Future Expectations Dragging Purdue Ag Economy Barometer Lower
Since its peak in October of 2020, the Ag Economy Barometer has fallen 9 percent, attributable to weaker expectations for the future.
Month: February 2021
Agribusiness Report 2/2
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Agriculture Today 2/2
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Biden’s Executive Order on Regulations Halts CFAP Payments
One of President Biden’s first executive orders is putting an immediate halt to the processing and payments under the latest Coronavirus Food Assistance Program measure.
U.S. Cattle Herd Slightly Smaller One Year Later
According to the National Agriculture Statistics Service biannual report on the U.S. cattle herd the domestic herd, as of January 1, 2021, totaled 93.6 million head, slightly below the same time one year ago.
CME Group Revising Position Limits on Agricultural Contracts
Trade groups and investors are breaking down news last week from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that it intends to increase both spot-month and all-months-combined speculative position limits effective March 15, 2021.
Producers Input Prices Increase in December, Receipts Decrease
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service reports the December Prices Received Index decreased from November but increased slightly from December 2019.
Agribusiness Report 2/1
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American Cattle News 1/25 – 1/29
American Cattle News for week of January 25, 2021
Growing Cotton 1/25 – 1/29
Growing Cotton for week of January 25, 2021
USDA Institues Changes to LRP Insurance for 2021
According to the Risk Management Agency, the changes include increasing livestock head limits for feeder and fed cattle to 6,000 per endorsement, or 12,000 annually.
USDA’s Export Sales Report Shows Continued Strong Demand
USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service released their Weekly Export Sales Report on Thursday, for the week ending January 21, 2021.
Agriculture Trade War Stories: Not All Are Bad
According to the latest international trade figures from Australia’s Bureau of Statistics, the nation enjoyed a growing trade surplus – $9 billion in December, up $1.6 billion from a month earlier.
Biden’s Historic Executive Order Spree Includes Agriculture Industry
An executive order elevating climate policy to be an “essential element” of American foreign policy and national security that has drawn attention from the agriculture industry.
Agriculture Today 1/29
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In Climate Change Battle, Biofuels Providing Major Victory
As both Congress and the new Biden Administration start lining up solutions to battle climate change, a new report from the Environmental Research Letters says biofuels may hold a helpful nugget in the war.
Agribusiness Report 1/29
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