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Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.03.26

• Thompson seeks waiver to continue as House Ag GOP leader
• John Deere Introduces JD, The AI Assistant That Helps Farmers Put Their Data To Work
• Midweek Cash Markets | Rally in grain futures offsets widening basis
• State Announces Hansen-Mueller Payouts $778K Bond, $1.2M Claims: ND Tries to Make Farms Whole in Hansen-Mueller Fall
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot Farm Credit Rates
• US Corn and Soybean Yields Unlikely to Climb Heading Into Harvest
• Panama Canal Authority Adopts New Transit Restrictions
• Fertilizer Prices Fall as UAN28, Urea Lead the Way Lower
• Rally pushes pause, despite strong fundamentals
• USDA to Test Satellites, AI to Try to Improve Crop Estimates Amid Farmer Criticism
• Rollins unveils USDA’s Data Modernization Plan at FPS
• Can-Am, Farm Rescue partner to support farm families in crisis
• Coalition Launches Petition Calling on White House, Congress to Label Our Beef
• USDA Turning to Satellites, Tech to Improve Crop Reports
• Custom farming rates jump 7% to 10% across major crops
• 3 farmers, 3 paths to better soil health
• Grain removal data guides fertility decisions

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.02.26

• House Passes Funding Bill as Republicans Pressure Trump on Beef Imports
• Pasture Conditions Decline as Heat, Drought Outpace Any Gains Beef Pasture Conditions Worsen
• The holiday Americans observe on the first Monday in September is a case study in how a holiday can change over time, including what it celebrates.
• What Smart Genetics Help Farmers Stay Profitable While Navigating Uncertain Soybean Markets
• Soybean rally charges forward
• Soybeans Above $13 | Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026
• EPA Exempts 1.76 Billion Biofuel Credits, Drawing Mixed Industry Reactions
• Credit conditions remain tight as farm bankruptcies continue to rise
• Secretary Rollins Unveils Plan to Modernize Agricultural Data Collection and Put Farmers First
• Farmer Sentiment Rises Again In August As Future Expectations Improve
• Renewable Fuels Assn: Refinery Exemptions “Unjustified” But Reallocation Offers Encouragement
• Recent Australian Beef Import Trends
• Will corn’s momentum last? History offers mixed signals after historic August breakout.
• Mexico Resumes Live Cattle Exports to U.S. Under Screwworm Protocol
• Generative AI in Ag Lending
• Opening the Husks: Inside the Pro Farmer Crop Tour
• After Trump Announced Tariff-Free Imports, Tennessee Cattle Producers Brace for Beef Market Unrest
• Custom farming rates jump 7% to 10% across major crops
• Does a Big Pro Farmer Crop Tour Gap Mean a Big WASDE Yield Change?

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.01.26

• USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 57% Good to Excellent; Soybeans 58% Good to Excellent as of Aug. 30
• EPA Waives 1.76B Gallons From 2025 RFS, Pledges Full Reallocation in 2026, 2027
• Crop Insurance in America | Opening the Husks: Inside the Pro Farmer Crop Tour
• Worried about fertilizer prices? Join this free webinar for market strategy tips.
• Wheat prices retreat, with corn testing modest gains
• Corn selling range hits $5 to $5.40 as yields drop
• At what point does corn price itself out of demand?
• USDA Forecasts These 5 States Will Have the Worst Soybean Yields in 2026
• What Happened With Cattle Prices Last Week?
• Can Cattle Recover From Trump’s Beef Plan as New Details Released? Grains Consolidate
• “Stay Out of Our Lane:" Cattle Producers Say Trump’s Beef Import Plan Feels Like Betrayal
• Secretary Rollins Announces Ranchers First Initiatives to Rebuild the Great American Beef Herd
• Why Hybrid Tires are Becoming the Go-To Choice for Mixed-use Tractors
• Is $7 Corn Possible? Here’s the Scenario That Gets Us There
• Machinery: Meet “JD:" John Deere’s New AI Assistant for Operations Center
• Refinery Exemptions ‘Unjustified,’ But Reallocation Approach Offers Encouragement
• NCGA Responds To EPA Decision On Biofuel Credits
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.31.26

• Top 5 Things to Watch: Trade War Ignites While Weather Pattern Warms
• First Thing Today | Grains mostly weaker overnight; EPA news may come today
• Washington Week Ahead: Biofuel rules and trade relations under scrutiny
• View From the Cab | Farmers Talk Tending Fall Crops and Landlords
• Trump Wants Farmers, Ranchers to Process Their Own Beef to Challenge Big Four Packers
• First U.S. Phosphate Fertilizer Plant in 40 Years Planned in Louisiana
• Farm Machinery Demand Remains Weak, as Manufacturers Manage Production
• Trump Vows Legal Order to Break Up ‘Nasty Monopoly’ in Food Processing
• Animal activist funding surpasses $1 billion as groups increase coordination
• Diesel Prices Surge to Near-Record Highs as Harvest Season Approaches
• John Deere Introduces Hands-Free Baling Solution To Improve Productivity
• Meat Institute Issues Statement On President Trump’s "Authorization” For Producers’ Meat Processing
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Opposes Any Effort That Weakens Food Safety
• How Much Should You Pay for a Replacement Heifer?

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.28.26

• Farm Press: Which Crops Lost The Most Money In 2025?
• After the Bell | Cotton powers to near four-year high
• Caution About Technology Down on the Farm
• Trump Administration’s H-2A Farmworker Wage Rule Struck Down by Federal Judge
• Trump formalizes beef import plan despite fierce opposition
• Let go of little things when your kids leave home
• HRW futures just topped $8 per bushel!
• 2026 Area Add-On Insurance Purchases by U.S. Farmers
• Heat, Floods Threaten China Crops as U.S. Farm Purchases Loom
• Rising grain prices provide risk management opportunities for farmers
• Court Ruling on H-2A Farmworker Wages Could Boost Support for Ag Workforce Act
• Biofuel coalition warns against larger small refinery exemptions
• Communities need to demand answers on data centers, experts say
• First-Ever Autonomous Fertilizer Warehouse Developed By Stueve Construction
• A Convenient Drink, A Swift Killer: The Hidden Danger of Recycled Water Tanks
• Drought monitor | 80% of spring wheat acres now in drought

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.27.26

• Farmers Struggling to Get Services From Depleted USDA Workforce
• Major Cattle, Farm Groups Press Trump to Reverse Course on Beef Imports
• 2026 Update to the Top 100 Landowner List
• The Cattle on Feed Report Has Been Telling the Industry for a Long Time Trouble is Brewing
• Deere Expands Ethanol Tractor Trials John Deere’s E98 Ethanol Tractor Heads to Nebraska, Illinois Fields This Fall
• UAN28 Leads Fertilizer Price Declines for Fifth Consecutive Week
• Global supply chain issues pressuring fertilizer prices ahead of 2026 fall application season
• 08.26.2026 | Afternoon Market Recap: Soybean and winter wheat prices also made big leaps forward in midweek trading.
• Why it may not pay to take a long holiday from selling corn
• Beyond the weather: What’s really killing your hay yields?
• Soil sampling is shifting to data-driven models
• Ranchers react to Trump’s plan to import beef Concern arises from president’s social media post outlining plan to import more ground beef without out-of-quota tariffs.
• Cattle groups urge President Trump to reverse beef import plan
• Black Sea, Red Sea disruptions could boost U.S. wheat demand
• Ground Broken On The World’s Largest Low-Carbon Ammonia Plant In Louisiana
• New “Farm School’d” Docuseries Launches With Support From Kubota
• A New Futures Contract for the Sorghum-Corn Spread