Report of Season Shows Highest Winter Wheat Conditions in Three Years
• April 1: Crop Progress Report
• USDA: Farmers Will Plant 4% More Corn This Year
• China Books Fresh Deal for 828,000 Tonnes of U.S. Soybeans
• U.S. Soybean Exports to China Increased in February; Trade Negotiations Return to Washington, D.C.
• Farmers Are Assuming Plenty of Prevented Planting
• U.S. Crop Production Unlikely to Suffer Much From Floods
• Farm Groups Push for Year-Round E-15
• Closing the Border is Preposterous, But What If
• Ag Groups to Trump: Don’t Shut Down Trade With Mexico
• U.S. Wheat and Barley are Losing Japanese Market Share Fast
• Peanut Growers Challenged to Set, Stick to Yield Goal
• Interest Rates Headed Down as Fed Confronts Global Slowdown

• 3 Big Things Today, April 1
• Washington Week Ahead: ‘Constructive’ China Talks Resume in DC
• Morning Market Review for April 1, 2019
• USDA Reports Send Grain Markets Plummeting
• Jerry Gulke: USDA Shock and Awe
• Both Sides in E15, Biofuel Credits Reform Debate Testify at EPA Hearing
• Grains Mixed After USDA Fallout
• Grain market week in review – March 29, 2019
• Washington Insider — Monday More US, Latin American Angst
• Warren, Klobuchar agree on breaking up Big Ag
• Farmers confront physical, emotional challenges
• 2019-2020 Farm Program: Decision, Fairness on Covered Commodities
• More Peanut Acres in 2019
• American Agri-Women Hosting 2019 Legislative Policy Meeting In Las Vegas

• 3 Big Things Today, March 29
• 2019-2020 Farm Program Decision and Fairness across Covered Commodities
• Farmers Look to Build Upon 2018 Farm Bill Victories
• US Trade Negotiators Arrive in China for Talks
• Northey after flood tour: ‘Nothing will make these farmers whole’
• Analyst expects next round of USDA reports to be bearish
• California Jury Finds Bayer Liable for $80 Million in Second Glyphosate Trial
• USDA Reports Preview Brace for Some Bearish News
• Oil Futures Slip on Demand Concerns
• Buyer Beware on New Health Insurance Options
• Amazon Dips its Web Services Toe Into Agriculture
• Seven Ag Stories You Might Have Missed This Week
• Wheat Farmers, Researchers Hold Annual Fly-In
• Prospective Plantings: Swing To Secondary Crops?
• Peanut Growers Urged to Use Certified Seed

• Weakness Prevails for Wednesday’s Ag Markets
• Renewed Push for the USMCA
• Agriculture Leads Bankruptcy Filings, Report Shows
• Senators Sponsor Bill Expanding Family Farm Protections
• Mixed Moves in Retail Fertilizer Prices
• ASA unhappy with Trump’s comments on tariffs
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Provides Comment On Farm Bill’s Trade Programs
• Corn and Fertilizer Prices: Correlation Doesn’t Mean Causation
• Trump Won’t Settle for Less Than an ‘Excellent Deal’ With China
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Mar. 14, 2019

Source: The White House

On National Agriculture Day, we acknowledge the immeasurable value farmers, ranchers, growers, producers, and foresters contribute to our Nation. America’s agriculture families and communities lead the world in producing food, feed, fuel, and fiber.

Today, we pay tribute to the men and women who expand opportunities for prosperity, economic development, and food security by cultivating the land across our country.

American agriculture strengthens our economy. Valued at more than $141 billion, our country’s agriculture exports are critical to our Nation’s job market, with every $1 billion in exports supporting approximately 8,400 American jobs. Counting for approximately 5.5 percent of our gross domestic product, our agriculture, food, and related industries are vital to our Nation’s global economic success.

Accordingly, my Administration is working to modernize and improve trade agreements to remove barriers and open foreign markets to goods grown and produced here in the United States.

Last year, I made good on my promise to renegotiate the outdated and unbalanced North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the signing of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Once approved by the Congress, the USMCA will help farmers, especially dairy producers, have improved access to markets for their products by lifting unfair restrictions by Canada on American dairy, wheat, and wine producers.

We must continue to streamline our regulatory environment so that agricultural innovation can flourish and help our farmers, ranchers, and foresters meet the world’s growing demand for food. My Administration, therefore, is streamlining regulatory policy for biotechnology, removing the red tape that is slowing down the approval of powerful new agriculture products.

We are also committed to training and supporting the next generation of farmers and agriculture professionals through technical assistance programs so that they have the knowhow to harness the full potential of our Nation’s abundant technological and national resources.

To help ensure the continued success, stability, and prosperity of our Nation’s farmers, ranchers, and producers, I signed into law the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. This legislation bolsters farm safety-net programs, supports expanded markets for America’s agricultural production, promotes active management of natural resources, and maintains strong rural development and research initiatives.

In addition, a key provision in the law requires the Federal Communications Commission to work with the Department of Agriculture to boost broadband deployment and adoption in rural areas. This initiative will provide more farmers, ranchers, and rural communities access to next-generation digital technologies that enhance profitability and sustainability, greatly improving quality of life for all Americans.

The American farmer embodies the timeless virtues of our Nation: hard work, self-reliance, and dedication to family. On this National Agriculture Day, we express our gratitude to those who feed and clothe us, fuel our economy, and inspire us with their determination and perseverance.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 14, 2019, as National Agriculture Day. I encourage all Americans to observe this day by recognizing the preeminent role that agriculture plays in our daily lives, acknowledging agriculture’s continuing importance to rural America and our country’s economy, and expressing our deep appreciation of farmers, growers, ranchers, producers, national forest system stewards, private agricultural stewards, and those who work in the agriculture sector across the Nation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.

DONALD J. TRUMP

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• Weekly Export Sales: Still tracking December Results
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• Former Purdue Ag Dean Says Trump Trade Tactic is Wrong
• Farm Groups Want Follow Through From Trump
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• Study: American Workers To Lose Nearly One Million U.S. Jobs If Tariffs Rise
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• New House Agriculture Chairman Casts an Eye on USDA, Farm Economy
• Farm Belt Bankruptcies Are Soaring Across the Midwest
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• NCBA Applauds President’s Swift Approval Of U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement
• NCBA Announces Campaign For "Fake Meat Facts"
• Markets Firmly Wait for Tomorrows WASDE Report
• Farm Bureau Argues Conservation Programs Regulatory, Farmers Need Certainty
• The Major Players in Agri-Finance
• Soybeans, Grains Close Little Changed on Trade Uncertainty
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• Livestock Haulers’ Hours of Service Petition Submitted for Comment
• Farm Journal Poll Shows Farmers Still Support Trump
• Bud Light Responds To Corn Growers

• Farm Bill Sign-Up Is Weeks Away, Says USDA’s Censky
• Roberts Discusses 2018 Farm Bill
• 13 State Ag Departments Now Led by Women
• President Presses Congress to Pass New Reciprocal Trade Legislation
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• Trump Tariff Payments Top $6.4 Billion as Deadline Nears
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• Trump Renews Calll for USMCA Approval
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• Texas Field Reports: Planted Cotton Acres to Rise Slightly or Remain Static
• Ag Economy Barometer: Farmer Sentiment Improves

• Farm Bill Top-of-Mind as House Ag Committee Prepares to Meet
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• China and U.S. are a Long Way From Ending Trade War
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• U.S. and China Say they Make Progress in Trade Talks
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Starting with export data, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has not published a weekly Export Sales report since Dec. 20, 2018. FAS has resumed daily reporting of export sales and will implement the following schedule to bring weekly reporting up to date:

— The report for the week ending Dec. 20, 2018, will be published Thursday, Jan. 31.

— The report for the week ending Dec. 27, 2018, will be published Feb. 7.

— The report for the week ending Jan. 3, 2019, which will include the marketing-year changeover figures for hides and skins, wet blues, pork and beef, will be published Feb. 14.

Additional information about the Export Sales Reporting Program is available at :https://www.fas.usda.gov/programs/export-sales-reporting-program

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USDA’s Farm Service Agency extended deadlines on many of its programs because of the government shutdown and the emergency nature of many of the programs. Below are updated deadlines:

Market Facilitation Program
Deadline to apply extended to Feb. 14, 2019

Marketing Assistance Loans
If loan matured in December 2018, settlement date extended to Feb. 14, 2019

Peanut loans or Loan Deficiency Payments – loan availability date now Feb. 28, 2019

Emergency Conservation Program
Performance reporting due Feb. 14, 2019

Livestock Forage Disaster
2018 application for payment due Feb. 28, 2019

Emergency Assistance Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish Program
Notice of loss due Feb. 14, 2019

Livestock Indemnity Program
Notice of loss due Feb. 14, 2019

Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
Submitting 2019 application for coverage due Feb. 14, 2019

Notice of loss for 72-hour harvest and grazing (as applicable) due Feb. 14, 2019

Notice of loss for prevented planting and failed acres due Feb. 14, 2019

Applications for payment for 2018 covered losses due Feb. 14, 2019

Tree Assistance Program
Notice of loss due Feb. 14, 2019

For inquiries related to these programs or any not listed above, please contact your local USDA Service Center.

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PRESS RELEASE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
(Washington, D.C., January 22, 2019)
USDA to Reopen FSA Offices for Additional Services During Government Shutdown

(Washington, D.C., January 22, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that all Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices nationwide will soon reopen to provide additional administrative services to farmers and ranchers during the lapse in federal funding.  Certain FSA offices have been providing limited services for existing loans and tax documents since January 17, and will continue to do so through January 23.  Beginning January 24, however, all FSA offices will open and offer a longer list of transactions they will accommodate.  

Additionally, Secretary Perdue announced that the deadline to apply for the Market Facilitation Program, which aids farmers harmed by unjustified retaliatory tariffs, has been extended to February 14.  The original deadline had been January 15.  Other program deadlines may be modified and will be announced as they are addressed.

“At President Trump’s direction, we have been working to alleviate the effects of the lapse in federal funding as best we can, and we are happy to announce the reopening of FSA offices for certain services,” Perdue said.  “The FSA provides vital support for farmers and ranchers and they count on those services being available.  We want to offer as much assistance as possible until the partial government shutdown is resolved.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has temporarily recalled all of the more than 9,700 FSA employees to keep offices open from 8 am to 4:30 pm weekdays beginning January 24.  President Trump has already signed legislation that guarantees employees will receive all backpay missed during the lapse in funding.

For the first two full weeks under this operating plan (January 28 through February 1 and February 4 through February 8), FSA offices will be open Mondays through Fridays.  In subsequent weeks, offices will be open three days a week, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays if needed to provide the additional administrative services. 

Agricultural producers who have business with the agency can contact their FSA service center to make an appointment. 

FSA can provide these administrative services, which are critical for farmers and ranchers, because failure to perform these services would harm funded programs.  FSA staff will work on the following transactions:

• Market Facilitation Program.
• Marketing Assistance Loans.
• Release of collateral warehouse receipts.
• Direct and Guaranteed Farm Operating Loans, and Emergency Loans.
• Service existing Conservation Reserve Program contracts.
• Sugar Price Support Loans.
• Dairy Margin Protection Program.
• Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage.
• Livestock Forage Disaster.
• Emergency Assistance Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish Program.
• Livestock Indemnity Program.
• Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.
• Tree Assistance Program.
• Remaining Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program payments for applications already processed.

Transactions that will not be available include, but are not limited to:

• New Conservation Reserve Program contracts.
• New Direct and Guaranteed Farm Ownership Loans.
• Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.
• New or in-process Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program applications.
• Emergency Conservation Program.
• Emergency Forest Rehabilitation Program.
• Biomass Crop Assistance Program.
• Grassroots Source Water Protection Program.

With the Office of Management and Budget, USDA reviewed all of its funding accounts that are not impacted by the lapse in appropriation. We further refined this list to include programs where the suspension of the activity associated with these accounts would significantly damage or prevent the execution of the terms of the underling statutory provision. As a result of this review, USDA was able to except more employees. Those accounts that are not impacted by the lapse in appropriation include mandatory, multiyear and no year discretionary funding including FY 2018 Farm Bill activities.

Updates to available services and offices will be made during the lapse in federal funding on the FSA shutdown webpage.  Programs managed by FSA that were re-authorized by the 2018 farm bill will be available at a later date yet to be determined.

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(Washington, D.C., January 16, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that many Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices will reopen temporarily in the coming days to perform certain limited services for farmers and ranchers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recalled about 2,500 FSA employees to open offices on Thursday, January 17 and Friday, January 18, in addition to Tuesday, January 22, during normal business hours. The offices will be closed for the federal Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday, January 21.

In almost half of FSA locations, FSA staff will be available to assist agricultural producers with existing farm loans and to ensure the agency provides 1099 tax documents to borrowers by the Internal Revenue Service’s deadline.

“Until Congress sends President Trump an appropriations bill in the form that he will sign, we are doing our best to minimize the impact of the partial federal funding lapse on America’s agricultural producers,” Perdue said. “We are bringing back part of our FSA team to help producers with existing farm loans. Meanwhile, we continue to examine our legal authorities to ensure we are providing services to our customers to the greatest extent possible during the shutdown.”

Staff members will be available at certain FSA offices to help producers with specific services, including:

• Processing payments made on or before December 31, 2018.

• Continuing expiring financing statements.

• Opening mail to identify priority items.

Additionally, as an intermittent incidental duty, staff may release proceeds from the sale of loan security by signing checks jointly payable to FSA that are brought to the county office by producers. 

Information on the locations of FSA offices to be open during this three-day window will be posted:

• On the USDA website.

• On Twitter at @SecretarySonny and @USDA.

• On USDA’s Facebook page.

While staff are available in person during this three-day window, most available services can be handled over the phone. Producers can begin contacting staff on January 17 here.

Additionally, farmers who have loan deadlines during the lapse in funding do not need to make payments until the government shutdown ends.

Other FSA Programs and Services 

Reopened FSA offices will only be able to provide the specifically identified services while open during this limited time. Services that will not be available include, but are not limited to:

• New direct or facility loans.

• New Farm loan guarantees.

• New marketing assistance loans.

• New applications for Market Facilitation Program (MFP).

• Certification of 2018 production for MFP payments.

• Dairy Margin Protection Program.

• Disaster assistance programs, such as:

o Livestock Indemnity Program.

o Emergency Conservation Program.

o Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program.

o Livestock Forage Disaster Program.

o Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish.

While January 15, 2019 had been the original deadline for producers to apply for MFP, farmers have been unable to apply since December 28, 2018, when FSA offices closed because of the lapse in federal funding.  Secretary Perdue has extended the MFP application deadline for a period of time equal to the number of business days FSA offices end up being closed, once the government shutdown ends. These announced days of limited staff availability during the shutdown will not constitute days open in calculating the extension. Producers who already applied for MFP and certified their 2018 production by December 28, 2018 should have already received their payments.  

More information on MFP is available at www.farmers.gov/manage/mfp.

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• Farmers Risk Loss of Federal Payments, Loans
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President Trump Has Signed the Farm Bill Click here to watch the signing ceremony.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Agriculture Committee Chairmen Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Rep. K. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, and Ranking Members Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., today released the text of the bipartisan, bicameral 2018 Farm Bill conference report.

“The 2018 Farm Bill is our opportunity to make the American food and agriculture systems work more efficiently. I’m pleased to say we have done just that in this conference report,” said Chairman Roberts. “We started this journey nearly two years ago. Since then, the Senate Agriculture Committee has held dozens of hearings, listened to more than 90 witnesses, and received thousands of public comments. As promised, this farm bill provides much needed certainty and predictability for all producers – of all crops – across all regions across the country. I thank my counterparts in the Senate and House for coming to – and staying at – the table to reach a bipartisan, bicameral agreement for rural America.”

“America’s farmers and ranchers are weathering the fifth year of severe recession, so passing a farm bill this week that strengthens the farm safety net is vitally important,” said Chairman Conaway. “I am grateful to the President, Secretary Perdue and my leadership for standing fast for the hard-working farm and ranch families that clothe and feed us. I also appreciate the members of the conference committee for bringing this process one step closer to completion.”

“By working across the aisle, we overcame many differences to deliver a strong, bipartisan farm bill for our farmers, families, and rural communities,” said Ranking Member Stabenow. “The 2018 Farm Bill is a good bill for our farmers and everyone who eats. Working together, we continued to expand the diversity of our agricultural economy, maintained a strong food and farm safety net, created new opportunities in our small towns and rural communities, and made significant investments in land and water conservation. Now is not the time to rest on our laurels – it’s time to get the bill across the finish line as soon as possible. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.”

“This bill is a strong start to addressing the issues our producers are facing right now, particularly our dairy farmers,” said Ranking Member Peterson. “The bill’s new provisions will offer more flexible coverage for lower cost when dairy farmers need it most, and provide producers more tools to manage their risk. It also invests $300 million in the prevention and response for animal pests and disease. More broadly, the bill invests in research, outreach to beginning & underserved producers, local and organic food production, bioenergy, and access to new markets. It also addresses broadband, farm stress and mental health issues, and the opioid epidemic in rural areas. It’s the product of strong bipartisan work in both the House and the Senate, and it’s something I’m proud to encourage folks to vote for.”

Click here to read the text of the report.

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Oct. 30, 2018

Agri-Pulse reports:

The first tranche of the package contained three sections – direct payments, a government purchase program and a trade promotion program. Only the direct payments portion – the Market Facilitation Program – will be repeated in December.

Just like the first tranche, the rates are multiplied by half the production on a farm for the payment:

• Wheat: 14 cents per bushel

• Sorghum: 86 cents per bushel

• Cotton: 6 cents per pound

• Corn: 1 cent per bushel

• Dairy: 12 cents per hundredweight

• Hogs: $8 per head

• Soybeans: $1.65 per bushel

The Market Facilitation Program in the first tranche was estimated to be roughly $4.7 billion in payments. The USDA is still taking into consideration pleas by some farm groups to increase the payment rates, but no decision has been made on that, a source said.

While administration officials continue to count a renegotiation of NAFTA and the U.S.-South Korea FTA as trade wins, American farmers and ranchers continue to be battered by Chinese, Mexican, Canadian, European, Turkish and Indian tariffs.

Much of those tariffs are retaliation for the U.S. import taxes on steel and aluminum. China is also levying a separate 25 percent tariff on U.S. soybeans, wheat, sorghum and corn that is in response to the U.S. punishing it for intellectual property theft.

Because tariffs have not declined, the rates of payment in the trade program have not been lowered, a government official said.

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