Ag News

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.17.2024

• Vilsack concerned with steady decline of U.S. farms
• New Corporate Transparency Act impacts most farmers
• Business, Family Tax Breaks Proposed Key Lawmakers Pitch Tax Package That Would Boost Bonus Depreciation, R&D Write-Offs
• Short week gets a shaky start
• WHEAT SCOOPS: 2024 wheat production, price
• FP Next: The rise of tar spot, with Mindy Ward Episode 3: Learn how to prevent and treat tar spot in cornfields in this Shop Talk session.
• Crop-killing weeds advance across U.S. farmland as chemicals lose effectiveness
• John Deere partners with SpaceX to expand rural connectivity
• Ag economist says livestock producers could see lower feed costs in 2024
• Advocacy Groups Are Petitioning for the End of SNAP Interview Requirements
• Precision Planting Launches New Planting System
• More Analysis Of USDA’s Recent Crop Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.16.2024

• A Snapshot of USDA’s Surprising January Report in 10 Charts
• Moran: New U.S. Farm Bill must address drought worsened by changes in climate
• Sort and Cull February Live Cattle Encounter Resistance in Stressful Week
• Largest Contiguous Ranch in Kansas Sells for Undisclosed Amount in Private Sale
• How much U.S. farmland do foreign entities own?
• USDA projects record 2023 corn yield
• How Bearish was USDA’s Data Dump for the Corn and Soybean Markets?
• What Impact Will Inflation and the Global Economic Slowdown Have on Grain Markets in 2024?
• Hurdles and Uncertainty Surround Passing $1.5 trillion Farm Bill in 2024
• USDA’s customer experience initiatives for farmers, ranchers, and forest managers
• Pioneer Agronomists Reviews Impacts Of El Niño On Crop Production

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.15.2024

• USDA Helps Producers Prepare For And Recover From Severe Winter Weather
• January WASDE Report (PDF)
• Record Corn Yield and Production in January WASDE Sends Market Down Hard
• USDA kicks off 2024 in bearish fashion
• How to tell your farm story using social media | Letting others into your life can create everlasting friendships and customers.
• Manage grazing for productivity, resiliency
• Right and wrong way to change will, trust
• WASDE data tanks grain prices
• Managing hypothermia in newborn calves
• Grassley expects short-term resolution to avoid partial government shutdown
• Beginning farmers more affected by market volatility
• Technology | Q&A with Carlo Lambro, Brand President of New Holland
• New Ways To Address Healthcare Issues Are Needed For Rural Americans
• Opinion | Free Trade Is Good for American Farmers Like Me
• Hurdles and Uncertainty Surround Passing $1.5 trillion Farm Bill in 2024
• John Deere Announces Four Major Advancements At CES
• Kubota Unveils Fully Electric Multi-Purpose Tractor
• Farmers National Co. Releases Regional Ag Land Report
• 250,265 Tractors Were Sold In The U.S. In 2023, 7,369 Combines

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.12.2024

• 3 Trends to Consider As You Make Risk-Management Decisions for the Year Ahead
• USDA Christens New Year With 3 Reports Friday
• Rich Nelson Discusses What USDA Report Data Could Move the Market and What’s Already Factored in
• Biofuel Politics, E15, SAF, GREET
• Grains make final prep for Jan. WASDE report
• What’s preventing a new era of herbicides?
• Good news and bad news for 2024 commodity programs
• A balance sheet for U.S. agriculture in 2024
• Corn and wheat close in the red | Thursday, January 11, 2023
• As inflation falls, ‘backwards pressure’ on food prices, analyst says
• Grassley expects short-term resolution to avoid partial government shutdown
• Vilsack urges Congress to restore funding for WIC
• Red Sea Attacks Continue, Could Affect U.S. Corn
• New Ways To Address Healthcare Issues Are Needed For Rural Americans
• China Dethroned as Top U.S. Exporter by Mexico Amid Supply Chain Shifts
• Farmers National Co. Releases Regional Ag Land Report
• Agri-Pulse Survey Reports Who Farmers’ Support For President
• New Farmers National Co. Report Reveals "Resilient" Ag Land Market

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.11.2024

• Good news and bad news for 2024 commodity programs
• A balance sheet for U.S. agriculture in 2024
• Agri-Pulse Survey Reports Farmers’ Support For Candidates, Say Country Going In Wrong Direction
• Grains end the day mixed | Wednesday, January 10, 2023
• The Simmering Debate Over How to Handle Foreign Ownership of Ag Land
• Bulls mostly absent in midweek trading
• Land Price Conundrum: 4 Considerations from Reader Responses
• Farmland Values and Fed Policy Risks | Ag Land Values Susceptible to 1980s-Like Crash as US Debt Problem Looms
• Ethanol Groups Petition Court on SREs
• Farmer survey points to higher 2023 yields
• Officials say funds will boost ag industry and national economy.
• German Farmers Protest Ag Subsidy Cuts
• 2024 Farm Bill Expectations
• American Farmland Trust Releases Manual On Carbon Markets And Climate-Smart Practices For Farmers
• New Farmers National Co. Report Reveals "Resilient" Ag Land Market
• U Of Illinois Ag Economists’ Revised Crop Budgets Show Farmers Will Lose Money

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.10.2024

• 3 Big Things Today, January 10, 2024
• Ag Day at the Capitol Set for January 31
• Expect new farm bill to be introduced in March
• Data drives farmer decision making for 2024 growing season
• Manage market risk with a written plan
• Ag Weather Forum | Another Big Winter Storm Brings Polar Vortex to US This Week
• Protect Livestock From Polar Vortex | Livestock Face Risks in Extreme Weather, From Heavy Snow to Polar Vortex Impact Later This Week
• Where do females fit in your farm?
• New app brings livestock feed to your fingertips
• Grassley urges action on EATS Act with Prop 12 fully in place
• RFA anxious for OMB to finish E15 review
• USDA announces appointments to the Cattlemen’s Beef Board
• El Niño could bring record heat in 2024
• Farm Machinery Auctioneer Warns About Fraudulent Deals
• USDA Announces Market Development Program Investments For 2024