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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 05.01.2025

• USDA launches lawfare complaint portal for farmers and ranchers
• Corn Ends the Day Higher | Wednesday, April 30, 2025
• How Selling Call Options Could Boost the Farm’s Bottom Line
• USDA Providing Specialty Crop Producers $1.3B in Marketing Assistance
• Federal Court in Texas Vacates Biden-Era Lesser Prairie Chicken Rule
• Demand clues prop up corn prices Afternoon market analysis: Wheat prices also firm, while soybeans slumped lower.
• Landwatch | Recent Farmland Sales in Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota
• Global Shares Rise Amid Subdued May Day Holiday Trading, As US Futures Gain
• Cattle Prices Expected to Remain Strong | The State of the Cattle Industry
• Fundamental Power Continues to Drive Cattle Complex Prices to New Highs
• Make better decisions with corn fungicide ROI calculator
• Farm Press celebrates the women who farm
• Scarcity of farms for sale keeps market prices stable
• 2024 Corn and Soybean Yields
• Thompson Says House Ag Budget Cuts Probably Less Than $230 Billion

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.30.2025

• Ag Sec’y Rollins List USDA’s Accomplishment In First 100 Days
• Questioning USDA Funding, Job Cuts Biden Ag Undersecretary Concerned About USDA Being ‘Weakened’ by Staffing Cuts
• USDA To Issue $1.3 Billion To Specialty Crop Producers Via Marketing Assistance Program Payment
• Thompson eyes adding farm bill provisions to reconciliation, says spending cut could be ‘modified’
• Trump ag trade pick: U.S. agriculture needs deals, deals, deals
• Corn Closes Down 13¢ | Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Soybeans end the day down nearly 10¢.
• EPA Releases Insecticide Strategy EPA Plan Outlines Mitigation Requirements for Future Insecticide Use
• DTN Daily Basis Comments All Basis Moved to July
• ITC: Corteva Harmed by 2,4-D Imports US Trade Body Determines 2,4-D Imports From China, India Harmful to Corteva
• Looking at US Ag Trade Options Smaller Deals for Farmers, China and India Remain the ‘Best Bang for the Buck’ in Ag Trade
• Markets at crossroads: Brace for summer of extremes
• Smart equipment decisions: Ask 4 questions before buying, selling equipment
• Markets at crossroads: Brace for summer of extremes
• Bill Banning Foreign Farmland Ownership Passes North Carolina Senate Hurdle
• Trump Admin Issues Waiver for Summertime E15 Sales
• House Ag Chair Plans to Boost Farmer Safety Net in Budget Reconciliation Bill
• Trump administration cuts threaten federal farm safety efforts
• Secretary Rollins and Secretary Kennedy Visit Texas to Meet with Farmers Who Are Making America Healthy Again and Utilizing Stewardship Practices, Secretary Rollins Provides Update on New World Screwworm
• Bill Introduced In House To Fund FFA And 4-H Members For Careers In Agriculture

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.29.2025

• Crop Progress Report 04.28.2025 PDF
• U.S. agriculture faces split fortunes as economic challenges persist in 2025
• Ag Sec’y Rollins: USDA Will Assess Market Losses For Reimbursement During Harvest
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Demands Mexico Cooperate To Protect Products From Invasive Pests; Threatens Port Closures
• Trump EPA Grants Emergency Fuel Waiver to Allow E15 Pump Sales to Continue
• DTN USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report Crop Progress: Corn 24% Planted, Soybeans 18% Planted, Winter Wheat Rated 49% Good-to-Excellent as of April 27
• With ‘Goldilocks’ gold, can ag commodities join the club?
• China Says It Won’t Be Affected by Loss of U.S. Grains and Oilseeds
• Rollins commends USDA’s HPAI prevention plan
• Texas Farm Bureau Pleased With New Agreement Ensuring Mexico Water Deliveries
• USDA Enhances Identity Verification for SNAP
• Pesticide Label Changes
• Bird Flu Lessons One Year Later With NMPF
• Short-staffed weather service offices getting relief, lawmaker says
• USDA Releases Vegetable And Pulses Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.28.2025

• Ag Sec’y Rollins: USDA Will Assess Market Losses For Reimbursement During Harvest
• U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Demands Mexico Cooperate to Protect U.S. Agricultural Products from Invasive Pests; Threatens Port Closures
• Washington Week Ahead: House takes first reconciliation step; Trade nominee gets hearing
• Trump Says U.S. Could Re-Impose Some Reciprocal Tariffs
• 77% Off-Farm: The Hidden Backbone of Farm Income
• Can Farmers Catch Lightning In A Bottle?
• Estate Tax Exemption
• Rollins Warns Mexico Over Screwworm | Ag Secretary Presses Mexico to Allow More Flights to Attack New World Screwworm
• Clear WOTUS Needed After Sackett Case
• Mom and Dad: Finish your job | This Business of Farming: Our jobs as parents are to guide our children from their cradles to our graves.
• How to retain good farm employees in a seller’s market | Business Basics: Here are four management tactics that foster employee loyalty in a tough job landscape.
• Unions and Overtime in Ag Pt 1
• Unions and Overtime in Ag Pt 2
• Why Farmers are Flocking to Auctions for Low-Hour Equipment Deals
• Rollins to Mexico: Fight screwworm harder or face new trade restrictions
• Short-staffed weather service offices getting relief, lawmaker says
• USDA Ensures Illegal Aliens Do Not Receive Federal Benefits

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.25.2025

• USDA Downsizing Plan to be Ready by Mid-May, Rollins Says
• American Agriculture History Minute: Crop Insurance, Conservation Techniques Revive Great Plains Agriculture
• Wheat’s Best Hope for a Rally May Rest With Corn
• Corn Closes Up Nearly 5¢ | Thursday, April 24, 2025
• Ninth Circuit Ends CAFO Regs Lawsuit Ninth Circuit Decision Ends Lawsuit Seeking Stricter CAFO Regulations
• Clear WOTUS Needed After Sackett Case | Ag Seeks Clear WOTUS Definition After Supreme Court’s Sackett Decision
• Japan demand helps soybeans grab double-digit gains
• Frustrations with organic seed certification
• Best practices: What is the best way to spray?
• Iowa Farmer Sues Company, Alleging Three Wind-Turbine Fires Damaged His Crops
• “Summer high” for December corn coming soon
• House Ag Republicans Eyeing Early May For Spending Cuts
• First state law limiting pesticide labeling lawsuits enacted in North Dakota
• USDA Ensures Illegal Aliens Do Not Receive Federal Benefits
• Nat’l Ag Law Center Provides Overview Of States’ Actions On Alternative Meat
• Chinese Tariffs Hitting Nearly One In Four Canadian Agri-businesses
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Calls On Farmers To Contact Congress Over Tax Policy Priorities
• New Book Shares Legacy Of Ag Secretary John Block
• Stratus Ag Research Release Study “How Ag Retailers Gain Influence On Crop Protection Decisions”
• What Dyes Are Trying To Be Eliminated And On What Foods Are They Used?

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.24.2025

• House Ag Republicans Eyeing Early May For Spending Cuts
• Rollins: USDA downsizing plan due in May, could include some consolidation
• Trump’s trade war hasn’t hit farmers yet; real pain could take months
• U.S. Ag Secretary Hears Concerns About Federal Staff Cuts During North Dakota Visit
• USDA Reports Cotton And Wool Outlook Report
• Sorghum: Cost-cutting strategies amid low commodity prices
• Production Blog Check Germination Percentage and Adjust Seeding Rate Before Planting Soybeans
• US Ag Secretary Hears Concerns About Federal Staff Cuts
• DTN Ag Policy Blog Taking Another Look at USTR’s Plan for Fees on Chinese Ships
• EIA: US Ethanol Output Rose 7.6% Year-Over-Year
• New soil management program helps farmers make better decisions
• Workshop to prep livestock producers for disease outbreaks
• You can’t take a year off on waterhemp control
• Corn Closes Down 4¢ | Wednesday, April 23, 2025
• Leveraging Farmland Growth Strategy … How to Use Farmland to Finance Your Growth
• Organic sales record fastest growth since 2020
• Stratus Ag Research Release Study "How Ag Retailers Gain Influence On Crop Protection Decisions"
• The Other Paycheck: How Off-Farm Income Keeps Farmers Farming
• USDA: Total Cropland Used For Crops Stood At 328 Million Acres In 2024
• USDA Releases Wheat Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Feed Outlook Report