Ag News

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.25.2025

• DAP Continues to Lead Fertilizer Prices Higher
• Traders Recognize Supplies Are Going to Tighten Even More in Cattle Complex
• Irrigation innovation: New life for decades-old center pivots
• Diesel traders bet on price spike as Russia refineries attacked
• Reminder: There’s no ‘magic wand’
• The ‘4-alarm fire’ blazing through farm country
• USDA Puts Researchers on Leave After Canceling Hunger Report
• EPA’s Proposed Dicamba Labels Criticized as Complex
• USDA’s new plan could spur additional ag export sales, expand markets
• NCGA announces input cost task force
• Farm-State Senators Want Answers From Trump
• How EPA’s Proposal to Exempt Refineries From Blending Biofuels Impacts Farmers
• Fertilizer woes cloud new crop outlook as farmers mull cutbacks
• USDA proposes changes to SNAP retail stocking requirements
• Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., Sworn in as National Nutrition Advisor at U.S. Department of Agriculture
• U.S. Fertilizer Consumption Rebounds From 2021 Drop
• USDA Releases Wheat Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.24.2025

• USDA Reveals Three-Point Plan To Support Crop & Livestock Producers And Exporters
• Risks to Operating Machinery on Roads Safety Extremely Important as Farm Machinery, Vehicles Share Rural Roads
• Bill To Provide More Timely Support Through PLC Introduced
• Rain Could Bring Pasture Improvement
• How can we feed a growing population?
• Seed companies unveil top corn, soybean varieties for 2026
• A young farmer’s determination to break the mold
• Global cotton supply tightens slightly, U.S. reports no change
• Brave women make a difference in agriculture
• Crop Progress Report 09.24.2025 (PDF)
• Cattle industry urges action as screwworm fly spreads north
• Grassley: farmers can’t wait for aid, crisis echoes 1980’s collapse
• Economist: Farm equipment sales slump for 25th straight month
• Op-Ed: We Urgently Need Action From Rural Minds: The ACA premium tax credits are crucial for rural America’s mental health care
• China’s Soybean Buyers Turn to Argentina, Continue Shunning US
• Texas Poachers Busted in Historic Kansas Sting After Slaughter of 119 Monster Bucks
• ERS administrator, others on leave over hunger survey cancellation
• U.S. Wheat Associates Highlights Commitment To Biotech Principles In HB4 Wheat Development
• USDA Releases Feed Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.23.2025

• Crop Progress Report 09.23.2025 (PDF)
• Grain prices still on their heels
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn 11% Harvested, Soybeans 9% Harvested as of Sept. 21
• Taxlink | One Big Beautiful Bill Transforms Farm Planning
• AGCO Pursues Appeal in Repair Case | AGCO Seeks Rare Appeal in FTC’s Right-to-Repair Lawsuit Against John Deere
• USDA Press Release 09.21.2025 | Mexico Confirms Case of New World Screwworm in Nuevo Leon
• Threat Looms as Screwworm Nears US
• DTN Oil Update | Oil Prices Soften as Oversupply Woes Take Center Stage
• 4 reasons for farm financial hope at harvest
• Grain prices still on their heels
• USDA exports – Mexico buys corn, September 22, 2025
• Advantages and challenges for confinement cattle
• Young farmer gives perspective on local economic hardship
• China Stalls U.S. Soybean Buys as Harvest Begins, Raising Storage and Price Risks
• How Immigration Crackdowns Are Impacting America’s Farmworkers
• Farmers Report Grim Economic Outlook
• New AccuWeather Climate Analysis Reveals US Flooding Events Are Significantly Increasing
• Study Finds Farmers Who Adopted Conservation Practices Drop Them Over Time
• USDA Releases Cotton And Wool Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook Report
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Responds To Latest Screwworm Development In Mexico
• USDA Relea
  

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.22.2025

• National Farm Safety and Health Week: “Safety first – Avoid the worst”
• Negative Crop Margins: Sec. Rollins Explains Three Thresholds For Farmer Payments
• New Study: How PFAS Uptake Differs Among Crops
• Drones Can More Efficiently Measure The Health Of Corn Plants, Study Finds
• USDA Release Map Showing The Presence Of On-Farm Markets Varies Across U.S. Counties
• Mexico Confirms Case of New World Screwworm in Nuevo Leon
• Farm Aid Celebrates 40 Years of Supporting Family Farmers
• States brace for surge in ‘Make America Healthy Again’ legislation
• USDA confirms New World screwworm within 70 miles of the U.S. border, Secretary says “we are prepared”
• Crop Insurance Without Borders: A Global Perspective
• Farmers Talk Harvest, Hunting and Changes for 2026
• New PepsiCo and Unilever Initiative Helps Farmers Adopt Regenerative Ag Practices
• EPA Proposes Options for Reallocating Exempted Biofuel Volumes
• Ethanol Producers Face Potholes in Race to Pass Year-Round E15
• Ag Lender Warns Farm Finances Under Greatest Stress Since the 1980s
• USDA Terminates Redundant Food Insecurity Survey

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.19.2025

• Rollins: Trump Administration Could Announce an Aid Package Soon
• ‘Kick the Tires’ on Crop Inputs With On-Farm Trials
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot Farm Credit Rates
• Sept. 1 USDA Cattle on Feed Report Could Hold Surprises
• Cattle Producers Unlock Added Value Through Verified Programs
• Grain prices still on the downward slide
• MAHA report calls for simplifying organic certification
• ELS cotton has unique spot on the market
• Estate planning ‘tricks’ that don’t work
• What price do you need to turn a profit?
• Majority of Corn Farmers See Economic Crisis Brewing
• Brazil’s Beef Exports to U.S. to Fall Further in September After Tariffs, Industry Group Says
• Ethanol Producers Face Potholes in Race to Pass Year-Round E15
• Ag analysts weigh in as US, Mexico begin USMCA review process
• Tariffs Could Fund Farm Economic Aid, Ag Sec Rollins Says
• ICYMI: Secretary Rollins Pens Anchorage Daily News Op-Ed “Embarking on an America-First Seafood Strategy in Alaska”
• Hormel Foods Releases 2024 Global Impact Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.18.2025

• USDA Considering Economic Aid, Ag Secretary Rollins Says
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends | DAP Leads Fertilizer Prices Up Again
• Feeder Cattle Close Down More Than $5 | Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025
• Majority of corn farmers see economic crisis brewing
• An Urban’s Rural View Whither Interest Rates Now That the Fed Is Cutting Again
• Oil Slips Despite Crude Draw, Fed Rate Cut
• Farmer Leaders Rebuke USDA Officials Over FSA County Staffing Levels
• Crop Insurance Without Borders: A Global Perspective
• America’s butter glut Is driving prices to three-year lows
• National Cotton Council praises White House for OBBBA
• How to navigate easement and lease agreements
• From the boardroom to the sow barn
• EPA trying to “put Humpty Dumpty back together again” with new RFS proposal
• National Survey: 72% Of Americans Strongly Support Year-Round Access To E15
• Quarterly Report On Conditions In Agriculture And The Farm Credit System
• 1.8 Million Acres Added To USDA’s CRP Program, Total Of 26 Million Acres
• New Study Shows High Costs Of State Food Policy Changes
• Ag Industry Efforts To Modernize Pesticide Drift Model Advances
• Fencing Technology Developer Nofence Receives $35 Million Investment