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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.11.2024

• Urgent tax relief push for farmers by agricultural groups
• McKinsey & Co Release Results Of Farmers Understanding And Use Of Sustainable Practices
• BASF Recognizes Cotton Farmers’ Yield Achievements With FiberMax One Ton Club
• Hoeven leads GOP senators in introducing crop insurance bill
• UAN28 Leads Fertilizer Prices Higher
• USDA Cancels July Cattle Report, County Level Estimates
• Wheat Rally Supports Corn, Soybeans Fall but is it More Than Report Positioning? Livestock Mixed 4-10-2024
• EIA: Domestic Ethanol Production, Stocks Declined Last Week
• How to capitalize on carbon credits
• Can interseeding cover crops work?
• Is China avoiding U.S. commodities as a political stunt?
• Republican senators look to strengthen crop insurance
• Corn, wheat trend higher ahead of WASDE
• Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs law on foreign farmland ownership regulations
• Power vs. Privacy: Landowner Sues Game Wardens, Challenges Property Intrusion
• Chip Flory: Think Outside the Box to Build a Better Price
• Traders Await New News from the USDA
• Farmland Renters And Owner-Operators Use Similar Levels Of Tillage Intensity

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.10.2024

• New crop insurance legislation would update risk management in farm bill
• New farm bill remains unlikely as Congress returns
• Davids, Roberts anxious about Washington gridlock inhibiting development of new farm bill
• Cattle producers lose industry insight as USDA cancels July inventory report
• April WASDE Offers Old-Crop Tweaks, South American Updates
• Ag Census Shows Farmers in 10 States Led Nation in Cutting Fertilizer Use
• NCGA Asks Trade Commission to Reject Corteva Petition for 2,4-D Duties
• Reduce HPAI risk: Buckle down on biosecurity
• Planting progress pressures prices
• Separate farm business and family budgets
• Power vs. Privacy: Landowner Sues Game Wardens, Challenges Property Intrusion
• Vilsack Calls for Agricultural Market Competition Boost
• States, Organizations Sue Biden Administration Over EV Fuel Economy Rule
• Funds Sell the Grains Eyeing Weather: So, Will the Markets Get a Spring Rally?
• Bayer Is Planning To Launch New Active Ingredient In Its Roundup Herbicide
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn’s VP Travels To Washington To Push For Crop Insurance Improvements

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.09.2024

• April 8, 2024 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Washington Insiders Now Think We Could Get a First Look at a New Farm Bill as Early as Next Week
• The Biggest Wild Card For Cotton Acres and Prices in 2024
• Will We See a Hard Fall or Soft Landing? It’s the Million Dollar Question for the Farm Economy This Year
• Researchers Continue to Look for Transmission Source of Influenza in Dairy Cows
• Grains turn in lightly mixed results yesterday
• Planting progress plays into price
• Red meat exports add value to corn, soybeans
• WASDE report expected later this week.
• Farmer saves $2 million in inputs with no-till system
• AABP Decides to Reference Cattle Disease as Bovine Influenza A Virus (BIAV)
• 4 Things You Never Used to Worry About During Planting
• What’s New With Agriculture Drones? What’s New With Agriculture Drones?
• Farmers Express Optimism In Purdue’s Latest Ag Economy Barometer
• Ranchers Slam Regressive Endangered Species Act Rulemakings
• USDA Issues Planting Progress Report: 3% Of Corn Is In, 13% Of Sorghum
• USDA Releases Data Showing Food Insecurity By Race And Ethnicity
• Farm Bill Is Not One Of The Senate’s Priorities

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.08.2024

• WASDE, a Solar Eclipse and More Rain
• The Biggest Wild Card For Cotton Acres and Prices in 2024
• Drought concern in 16 top corn growing states as the 2024 planting season begins
• Upcoming solar eclipse brings concerns, opportunities to farmers
• USDA Rolls Out $1.5 Billion for Conservation and Climate-Smart Ag Under RCPP
• Pioneer Seed Announces Brand Partnership with NFL Quarterback Purdy
• RFK Jr’s Plan to Weaponize Regulators to Transform American Agriculture
• A planting season pep talk
• Iowa Senate Votes to Limit Pesticide Illness Lawsuits
• Texas-Sized Problems Hit the Lone Star State, but Ag Commissioner says ‘Things are Getting Better’
• Markets Now: Tommy Grisafi says Selling to Continue in Cattle on HPAI Fears, But Funds May Buy Grains
• Beware of the Black Swan
• Six Questions One Industry Veterinarian Says She Is Asked Most Often About HPAI
• USDA Announces $1.5 Billion Available For Partner-Driven Conservation Solution Programs
• USDA Releases Report Tracking Fertilizer’s Share Of Corn Production Costs
• Farmers Business Network Releases Guide "How to Negotiate Ag Equipment Prices"

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.05.2024

• Nat’l Crop Insurance Services Provide Tools To Better Understand The Programs
• All Eight Major Fertilizer Prices Higher
• 10 States Led Way in Fertilizer Cuts Ag Census Shows Farmers in 10 States Led Nation in Cutting Fertilizer Use
• Ag Marketing IQ: Despite trade agreement and tariff hurdles, India is importing more ag products. The U.S. demand opportunity lies with ethanol, wheat and soybean oil.
• Ag ‘drone swarms’ cleared for takeoff New FAA rule could boost drone spraying as a way to help farmers save time and money.
• Chicago grains steady with weather, data in focus
• How to save yields with early season management Seedling diseases can devastate yields with little warning.
• Biden administration taking cross-species HPAI outbreak “very seriously”
• Republican Study Committee Budget Targets SNAP, Crop Insurance
• U.S. Drought Area Smallest Since 2020
• 6 Tech Tools and Trends To Watch In 2024
• Thompson divide protected by administration
• Nat’l Corn Grower Assn Leader Warns Int’l Trade Commission Against Placing Duties On Imports Of Key Herbicide
• USDA Makes $1.5 Billion Available To Help Farmers Advance Conservation And Climate-Smart Agriculture
• Used John Deere Tractors Set New Record At Recent Auction
• Illinois Extension Releases Guide On Determining Cash Rent
• 2022 Census Of Agriculture: Fewer U.S. Farms Are Growing Wheat
• Farm Journal Issues "Smart Farming Intelligence" Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.04.2024

• Farmers Mutual Hail acquires crop insurer Global Ag from Axa XL
• Expand Your Crop Insurance Knowledge with the Latest Resources
• Farmer Sentiment Improves As Interest Rate Expectations Shift
• Grains settle in the green | Wednesday, April 3, 2024
• U.S. Drought Area Smallest Since 2020
• USDA Rolls Out $1.5 Billion for Conservation and Climate-Smart Ag Under RCPP
• Ag Policy Blog RFK Jr’s Plan to Weaponize Regulators to Transform American Agriculture
• If Farmers Sold Grain Like Contractors Bid Projects
• EPA Rolls Out World’s Toughest Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
• Feedback from the Field returns for 2024
• More than Dirt: Does your operation need a specialty coach? More farmers are bringing in coaches and joining peer groups to build on their success.
• Will rural voters determine the president?
• Ethanol stocks gain again
• Be aware of changing animal importation guidelines
• 6 Tech Tools and Trends To Watch In 2024
• Used John Deere Tractors Set New Record At Recent Auction
• U.S. Drought Area Smallest Since 2020
• Farm Journal Issues "Smart Farming Intelligence" Report