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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.08.2025

• Farmer Aid of as much as $15 Billion Expected this Week
• Farmers Await Details of Aid Package Ag Groups Press for Aid While Some Raise Concerns About Long-Term Tariff Damage
• Federal Court Denies USDA Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Cattle ID Mandate
• Rural America Could See Steep Health Insurance Hikes Without ACA Credits
• Best Blog of the Week | An Urban’s Rural View: The Free Speech Generation Gap
• Recent Farmland Sales in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan
• USDA’s Top 10 Cash Rent States in 2025
• USDA: Land Values Up 4.3% in 2025 | Cropland Values Continue to Rise, Topping $5,830 Per Acre Nationally
• Irrigation companies offer new products for 2025
• More seed choices for 2026
• U.S. Soybean Farmers, Deserted by Big Buyer China, Scramble for Other Importers
• Mexico Confirms New Screwworm Case in Northern Border State Nuevo Leon
• Federal aid could decide if farms survive or fold in 2026
• Has Government Shutdown Stalled Farm Financial Aid Package?
• Daybreak Oct. 7: Scoop: USDA quietly moves $13B as officials ready farm aid; senators offer new details
• Sept Sentiment Study: Farmers Say Current Conditions On U.S. Farms Are Weakening
• CoBank: Record Crop Meets Trade Uncertainty

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.07.2025

• Sort and Cull Recognizing the Effect of Wider Daily Trading Limits in Cattle Contracts
• Farmers Face Grain Storage Conundrum Grain Storage Crunch Looms as Record Harvest Challenges Farmers, Elevators
• Tight Supplies Lead to Profitable Beef Industry | Robust Beef Demand Persists Despite Dwindling Herd Size Nationwide
• Wall St. doesn’t care about D.C. (so far)
• Solving crop puzzles from the air: 10 questions to ask
• Global meat prices extend rally to record on tight beef supplies
• Follow the clues to a pop in corn price | Ag Marketing IQ: While the federal government is shut down, markets send and receive their own signals. Here’s what these messages are saying about grain prices.
• FFA Lessons Carry Small-Town Student From County Fair to Global Ag Research
• Could Seed Impact Mills Be the Future of Weed Control?
• Weak Prices Squeeze Farmers, While Tariff Aid Gains Momentum
• Economist says shutdown could lead to volatility in the markets
• Farmers advised to sell on carry, re-own corn with fixed risk options
• Are Large ARC/PLC Payments Coming?
• The Scoop Podcast: What’s Next For Ag Drone Application?
• Farm groups appeal for aid; top official says announcement due ‘really soon’
• USDA Peanut Stocks and Processing Report for August Shows Mixed Market Trends
• CoBank: Record Crop Meets Trade Uncertainty
• How The Government Shutdown Will Impact Soil Conservation
• New Thematic Map Released Highlighting U.S. Water Rights Systems, Informs Water Governance
• American Public Television To Distribute Women’s Work: The Untold Story Of America’s Female Farmers Nationwide

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.06.2025

• 3 Big Things Today, Oct. 6, 2025
• Top 5 Things to Watch Government Shutdown: Cancellations and Postponements
• Washington Week Ahead: Shutdown drags on, may delay farm aid plan
• Crop vs. Livestock Sentiment: Perspectives From the Ag Economy Barometer
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the October WASDE Report — Shutdown Edition
• Trump Considering at Least $10 Billion for Farmer Aid; Announcement Next Week
• USDA-DOJ Agreement on Farm Inputs Welcomed, but Issues Complex
• U.S. Soybean Farmers, Deserted by Big Buyer China, Scramble for Other Importers
• Farmers await final 45Z rules while opportunity clock ticks
• New Thematic Map Released Highlighting U.S. Water Rights Systems, Informs Water Governance
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Encourages Congress To Act After California Authorizes E15 10-3-2025
• Weather extremes, low prices vex sorghum producers
• Farmers deserve to know more about USDA reorg
• Ag tech’s next frontier: Precision weed control in row crops

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.03.2025

• Treasury Secretary Says Substantial Support Coming for Farmers Next Week
• Government Shutdown Delays Critical EPA Decisions for Agriculture, Biofuels
• An Urban’s Rural View Blog | The Free Speech Generation Gap
• October 2025 Recent Farmland Sale
• You don’t have to sing the shutdown blues Afternoon market analysis: Farmers have some reasons to be cautiously optimistic right now.
• Talk to your banker
• How can farmers navigate the government shutdown?
• Trump’s signal on China trade talks lifts soybean prices
• How virtual fencing offers young farmers hope for future
• Experiencing the hardest fall of them all
• U.S. Ag Productivity Growth has Slowed Dramatically, Report Finds
• Field Didn’t Yield Like Expected? Start With These Checks
• DOL H-2A farmworker wage rule projected to save employers $2.4 Billion
• Winter: The Secret to Slowing the Spread of Screwworm
• Bessent teases farm assistance announcement next week
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Encourages Congress To Act After California Authorizes E15

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.02.2025

• Federal Shutdown Will Delay Expected Payments to Farmers
• What We Know About a Shutdown at USDA, End of Some Farm Bill Programs
• Nearly Half of USDA Employees to be Furloughed as Gov’t Shuts Down
• Short-term funding bill fails to keep government open, USDA now half staffed
• DHS, DOL streamlines H-2A filing process and allows limits to some wages
• U.S. Corn Ending Stocks Down 13% From Last Year, Soybean Ending Stocks Down 8%
• Once Again DAP Leads Fertilizer Prices Higher
• Corteva Confirms Split to Separate Seed, Crop Protection Business Units
• Tech transforms irrigation data into farming insights
• How to add agritourism, specialty crops to your farm
• Trump Says He and Xi to Meet in Four Weeks, Discuss Soy
• Middle East opportunities for U.S. commodities
• Grassley warns farm program payments, trade talks at risk in shutdown
• China’s silence on soy imports worries Nebraska farmer

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 10.01.2025

• Government shutdown hits farmers: What you need to know
• Nearly half USDA workforce to be furloughed in shutdown
• USDA Migrates Data Archive to New Website, Dropping Cornell’s Mann Library
• First New World screwworm drug receives FDA conditional approval
• USDA ‘Prepared’ for Looming Government Shutdown, Layoffs Possible
• USDA Raises Corn Stocks to 1.53 BB, Lowers Soybean Stocks to 316 MB
• Drought Deepens Across the US, Affects Pasture and Range Quality
• Can commodity farmers disrupt the market?
• USDA names Arizona as test site for New World screwworm
• Higher-than-expected stocks chop corn prices
• Decommoditization Helps Farmers Earn More From Value-Added Crops
• History & Tough Reality: When Payments Do More Harm Than Good, Consider Other Options
• What Marketing Lessons Can Farmers Learn From the Past Two Years?
• A Farmer’s Guide to Cash Rent Calculations and Negotiations
• First-Generation Farmers Set for Day of Reckoning as Agriculture Crisis Deepens?
• USDA Deregulates Corn Developed Using Genetic Engineering To Resist Certain Pests
• Justice Department And USDA Coordinate To Protect Competition In Agricultural Inputs