Agriculture News

• A pair of soybean crush facilities will expand soybean markets in Nebraska
• Nebraska could be the first state to move on Right to Repair legislation
• Lawmakers Pledge to Maintain, Expand Crop Insurance in Next Farm Bill
• Livestock Risk Protection | Updated Livestock Risk Protection Program Works for Small Herds
• USDA: Working Capital Remained Below Historical Averages For All Farms Size From 2015 To 2020
• Pandemic casts shadow on sunny cotton outlook
• Glyphosate Supply Alert | Bayer Warns Retailers of Glyphosate Production Disruption
• Federal Reserve Banks Say Farmland Values at Least 20% Higher Than Year Ago
• Urea prices fall as soybeans rumble higher
• SMARTFARM offers carbon solutions
• Price, profitability drive sorghum planting decisions
• U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds While RFA calls the study “completely fictional and erroneous.”
• Efficiency is key in 2022
• Small tractors continue leading strong equipment market
• Inflation could add instability in the ag economy in 2022
• Ag groups suing EPA over agency’s ignoring science & safety findings
• John Phipps: The Great Land Debate on Long-Term vs. Short-Term Leases
• RFA: Setting The Record Straight On The Environmental Outcomes Of The Renewable Fuel Standard
• USDA Releases "Wheat Outlook" Report
• USDA Releases "Feed Outlook" Report
• Five Equipment Manufacturing Trends To Watch In 2022
• Washington Week Ahead: FDA nominee set for vote, negotiators work on FY22 deal
• Farmer seeks crop insurance certainty in the 2023 Farm Bill
• Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2021 Fourth Quarter, Rise in Farmland Values Accelerates
• Pandemic Cover Crop Program for 2022 | Product Management Bulletin | Revised February 2022
• Jerry Gulke: Will Exploding Prices Reduce Demand?
• KC Fed Reports Ag Bankers Are Optimistic About 2022
• Food Prices Surge 7%, The Most Since 1981
• Pandemic Cover Crop Program Fact Sheet | Revised Feb. 2022
• Commodity Market Fundamentals Stumble in Today’s Fast-Paced Environment
• USDA’s Partnership for Climate-Smart Ag Looking at Climate-Smart Commodities: Paying Producers for How They Farm
• Ethanol Diesel Engine Passes Road Test ClearFlame Ethanol Technology Passes Road Test in Class 8 Diesel Truck Engine
• Ranch Roots Help Drive Olympic Slider Kansas Ranching Roots Help Lift US Skeleton Racer at Beijing Winter Olympics
• 11 great takes from the 2022 Summit | Farm Futures
• Ag Marketing IQ brought to you by 3 reasons why wheat could be this year’s big winner
• Grain prices look favorable for breakeven or higher
• What will cost you more this year, herbicides or weeds?
• Crop Insurance Earns Bipartisan Praise at Congressional Hearing
• Cover crop insurance premium discounts offered again
• 2022 Farm Sector Income Forecast – Feb. Update

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

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

• Ag groups react to Supreme Court decision to hear WOTUS appeal
• Grassley says proposed cattle market bill represents his constituents
• Input costs throw more risk into 2022 grain marketing scenarios
• Markets React As Tension Mounts Between Russia and Ukraine
• Ag Policy Blog Looking at 2022 ARC/PLC Election and Sign Up
• Ethanol Saw Strong 2021 Fourth Quarter
• Soybean exports face test
• Avoid the fear of failure
• How farmers are reducing inputs without losing yield
• AFBF seeks revision to cattle market transparency bill
• Farmers can protect against cyber attacks
• USDA urges grazing loss applications Submit applications for 2021 grazing loss assistance by Jan. 31
• Retaliatory Tariffs Reduced Ag Exports by $13.2 Billion Per Year
• Results From Farm Futures 2022 Acreage Forecast Released, More Soybeans Than Corn
• Rural Mainstreet Index Starts Year Off Strong
• What the Endangered Species Act Means for Ag Pesticide Use
• Ag Weather Forum | Drought Change Shows La Nina Effect
• One year checkup: How ag fared in Biden’s climate plan
• The more farmers make the more risk they take on, analyst says
• Labor, trucking issues could create logistical challenges for input delivery
• High land values pricing new farmers out of the market
• A look back and ahead for biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuels
• Farmer says farm bill, redistricting are top concerns
• Manure could provide crop farmers “best bang for their buck”
• Farm Bureau seeks revision to Cattle Transparency Act
• Vilsack highlights work in 2021 to promote food and nutrition security
• House holds hearing with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
• Vilsack highlights work in 2021 to promote food and nutrition security
• China’s Imports of U.S. Soy Rose in 2021, as Administration Walks “Fine Line” on Phase One Trade Deal, Negotiations Continue
• Corn Outlook: 5-30-90 Days
• Vilsack’s climate spending price tag
• Ag Taxes: How to Determine Worker Classification
• USDA Chief Economist Highlights Some Of His Office’s 2021 Accomplishments
• USDA Publishes Results Of Its Annual Pesticide Residue Study

• AltEn Owner Tries to Sell Toxic Biochar Biochar Sale Halted, But State Regulators Approve Water Treatment at Defunct Ethanol Plant
• These 13 States Had Record Corn and Soybean Yields in 2021
• Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- January 2022
• 2021 Tractor Sales Rise Double Digits Tractor, Combine Sales Up Double Digits, as Small-Tractor Sales Lose Steam
• Ag Weather Forum Extreme Weather Costs Greater Than Farm Income
• Key indicators in the growing value of American farmland
• AgFunderNews.com Lists Its 20 Most Read Stories In 2021
• CHS expects fertilizer prices to come down in 2022
• Agribusiness group applauds Supreme Court vaccine ruling
• Fertilizer Prices Fall, Diesel Prices Climb
• Food Prices Up 6.3 Percent Since Last Year
• Jerry Gulke: Will South America be the Price Maker?
• Did USDA’s January Crop Production Report Reveal a Major Marketing Lesson?
• Is BBB DOA or is it just sleeping?
• Statement by Secretary Vilsack on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• New Economic Analysis Has Farmers Raising Concerns About Looming Tariffs On Nitrogen Fertilizers
• There’s more to USDA’s latest report than you think
• Washington Week Ahead: Vilsack heads to Hill

• Supreme Court Will Not Review E15 Ruling, Ethanol Industry Disappointed
• Ag Economic Insights Lists The Top 11 Questions Facing Agriculture In 2022
• Cyber Threats Are A Real Threat To Modern Agriculture’s Expanding Digital Infrastructure
• USDA Reports Preview USDA Reports Bring Slew of New Numbers Wednesday
• Brace for more volatility after this week’s USDA report
• Duvall touts climate efforts in annual address
• Biden, Vilsack champion trade, market reform efforts to Farm Bureau
• Vilsack Seeks to Double Cover Crop Acres for Corn, Soybean Farmers
• Where are the trade agreements, Mr. President, AFBF economists ask
• Feedlots Pray Slower Processing Speeds are Just a Hiccup, Not a Long-Term Reality
• Prepare for the January WASDE report
• Soybean prices plunge 26¢, with improved South America crop weather | Monday, January 10, 2022
• U.S. meat production slows as Omicron hits staff, inspectors
• SCOTUS turns back petition to review E15 ruling
• Webinar on USDA farm program details
• Jerry Gulke: New Year, New Paradigm for Grain Markets?

• Neeley’s Favorite Story of 2021 Nebraska Town’s Environmental Disaster is Tragic Reminder of Why We’re Journalists
• Farmer Sentiment Rises on Strengthening Current Financial Position – Ag Barometer
• Biofuels to EPA: Pull ’20 RFS Proposal Biofuels, Ag Interests Press EPA Not to Reset 2020 RFS Volumes
• Port Expands Space to Alleviate Ag Export Congestion
• John Deere unveils fully autonomous 8R tractor
• Tractor Owners Choose Their Favorite Brands
• Find 2022 profit tips at Farm Futures Business Summit
• Both sides of RFS issue testify before EPA hearing Tuesday
• Administration to work with Congress for fair, transparent cattle markets
• A challenging path ahead for cattle market legislation
• Crop protection providers hampered by supply chain issues
• Ag Day at the Capitol is January 26
• President Biden Met Virtually with Farmers, Outlines Plans to Tackle Meat Prices
• Biden Plan Directs $1 Billion To Impact Meat & Poultry Processing, Strengthen P&SA, Add New Labeling Rules
• Webinar: Ag Land Use Conflicts Among Wind, Solar Farms, Jan. 19
• USDA: The Distribution Of Irrigated Acreage Has Shifted Eastward
• United Van Lines Reports Most Moved To/Out States In 2021
• Agriculture Department and Justice Department Issue Shared Principles and Commitments to Protect Against Unfair and Anticompetitive Practices
• Biden Administration Will Outline Steps to Boost Competition in the Meat Sector in Monday Announcement
• Biden Pledges Beefed-Up Enforcement of Packers and Stockyards Act, Funds to Expand Packing Capacity
• Progressive Farmer Reader Insights Survey Winners Tractor Owners Choose Their Favorite Brands
• Confusion About Current Inflation
• Ag Producers Share Lessons Learned from a Volatile 2021
• 2022 Policy Update – Possible Impacts on Farm Income
• U Of Illinois Economist Issus 2022 Farm Income Outlook Report
• Agriculture Waits For Big Decisions On Supreme Court Cases
• USDA: Farm Share Of U.S. Food Dollar Increased In 2019 After 7 Years Of Decline
• U. S. economic outlook and agricultural implications for 2022

Nebraska Farmer Likely to Adjust Crop Rotation With High Input Costs | Read Quentin’s Comments

• Consider 2022 crop insurance implications
• Economist concerned about slow disaster payments to farmers
• Top 10 Ag Stories of 2021: No. 5 La Nina, Drought Highlight Weather Events in 2021
• 2021 Drought Didn’t Wither Spring Wheat Farmers’ Resolve
• Corn growers point blame at Mosaic for high fertilizer costs
• Biodiesel offers $15B economic benefit United Soybean Board
• New complex ramps up cotton classing in Texas
• Soybeans and corn close higher | Monday, December 27, 2021
• Satellite imagery helps producers to observe, improve cattle weight gain
• Successful Farming: Staff picks: Our favorite stories of 2021
• All production costs driving near-record breakeven costs for crops in ‘22
• China looks to increase domestic soybean production
• The Future of Agricultural Lending
• U.S. Interest Rates – Are We Entering a Period of Sustained Inflation?
• Biofuel producer bets on camelina as low-carbon feedstock
• DTN Cotton Close: Up on Higher Commodities
• USDA Releases "Food Price Outlook" Report
• Will Complacency Cost CA Walnut Farmers a Critical Tool?

• Crop insurance considerations
• 2021 grain marketing reflections
• Top 10 Ag Stories of 2021: No. 10 Cybercriminals Take Aim at America’s Food Supply
• Ag policy highs and lows in 2021
• Prepare for Some Tax Shocks Farm Tax Experts Worry Alarming Tax Provisions Could Return to Build Back Better Act
• Mosaic: Global Issues Push Prices Up Mosaic: Several Factors Driving Up Fertilizer Costs; Some Groups Disagree
• 5 recommendations for year-end planning on the farm
• USDA allots $1.5 billion to counter supply chain turmoil in school meals
• Ambitious ‘biofuel America’ plan faces overhaul in 2022
• Balancing the many hats farmers wear
• ERS: “Corn Use Projected Slightly Higher than 2020/21 Record,” Cash Prices Firm During Harvest
• Direct checks could ignite cover crop surge; crop insurance may play role, too
• Conservation funding in doubt, but Schumer vows to save Build Back Better plan
• Ag Lender Lists His Top Five 2021 Topics
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Provides Year End Update Of Its Legislative/Regulatory Initiatives
• USDA Releases “Cost-Of-Crop And Livestock Production Forecast” Report
• USDA Releases “Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook” Report
• Global Corn Production And Trade Rise Expected For The Next Decade: Brazil To Lead The Growth
• Manchin says he will not vote for Build Back Better: ‘This is a no’
• What Higher Interest Rates Will Mean for Farmers
• Todd’s Take Why This Is Not Your Father’s Inflation
• Study: Winter Tornadoes to Get Worse
• 7 Ag Stories You May Have Missed Last Week
• Farm Progress Free Guide: Crop rotation has never been more critical
• Cabinet members urge to relieve ag supply chain
• 2022: A year to use put options
• USDA initiative would help farmers create new revenue streams
• Vilsack comments on trade deals at Wisconsin farm
• Port backlog improving but still a large issue
• Dashboard shows ‘Achilles’ heel’ of food supply chain
• ERS: “Corn Use Projected Slightly Higher than 2020/21 Record,” Cash Prices Firm During Harvest
• Drought and Demand Drive the 2022 Wheat Outlook
• Crazy, Amazing, Unbelievable: 2021 Farmland Market is One for the History Books
• Daybreak Dec. 17: Thompson: Farm bill review a priority for 2022