Ag News

TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 07.27.2023

• Corn closes down 17¢ | Wednesday, July 26, 2023
• Grocery inflation rate in 2024 forecast as lowest in five years
• Ag Weather Forum Heat Breaking for Some, Extended for Others Going Into August
• Blocking Foreign Purchases of Ag Land | Senate Votes to Block Farmland, Ag Investments by Foreign Adversaries
• Grain prices mixed in midweek action
• Traders on edge as weather threatens corn yields
• USDA looks to expand rural healthcare access
• The WOTUS battle is far from over
• War in Ukraine Continues to Cause Havoc in Wheat Market
• EU “Could Provide Alternative Routes” for Ukrainian Grain- Expand “Solidarity Lanes”
• Stakes for farm bill expiration lower this time, but 2024 impacts loom
• House Republicans considering major changes to CRP
• Impacts of China trade war still scar some US specialty crops
• Crop insurance rules challenge airlines’ ambitious biofuel plans
• The Top 6 Survival Tips for Raising Teen Farm Kids
• Cotton Growers Asked to Complete Survey
• AAA And NIFF Announces Partnership To Combat Misinformation In Animal Ag
• Paulsen On Why Farmers Should Say Yes To Media Training

TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 07.26.2023

• Senate votes to bar some foreign farmland purchases
• Drought and Heat Lead to Grasshopper Challenges for Farmers, Ranchers
• ADM Ethanol Markets Trial Likely Pushed to End of 2024, Possibly Into 2025
• Markets pause on Midwest rains, Black Sea fatigue
• Ag Marketing IQ: Focus on managing risk ahead of USDA’s updated corn yield forecasts.
• Russia pulls out of grain deal | Uncertain wheat markets follow Russian reneging on grain deal.
• Machinery dealers use artificial intelligence to improve farmer service
• White House threatens to veto USDA-FDA funding bill
• Biden-Harris Administration Helps Expand Access to Rural Health Care
• The Midwest is Set to Bake Under High Heat, Ag Meteorologists Now Worry About Severe Crop Damage
• Fate of ag spending amendments to be decided
• Thompson on Cotton: Some Excitement Has Returned
• USDA Introduces Geospatial Data Product To Show Crop Rotation Patterns
• China’s Next Anti-Corruption Campaign Targeted At Its Seed Industry
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.25.2023

• Crop Progress Report | 07.24.2023 | PDF
• USDA Crop Progress Report: Corn Condition Holds Steady, Soybean Condition Down Slightly Week Ended July 23
• EPA’s proposed herbicide strategy outlines mitigation measures to protect species
• White House threatens to veto House GOP’s USDA-FDA appropriations bill
• Grain prices heat up on weather, war worries
• Extension of a ban on grain exports from Ukraine to the EU would be "unacceptable," says Zelenskiy
• Summer bugs cost farmers and ranchers
• Trade remains a top priority for cattle industry
• Liquidation in the cattle industry continues
• Russia Strikes Infrastructure Along Danube, “an Alternative [Grain] Export Route”
• Ag Economists Turn More Positive Longer-Term On the Farm Economy
• What in the World is Going On With Glyphosate Prices?
• EPA Administrator Michael Regan to headline Kansas City Ag Outlook Forum
• USDA Reports Consumers’ Food Spending Hit Record High In 2022
• USDA: Weekly Cotton Market Review
• Farm Bill 2023: Reviewing Pieces of the Base Acres Puzzle
• China’s Next Anti-Corruption Campaign Targeted At Its Seed Industry
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
• USDA Reports Cattle Inventory Down Another 3%, Lowest In A Decade

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.21.2023

• U.S. Cotton Growers Can Now Apply for the Climate Smart Cotton Program
• Russia, Ukraine Harden Lines on Black Sea and Grain Shipments as Strikes on Ports Continue
• Russia bombards Ukraine ports, threatens ships, jolting world grain markets
• Grains mixed as rally starts to sputter
• Finally, a great definition for farm sustainability
• Can your marketing plan withstand wild weather markets?
• Senators push additional rules for foreign landowners
• With rising costs, review grain storage this fall
• USDA and states to tackle anticompetitive practices
• USDA launches $2.2 billion program to remedy discrimination
• With a second beef plant, Walmart raises concerns about vertical integration in cattle markets
• Aided by grassland signup, Conservation Reserve reaches enrollment limit
• Farm bill ‘this year’ seems more likely than farm bill ‘on time’
• USDA Makes Some Adjustments in Recent Reports
• World’s Food Production Has Increased 4x Over 1960, Here’s Why

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.20.2023

• USDA Creates Competition, Seed Strategy
• World’s Food Production Has Increased 4x Over 1960, Here’s Why
• Grains Close Higher Adding Risk Premium on War and Weather: Contract Highs in Live Cattle, with Milk Prices Bottoming?
• Most Ag Economists Think It’s Unlikely the 2023 Farm Bill Will Be Passed in 2023
• House Democrats deny tension on farm bill, task force recommendations due soon
• House appropriators advance Interior-Environment bill with big cuts
• Wheat Soars as Russia Threatens Ships; Ports Hit For Third Straight Night
• Black Sea peril keeps wheat rally thriving
• If Cattle Inventory Report Shows Smaller Cowherd, Will Prices Go Up?
• Celebrating 100 Years of Crop Insurance Research
• Finally, a great definition for farm sustainability
• Combination of issues create weed challenge
• Russia delivers Black Sea shipping warning as Ukraine decries ‘hellish’ port attacks
• Wheat sees limit higher trade following Russian port bombings
• Preliminary Trade Agreement Between U.S., Taiwan Garners Approval from Senate
• USDA’s New Farmer Seed Liaison
• USDA Releases Season Average Price Forecasts Report
• USDA Releases Cotton and Wool Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.19.2023

• Celebrating 100 Years of Crop Insurance Research
• Don’t count the farm bill out in ‘23
• House Ag to Focus on Crypto Oversight, Then Farm Bill
• Can Meat-Cutting Programs at Colleges Help Fill Labor Demand for Small Processors?
• Can your marketing plan withstand wild weather markets?
• Buyers still interested in farmland, but offerings are starting to level off
• How 2023 stacks up vs. other dry years
• Farm leadership essentials: Learning and adapting`
• Manage fertilizer prices with cash flow
• With a second beef plant, Walmart raises concerns about vertical integration in cattle markets
• The Countdown is on for EPA to Revise WOTUS
• Ag Economists Release Report Showing Grain In Storage, Government Payments Have Big Influence
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Outlook Report
• Russia Attacks Ukrainian Grain Export Facilities