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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.21.2024

• 3 Big Things Today, February 21, 2024
• Court Rules Dicamba ‘Was Unlawfully Approved’ By EPA and Halts Use Court Rules Dicamba ‘Was Unlawfully Approved’ By EPA and Halts Use
• New Herbicide Registered for Use in Soybean, Cotton and Canola New Herbicide Registered for Use in Soybean, Cotton and Canola
• Wheat jumps higher on round of short-covering
• Texas Farms Detail PFAS Contamination in Lawsuit Over Biosolids Fertilizer
• E15 in Limbo Just Months Before Summer
• Dicamba uncertainty worries growers
• Vilsack: year-round E15 expected in 2025
• Biden administration announces $500 million to combat wildfires
• Low commodity prices contribute to negative Mainstreet economy
• Embracing market volatility – A strategy for profit
• USDA Income Projection Indicators
• Life Cycle Assessment Shows U.S. Soy’s Carbon Footprint Has Considerably Decreased

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.20.2024

• Red Lines and Paths Forward: Inside the Fight for the Next Farm Bill
• Gov’t Accountability Office Releases Report Showing Adoption Of Precision Farming Practices
• Urgent action needed – Congress faces chaos over Prop 12
• Iowa’s Senate Passes Legislation Impacting Foreign Ownership Of Farmland
• Dicamba uncertainty worries growers
• Short Market Week, Clipper Weather Systems
• Vilsack Draws Criticism Over Production Ag and Climate Policies
• DTN Weekly DDG Price Lower Again on Average
• Give FFA Day invites donors to give back
• Passing the baton in agriculture organizations | Agriculture leaders should implement these track and field principles during times of transition.
• USDA price outlook projects continued slide
• Cattle inventory lowest since 1951
• Biden Admin to Back Tougher Ethanol Climate Model
• Biden Administration Backing Formula Showing Corn-Based Fuel Is Less Effective At Reducing GHGs
• USDA to Survey Producers Planting Intentions for 2024
• Ethanol Industry Generated $54 Billion In GDP, Supported 400,000 Jobs In 2023
• USDA Forecasts Fewer Planted Acres In 2024
• Gov’t Accountability Office Issues A Warning About The Nation’s Fiscal Health

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.19.2024

• Crop Insurance Costs Projected to Jump 29%
• Farm Loan Interest Rate Trends By Major Ag Lenders
• USDA’s Risk Management Administrator Reports Livestock Producers Are Utilizing Insurance
• 7 ag stories you may have missed week ending Feb. 16, 2024
• Successful Farming staff remember their FFA days
• Another Week of New Lows in Corn, Soybean and Wheat Prices?
• Court Grants Three-Month Extension to Complete EPA Herbicide Strategy
• USDA 2024 Commodity Outlook
• AgRevolution Aims to Disrupt Ag Dealer Model With Direct Delivery of Tech, Repair, Sales
• Senate Ag Chair Stabenow Pitches Crop Insurance Option Over Reference Price Hike
• 10 agtech startups selected for 2024 AgLaunch365 Accelerator
• USDA price outlook projects continued slide
• 2024 Commodity Classic: Hear Directly from the Country’s Key Leaders
• USDA Projects Decreased 2024 Planted Acreage
• Agri-Marketers Report On Their New Product Launches
• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Tells Congress Prop 12 Will Throw The Market Into Chaos Unless It Acts

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.16.2024

• Crop Insurance Costs Projected to Jump 29%
• EPA Allows Farmers To Use Existing Dicamba Stocks
• USDA’s Risk Management Administrator Reports Livestock Producers Are Utilizing Insurance
• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Tells Congress Prop 12 Will Throw The Market Into Chaos Unless It Acts
• USDA Outlook: Growing Supplies, Lower Prices in First Look at 2024-25 Crops
• Vilsack asks pointed questions in face of farm decline
• Tight Supplies Expected to Boost Cattle and Hog Prices in 2024
• Farm Program Aimed at Military Veterans
• USDA Ag Outlook Projections for Corn
• Grain marketing decision time: Price or roll?
• Grain prices wobble following fresh USDA estimates
• USDA 2024 Commodity Outlook
• USDA sets stage for ’24 crop expectations
• What does EPA’s existing stocks order mean for farmers who use dicamba?
• U.S. lawmakers ask EPA to drop rule requiring farms to report manure emissions
• House Ag Committee member says trade with China “not an either/or proposition”
• USDA: Food Prices Increased 5.8% In 2023
• Highlights From USDA’s 2022 Ag Census Report
• Ag Committee Chair’s Opening Statement During Sec’y Vilsack Hearing

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.15.2024

• 3 Big Things Today, February 15, 2024
• EPA Existing Stocks Order for OTT Dicamba Falls Short of Industry Request
• Afternoon market recap: Corn and wheat also land firmly in the red on Wednesday.
• Retail Fertilizer Prices See Only Slight Moves in Second Week of February
• Cattle Market’s Promising 10,000-Foot View
• Vilsack Sees ‘Chaos in the Marketplace’ as Repercussion Over California’s Prop 12
• 2022 Census of Ag reports continued size and aging trends
• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Comments On Falling Ag Economy
• Vilsack and lawmakers spar over farm economy
• Ag Committee Chair’s Opening Statement During Sec’y Vilsack Hearing
• What does EPA’s existing stocks order mean for farmers who use dicamba?
• Texas farmers should consider an early 2024 planting season, says climatologist
• Thompson outlines importance of next farm bill
• U.S. January Tractor Sales Down 21%, Combine Sales Down 5%
• USDA Reports Technology–Not Increased Inputs–Is Driving Ag Productivity Growth

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.14.2024

• NEW! 2022 AG CENSUS Release Date 02.13.2024 (PDF)
• USDA Releases Farm Income And Wealth Statistics Report
• USDA Releases Farm Household Income And Characteristics Report
• USDA Reports Technology–Not Increased Inputs–Is Driving Ag Productivity Growth
• USDA Issued A Record $2.8 Billion In Conservation Grants To 45,000 Landowners
• Ag Secretary Calls Decline in Farms and Acreage a ‘Wake-Up Call’
• Who Owns the Water Beneath Nebraska’s Farmland?
• Climate Change Kicks Amazon El Nino Dryness into Overdrive
• Farm Robots May Be More Common as Autonomy Hurdles Remain
• Weed-killing Robot Dog Could Become a Farmer’s Best Friend
• Tax Implications of Hedging Versus Speculation
• Ag Trade Caucus looks to spark trade momentum
• Expanding the Micro Farm Program in the next farm bill
• Census of Ag shows significant decline in U.S. farms and ranches
• Restaurant Sales Forecast To Be $1.1 Trillion In 2024
• Biofuel industry eyes huge new markets amid policy challenges