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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.30.2025

• The 2025 Farm Bill What-If Tool
• Court Sides Against Deere Again in AGCO High-Speed Planting Case
• AFBF Navigates Policy and Trump Farm Bureau Focuses on Policy Agenda as White House Pulls Back Federal Aid Freeze
• Changing of the Guard at the Surface Transportation Board
• America’s Best Young Farmers/Ranchers-4 | Parents Inspire and Teach 3 Farm Daughters That Failure Isn’t Fatal
• Recent Farmland Sales in Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma
• Dicamba Do’s and Don’ts for 2025
• Senate Confirms Lee Zeldin to Lead EPA | Senate Confirms Former Congressman Lee Zeldin as Trump’s EPA Administrator
• Top 10 Ag Stories of 2024: Best of Rest
• Weather Outlook Through Summer 2025 Sees La Nina Losing Influence During Spring
• Feenstra on farm tax provisions expiring, “This is real.”
• Kennedy talks ag during confirmation hearing
• RFK Jr. says he wants to help farmers move to regenerative ag
• USDA Releases Report Showing The Percentage Of Adults Who Consumed Little To No Fruit Has Grown
• "Tempo Has Increased" As Bird Flu Spreads In The U.S.
• Ag Sec’y Nominee Rollins Commits To Working On Prop. 12 Fix During Confirmation Hearing

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.29.2025

• OMB directive to pause federal funding is stayed temporarily
• USDA Farm Loans Shouldn’t Be Affected by White House Freeze on Loans and Grants
• Corporate Transparency Act put on hold? Legal Matters: The CTA has been a roller coaster ride for the past year. Here is where things stand today — and what it means for farmers.
• Federal Court Rules Against John Deere in Planter Patent Infringement Case
• It’s Tax Time: Your Guide To Calculate Farm Income This Year
• Ag Weather Forum | La Nina-Type Pattern Setting Up for February
• Riding the winds of change | Ag Marketing IQ: Data guesses and federal policy rock the grain market boat.
• Will DeepSeek be useful on the farm? Afternoon market recap: AI could be a flash in the pan, but increasingly, it looks like it’s here to stay.
• Grains Close Mostly Higher | Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025
• Slow Start to 2025 Machinery Sales
• Market Analyst Says Incremental Sales Are Good but a Balanced Approach to Marketing Is Better
• Farming’s Super Bowl impact: Wings, turf, pigskin and more
• Riding the winds of change Ag Marketing IQ: Data guesses and federal policy rock the grain market boat.
• Cotton prices: Will 2025 mirror 2024 trends?
• House Ag Leaders Debate Farm Bill, Possible SNAP Cuts
• Meat Institute Provides President Trump With Strategies To Reduce Costly Regs. & Address Meat Prices
• Ag Sec’y Nominee Rollins Commits To Working On Prop. 12 Fix During Confirmation Hearing
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.28.2025

• Vilsack to Lead World Food Prize Former Ag Secretary to Lead World Food Prize, Focusing on Food Security
• House Ag leaders debate farm bill, possible SNAP cuts
• Jury Upholds AGCO/Precision Planting Technology On Lawsuit Filed By John Deere
• Ag Sec’y Nominee Rollins Commits To Working On Prop. 12 Fix During Confirmation Hearing
• Soybeans Close Down Nearly 11¢ | Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 Corn and wheat also close lower.
• Washington Farmer Learns More From Leaving the Comfort Zone
• Farm Credit Rates
• New Podcast: Farm Policy 101 with Dr. Joe Outlaw
• Smart farming takes center stage at CES 2025
• Why are the bears running the show now?
• Smart farming takes center stage at CES 2025
• Frigid Weather Likely Damaged U.S. Winter Wheat Crop, Meteorologist Says
• Market advisor expects little change in crop plans
• US, Colombia Avoid Trade War Over Deportations
• Fed Policy and Political Influence: A critique by Malanga
• What A Battle Over the Panama Canal Means For U.S. Agriculture
• 42% Of Family Farms Had Income Below The Median, And 5% Had Wealth Below The U.S. Median In 2023
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.27.2025

• Washington Week Ahead: RFK Jr. faces Senate committees
• Natl Cattlemen’s Beef Assn On Supreme Court Decision To Reinstate Dreaded Corporate Transparency Act Mandate
• Ag Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins Promises Ag Tariff Aid in Confirmation Hearing
• This Week in Agribusiness, Jan. 25, 2025
• Top 5 Things to Watch Big Questions on Fed Rates, South American Weather
• AFBF President Zippy Duvall Urges Congress to Act on Ag Labor, Farm Bill and Tax Reform
• Risk Management Modifications for 2025 Higher ECO Crop Insurance Subsidy, ARC Prices Create New Pathways to Manage Risk in 2025
• America’s Best Young Farmers/Ranchers-1 Risk in Not Taking Risk: Tennessee Couple Build Their New Meat Business
• These Owensboro farmers moved the audience with their fundraiser performance.
• 10 reasons why early planning leads to succession success
• How one young farmer is fighting for farmland
• Purdue Researcher: Application By Drones Shows Mixed Results
• Change In Administration May Not Follow Up On FTC’s Complaint Against Deere

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.24.2025

• BOI Requirements Remain on Hold Supreme Court Ruling Won’t Force Farmers, Others to File BOI Reports
• USDA Nominee Rollins Promises Ag Tariff Aid, but Says Labor Reforms Needed for Deportation Policies
• Profit strategies: Navigate shifting resources and tight margins
• How one young farmer is fighting for farmland
• Profit strategies: Navigate shifting resources and tight margins
• Brooke Rollins testifies before Senate ag committee | President Trump’s agriculture secretary nominee lays out USDA priories, sidesteps tough questions during Senate confirmation hearing.
• Can China Phase One Deal Shield U.S. Farmers From Retaliation?
• US Share of China Soybean Market Fell to 21% in 2024
• Plant Corn Hybrids Where They’ll Perform The Best
• House Ag releases subcommittee assignments
• Risk vs. reward: 3 farmers talk technology
• House OKs bill to speed up wildfire, forest management projects
• Change In Administration May Not Follow Up On FTC’s Complaint Against Deere
• USDA Releases Feed Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Wheat Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Cotton And Wool Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 01.23.2025

• Ag Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins’ Key Issues Ahead of Confirmation Hearing
• Trump eyes February 1st to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico
• Trump Preparing 10% Tariff on China in February
• Risk vs. reward: 3 farmers talk technology
• Market Analyst Explains January Surprise From USDA, How You Can Prepare for Next Month
• EPA Proposal to Waive Cellulosic RFS Volumes Sees Pushback From Biofuels Groups
• Ag Economist Irwin: Trump Administration Could Do Away With 45Z Tax Credit
• Most Retail Fertilizer Prices Move Higher in Second Week of January
• How can we help in this tough year?
• Cattle markets bullish but cautious in 2025
• Profit-taking grinds grain rally to a halt
• USDA Adds Biofuels Group Leader, House Ag Veteran to Senior Staff
• FTC vs. John Deere: Two Experts Answer Key Questions
• Rollins to stress eradicating animal disease, serving ‘all the American people’ at Senate hearing
• USDA Releases Wheat Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Cotton And Wool Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook Report