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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.05.2024

• Extension helps ease concerns over farm bill delays
• USDA Releases Data On States Receiving The Most USDA Program Payments
• House Approves Tax Relief For Farmers
• Texas farmers should consider an early 2024 planting season, says climatologist
• 3 Big Things Today, February 5, 2024
• Ag Marketing IQ: Yield trends and acreage predictions can deliver strikes or homeruns during the market’s version of spring training.
• Top 5 Things to Watch WASDE, NASDA and Other Acronyms
• What effect will irrigation have on tar spot?
• Realities of farm life help kids mature
• Agriculture built these High Plains towns. Now, it might run them dry
• Key vocabulary of the biofuels and carbon pipeline industries
• Case IH brings LiDAR technology to hay producers
• How to sell a tractor on auction in 2024
• Depreciation improvements in House tax bill good for farmers
• Analyst Reports Only 2% Of Investments Are In AgriFood Tech, Says 2024 Will Be The Toughest Year

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.01.2024

• New Voter Polling Confirms Importance of Strong Crop Insurance Program
• 3 Big Things Today, February 1, 2024
• Risk Management Tool May Cause Cattle Market Price Fluctuations
• House Passes Tax Package Boosting Bonus Depreciation, Other Tax Deductions
• Recent Farmland Sales in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, South Dakota, Virginia
• Land Controversy Over Chinese Owner
• USDA Jan. 1 Cattle Inventory Report
• Factors That Could Affect Cattle Market Moving Forward
• Is Cattle Market Ready to Run?
• Where are the holes in your safety net?
• Why grain traders may pay less attention to drought talk
• 2024 wheat prices speculated to be lower than ’23
• Damned By Data: State Destroys Farmer’s Yield, Pays $810,000 Damages
• Ag Economists Forecast Downturn In Farm Journal’s Latest Polling
• Op-Ed: Weaving Conservation Into Crop Insurance Is Critical For Farmers’ Success

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.31.2024

• Policy quick hits: New bill targets cyber threats to agriculture
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends Six Fertilizers Lead Prices Lower Again
• Bayer Loses $2.25B Roundup Verdict | Philadelphia Court Awards $2.25 Billion to Alleged Roundup Cancer Victim
• Tuesday Afternoon market recap: Corn, soybeans and wheat all make moderate inroads in Tuesday’s session.
• Terminate cover crops effectively
• Are your cows too large? Smaller cows also have been shown to have greater weaning efficiency.
• Why commodity prices mainly drive farmland values
• New DNA collection process for market animals at state fair
• Iowa bill to strengthen farmland ownership reporting gets early bipartisan nod
• Key vocabulary of the biofuels and carbon pipeline industries
• Agronomists Worry Moisture Deficits Will Contribute To Herbicide Carryover
• Biden Administration Reinstating Sanctions on Venezuela
• Ripple Effects of Shipping Disruptions on U.S. Agriculture
• New 3D imaging unlocks secrets of chicken vision
• USDA Reports 99% Of Food Is Within EPA’s Pesticide Allowances
• USDA Releases Data Showing Expansive Growth Of Biofuel Production
• NCBA Backs FAIR Labels Act To End Deceptive Fake Meat Labeling Practices

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.30.2024

• Farm bill debate will continue into ‘the meat’ of 2024 election
• Purdue Economists Provide Forecast for 2024 Amid Farm Bill Uncertainties, Global Dynamics
• Farmers Now Can Make USDA Farm Loan Payments Online
• USDA Announces Webinar "Farm Income & Financial Forecasts"
• Helping to Grow Future Leaders by Giving Back on Give FFA Day – Feb. 22, 2024
• Commitment of Traders report is close to historical all-time high short positions by managed money for corn and wheat.
• December Sees Typical Slowdown, Balancing of Commodity Fertilizer Prices
• Soybeans settle below $12 | January 29, 2024
• Grain Prices Continue to Slide Lower. Where’s the Bottom?
• Grain Markets See Risk Off Selling on China Economic News as Soybeans Close Under $12: Cattle See Profit Taking
• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investments to Strengthen U.S. Specialty Crops Sector
• Big Strides for Small Microbes
• How to Pinpoint Farm Management Issues
• Poet And Summit Carbon Solutions Announce Carbon Capture Partnership
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report
• Farm Futures Survey Of Ag Producers Shows Little Shift In 2024 Crop Acres

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.29.2024

• Progressive Farmer | Top 5 Things to Watch This Week
• USDA Reports Financial Risks Of Farms By Size
• Purdue Ag Economists Issue 2024 Economic Forecasts
• USDA Reports Farms’ Share Of U.S. Food Dollar Dipped Below 15 Cents In 2022
• Washington Week Ahead: Tax deal fate uncertain amid GOP political concerns
• Farm Futures Survey Of Ag Producers Shows Little Shift In 2024 Crop Acres
• New Podcast: Keep America Growing
• Ag Weather Forum | Can Argentina Maintain its Excellent Crop Conditions Going into February?
• LanzaJet opens world’s first ethanol-to-SAF production facility
• Is it a good idea to use paid-off land as collateral to purchase land?
• Church cookbooks: food, faith, and a way to honor women
• Commodity Prices | Is the ship leaning too far to one side?
• 5 glimpses into the future from Consumer Electronic Show 2024
• Successful farmers are committed to their own research and development
• Farmer Protests Spreading Across Europe
• EPA Reports Production Of Biomassed Diesel Grew 25% In 2023 To 4 Billion Gallons

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.26.2024

• 3 Big Things Today, January 26, 2024
• Farmer Protests Spreading Across Europe
• Presidential Politics and Trade Agenda
• Capturing SAF Promise in Rural America
• Tackling Mental Health Among Farmers
• New Podcast from Crop Insurance in America Organization: Keep America Growing
• World’s first ethanol-to-jet fuel plant opens in Georgia
• Export Report: Soybeans miss the mark
• Bobcat introduces all-electric options
• U Of Illinois Animal Scientists Are Developing New Breed Of Cattle To Produce 20x More Milk
• John Deere Announces Its 2024 Startup Collaborators
• Crop Insurance Turning Into "Ag Commodity Insurance" Report Ohio State, U Of Illinois Ag Economists