Ag News

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.03.2023

• Crop Progress Report | PDF | 10.02.2023
• Risk Management Agency launches controlled environment insurance program
• After Late Spring, Then Drought, Spring Wheat Yield/Quality a Surprise
• View From the Cab Farmers Talk Rain, Harvest, Precision Tools, and Land Sales
• Grains start the week with red-hot results
• Ag Marketing IQ: The government is open for now, but stalemate could hurt commodities like corn and soybeans.
• Rural America a focus for bipartisan health caucus formed in U.S. House
• New solution for costly soybean disease
• Farmer Gains Supreme Court’s Ear, Landmark Property Rights Hearing Awaits
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Issue Statement On Congress Passing A Continuing Resolution
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report
• Jet Fuel Represents Huge Opportunity For Ethanol And Corn Producers
• USDA Releases Chart Showing Market Shares Of Seed Companies

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.02.2023

• With Late Rally, Congress Avoids Government Shutdown With Overwhelming Support
• Government Shutdown Avoided, Record-Breaking Heat May Turn to Frost Later in Week
• USDA surprise shocks wheat prices lower
• Top 5 Things to Watch
• Farmers Talk Rain, Harvest, Precision Tools, and Land Sales
• Disaster Aid Checks Coming for 2020-22 | USDA Issuing $1.75 Billion as FSA Closes Out ERP Payments for Crops and Livestock
• It’s been a bad quarter for corn, soybean and wheat prices
• September 29, 2023 Grain Stocks Report (PDF)
• September 29, 2023 Small Grains Annual Summary Report (PDF)
• September 29, 2023 NASS Agricultural Prices
• September 29, 2023 Peanut Prices
• Jet Fuel Represents Huge Opportunity For Ethanol And Corn Producers
• USDA Launches "Weaned Calf Risk Protection" Insurance Option
• USDA Makes Available $3 Billion For Climate-Smart Practices On Agricultural Lands 

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.29.2023

• 3 Big Things Today, September 29, 2023
• Crop Insurance is the Cornerstone of the Farm Safety Net
• Lawmaker proposes income and subsidy limits for crop insurance
• Another Week of Higher Crude Oil Prices Prompts Bad Memories
• Heading to a Shutdown, House Fails to Pass USDA Funding Bill
• Ag Weather | Forum Weather Pattern Shift Coming in October?
• USDA Preview: Will USDA set harvest lows on Friday?
• 5 tax mistakes you might be making
• Why late-season scouting matters
• Foreign ownership of farmland probed at U.S. Senate hearing
• Defense bill may be route for limiting foreign farmland ownership
• Lawmakers demand ag trade dispute task force
• USDA Makes Available $3 Billion For Climate-Smart Practices On Agricultural Lands 
• House Votes Down Rep. Spartz’s Anti-Checkoff Amendment 377 to 49
• Ag Economists’ Outlook Is Starting To Erode
• USDA To Begin Issuing $1.75 Billion To Ag Producers Through Critical Emergency Relief Programs

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.28.2023

• Farm bill deliberations may stretch into 2024, analysts say
• Farm bill could be victim of government shutdown — Vilsack
• Farm Bureau official expects government to shut down
• Sept. 1 Grain Stocks Lead Off Friday’s USDA Reports
• Overseeing Farmland Sales to Foreigners
• Supply glut hampers wheat prices
• 3 market items to watch as harvest begins
• Grain prices mixed at trading close | Wednesday, September
• Government shutdown would delay USDA data
• Holy Grails of US History, Two Plows Forged by John Deere Hide on Iowa Farm
• Checkoff programs, cattle ID plan easily survive House challenges
• Warnock sees farm bill as way to achieve economic and ecological goals
• House votes down cuts to Food to Peace, USDA programs
• Shutdown could disrupt farm, nutrition assistance, officials say
• 130 Ag And Forestry Groups Voice Opposition To Spartz Anti-Checkoff Amendment
• USDA To Begin Issuing $1.75 Billion To Ag Producers Through Critical Emergency Relief Programs
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.27.2023

• 3 Big Things Today, September 27, 2023
• Grain prices lightly mixed on Tuesday
• Shutdown could disrupt farm, nutrition assistance, officials say
• Not a Farmer? Crop Insurance Matters to You, Too!
• 3 main factors moving markets this harvest
• Anhydrous Retail Price Up 21% From Last Month
• EPA Official Discusses E15, ESA Pesticide Challenges and PFAS Contamination
• Bump Fall Forage Production | Gain 2 Pounds of Forage for Every Pound of Weeds Removed From Pastures
• ‘Money is polluting the true innovation’ How ag tech startups solve farm problems is not always straightforward.
• USDA economist watching global grain production
• Bloomberg: As EVs Dent Gasoline and Ethanol Demand, Focus Turns to “Green Jet Fuel”
• House votes down cuts to Food to Peace, USDA programs
• In farm bill debate, Democrats stress needs of broad range of farms
• Lucas returns to Capitol Hill after being injured by stray bull
• Thompson On Cotton: Crop Conditions Continue to Deteriorate
• How Will A Looming Government Shutdown Impact Agriculture?
• National Poll Shows Americans Want Their Food Supply Produced Domestically
• USDA Expands Access To School Breakfast And Lunch For More Students

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.26.2023

• Ag Secretary Stresses Risks of Government Shutdown on Farm Loans, Food Aid
• Crop Progress Report 09.25.2023
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• USDA economist watching global grain production
• How Will A Looming Government Shutdown Impact Agriculture?
• Economist optimistic farmers will weather projected drops in net farm income
• USDA Releases Cotton and Wool Outlook Report
• Efforts Being Made to Address Rural Veterinary Shortages
• Intellectual Property Protections For New Crop Varieties Have Increased
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Backs Legislation To Boost Foreign Ag Purchases
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook Report