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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.16.2025

• Rollins details government shutdown’s impact on farmers
• Finding Farm Financing – 1 Farmers, Lenders Work Together to Help Farms Stay Profitable Even With Tighter Margins
• Finding Farm Financing – 2 Shop for a Lender for 2026
• Finding Farm Financing – 3 Lessons From a Bank Breakup
• Farm Credit Rates
• Tax Consequences of Lending and Borrowing
• Farmers, Lenders Work Together to Help Farms Stay Profitable Even With Tighter Margins
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends | Urea Retail Price Down 5%; Anhydrous, DAP Prices Up Significantly
• Farmers Become a Messaging Focal Point Amid Shutdown and Trade Turmoil
• Officials Blast China Over Rare Earth Minerals, Reflecting Escalated Trade Tensions
• Editors’ Notebook Blog: Ag Financing: Past, Present, Future
• 3 farm tech breakthroughs hit fields
• The Soybean Industry Response to the Renewable Diesel Boom, Part 3: The Value of Soybean Oil in the Soybean Crush
• Shutdown Claims Another USDA Crop Progress Report as Harvest Advances
• Kansas Health, Agriculture Officials Warn About Presence of Invasive Asian Longhorned Tick
• Trump Threatens to End Used Cooking Oil Trade with China
• Market access update: Here’s what’s in Trump’s trade pacts for agriculture so far
• Missouri Supreme Court Rules Bayer Must Pay $611 Million Judgement To Four Plaintiffs
• Farmers Business Network Issues Report Showing Crop Protection Price Trends And Forecasts
• Gov’t Shutdown Hits Crucial Tools For Farmers, Commodity Traders

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.15.2025

• Tax Consequences of Lending and Borrowing
• What is 45Z, and how can your farm benefit?
• Farmers face mounting losses amid low prices and rising production costs
• Farmers Become a Messaging Focal Point Amid Shutdown and Trade Turmoil
• Hold or buy? How tariffs are reshaping farm equipment decisions
• Hefty brothers offer solutions to million-seed disaster
• Corn claws out hard-fought gains
• Fall strategies to combat slugs, voles next spring
• Here’s how to profitably load out the corn bins
• Why food is the key to outlook for still-pricey fertilizer
• Government Shutdown Hits Crucial Tools for Farmers, Commodity Traders
• Food as Medicine movement offers growth opportunity for U.S. agriculture
• How John Deere Sprayers Became Most Popular Among Ag Retailers
• Nat’l Farmers Union Urges White House And Congress To Deliver Relief For Family Farmers & Ranchers

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.14.2025

• Shop for a Lender for 2026
• 3 financial practices that boost success for beginning farmers
• Feedlot Managers and Cow-Calf Producers Demand More Money
• Missouri Supreme Court Refuses to Review $600M Judgment in Roundup Cancer Lawsuit
• As USTR Fees on Chinese Ships Near Implementation, China Hits Back
• Bouncing basis: Drought and data dearth complicate grain markets
• PhytoGen to release two new cotton varieties in 2026
• Did Trump turn the tariff heat up to 100?
• Trump and China up the trade war ante, squeeze grain markets
• What is 45Z, and how can your farm benefit?
• Fertilizer market fluctuations make 2026 planning a challenge for growers
• Farm and business coalition pushes immigration reform to retain skilled ag workers
• New NCGA Economic Analysis Shows Big Benefits Of Expanding Access To Ethanol
• Canadian Tractor Sales Up 7% In September, Combine Sales Up 42%
• September Tractor Sales In The U.S. Down 8%, Combine Sales Down 40%

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.13.2025

• Top 5 Things to Watch: Shutdowns, Payments Due, River Levels Fall
• U Of Illinois Research: Once Dominant, U.S. Agricultural Exports Falter Amid Trade Disputes And Rising Competition
• New potash supplier may further turbocharge Brazil’s crop machine
• Will future crops be more efficient?
• Maximize corn profits with storage hedge strategy
• Absent USDA, 3 news watchlist items for farmers
• Brazil repeals fine against JBS over cattle purchases in the Amazon
• Farmers, Traders ‘Flying Blind’ as U.S. Shutdown Blocks Key Crop Data
• Boozman: details still being finalized before Trump administration moves forward on aid
• Washington Week Ahead: Port fees kick in as Trump ratchets up trade war
• September Tractor Sales In The U.S. Down 8%, Combine Sales Down 40%
• Nat’s Sorghum Producers Meet With Congressional Members, Key Policy Issues Discussed
• Farmers Business Network To Spin-Off Its Crop Protection Products Business
• New Report Says EPA’s Pesticide Regulators Can Improve Efficiency, More Customer-Friendly Staff

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.10.2025

• Farmers, Lenders Work Together to Help Farms Stay Profitable Even With Tighter Margins
• Rollins: no aid until government shutdown ends
• Farm Credit Rates
• Mexican Border Closure Burdens Texas Feedyards and Mexican Cattle Producers
• Recognizing the Effect of Wider Daily Trading Limits in Cattle Contracts
• Is There a Light at the End of the Wheat Tunnel?
• Bin it, back it, hold on for better corn prices
• Grains see red as traders await fresh data
• 2 options: Fall weed control or cover crops
• Texas producers yield strong pumpkin harvest
• How to Keep the Farm in the Family When a Trust Gets in the Way
• Brazil’s Soybean Exports to Hit Record as U.S. Out of Market, Chinese Demand Strong
• Feeder Cattle Close Up More Than $5 | Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025
• Craig says Trump tariffs are squeezing farmers from all sides
• Livestock advisor expects strong beef market to continue into 2026
• Research Intelo: Agricultural Drones Market To Surpass $29.1 Billion By 2033
• Avant Marketing Group Poll: Farmers Are Mixed Regarding Outlook For Agriculture Economy

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.09.2025

• Over 200 Farm Groups Sent Letter To President Trump Asking For Help, Here Is That Letter
• 3 Big Things Today, Oct. 9, 2025
• Farmer Aid Reportedly Delayed by Gov’t Shutdown
• Net Return to Storing U.S. Corn and Soybeans Since 1973
• Farm groups to Trump: family farms need emergency aid before 2026
• Is a bull on the commodity horizon?
• Farmer Sentiment Holds Steady as Tariff Support Drops
• Iowa Ethanol Leaders Warn of Farm and Biofuel Crisis Over Lack of Carbon Capture
• If storing grain, don’t just ‘hold and hope’ – have a plan
• Should you buy a tiling machine or hire a contractor?
• More seed choices for 2026
• Farmland market is normalizing, not collapsing
• If storing grain, don’t just ‘hold and hope’ – have a plan
• Brazil’s Soybean Exports to Hit Record as U.S. Out of Market, Chinese Demand Strong
• Hemp seed meal approved for laying hens, opening new market for U.S. farmers
• HPAI detected at West Michigan turkey farm
• Sept Sentiment Study: Farmers Say Current Conditions On U.S. Farms Are Weakening