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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.14.2025

• Soybeans Close Nearly 28¢ Higher | Monday, Jan. 13, 2025 Corn and wheat also end the day in the green.
• Biofuels Groups Criticize Partial 45Z Clean Fuels Guidance
• Is the January WASDE Report a Golden Opportunity to Market Corn?
• Roll the Dice and Then Watch Throughput, Boxed Beef Prices
• Ag Weather Forum | Another Big Cold Burst Following Strong Cold Front This Weekend
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Trump, Tariffs and USMCA | North American Trade on Edge as Trump Tariff Plans Risk USMCA Trade Gains
• Why US Clean Fuels Policy May Mean Even Higher Canola Oil Imports
• Grains continue to trade on hot WASDE data
• Can solar power-based irrigation tech improve efficiency?
• Cutler: Trump Could Strike a New Trade Deal With China
• 2025 Top Producer Award Finalists and Winners Announced
• Harvest was terrible, and my mental health suffered
• For The Year Canadian Tractor Sales Down 16%, Combine Sales Down 14%
• For The Year U.S. Tractor Sales Down 13%, Combines Down 24%
• Wrapping up the 2024 cotton crop

Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 01.13.2025

• WASDE Report (PDF) Jan. 10, 2025
• This Week in Agribusiness, Jan. 11, 2025
• USDA Secretary Short List: Where Will These Farmers, Politicians, and Agriculture Business Professionals Go Next?
• Markets Respond and Winter Weather Remains
• US Winter Wheat Acres Up 2.2%
• Top 5 Things to Watch
• USDA Cuts 2024 National Average Corn Yield by 3.8 BPA, Trims Production by 276 MB
• Legal Battle Over Beneficial Ownership Rule Intensifies as GOP States Defend Injunction
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• An Urban’s Rural View Blog: Could the Fed Be Through Cutting Rates?
• Treasury Department announces new clean fuel tax credit guidance
• When Will Over-the-Top Dicamba Be Available Again for Soybean Growers?
• Long awaited 45Z tax credit guidelines not very helpful
• For The Year U.S. Tractor Sales Down 13%, Combines Down 24%
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Disappointed With Lack Of Clarity Around 45Z
• New DVM Graduates’ Mean Starting Salary Is $137,000
• Corn, Soybean Prices Surge On Surprise WASDE Estimate
• Farm Futures Survey: Grain Acres May Shift In 2025

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.10.2025

• Traders Prepare for Busy Friday as USDA to Release January Reports
• ILA and USMX Reach Tentative Agreement on 6-Year Contract, Averting East Coast Port Strike
• Grain markets face quiet session ahead of WASDE
• Ag leaders applaud deal averting port strike
• Future view in 2025 in farm business | Road warrior: Check out 10 P’s, David Kohl says is key to success in the 2025 farm economy.
• What’s Driving the 3.1% Decline in Iowa Farmland Values?
• Op-Ed: New Bill Promises Aid for Farmers Hit by PFAS
• What Do Corn and Soybeans Need in USDA’s Reports to Keep Prices Moving Higher?
• Ag senators appear pleased though undecided after meetings with RFK Jr.
• Ten Ag Innovations From CNH Awarded By ASABE
• Farmer Sentiment Drifts Lower While Producers Remain Optimistic About The Future
• Farm Futures Survey: Grain Acres May Shift In 2025
• Livestock Producers Denounce Revised Grizzly Bear Listing

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.09.2025

• Traders Prepare for Busy Friday as USDA to Release January Reports
• Corn, soybeans and wheat prices all eroded into the red on Wednesday.
• Payne’s Favorite Story of 2024 | A Farmer Who Believed in the Next Generation
• Retail Fertilizer Prices Mixed in Final Week of December 2024
• Key Facts: Trump, Ag Exports and the Panama Canal
• Pinpointing Some Factors for Cattlemen to Watch for in the New Year
• How EPA’s new AEZ rule affects your farm
• 5 takeaways from Beck’s Practical Farm Research program | Corn Chatter: The 2024 PFR trials provide surprises, confirmation and good advice.
• Grain markets will close in honor of former President Jimmy Carter.
• Trump Won’t Rule Out Military Action to Take Panama Canal
• USDA Measuring Financial Well-Being of Farmers With Survey
• Klobuchar to keep farm bill at the forefront
• Dockworkers and employers reach deal, averting strike
• Farmer Sentiment Drifts Lower While Producers Remain Optimistic About The Future
• Farm Futures Survey: Grain Acres May Shift In 2025

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.08.2025

• Another Big Winter Storm for the Southern US This Week
• Drier Conditions in Argentina Finally Starting to Matter
• World Shares are Mixed After Wall St Slumps Despite Strong US Economic Data
• DTN Daily Basis Comments Soybean Basis Stronger
• A sci-fi swing and a miss on futuristic farming
• Wildfires take toll on food producers
• Wildfires, climate change and the Ice Age
• Grains Close Mixed | Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 Livestock also end the day mixed.
• Bird Flu Patient Dies in Louisiana; Was Exposed to Poultry, Wild Birds
• Trump Says He Won’t Narrow Universal Tariff Plans
• John Deere Introducing Next Generation Perception Autonomy Kits
• Senate Agenda to Start 2025 Includes New Farm Bill
• China 2025: 5 Predictions to Watch in the New Year
• John Deere Reveals New Autonomous Machines & Technology At CES 2025
• FDA Issues Guidance On Labeling Plant-Based Foods

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.07.2025

• Bargain buyers show up for grains 01.06.2025
• Corn Closes Up 7¢ | Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 Soybeans and wheat also close higher.
• Farm Operators Continue To Be Primary Buyers of Ag Land, Farmers National Company Says
• December 2024 Recent Farmland Sales
• Progressive Farmer Editor, Chris Clayton Reveals His Favorite Story of 2024 Learning About a Wisconsin Convent’s Ties to Regenerative Agriculture
• Pork Giant Smithfield Files for Public Offering of Stock on Nasdaq
• Not all inheritances need to be accepted | Farm & Family: Disclaimer allows for heirs to refuse inheritance.
• Mike Pearson takes a look at a new Missouri bill that will make it clear where a piece of meat or protein originated from in the packaging.
• Benchmarking Crop Machinery Cost and Investment
• Ag Industry Pushes for Farm Bill Action, Regulatory Relief After Johnson’s Dramatic Reelection
• Friday’s supply and demand report could be friendly
• Budget Reconciliation Likely to Include SNAP
• FDA guidance urges more specific labels for plant-based alternatives
• USDA Increases Funding For New Specialty Crop Program
• Updated Beef Quality Assurance National Manual Now Available
• Farmers Nat’l Co: Limited Supply, Strong Demand Fuels Ag Land Market