From agriculture.com The Trump administration will begin a second, multibillion-dollar round of payments to soybean, cotton, pork, dairy, sorghum, wheat and corn producers by December, said Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today. Read the rest of the article here. Read More »

From the Capital Press A one-of-a-kind pulp plant in Eastern Washington will convert wheat straw into pulp that will go into a variety of new products. When it is operational early next year, Columbia Pulp in Starbuck, Wash., will turn wheat straw into two materials: • A market-grade pulp sold to paper makers and molded fiber producers. • A bio-polymer ... Read More »

From Politico President Donald Trump’s trade war is already prompting farmers and agricultural forecasters to plan for a dismal 2019 growing season before the fall harvest is complete. Trade disputes — namely the escalating feud with China — have weighed on commodity prices and the president has threatened to ratchet up tariffs rather than ease tensions come Jan. 1. To ... Read More »

From DTN.com Harvest is finally in full swing for Genny Haun and Kyle Krier. The two farmers have been reporting on the 2018 crop season as part of DTN’s View From the Cab series. The growing part of the season had set the Ohio and Kansas farmers up for what they hoped would be one of the best production years ... Read More »

From NASS There were 6.8 days suitable for field work last week. Pasture and range conditions were reported at 29 percent very poor, 25 percent poor, 21 percent fair, 24 percent good and 1 percent excellent. A low temperature of 19 degrees F was reported in the northeast region, while a high temperature of 77 degrees F was reported in the ... Read More »

The Washington Association of Wheat Growers has teamed up with KXLY to produce a 30-second television spot paying tribute to farmers in Eastern Washington. Read More »

From whitehouse.gov Today, President Trump signed a memorandum to reduce regulatory burdens and promote more efficient environmental reviews of water infrastructure projects in the West, including the Columbia-Snake River System. Decades of uncoordinated regulatory actions have diminished the ability of Federal infrastructure to deliver needed water and have increased costs in the West. Court actions dictating water operations have further complicated ... Read More »

At the direction of the president, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer recently notified Congress that the Trump Administration intends to negotiate three separate trade agreements with Japan, the European Union and the United Kingdom. In officially notifying Congress, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is following the procedures set out in the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of ... Read More »

From farmdocdaily.illinois.edu The conservation title is traditionally one of the least controversial and partisan of the major, mandatory funding titles in a farm bill debate; that the conservation title is part of the current stalemate adds to the concerns about the 2018 Farm Bill. The House version of the farm bill eliminates the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) (farmdoc daily, July ... Read More »

Major farm groups along with commodity and conservation organizations are calling on Congress to finish the farm bill this year. Among those is the National Association of Wheat Growers. NAWG President Jimmie Musick, an Oklahoma grower, is hoping the final legislation gets approved yet this year. Musick sat down for an interview with WNAX Radio. Listen to it here. Read More »