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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.07.2025

• Grains End the Day Higher | Thursday, March 6, 2025
• Trump loosens tariffs for Canadian potash, USMCA goods
• Thousands Of Farmers Call For Immediate Action On E15
• Letters to the Editor | New USDA Team Leading the Charge to Undercut Rural America — Farmers Know This is the Opposite of Efficient
• Board Chair, Special Counsel Who Ordered USDA Rehires Also Fired
• Trump Points to an ‘American Comeback’ in Speech to Joint Session of Congress
• If Trump Doesn’t Want Canadian Exports: Who Might?
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Road Warrior: David Kohl explains how a written operating plan can mean the difference between profits and losses.
• Tariff threats already begin to fizzle
• This much-dissed crop may emerge as 2025’s dark horse
• The operating game plan is critical in your farm business
• New drone a ‘look to the future’
• Trump weighs agriculture carveouts to Canada, Mexico tariffs
• On Day One, Tariffs Prompt Tough Decisions For Ag Input Firms
• USDA Ordered to Reinstate 5,000+ Probationary Workers
• Tariffs On Mexico Delayed One Month

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.06.2025

• China Suspends The Licenses Of Three Soybean Importers
• Grains Close Higher | Wednesday, March 5, 2025
• USDA Ordered to Reinstate Nearly 5,700 Fired Workers
• U.S. Company BlackRock Buying Panama Canal Ports
• Texas Farmers Hustle to Plant Corn While Winter Wheat and Oats Begin Heading
• Weekly Export Inspections Report Inspections Run Ahead of Last Year
• Is It Time to Look at an Average-Price Contract for New-Crop Corn?
• Court Orders Deere to Disclose Trade Group Communications to Farmers in Repair Case
• Trade war puts sales of 12 million tons of U.S. crops under threat
• Trump to farmers: ‘Bear with me’ as tariffs shake agriculture
• ‘Promises Alone Won’t Pay the Bills’: Reactions Roll in as Tariffs and New Trade Wars Put Ag Industry on High Alert
• Rollins Reassures County Officials, Asks Them to Trust Trump on Tariffs
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Previews Her Vision For Restoring Rural Prosperity

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.05.2025

• Trump tells farmers tariffs will help them, urges them to ‘have fun’
• Trump Triggers Trade War, Price Hikes With Tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico
• China Hits U.S. Soybean Firms, Halts Lumber Imports as It Steps up Retaliation Against Trump Tariffs
• Trump Points to an ‘American Comeback’ in Speech to Joint Session of Congress
• Lawmakers Worry Budget Plan Could Take Farm Bill
• Canada & Mexico Tariffs Take Effect, China Hits Back at US Ag
• Soybeans Close Just Shy of $10 | Tuesday, March 4, 2025
• Ag Secretary: Applications for $10 Billion in Economic Aid, ECAP, Should Arrive Soon
• Shutdown Could Put Aid Payments at Risk | Commodity Producers Brace for Impact: Trade Tariffs and Shutdown Risks Loom
• December Corn is Nearing a Major Support Area
• How to survive inflation on the farm
• How low can you go on nitrogen fertilizer?
• With Trump’s Tariffs, Illinois Farmers Worry About Losing Corn Sales to Mexico
• Grassley anticipates Congressional help for farmers in tariff crosshairs
• Farmer Sentiment Rises As Current Conditions Improve On U.S. Farms
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Previews Her Vision For Restoring Rural Prosperity
• Nominations Now Open For Women In Ag Award

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.04.2025

• New Research: Farmers, Public Support Protecting Access To Crop Protection Tools
• Trump’s Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Take Effect, With Added Duties on China
• New tariffs on imported ag products: Trump’s message to U.S. farmers
• Rollins Offers Some Details on Market Relief, Releases Conservation Funds
• U.S. to target new ag trade markets in 2025, Sec. Rollins says
• Treasury Scraps Deadline and Penalties for Beneficial Ownership Information Rule
• Letters to the Editor | Revitalizing the Future of Farming
• Rollins Details Economic Aid, USDA Cuts | Ag Secretary: Applications for $10 Billion in Economic Aid, ECAP, Should Arrive Soon
• Big Spring Storm Bringing Severe Weather, Blizzard to Central US
• Case IH, New Holland Release New Sense-and-Act Sprayer Technologies at 2025 Commodity Classic
• Trade war tensions rise: How new tariffs could hit your farm
• Grain selloff marches ahead in earnest | Afternoon Market Recap: Corn, soybean and wheat prices all slumped lower on Monday.
• China Readying Tariff Countermeasures on US Agriculture
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Delivers Remarks At Commodity Classic, Announces Next Steps For Economic Disaster Relief
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report
• USDA Forecasts 94 Million Acres Of Corn, 84 Million Acres Of Soybeans Plus Other Estimates

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.03.2025

• Treasury suspends enforcement of business ownership disclosure
• 2025 Spring Crop Insurance Price Climbs to $4.70 for Corn, Falls to $10.54 for Soybeans
• USDA Forecasts 94 Million Acres Of Corn, 84 Million Acres Of Soybeans Plus Other Estimates
• Can We Trust USDA’s Data?
• Rollins offers some details on market relief, releases conservation funds
• Navigating the Ag Economy: Falling Row Crop Prices and Rising Livestock Values Projected Amid Tariff Uncertainty
• Canada and Mexico Tariffs Will Start March 4, Trump Says
• World Shares are Mostly Higher After Wall Street’s Rally
• USDA Outlook Shows Fewer Cattle and Poultry, Increase in Pork Production
• A Discussion with NCIS Chairmen
• Greeneye’s spray tech now available for cotton
• Cattle markets bullish, but with a lot of volatility
• 7 ag stories you may have missed – Feb. 28, 2025
• Time to bring the EU to the trade table?
• Record ag imports push trade deficit to new levels
• Here’s Why Chicken Producers Aren’t Rushing To Vaccinate Against Bird Flu

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.28.2025

• Trump team weighs pulling funds for Moderna Bird Flu Vaccine
• Trump says U.S. to impose new 10% China tariff next week
• USDA: Crop price slump to extend through 2025; ag trade deficit widening
• USDA Forecasts Record Corn Crop, Larger Soybean Crop for 2025-26
• Negative Close Across Grain | Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025
• Thompson: 2025 needs to be the year of the farm bill
• APHIS Expands Biological Barrier Into Mexico to Help Prevent Screwworm Spread
• Expanding US Farm Exports: Can Tariffs Help Level the Playing Field?
• Lawmakers Worry House Budget Plan Could Tank New Farm Bill
• Direct to market diversification: Is it for your farm?
• Time to bring the EU to the trade table?
• How many corn acres are too many?
• Is latest House vote bad news for farm bill?
• Live updates: Trump tariffs bring economic uncertainty to farm country
• Former chief ag negotiator: No easy paths to spur U.S. exports
• State Ag Officials Vote To Promote Increased Production Of Biofuels To Support American Economies
• Projections Show Beef Imports Set To Retreat As Domestic Beef Production Climbs
• Ag Sec’y Rollins To Speak At Commodity Classic