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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.26.2024

• 3 Big Things Today, July 26, 2024
• USDA Releases Season Average Price Forecasts Report
• Ag-FDA funding bill pulled from House floor vote
• EPA Opens 60-Day Comment Period on Agency Plan to Protect Endangered Insects From Pesticides
• Ag Groups Warn Dept. of Commerce on Herbicide Tariffs
• Spring Wheat Tour Final Results | Spring Wheat Tour Final Average Yield Estimate a Record at 53.8 BPA
• USDA Reports Midyear Inflation Below Historical Average For Most Food Categories
• AGCO Selling Its Grain and Protein Unit to AIP for $700M
• Deere Beyond the Layoffs John Deere Responds to Economy, Prepares for Future With Layoffs
• Cyber gangs test your internet fences
• Taste test: Impossible Beef vs. real beef and turkey
• Grain bin clearing and leadership opportunities
• Congress asked to reauthorize CFTC
• Red meat production dips during June
• Growth Energy To USDA: Give Farmers Flexibility On Climate Smart Ag
• Investment In AgTech Startups Is Returning

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.25.2024

• “Heading Into A Perfect Storm”: Panel Warns Congress Of Farm Economy Cliff
• House Ag Committee Chair’s Opening Statement At Hearing On Financial Conditions In Farm Country
• Ag Banker’s Testimony Before House Ag Committee On Financial Conditions In Farm Country
• Deere Lays Off Undisclosed Number of Salaried Employees on Wednesday
• Retail Fertilizer Price Declines Slow in Third Week of July
• Proposed Syngenta Dicamba Label Maintains Early Over-the-Top Use in Soybeans
• EIA: Domestic Ethanol Output Down; Blending Demand, Stocks Up
• Ag tools, not just data, at risk for attack | Cybercriminals can use your equipment to disrupt and destroy.
• Corn closes up slightly | Wednesday, July 24, 2024
• 4 Factors affecting soybean futures in August
• Congress in observation, not action mode
• Harris ag record covers farm labor, climate action, animal welfare
• Row Crops Add More Weather Premium: How Much of a Rally Could it Produce?
• Bill Introduced to Extend Biodiesel Tax Credit and Prevent ‘Double-Dipping’
• Ag Groups Warn Dept. of Commerce on Herbicide Tariffs
• Investment In AgTech Startups Is Increasing
• USDA Reports Brazil Is Top Global Competitor For Cotton Exports
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Cotton And Wool Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.24.2024

• What a Kamala Harris Presidency Could Mean for Ag
• House Ag Committee Chair’s Opening Statement At Hearing On Financial Conditions In Farm Country
• “Heading Into A Perfect Storm”: Panel Warns Congress Of Farm Economy Cliff
• Ag Banker’s Testimony Before House Ag Committee On Financial Conditions In Farm Country
• Corn prices manage small gains on Tuesday
• Soybeans close up 6¢ | Tuesday, July 23, 2024
• Top Weather Analog Year Suggests Hope, Concern for US Corn Crop
• Corn Marketing Decisions Stressed by Curious Fundamental Data, Over-Confident Traders
• House Ag Chairman Thompson: Willing to Conference With Senate on Farm Bill
• Farmers: You can fund your retirement
• Today’s high-tech farms are targets of cybercriminals who are eager to steal cash or crash field operations.
• Feedlot inventories slowly reflecting cattle numbers
• Syngenta seeks EPA approval for dicamba product
• Congress in observation, not action mode
• Uneven corn brings uncertainty to in-season fertility
• OSHA Proposes First-Ever Rule to Address Employee Heat Exposure
• Row Crops Add More Weather Premium: How Much of a Rally Could it Produce?
• Stabenow Again Plays the Regional-Biased Farm Bill Card
• Ag Groups Warn Dept. of Commerce on Herbicide Tariffs
• Biden-Harris Administration Advances Early Wildfire Detection by Expanding Use of Satellites as Part of Investing in America agenda
• USDA Releases Wheat Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.23.2024

• Crop Progress Report 07.22.2024 (PDF)
• New Rabobank Report: How Farmers Adjust Input Spending When Commodity Prices Fall
• Soybeans end the day up 32¢ | Monday, July 22, 2024 Corn and wheat also close out the day with gains.
• Monday markets: Grains green up
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn 67% Good to Excellent, Soybeans 68% Good to Excellent as of July 21
• The Fight Over the Farm Bill’s Biggest Program
• USDA July 1 Cattle on Feed Report
• Vilsack, Stabenow React to Biden’s Decision to Drop Out of Presidential Race
• What Biden decision means for ag
• Business Basics: Data shows the cattle cycle mirroring 10 years ago when beef producers experienced market whiplash.
• Analyst: It’s all about weather
• Agricultural guest worker debate lurks amid GOP plans for mass deportations
• Trump vows to ‘end the electric vehicle mandate’ in GOP acceptance speech
• Analyst: It’s all about weather
• 5 Reasons Fertilizer Prices Are High Right Now
• Grains and Livestock Markets Rally Monday: Can They Build on It?
• USDA Reports Solar Projects Are Located Mostly On Agricultural Land
• USDA Releases Feed Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.22.2024

• Top 5 Things to Watch What Condition Our Condition is In
• EPA Rolls Out $4.3 B in Climate Grants
• View From the Cab Farmers Discuss Mending Fences, Roads, Machinery and Life
• Soybeans join race to bottom
• Not your father’s equipment marketplace
• Spring 2024 conditions may haunt farmers
• Why retire?
• Know your numbers? Profitable farmers do
• Wheat closes strong before weekend | July 19, 2024
• Optimal tire deflection to increase yield
• What happens when a will doesn’t match a promise?
• 5 Tips to increase 4WD tractor tire traction
• China faces soybean glut as peak U.S. export season nears
• Cotton export sales notch marketing year low
• Ag Groups Warn Dept. of Commerce on Herbicide Tariffs
• Iowa State Releases Carbon Intensity Score Calculator

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.19.2024

• Cotton export sales notch marketing year low
• Cotton Finally Bounces After an Ugly Correction
• Domestic SAF Production Capacity Could Increase by 1400% in 2024
• Ag Groups Want IRS to Mandate Domestic Feedstock Use to Qualify for SAF Credit
• Thursday Afternoon market recap: Corn prices faced moderate cuts on Thursday, with soybeans making modest inroads.
• Will cattle prices hold past Friday?
• Too soon to know full impacts of weather extremes
• Warmer end to growing season expected
• How I learned customer service at the Farm Progress Show
• Secrets of soil to be unveiled at museum
• Why should kids show livestock?
• Can solar panels and farms coexist?
• Export Report: Wheat continues pleasantly strong pace
• Farm Programs, USDA Would Shrink Under Project 2025 Goals for Ag
• Grass-Finished Cattle Have Quality
• Timing Important for Proper Hay Baling
• $4,500 Per Acre Plus a Signing Bonus? What Solar Companies Are Now Offering Farmers To Lease Their Ground
• Industry Expert Lists Five Reasons Fertilizer Prices Remain High
• Climate-Smart Initiative announces incentives for landowners