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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.02.2024

• 3 Big Things Today, April 2, 2024
• April 1, 2024 Crop Progress Report
• Farm Progress America, April 2, 2024
• Farmers in six states have started planting corn, USDA says
• U.S. House Ag Committee member says there’s still time to get a farm bill passed in ’24
• Grains fade lower in Monday’s session
• Will corn make a run to $5? Ag Marketing IQ: Three points in the March Planting Intentions and Quarterly Stocks Report present opportunities. Will those opportunities be short-lived?
• Winter Wheat Condition Rated 56% Good to Excellent in First National USDA Crop Progress Report of Season
• Patient in Texas Contracts Bird Flu After Close Contact With Dairy Cattle
• FP Next: Just how much farmland does Bill Gates own?
• Parts problems persist
• Health: Think Inside The Box To Solve Problems On The Farm
• US agriculture faces trade deficit amid consumer shifts
• Global Ag Land Shift over Six Decade Period
• EPA Warns Farmworkers About Risks Of Dacthal, Sole Manufacturer Is AMVAC
• USDA Releases Farmland Rental And Conservation Practice Adoption Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.01.2024

• Vilsack on Farm Bill
• Farm bill: Increased payment limits critical
• Post-Easter Markets, HPAI Spread in Dairies, First Crop Progress Report
• USDA: Farmers’ Adoption Of New Technology Is The Dominate Factor In Increasing Agriculture’s Productivity
• U.S. Cotton Mills Rapidly Closing
• Senators tackle migrant farm labor
• New Report By Purdue Researcher Show 12% Of U.S. Households Are Food Insecure, Yet 40% Of Food Is Discarded
• Who Is A "Foreign Person" In The Eyes Of USDA?
• Where Did All the Corn Acres and Principal Crop Acres Go? The Two Biggest Questions from USDA’s Big Prospective Plantings Report
• USDA Report Analysis USDA’s Planting Intentions Report Light on Acres
• Jerry Gulke: How Bullish Were the USDA Reports for the Corn Market?
• EPA Rolls Out World’s Toughest Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
• Corn prices resurrected on low 2024 acreage estimate
• New planting data pushes corn prices 3.5% higher Afternoon market recap: Soybeans face fractional cuts; wheat prices mixed but mostly higher.
• U.S. agri-food industry faces skill gaps, survey finds
• USDA Press Release: Readout of Meeting with Agricultural Stakeholders on the Port of Baltimore and Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
• G & S Communications Releases Results Of Survey On Consumers’ Knowledge Of Food System’s Sustainability
• Ag Robotic Market Forecast To Grow From $63 Billion To $218 Billion By 2030
• Farmers National Co: A Dynamic Ag Outlook
• Precision Farming Dealer Magazine Releases eGuide "Top 10 Dos And Don’ts"
• Texas wheat faring better amidst low prices
• Feedlot Numbers At Historic Levels

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.29.2024

• March 28: Weekly Export Sales Report
• March 28: Grain Stocks Report
• March 28: Prospective Planting Report
• U.S. Farmers To Plant 90 Million Acres Of Corn, Down 5%, 86.5 Million Acres Of Soybeans
• Export Report: Wheat exceeds analyst estimates
• Texas wheat faring better amidst low prices
• USDA Estimates Farmers Will Plant 90M Corn Acres, 86.5M Soybean Acres This Year
• Understanding Different Wars Waging Within the Feeder Cattle Market
• Breakthrough Research: Scientists Develop Cow Who Produces Human Insulin In Her Milk
• Corn prices resurrected on low 2024 acreage estimate
• Early wheat green-up may require adjustments
• Hackers a threat to commercial trucking systems | Study findings apply to U.S. shipping industry’s more than 14 million vehicles.
• Let wetland do its job: Filter water
• Ethanol stocks hit 53-week high

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.28.2024

• 5 Things to Know About a Developing La Nina
• USDA Release Chart Showing Fertilizer’s Share Of Corn Production Costs
• AgCareers.Com Release Results Of Workforce Needs And Gaps Survey
• Is the bull market story in cattle over?
• Maryland Bridge Collapse Could Affect Ag
• Sick Dairy Cows Recovering From HPAI
• Afternoon market recap: Wheat prices make modest inroads ahead of USDA’s prospective plantings report.
• Biden’s biofuel push risks dethroning corn as king
• Family feuds and other legal quandaries
• Navigating the persistent pest problems for peanut growers
• U.S. losing ground in Chinese soybean and beef markets
• When to replace ag tires?
• CRISPR revolutionizing agriculture
• Agriculture urges EPA for emergency E15 waiver
• Meat Coalition Says New EPA Regs Would Should Down 74 Processing Facilities
• American Agri-Women Announces Its Washington DC Fly-In
• Ag Economists Release Report Showing Crop Yield Growth By Global Regions

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.27.2024

• 3 Big Things Today, March 27, 2024
• Maryland Bridge Collapse Could Affect Ag
• USDA authorizes CRP graze and hay donations to wildlife-impacted livestock producers in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas
• It’s Time for USDA’s Prospective Plantings Survey, March Grain Stocks Report
• Baltimore Bridge Impact on Ag Machinery
• Transition farm ownership and leadership
• Grains drift lower ahead of planting data
• Ag Economists Release Report Showing Crop Yield Growth By Global Regions
• EPA Accepts Atrazine Science Panel Recommendations
• Agricultural Census Shows Strong Growth In Direct Sales From Farms And Ranches
• EPA’s new emission standards trouble corn farmers
• “Product of USA” label rule raises trade concerns
• How crop input prices impact land values
• EPA Accepts Atrazine Science Panel Recommendations
• Precision Farming Tools Most Used By Minimum Till Farmers
• FAA Clears Use Of “Drone Swarms” For Agricultural Use

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.26.2024

• 3 Big Things Today, March 26, 2024
• Illness Impacting Texas Cattle Confirmed as Bird Flu
• Vilsack reassures producers following detections of avian flu in livestock
• Farmers See No Relief in Sight as Ag Labor Pressures Continue to Worsen
• Could KC New-Crop Wheat Be Close to Another Move Higher?
• March 1 Cattle on Feed Up 1% From Year Ago; February Placements Up 10%
• Livestock economist says supplies of cattle will continue to tighten
• Ag Disappointed in Tailpipe Emissions Rule
• There’s a Possibility USDA’s Prospective Plantings Report Next Week Produces a Surprise in Corn
• EPA’s new emission standards trouble corn farmers
• “Product of USA" label rule raises trade concerns
• How crop input prices impact land values
• EPA Accepts Atrazine Science Panel Recommendations
• Agricultural Census Shows Strong Growth In Direct Sales From Farms And Ranches
• Precision Farming Tools Most Used By Minimum Till Farmers
• FAA Clears Use Of "Drone Swarms" For Agricultural Use