U.S. Grains Council Explores Export Opportunities in South Asia
Category: Trade
(SouthWest Farm Press) - Representatives from the U.S. Grains Council explored export opportunities for U.S. corn co-products in the south Asian markets of Bangladesh... Full Story
Dairy MPP sign up deadline extended to June 8
Category: Dairy
(Southwest Farm Press) - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue... Full Story
Even with lower HRW Outlook, U.S. Wheat Production called up for 2018/19
(South West Farm Press) - As of May 31, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that the ... Full Story
Perdue Names Three Acting Deputy Secretaries
(Southwest Farm Press) - As Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue continues to reorganize the USDA... Full Story
600 Organizations Oppose Trump Administration’s Rural Development Cuts
Category: Policy
(Southwest Farm Press) - Nearly 600 organizations sent a letter to Congress opposing the Trump administration's proposal to eliminate the USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development. The letter also lamented cuts to rural development... Full Story
Southwest Drought Status is Mostly Nonexistent
Category: Drought
(Southwest Farm Press) - As Southwest summer’s typically go, this one doesn’t seem to be starting off too... Full Story
Factors That Could Determine 2017/18 Wheat Prices
Category: Grains
(Southwest Farm Press) - Odds are relatively high that U.S. 2017/18 wheat market year ending stocks will be below 1.0 billion bushels, and may be as low as 900 million bushels. Lower ending stocks could result in the U.S. average annual price increasing from the projected $3.90 for 2016/17 to near $5.00 for 2017/18... Full Story
Texas Wheat Plantings Could Drop 20 Percent
Category: Grains
(Southwest Farm Press) - Texas planted wheat acreage could decrease by as much 10 percent to 20 percent... Full Story
Drought intensifies across southwest
Category: Miscellaneous
(Southwest Farm Press) - As if the relentless drought weren't bad enough, large sections of the Southwest saw Full Story
Frequent rains help crops, but drought perseveres
Category: Miscellaneous
(Southwest Farm Press) - All of the state received rain during the last week, from 1 inch to 2 inches in most locations, Full Story
Extremes make farm bill tough sell in House
Category: Policy
(Southwest Farm Press) - The hard right and the hard left factions in the U.S. House of Representatives make things tough Full Story
Farm groups respond positively to Senate ag committee farm bill proposal
Category: Policy
(Southwest Farm Press) - Early response to the Senate farm bill has been mostly positive as farm organizations Full Story
Corn planting lags five-year average by 12 percentage points
Category: Grains
(Southwest Farm Press) - Cool, wet conditions again delayed planting progress across most of the Full Story
Crop insurance and conservation compliance
Category: Miscellaneous, Policy
(Southwest Farm Press) - The unwillingness of the U.S. House of Representatives leadership to bring a farm Full Story
Snow brings moisture to wheat crop in parts of U.S. plains
Category: Grains, Miscellaneous, Oilseeds
(Southwest Farm Press) - Record breaking snowfall in parts of the U.S. plains in the past two weeks delivered some relief from the worst drought there in more than 50 years. Full Story
Early/late emergence creates wheat management dilemma
Category: Grains
(Southwest Farm Press) - Following the Christmas rain and snow event, virtually all of the un-sprouted Full Story
Wheat genome sequenced
Category: Grains
(Southwest Farm Press) - U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists working as part of an international team Full Story
Winter wheat crop in trouble
Category: Grains
(Southwest Farm Press) - With very dry conditions setting in, most winter wheat stands are already severely Full Story
Wheat and grain markets buying time
Category: Grains
(Southwest Farm Press) - KCBT December wheat contract prices have been trading in a sideways price Full Story
Rains rescue reservoirs; bail out small grains
Category: Grains
(Southwest Farm Press) - Practically the entire state of Texas got at least 1 inch of rain during the last week of September to Oct. 1, with many regions getting as much as 9 inches, according to the National Weather Service. Full Story
Watch out for U.S. drought impact on wheat feeding
Category: Grains
(Southwest Farm Press) - U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) President Alan Tracy is cautioning U.S. wheat farmers Full Story
Wheat market running wild
Category: Grains
(Southwest Farm Press) - Wheat prices have been going up like a stampede of cattle Full Story
U.S. soybean supply expected to dip to historic low
Category: Oilseeds
(Southeast Farm Press) - There are going to be more soybeans grown across the United States this year, but that increase will be dwarfed by the amount Full Story
Dramatic change in wheat marketing coming this year
(Southwest Farm Press) - A dramatic change in North American wheat marketing Full Story
Recent rains give hope to Canola, wheat farmers
Category: Oilseeds
More than 200,000 acres of winter canola are believed to have Full Story
