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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 05.09.2025

• Fact Sheet: U.S.-UK Reach Historic Trade Deal | WhiteHouse.gov
• USDA Kicks Off Growing Season With Unveiling of New-Crop Estimates
• Crop Traders Report Tariffs Weighing on Profits, Outlooks
• Ethanol and Beef Could Be Big Ag Winners in US, UK Trade Agreement
• USDA Lays Out Timeline for Releasing 2023-24 Disaster Aid to Farmers, Livestock Producers
• Trump FTC Continues Pesticide Lawsuit | FTC Pesticide Antitrust Lawsuit Against Syngenta, Corteva Continues Under Trump
• Will Trump’s ‘ABC’ strategy pay off?
• New port fees could still harm U.S. commodity exports
• Export Report: Wheat sales surprisingly strong
• Soybeans Close Up Nearly 6¢ | Thursday, May 8, 2025
• Navigating trade negotiations under the Trump administration
• USDA: Secretary Rollins Leads Trade Delegation to UK
• Farmers Back U.S. Efforts To Rebalance Trade With China Despite Economic Hardship
• Trump Announces Win for Beef and Ethanol Trade With UK
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Welcomes Update On USDA Disaster Aid
• President Trump Secures Trade Win For America’s Cattle Producers
• Global Market Insights: Drought Tolerant Seeds Market To Grow At 6.5% CAGR By 2032

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 05.08.2025

• No Plans to Close Any FSA Offices, Ag Sec Rollins Says
• Highlights Of Ag Sec’y Rollins’ Meeting With Farm Broadcasters In DC
• Secretary Rollins Hosts Farmers First Roundtable, Announces Expedited Disaster Aid
• House Ag planning two-day markup, starting Tuesday
• Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday the department will unveil its reorganization plan next week and it won’t be as “drastic” as many have feared.
• Navigating trade negotiations under the Trump administration | USDA’s Brooke Rollins says members of the Trump administration have been working around the clock to finalize new trade deals.
• Microsoft and FFA: The Future of Farming and Technology
• Thoughts Regarding the Build Back of the US Beef Cow Herd
• Three Fertilizers Again Lead Prices Higher: UAN32, UAN28 and Urea
• USDA’s Rollins: Disaster Enrollment for $20 Billion in Aid Will Start Before End of May
• Canada Rejects Claim That US Renewable Diesel Imports Hurt Domestic Industry
• Global Shares Trade Higher After Wall Street Climbs Moderately as Fed Holds Rates Steady
• The wait for WASDE continues | Afternoon market analysis: Grain prices were mostly in the red in midweek trading.
• Targeting gluten: Scientists delete wheat proteins harmful to some consumers
• U.S. announces revised port fees for Chinese ships, impacting exports and causing ships to redirect elsewhere.
• Corn Closes Down More Than 6¢ | Wednesday, May 7, 2025
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the May WASDE Report
• Less Farmland Is Going for Organic Crops as Costs and Other Issues Take Root
• Medgene Launches Only Vaccine To Protect Calves From Parasitic Diseases
• New White Paper Released “Transforming Global Food Production One Algorithm At A Time”
• USDA Acts To Boost Timber Production, Reduce Wildfire Risk
• Budget Hearing – U.S. Department of Agriculture House Appropriations Committee
• Senate Hearing on the FY 2026 Budget Request for the Department of Agriculture

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 05.07.2025

• Reconciliation pivotal in farm bill discussions
• Disaster Aid, USDA Funds and Staff Cuts USDA’s Rollins: Disaster Enrollment for $20 Billion in Aid Will Start Before End of May
• USDA planning to rehire staff in key agencies
• USDA reorganization plan coming next week, says less ‘drastic’ than some fear
• Tariffs are Slashing Inbound Ships, Alarming Ag Exporters
• More Than 15,000 Employees Leaving USDA as White House Proposes More Budget Cuts
• Canada Rejects Claim That US Renewable Diesel Imports Hurt Domestic Industry
• What’s the Bigger Question: Can the U.S. Reduce its Reliance on China or Can China Survive Without the U.S.?
• World Shares are Mixed Ahead of Fed’s Rate Decision
• Uncertainty makes advice hard to offer
• Course correction or dead cat bounce? Afternoon market analysis: Corn and wheat find modest gains in Tuesday’s session.
• Northwest Iowa Farmland Sells for More Than $22,000 an Acre
• Prepare for How Weather May Impact Prices This Planting Season
• A critical point in the fight against New World screwworm
• Tariff confusion impacting already high fertilizer prices
• AFBF economist says off-farm income is keeping farmers going
• Economists Fear Trade War Will Push Agriculture Deeper Into a Recession
• Secretary Rollins Requires States to Provide Records on SNAP Benefits, Ensure Lawful Use of Federal Funds
• Farmer Sentiment Improves As Long-Term Optimism Outweighs Tariff Concerns
• American Bankers Assn: Rural Communities Are Struggling. Congress Can Help

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 05.06.2025

• What’s the Bigger Question: Can the U.S. Reduce its Reliance on China or Can China Survive Without the U.S.?
• ‘We Can’t Rob Peter to Pay Paul’: Ag Policy Leaders Discuss GOP SNAP Cut Proposals and Farm Bill Spending
• Trump Budget Proposes 18% Cut to USDA Funding
• Crop Progress Report 05.05.2025
• Crop Progress: Corn 40% Planted, Soybeans 30% Planted, Winter Wheat Rated 51% Good-to-Excellent as of May 4
• Inspections Continue to Run Ahead of Last Year
• Packers Buy Up Some Cash Supply, But Remain Troubled With Boxed Beef Prices
• Ethanol Blog | Does the Trump Administration Fully Understand Rural Economic Potential of SAF?
• Ag drone use soars as farmers see results
• Crop progress: Plantings proceed mostly as expected
• As planters forge ahead, crop prices slump
• Pain now, jobs later? Farmers wait
• Weekly Grain Movement: Wheat struggles to find momentum
• Skip a generation? Why giving farmland to grandkids might not pan out
• Take another look at your farm balance sheet | Donald Trump’s American Relief Act is bringing net farm income back up, but for how long?
• Study shows 2024 was a record year for biodiesel economic impact
• More Than 15,000 USDA Employees Have Taken Trump Financial Incentive to Leave
• Ag researcher raises concern about USDA funding
• Tariffs are slashing inbound ships, alarming ag exporters
• USDA Participates In Targeted SNAP Benefit Fraud Operations
• American Bankers Assn: Rural Communities Are Struggling. Congress Can Help
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Praises President Trump’s Budget, Applauds Fiscal Responsibility
• USDA Releases Commodity Costs And Returns Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 05.05.2025

• Top 5 Things to Watch Budget Fate, Fed Rates and Trade Talk Dates
• Washington Week Ahead: Rollins faces lawmakers; GOP struggles to agree on cuts
• View From the Cab Nebraska Farmer Focuses on Kids, Crops and Community
• An Urban’s Rural View | The Most Important Battle in the Trade War
• DTN Canola Six Factors
• Pain now, jobs later? Farmers wait
• Are corn yields plateauing?
• Will Sugar Be the Sticking Point in USDA-HHS Relations?
• Ag researcher raises concern about USDA funding
• Many ag groups want 2023 WOTUS rule to reflect Sackett decision
• FSA to Require DOGE Approval for Larger Loans
• Meet the Texas Farmer Who Had the Rare Opportunity to Host RFK Jr. On His Farm
• Doud: U.S. Ag Must Embrace Industrial Policy, Global Trade Reality
• Secretary Rollins Announces New State Directors for the Farm Service Agency and Rural Development
• USDA Participates in Targeted SNAP Benefit Fraud Operations
• In the First 100 Days of the Trump Administration, Secretary Rollins Works to Make America Healthy Again
• In First 100 Days, Secretary Rollins Puts Farmers First, Reverses Woke Priorities of Biden Administration

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 05.02.2025

• Lawmakers Send More Signals Farm Bill Uncertain This Year
• Mexico Poised To Become Top Destination For US Agricultural Exports
• In First 100 Days, Ag Sec’y Rollins Reverses Woke Priorities
• DOGE Will Now Approve Larger USDA Loans
• Mixed Close in Grains | Thursday, May 1, 2025
• Minding Ag’s Business Look Past the Present to Address Long-Term Problems
• CNH Announces Equipment Price Increase CNH Announces Lower Sales, Income, ‘Moderate’ Price Bump During First Quarter Call Thursday
• Canada Markets Hard Red Spring Wheat Producers Should Expect a Premium in 2025
• Ag Secretary Targets Biden-Era ‘Overreach’
• The quality of questions that some Iowa State University students asked me in the morning interview leads me to believe that they are well on their way to success.
• Farm machinery’s slump lingers as tariffs add new risks
• Will Sugar Be the Sticking Point in USDA-HHS Relations?
• Tariffs on 2,4-D Imports from China, India May Raise Costs for U.S. Farmers
• Bayer to Exit U.S. Seed Treatment Equipment Business, Email Says
• Fate of Public Land Dispute Remains Unclear as Politicians Cheer Dismissal of Ranchers’ Charges
• Senate Effort to Scrap Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs Fails
• A closer look at the EPA’s final insecticide strategy
• Soybean Innovation Lab spared through donation
• Lawmakers Send More Signals Farm Bill Uncertain This Year
• How a Nazi-Fighting Oklahoman Rejected NFL Draft and Went Home to Farm
• Where will tariff critics in Congress go next?
• Daybreak May 1: New auto tariff carveouts ‘good sign’ for ag lobbyists; Johnson sticks with Trump on tariffs
• In First 100 Days, Secretary Rollins Puts Farmers First, Reverses Woke Priorities of Biden Administration
• FDA Approves Gene-Edited PRRS-Resistant For Pig Health