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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.14.2025

• Federal Judge Orders USDA to Reinstate Probationary Employees
• USDA Backs off on Vaccines for HPAI
• The Latest On Fertilizer Prices
• U.S. Cattle Producers Hail New Waters Of The U.S. Guidance
• Highlights Of Crop Insurers’ 2024 Results, 543 Million Acres Covered
• ‘Cheap’ Continues To Be the Great Equalizer in a Trade War
• A Look Back at 2025 Commodity Classic Few New Machines But Wide Array of New Technologies at 2025 Commodity Classic
• Deere Must Provide Trade Group Comms Court Orders Deere to Disclose Trade Group Communications to Farmers in Repair Case
• Wheat Yield Contest Open for 2025 National Wheat Yield Contest Expands Digital Yield Category for 2025
• Export Report: Wheat posts eye-opening sales | Corn and soybeans found rangebound results last week.
• Drones a popular farm tool for next generation
• Brazil Will not Retaliate Against U.S. Steel Tariffs Immediately, Mulls All
• Trump Administration to Roll Back Many EPA Regulations, Revisit Contested Water Rule
• What Will MAHA Mean for Farmers and Ranchers?
• State Legislatures Weigh Bills to Limit Pesticide Litigation
• USDA Backs off on Vaccines for HPAI
  Crop Insurers Release 2024 Results as 2025 Sales Closing Date Nears
• Thompson: Optimistic about a farm bill in 2025

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.13.2025

• Crop Insurers Release 2024 Results as 2025 Sales Closing Date Nears
• Thompson: Optimistic about a farm bill in 2025
• Zeldin pledges fast action on new WOTUS revisions
• Grocery bills flat despite higher egg, beef prices
• Lawmakers eye CCC cash flow to allow uninterrupted payment
• Bearish sentiment sinks corn, soybeans
• Canada May Hit U.S. Ethanol With Retaliatory Tariffs
• USDA Says It Will Reinstate Fired Probationary Workers by Wednesday Deadline
• EPA Chief Slashes Agency Regulations Revisiting Climate Ruling, EPA Moves Aggressively to Roll Back Biden-Era Emission Rules
• European Union Responds With Tariffs on Soybeans, Other Ag Exports
• Trump Administration to Rewrite WOTUS |
  EPA to Rewrite WOTUS Rule Again, Seeking to Follow Supreme Court Sackett Ruling
• Report Examines Impact of New Tariffs Yeutter Institute Report: New Trump Tariffs Likely to Have Broader Effect on Ag Than 2018 Trade War
• Deere Offers New Autonomous Upgrades | John Deere’s Next-Generation Perception System Brings Autonomy to Tillage
• Farm Progress America, March 13, 2025 | Mike Pearson takes a look at how meat exports adds value to the corn and soybean farms in the United States.
• The ag economy and the ‘hairdresser test’ Watch what the markets are doing and ignore media hype when it comes to planning your financial future, economist says.
• New Level Of Precision Agriculture Thanks To Renewed Partnership Between Syngenta And Planet Labs
• Highlights Of Crop Insurers’ 2024 Results, 543 Million Acres Covered
• USDA Issues Report: Precision Agriculture Use Increases With Farm Size And Varies Widely By Technology

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.12.2025

• A Timeline of Trump’s Trade Wars Between U.S., Canada, Mexico, and China
• Ag Secretary Plan for Mitigate Wildfire Risk and NASDA Wants Fix for Ag Labor
• Tariffs Threaten Shift to Higher Corn Acres in 2025
• 3/11/2025 WASDE PDF
• Sing a sad note for grain prices
• USDA Reports Summary USDA Leaves US Corn, Soybean Balance Sheets, Ending Stocks Unchanged
• USDA unexpectedly stands pat on South American crop forecasts
• Global Shares are Mixed After Wall Street Briefly Dips More Than 10% Below Its Record
• Wall Street Falls in a Manic Day After Briefly Dropping More Than 10% Below Its Record
• Ag Weather Forum | ‘Bomb Cyclone’ to Spread Multiple Impacts Through US Later This Week
• Predators Pose a Risk to Livestock | KSU Extension: Various Non-Lethal Control Methods to Keep Livestock Safe
• An Urban’s Rural View | This Is About The National Debt. Please Read It Anyway.
• Update: Trump backs off plan to double Canadian steel and aluminum tariffs
• Grassley concerned about ongoing biodiesel plant shutdowns
• Conservation Corps jobs cut as Trump administration halts funding
• Rollins, RFK Jr. commit to completing 2025 dietary guidelines on schedule
• Farm Bureau On Why Egg Prices Are At Record Prices
• U.S. Sales Of Ag Tractors Down 18%, Combines Down 48% In February
• Ag, Food Groups Request Administration To Use "Sound Science" When Rule Making
• Turning to Innovation When Commodities Aren’t Profitable
• Sorghum, a Strong Biofuel Sources
• Thousands of Farmers Call for Immediate Action on E15

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.11.2025

• DOGE Moves to Cancel USDA Office Leases USDA Contract Freezes Continue to Threaten Local Food Programs and Conservation Efforts
• Farmers Fight for Fed Flood Payments Three Missouri River Farms Ask Court to Order Feds to Pay Millions in Flood Damages
• Wheat plays a winning hand
• Could the U.S. see $15 soybeans?
• 10 things to help reduce spray drift
• 6 drawbacks of too much tillage
• Canada Suspends Imports From Biggest U.S. Pork Processing Plant
• USDA Planning to Terminate Leases for Dozens of FSA, NRCS Offices
• Not optimistic for a 2025 farm bill
• Another strong year for U.S. ethanol exports?
• Attorney general asks DOGE to investigate Grain Belt Express
• Another strong year for U.S. ethanol exports?
• USDA Planning to Terminate Leases for Dozens of FSA, NRCS Offices
• Staying Strong: The Used Farm Equipment Market Is Thriving and Retrofit Tech Is Trending
• Are The Highs For Corn Already In For The Year?
• FDA will consider tightening regulation of food additives
• Trump administration canceling local food initiatives
• Survey Results On How Consumers Are Concerned About Tariffs And Food Prices
• Federal Judge Orders John Deere To Turn Over Communications It Had With Trade Groups

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.10.2025

• March WASDE and a Shift to Daylight Savings Time
• Survey Results On How Consumers Are Concerned About Tariffs And Food Prices
• Washington Week Ahead: Showdown time for government funding, as House GOP pushes full-year CR
• USDA Will Offer Fundamental Update For Tariff-Weary Markets
• Canada Launches Dumping Investigation of US Renewable Diesel After Complaint
• Trump Lowers Tariffs on Potash While Suspending Canadian and Mexico Tariffs
• Letters to the Editor | New USDA Team Leading the Charge to Undercut Rural America — Farmers Know This is the Opposite of Efficient
• Courts May Decide USDA Staff Moves Board Chair, Special Counsel Who Ordered USDA Rehires Also Fired
• Call to action: Address Prop. 12 in farm bill
• Market Analyst Reveals Key Dates and Strategies to Maximize Your Corn and Soybean Profits in 2025
• Not optimistic for a 2025 farm bill
• Ag input uncertainties on the rise
• Diversification can be a sign of down ag economy
• Trump eyes Canadian dairy, lumber for reciprocal tariff
• USDA prepares for state, county office lease terminations
• Federal Judge Orders John Deere To Turn Over Communications It Had With Trade Groups
• Events For National Ag Day Announced
• China Places Additional Tariffs On Canola Imports
• USDA Releases Caloric Intake By Income For Some Countries
• Lessiter Media Releases Report: Autonomous Farm Equipment Adoption And Outlook

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.07.2025

• Grains End the Day Higher | Thursday, March 6, 2025
• Trump loosens tariffs for Canadian potash, USMCA goods
• Thousands Of Farmers Call For Immediate Action On E15
• Letters to the Editor | New USDA Team Leading the Charge to Undercut Rural America — Farmers Know This is the Opposite of Efficient
• Board Chair, Special Counsel Who Ordered USDA Rehires Also Fired
• Trump Points to an ‘American Comeback’ in Speech to Joint Session of Congress
• If Trump Doesn’t Want Canadian Exports: Who Might?
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Road Warrior: David Kohl explains how a written operating plan can mean the difference between profits and losses.
• Tariff threats already begin to fizzle
• This much-dissed crop may emerge as 2025’s dark horse
• The operating game plan is critical in your farm business
• New drone a ‘look to the future’
• Trump weighs agriculture carveouts to Canada, Mexico tariffs
• On Day One, Tariffs Prompt Tough Decisions For Ag Input Firms
• USDA Ordered to Reinstate 5,000+ Probationary Workers
• Tariffs On Mexico Delayed One Month