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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.19.2023

• USDA expands specialty crop insurance options, eyes additional steps
• Wheat rallies as soybeans notch 3-week high
• Ethanol Case May Wait for 7th Circuit
• Pressure on GOP Lawmakers Over Speaker | Nebraska Rep. Bacon Pushes Back on Tactics of Jim Jordan’s Supporters
• Soybeans likely hit their fall lows – what’s next?
• Farm Business Planning | How to kick-start your strategic plan
• Lower fertilizer costs will ease breakeven challenge for farmers, says Purdue University
• Study Finds Global Climate Change Adaptation Actions Are Too Uncoordinated
• China Approves “Dozens” of Genetically Modified Corn, Soybean Varieties- Potentially Advancing Production
• Senators hear conflicting assessments of Clean Water Act ruling
• Seed shopping time, Part II
• Master Farmers make a difference
• Oklahoma State Ag Economist Predicts Good Cattle Prices To Last For Years To Come
• New Report Outlines Farmers’ View Of How Data Should Be Collected And Used

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.18.2023

• New Report Outlines Farmers’ View Of How Data Should Be Collected And Used
• U.S. House remains without a speaker, farm bill delay continues
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends Retail Anhydrous Fertilizer Price Climbs 16% as Farmers Start Fall Fieldwork
• USDA Touts CRP Acreage Increase CRP Payout: Top and Lowest State CRP Rental Rates
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot | Farm Credit Rates
• Corn, soybean pricing strategies in a volatile market
• Farmers are reevaluating 2024 wheat acreage
• Value of Washington’s 2022 Agricultural Production Totaled a Record High $12.8 Billion
• Texas Farm Bureau: Proposition 1 Protects Texas Family Farmers and Ranchers
• FAS Highlights International Pork, Beef and Chicken Export Variables- EU Share Expected to Fall, Brazil Increase
• USDA Releases Season Average Price Forecasts Outlook
• Livestock risk services – Empowering cattle producers with LRP price protection
• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Provides Update On USDA’s Fertilizer Production Expansion Program
• Survey Of Ag Industry Leaders Show The Majority Are Confident About Future Profitability
• USDA Releases Season Average Price Forecasts Outlook

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.17.2023

• Oct. 16, 2023 | Crop Progress Report | PDF
• USDA Releases Season Average Price Forecasts Outlook
• USDA Provides Update On Its Crop Insurance Program For Double Cropping
• Cash Market Moves | 2023 US Soft Red Winter Crop Wheat Makes Grade
• People skills, transitions in focus at Farm Futures Business Summit
• Policy quick hits: E15 sales soar
• What decisions are top of mind for your farm?
• Claim: USDA’s ‘incredibly shrinking’ conservation program a warning about the farm bill
• Huge is becoming normal for U.S. crops
• Wheat export sales notch marketing year high
• Rains Impact Wheat Planting in China- The Fifth-Largest U.S Wheat Importer in MY 2022-23
• 8 Lessons Learned As a Farm Mechanic on a Sunny Fall Day
• USDA distributes $1.7B in annual Conservation Reserve Program payments
• Ag Sec’y Vilsack Provides Update On USDA’s Fertilizer Production Expansion Program
• Survey Of Ag Industry Leaders Show The Majority Are Confident About Future Profitability
• Global Crop Protection Product Market Forecast To Be $132.4 Billion By 2032

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.16.2023

• Crop Protection Market To Be $132.4 Billion By 2032
• Top 5 Things to Watch Global Events, Reports Drive Markets
• Farm Organization Leaders Air Their Major Farm Bill Concerns
• View From the Cab Farmers Race Weather to Continue Harvest
• Fall Harvest Auction Week: What tractor nerds dream of
• Huge is becoming normal for U.S. crops
• Wheat export sales notch marketing year high
• Higher interest rates limiting ag industry
• High Interest Rates, Strong U.S. Dollar Take a Toll on Ag Economy
• Fertilizer “Scarce and Expensive” in Some Lower-Income Countries, as “Politics of the Dinner Table” Emerge
• Jordan eases House aggies’ farm bill concerns in race for speakership
• Cash Rents Are Up for 2023, But Will 2024 Be Better?
• USDA Releases Adoption Of Genetically Engineered Crops In The U.S. Report
• Ag Economics Expert on Recession Expectations
• USDA Reports Global Food Security Improves In 2023
• It’s time to start talking about succession planning
• Farm Credit Administration Approves Revised Rules For Financing Of Young, Beginning Farmers

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.13.2023

• Oct. 12, 2023 | WASDE (PDF)
• USDA Lowers Its September Corn, Soybean Production Forecast
• Farm Organization Leaders Air Their Major Farm Bill Concerns
• Labor Challenges on Small Farms Ag Secretary Vilsack Ties Rural Workforce Problems to Broken Immigration System
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• WASDE sparks major grain rally
• Vilsack asks where Reference Price dollars will come from
• A solution for decarbonizing ethanol could be at an impasse
• Anhydrous Prices Climb; Mississippi Hits Record Low at Memphis, and China “Scoops Up Wheat”
• New Profit Calculator Reveals How Much Soybean Cyst Nematode Costs You By Field
• High Interest Rates, Strong U.S. Dollar Take a Toll on Ag Economy
• Grocery prices rise slightly as beef, pork costs climb
• Cash Rents Are Up for 2023, But Will 2024 Be Better?
• USDA Cotton Report Shows All Cotton Down from 2022
• COTTON SPIN: 2024 cotton crop outlook
• USDA Increases Red Meat Outlook, Lowers Poultry

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.12.2023

• Vilsack: Congress must act on farm bill or face dire consequences
• Labor Challenges on Small Farms | Ag Secretary Vilsack Ties Rural Workforce Problems to Broken Immigration System
• Head Injuries Reduced by Wearing Helmets When Operating Vehicles, Riding Horses
• USDA exports – China, unknown buy soybeans, October 11, 2023
• Farms calculate benefits of planting green
• Corn harvest near the finish line in North Carolina and Texas
• Texas close to wrapping up sorghum harvest
• Vilsack asks where Reference Price dollars will come from
• Supply and demand numbers could provide insight on the direction of feed costs
• What is your farm’s strategy for financial resiliency?
• Scientists Use CRISPR Gene Editing To Combat Bird Flu; as Corn, Soybean Harvest Ahead of Average
• High Interest Rates, Strong U.S. Dollar Take a Toll on Ag Economy
• Survey By Purdue Reports Consumers’ Preference Of Food Purchase By Brand Or Generic
• USDA Releases Commodity Costs And Returns Report
• Ag Lawyer: Five Questions To Ask Before Signing A Soil Carbon Contract