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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 02.07.2025

• 3 Big Things Today, February 7, 2025
• US Ag Export Volumes Surged 22% in 2024
• USDA: Farm Incomes Up in 2025 2025 Farm Incomes Forecast Up 30% With Disaster Aid Offsetting Falling Cash Receipts
• Ag Interest Rate | Snapshot Farm Credit Rates
• The Importance of an Independent Federal Reserve, Revisited
• Pandemic Opened New Revenue Doors for Farmers
• 7 ag stories you can’t miss – February 7, 2025
• Is the worst behind us? More red ink likely in 2025 but losses likely not as extreme
• Managing 5-by-5 power trust distribution Farm & Family: One drawback is if trust lacks liquidity to meet distribution obligation.
• How to pay attention in a 3-ring circus Afternoon grain market analysis: Corn, soybean and wheat prices all moved higher on Thursday.
• 5 Big Factors That Could Influence Grain Prices
• Farm Country Still Uneasy About RFK’s Confirmation After Hearings
• Market Analyst Says Now Is the Time to Defend Sky-High Cattle Prices
• Trump’s USTR pick pledges to open new markets for U.S. ag, biofuels
• CattleFax Forecasts Continued Strong Demand And High Price Outlook For Cattle Producers
• Farm Sector Profits Forecast To Grow By $30 Billion In 2025, Second Highest Of All Time

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.06.2025

• Soybeans Close Down 18¢ | Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 | Corn and wheat also close lower.
• Tariff risks to agriculture aired during Senate hearing
• The impact of high beef prices on consumer demand
• Property Owners and Suspicious Drones: What Laws Apply?
• Ag Traders, Manufacturers Report Tough Profit Outlooks
• Will spring wheat acreage hit historic lows?
• The dance around $5 corn continues
• There’s gold in that farmland!
• New Year, New Farm Bill?
• Farmers Urge Congress to Pass Farm Bill Citing Financial Struggles, Rice Farmer Asks, ‘Is Farming Really Worth It?’
• Biofuels Policy Questions Left Open at Beginning of Second Trump Administration
• Deere Announces New Precision Technology Kit for Crops and Livestock, Plus New Baler Automation
• Tractor Dash Lights: Friend or Foe?
• Brand Name Vs. Generic: Tools By Any Other Name
• Farmers warn senators policy uncertainty weighing on U.S. ag economy
• Farmers Mutual Hail to Acquire Canadian Firm Palliser Insurance
• NCGA President Calls For Bolstering Competitiveness To Address Economic Challenges In Senate Ag Hearing
• U Of Illinois Researcher Finds Early Planting Benefits Soybean In Unfertilized, Low-Fertility Fields

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.05.2025

• Power Shortfalls CoBank CEO: Electricity Supply an Issue Across Rural America
• Farmers in the Dark as USDA Puts Major Project Payments on Hold
• China Tariffs Begin, Canada & Mexico Tariffs Paused
• Will spring wheat acreage hit historic lows?
• Senate committee forwards Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary
• CNH Brands Case IH, New Holland Expecting Tough Financial Year in 2025
• Senate Ag Committee Advances USDA Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins
• The winds of change in agricultural lending
• Biofuels face uncertainty after record-breaking year
• How I’m learning to give up control, as a farmer and a parent
• Will hedges pay off? Farm Futures study looks at risks and rewards of forward-pricing corn and soybeans before harvest.
• Soybeans Climb to Highest Since July as Tariff Worries Ease
• Bird Flu Detected in Commercial Egg Layer Flock in O’Brien County, Iowa
• John Deere Aftermarket Kit Bridges Precision Ag Tech Across Manufacturers
• House Ag Committee Leadership and AFBF President Talk Tariffs, Farm Bill
• Iowa State Releases New N-FACT Tool, Calculates Optimal Nitrogen Application Rates
• U.S. Farmers’ Retain Optimistic Outlook For 2025 Despite Ag Trade Uncertainty
• A Platform For Famers To Find/Review Biologicals AgList Is Launched

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.04.2025

• Tariff Standoff Ends With Ag Unscathed US, Canada, Mexico Won’t Impose Immediate Tariffs After a Day of Calls
• Climate Change References Being Removed From USDA Websites
• Asian Shares Climb as Canada, Mexico Tariffs are Postponed and China Retaliates
• Soybeans Close Up More Than 16¢ | Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 Corn and wheat also close higher.
• Michigan Braces for Fallout as Trump Tariffs Target State’s Top 3 Trading Partners
• Mexican Cattle Exports to Resume Under Inspection Protocol
• The Importance of an Independent Federal Reserve, Revisited
• Texas A&M’s new librarian never sleeps
• Farmers left in dark as USDA withholds climate project payments
• Retail Food Price Inflation Subsided Across Most Areas
• Tracking Agricultural Commodities after One Month
• A Platform For Famers To Find/Review Biologicals AgList Is Launched
• Ag Prices Up Some Despite Tariffs

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.03.2025

• Trump Orders Tariffs on Trade Partners Canada, Mexico, Look to Target Red States With Retaliatory Tariffs
• House Committee Chair’s Statement On Trump’s Tariff Policy
• Washington Week Ahead: Rollins, RFK Jr. committee votes set; farm economy gets focus
• Kennedy Warns About Ag Chemicals, Says Regenerative Practices Are Needed
• Top 5 Things to Watch Corn Toys With $5, Tariffs Against Biggest Trade Partners, Plus Podcast on CES Highlights
• Economists rush to react to Trump’s moving tariff targets
• Feed grains, farm planning complex in 2025
• Cattle, beef markets explode out of gate
• Mixing ag and solar may provide benefits for all
• January Cattle Inventory Report
• Crop Consultants Offer Their Top Tips To Reduce Input Costs
• Cattle and Bison Imports from Mexico Resume Under New Protocol
• Farmers For Free Trade Issues Statement On Tariffs On Mexico, Canada And China
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Thanks Trump Administration For Protecting Herd Health And Critical Trade
• U.S. Tariffs On Canadian Canola Industry Will Have Widespread, Devastating Impacts
• USDA Employees To Return To Their Offices On February 10
• The Nat’l Assn of State Departments Of Agriculture Announces Its Federal Policy Focus For 2025

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.31.2025

• Kennedy Warns About Ag Chemicals, Says Regenerative Practices Are Needed
• USDA Farm Loans Shouldn’t Be Affected by White House Freeze on Loans and Grants
• AFBF Navigates Policy and Trump Farm Bureau Focuses on Policy Agenda as White House Pulls Back Federal Aid Freeze
• States Join Prop 12 Appeal to SCOTUS
• DTN’s Livestock Quick Takes
• $5 corn hangs on for dear life
• CDFA’s organic enforcement duties expand The system has benefited farmers, as well as consumers and others interested in the integrity of the system, official says.
• Industry anxiously awaits Cattle Inventory numbers from USDA
• Feenstra on farm tax provisions expiring, “This is real.”
• Mexico Readying Retaliatory Tariffs, Potentially Targeting US Ag
• Crop Consultants Offer Their Top Tips To Reduce Input Costs
• USDA Reports Retail Food Price Inflation Subsided Across Most Categories
• USDA Releases Report Showing The Percentage Of Adults Who Consumed Little To No Fruit Has Grown