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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.03.2025

• Treasury Secretary Says Substantial Support Coming for Farmers Next Week
• Government Shutdown Delays Critical EPA Decisions for Agriculture, Biofuels
• An Urban’s Rural View Blog | The Free Speech Generation Gap
• October 2025 Recent Farmland Sale
• You don’t have to sing the shutdown blues Afternoon market analysis: Farmers have some reasons to be cautiously optimistic right now.
• Talk to your banker
• How can farmers navigate the government shutdown?
• Trump’s signal on China trade talks lifts soybean prices
• How virtual fencing offers young farmers hope for future
• Experiencing the hardest fall of them all
• U.S. Ag Productivity Growth has Slowed Dramatically, Report Finds
• Field Didn’t Yield Like Expected? Start With These Checks
• DOL H-2A farmworker wage rule projected to save employers $2.4 Billion
• Winter: The Secret to Slowing the Spread of Screwworm
• Bessent teases farm assistance announcement next week
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Encourages Congress To Act After California Authorizes E15

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.02.2025

• Federal Shutdown Will Delay Expected Payments to Farmers
• What We Know About a Shutdown at USDA, End of Some Farm Bill Programs
• Nearly Half of USDA Employees to be Furloughed as Gov’t Shuts Down
• Short-term funding bill fails to keep government open, USDA now half staffed
• DHS, DOL streamlines H-2A filing process and allows limits to some wages
• U.S. Corn Ending Stocks Down 13% From Last Year, Soybean Ending Stocks Down 8%
• Once Again DAP Leads Fertilizer Prices Higher
• Corteva Confirms Split to Separate Seed, Crop Protection Business Units
• Tech transforms irrigation data into farming insights
• How to add agritourism, specialty crops to your farm
• Trump Says He and Xi to Meet in Four Weeks, Discuss Soy
• Middle East opportunities for U.S. commodities
• Grassley warns farm program payments, trade talks at risk in shutdown
• China’s silence on soy imports worries Nebraska farmer

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.01.2025

• Government shutdown hits farmers: What you need to know
• Nearly half USDA workforce to be furloughed in shutdown
• USDA Migrates Data Archive to New Website, Dropping Cornell’s Mann Library
• First New World screwworm drug receives FDA conditional approval
• USDA ‘Prepared’ for Looming Government Shutdown, Layoffs Possible
• USDA Raises Corn Stocks to 1.53 BB, Lowers Soybean Stocks to 316 MB
• Drought Deepens Across the US, Affects Pasture and Range Quality
• Can commodity farmers disrupt the market?
• USDA names Arizona as test site for New World screwworm
• Higher-than-expected stocks chop corn prices
• Decommoditization Helps Farmers Earn More From Value-Added Crops
• History & Tough Reality: When Payments Do More Harm Than Good, Consider Other Options
• What Marketing Lessons Can Farmers Learn From the Past Two Years?
• A Farmer’s Guide to Cash Rent Calculations and Negotiations
• First-Generation Farmers Set for Day of Reckoning as Agriculture Crisis Deepens?
• USDA Deregulates Corn Developed Using Genetic Engineering To Resist Certain Pests
• Justice Department And USDA Coordinate To Protect Competition In Agricultural Inputs

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.30.2025

• Rollins: USDA is prepared for shutdown
• DOJ, USDA to Examine Rising Farm Input Costs
• Justice Department And USDA Coordinate To Protect Competition In Agricultural Inputs
• USDA: Rural Obesity Rates Exceeded Urban Obesity Rates
• Ag Economy | Breaking Down the 4 Biggest Challenges Facing the Ag Economy
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn 18% Harvested, Soybeans 19% Harvested as of Sept. 28
• Corn Export Inspections Continue to Run Ahead of Previous Year
• View From the Cab | Farmers Talk Harvest, Landlords, Service Trucks and Stuff
• Old tractors find new purpose in auger duty
• Crop Progress Report 09.29.2025 (PDF)
• Blistering demand signals fail to bump corn prices
• How to build good soil structure on your farm
• Weekly Grain Movement: Corn commands huge year-over-year lead
• Agriculture Secretary Announces Major Crops Purchase, Antitrust Efforts at Kansas City Conference
• Rollins Rules Out Payment Program for Building Cattle Herds
• Rollins previews USDA’s beef industry revitailization plan
• Seed companies: Who owns what in the Northeast and Midwest?
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.29.2025

• USDA Issues Second Economic Assistance Payment To Agricultural Producers
• Top 5 Things to Watch Anxiously Awaiting Shutdowns, Rebates
• Washington Week Ahead: Shutdown looms amid White House, Democrats deadlock
• Trump Administration Pledges to Scrutinize Farm Input Costs, USDA Chief Says
• USDA Reports Preview USDA to Fine-Tune Old-Crop Grain Supplies Carried Into New Season
• Survey High: 91% of Ag Economists Say Crop Sector in Recession, Losses Likely Through 2026
• Use AI to measure real-time crop health
• Are you working for the weekend – or through it?
• Next-Gen Agribusiness: How can you capitalize on current market conditions on your farm?
• Major agrichemical companies unveiled upcoming products at the 2025 Farm Progress Show, offering new solutions for weed, pest and disease control in crops.
• Own an ag drone? Keep these three essentials on hand
• China Buys Most of 40 Argentina Soy Cargoes This Week for Nov-Dec, Traders Say
• History & Tough Reality: When Payments Do More Harm Than Good, Consider Other Options
• Agriculture Secretary Announces Major Crops Purchase, Antitrust Efforts at Kansas City Conference
• Rollins previews USDA’s beef industry revitailization plan
• Breaking Down the 4 Biggest Challenges Facing the Ag Economy
• USDA Purchases 417,000 Metric Tons Of U.S. Grown Commodities For International Food Assistance Programs
• Highlights From The 14th Annual Women In Agribusiness Summit
• USDA Releases Map Showing Participation Of SNAP, 12% Use The Program
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Reports USDA, Dept Of Justice To Investigate Ag Input Industry

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.26.2025

• China Signals That Purchases of U.S. Soybeans Hinge on Tariff Removal
• Administration: Farmers To Receive Assistance From Tariff Revenue
• House Committee Chairman Releases Statement About Tariff Fees For Farmers
• Secretary Offers Few Crop Aid Details Ag Secretary Acknowledges Economic Pressures, But Sees Opportunities Ahead for Producers
• Chinese Scholar Accused of Smuggling Plant Pathogen Into US Nears Plea Deal
• Taxlink | One Big Beautiful Bill Transforms Farm Planning
• Warmer Weather to Continue Across US
• Rural Suicide Prevention | Simple Act of Reaching Out Can Help Prevent Suicide
• US Sept. 1 Hog Inventory Down 1% From Year Ago
• The oldest lesson in farming: Stand together
• Summit aims to bridge ag-urban water divide
• Why perspective is your most powerful tool
• Farm Life | What was it like to attend a country school?
• Nutrien Hub Adds Weather, Financing, Crop Planning Tools
• Fertilizer Woes Cloud New Crop Outlook as Farmers Mull Cutbacks
• New Options for GSI Grain Storage Products: VersaLoop, Air Systems, and QuickBolt Towers Now Available
• Texas state vet ‘not in panic mode’ after latest NWS case
• Federal mental health support for farmers in jeopardy without new farm bill
• Cutting USDA Household Food Insecurity Survey could weaken hunger relief efforts
• In Kansas City, Secretary Rollins Speaks on State of Farm Economy, Announces Suite of Actions to Support American Farmers
• USDA Releases Season Average Price Forecasts Report
• U.S. Fertilizer Consumption Rebounds From 2021 Drop