Ag News

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.06.2025

• Farmer Sentiment Weakens, But Farmers Say U.S. Headed In Right Direction
• Secretary Rollins on USDA’s reorganization plans
• Trump administration continues to address trade deficit
• NASS Data Points to Better Pastures Top Beef States See Improved Pasture Conditions While Southwest Drought Persists
• Grains Close in the Red | Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025
• August 2025 Recent Farmland Sales
• Wheat glut fuels cuts
• USDA exports – Unknown buys corn, August 5, 2025
• Harvest marketing goals: Lock in returns, minimize regret
• Sell or store? Marketing strategies for a big crop year
• Vaden: Farmers Will Feel ‘Heard’ in Second MAHA Report
• USDA Reorg Plan ‘About 95%’ Finalized as Feedback Period Begins
• Iowa Family Fights County Over Loss of Farmland, Rejects Reclassification
• On Faith and Fellowship Tuesday at the Great American Farmers Market, Secretary Rollins Reaffirms USDA’s Commitment to Upholding Religious Liberties
• Farmer-Designed Pickup Truck On Display At AgroExpo In Michigan
• Renewable Fuels Assn: Two Decades Of Success With The RFS

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.05.2025

• Crop Progress Report | 08.04.2025 | PDF
• 3 Big Things Today, August 5, 2025
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 73% Good to Excellent, Soybeans 69% Good to Excellent as of Aug. 3
• Risk management climate on farm keeps evolving
• Massive crop makes momentum scarce Afternoon market analysis: Corn prices shifted back into the red on Monday’s session.
• Preparation, Prevention Tips on How to Respond as NWS Threatens American Livestock
• Oil Futures Drop Amid OPEC+ Output Rise Set for September
• Did Packers Finally Get Enough Supply Bought?
• Equipment Roundup Polaris Rolls Out New Line; Deere, Case IH Offer Repair Tools; AGCO, CNH See Sales Decline
• Hidden debts, Broken trust: When family farms face financial secrets
• Will WASDE reshape the corn outlook?
• Massive crop makes momentum scarce
• Echoes of 2018 and $8 beans: Lack of U.S.-China trade deal getting worrisome
• Waging war against crop disease is lifelong challenge
• USDA Reorg Plan ‘About 95%’ Finalized as Feedback Period Begins
• Vaden: Farmers will feel ‘heard’ in second MAHA report
• Trump still weighing tariff ‘rebate’
• During the Great American Farmers Market, Secretary Rollins Removes Unhealthy Food from SNAP
• USDA Releases Vegetable And Pulses Outlook Report
• NASA Launches Satellite To Capture Soil Moisture And Field Data
• Farm And Ranch Media Announce Launch Of Their New Mobile App

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.04.2025

• Top 5 Things to Watch Temperatures Drop, Tariffs Take Off
• ‘Every Day My List Gets Bigger’: How Pat Swanson Plans to Improve Crop Insurance at the USDA
• What does USDA’s reorganization plan mean for farmers?
• Iowa soybean farmer: Delayed China deal could mean $8 soybeans
• Swing for the fences, or just get on base?
• Tractor makers warn Trump’s tariffs will hike machinery prices for farmers worldwide
• Autonomous tractor: Bringing a new definition to “hands-free”
• New tank-mix rootworm product expected for 2026
• It’s a seller’s market in beef cattle business
• Trump Sets Remaining Tariff Rates, Effective Aug. 7
• Mexico Tariffs Delayed; Higher Duties Set on Brazil, Canada
• USDA Opens Public Comment Period on Department Reorganization Plan
• How Wind and Solar Power Helps Keep America’s Farms Alive
• Could EPA Decision Signal The Beginning Of The End For DEF?
• Lindberg wins confirmation as USDA’s top trade official
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Raise Alarm Over High Input Costs
• How A 721 Exchange Preserved One Family’s Farm Legacy

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.01.2025

• Trump announces historic new US tariffs across the globe
• Cattle Prices Plunge | Thursday, July 31, 2025
• Farm Groups Push to Shape MAHA Agenda, Warn of Risks to Crop Protection Tools
• Oklahoma County Commissioner Charged With Cattle Larceny, Fraudulent Branding
• Oil Futures Fall Due to Tariff Deadline, OPEC+ Output Hike
• Time to lock in returns and minimize regret
• The phone call I always dreaded Two Hearts, One Harvest: Minutes mattered when Mike Reskovac had his farm accident this spring.
• Goodbye July (and good riddance?)
• Missouri farmer battles reality: No room on the farm Agri-Ready Profile: Drew Cox uses career to stay involved in agriculture to keep the door open for the next generation.
• 5 Grain Market Fundamentals Every Farmer Should Watch in August 2025
• Trade Pacts Trickle in, but Details Scant on Benefits for U.S. Ag Exports
• Farmers Would Feel Impact if MAHA Commission Targets Herbicides, Survey Shows
• USDA Relocation Plan Will Save About $4 Billion, Officials Say
• Ag Retailers Assn Leads Coalition Letter To House T&I Leadership Urging Seasonal CDL Reform
• Corn Growers Release Survey Reporting The Impact Of Pesticides, Want MAHA To Study It
• Explosion At Biofuels Plant In Nebraska Kills Three
• Survey Reports 55% Of Consumers Trust Food, 70% In 2023

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.31.2025

• Senate Ag Questions Vaden on USDA Reorg Deputy | Ag Secretary Defends USDA Reorganization Proposal to Senate Ag Committee
• Soybeans Close Below $10 | Wednesday, July 30, 2025
• Lia Biondo, Former USCA Executive Vice President, Dies in Horse-Riding Accident
• Retail Fertilizer Trends Average Retail Prices Climb for 4 Fertilizers, Drop for 3
• World Barley Ending Stocks Are Expected to Fall to 42-Year Lows With the Second Lowest in 65 Years for Canada
• Farmers Talk High Temps, Tardy Tassels, Dicamba Label and More
• Afternoon market analysis: Will being a global trade bully help U.S. ag exports?
• Record harvests, rock-bottom prices: Strategies for 2025’s storage crisis
• Small farms, food businesses to lose vital USDA support
• Global Production Is Expected to Rise — Is Your Marketing Plan Ready?
• EU: Some U.S. Ag Exports to Get Tariff-Rate Quotas in Trade Pact
• ASA Testifies on Critical Role of U.S. Grain Standards in Global Soy Trade
• Proposed Railroad Merger Could Decrease Service for Ag Shippers
• USDA’s Vaden touts lower housing costs of hub locations
• USDA Releases July Cotton and Peanuts Crop Progress Report
• USDA: Farmers Increase Cover Crop Usage Over Past Decade For Some Major Cash Crops



Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.30.2025

• Will the Nation’s First Possible Coast-to-Coast Railroad Benefit Agriculture?
• UP, NS Railroads Announce Merger Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Sign Agreement to Merge
• ICE Canola Higher: Corn, Soybean and Wheat Markets Lower
• Hotter than July: Everywhere except the grain markets
• China’s Soymeal Glut Raises Demand Doubts Ahead of U.S. Soybean Export Season
• Senate Ag Committee advances two more USDA nominees
• States File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Efforts to Collect SNAP Recipients’ Data
• USDA to Gather Conservation Data to Assess Trends and Improve Programs and Services
• How Wind and Solar Power Supports America’s Farms
• USDA Relocation Plan Raises Service, Staff Disruption Concerns
• Fusing The Best of Regenerative Ag and Smart Farming: Senator Marshall’s Take on MAHA
• What’s Really Causing the Tight Tassel Wrap Pollination Problems This Year?
• EU: Some U.S. ag exports to get tariff-rate quotas in trade pact
• Total Use of Peanuts Higher This Year
• USDA Relocation Plan Raises Service, Staff Disruption Concerns