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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.10.2023

• 3 Big Things Today, July 10, 2023
• Washington Week Ahead: USDA nominee on tap as lawmakers return for pre-August rush
• Top 5 Things to Watch Week Beginning July 9, 2023 | WASDE and Weather Patterns
• 17 of the top 18 corn growing states face drought to start July
• Are exports the problem? Analyst says slow export demand may be holding back corn prices.
• Report: Retooling USDA programs for climate mitigation is ‘politically fraught’
• Wealthy nations are losing their taste for meat, says report
• Old crop corn, new crop wheat export sales up on week
• Grassley talks farm bill timing as possibility of extension grows
• Black Sea Grain Deal in Focus
• FAO Food Price Index Continues to Fall
• USDA: Weekly Cotton Market Review
• USDA Could Use the Farm Bill’s Conservation Title for Climate Change
• Speculation Continues That Bayer Will Spin Out Its Crop Sciences Business

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.07.2023

• Agri-Pulse farm bill preview: Key issues and proposals for each title
• Farmers are becoming more doubtful of a farm bill in 2023
• USDA Expands Risk Management Options For Specialty Crops
• Breaking Down Worst Droughts in US History: Four Periods Stand Out
• Ethanol Inventory Down
• Override Supreme Court on livestock regulation, say meatpackers
• Farmers skeptical of farm bill as Prop 12 slayer
• Loss of glyphosate would harm U.S. agriculture, new report says
• EPA’s race to cut emissions with electric vehicles sparks concern in agriculture, auto industry
• Daybreak July 6: Many farmers expect reference price increase
• US and China: A New Trade War?
• Farmer Sentiment Rebounds On More Optimistic View Of Future In Purdue/CME’s Barometer Survey
• USDA To Hold Webinar "Concentration And Competition In U.S. Agribusiness"
• Survey Finds Average Time Spent Online Continues Falling

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.06.2023

• USDA Listening Sessions on Crop Insurance Coverage for Prevented Planting
• Agri-Pulse farm bill preview: Key issues and proposals for each title
• Grains in search of a post-holiday spark
• Will a smart sprayer pay off on your farm?
• Price or Profitability — Which Matters More to Cattle Producers?
• Hay Bales: High-Priced Time Capsules
• 1 Dies in Grain Elevator Collapse | Texas Grain Elevator Collapse Kills 1, Injures 2
• Accidents in grain bins, other ag facilities up sharply in 2022
• House members try again to advance Farm Workforce Modernization Act
• Russia threatens Ukraine grain exports, but China may have a say in the matter
• US and China: A New Trade War?
• Smaller Soybean Crop Has Traders Re-aligning Strategies
• Farmer Sentiment Rebounds On More Optimistic View Of Future In Purdue/CME’s Barometer Survey
• USDA To Hold Webinar "Concentration And Competition In U.S. Agribusiness"
• Survey Finds Average Time Spent Online Continues Falling

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.05.2023

• Agri-Pulse farm bill preview: Key issues and proposals for each title
• Crop Progress Report 07.03.2023 (PDF)
• U.S. Crop Conditions – – Corn Up One Point, Soybeans Down One
• UAN28 Fertilizer Price Drops Below $400 For First Time Since September 2021UAN28 Fertilizer Price Drops Below $400 For First Time Since September 2021
• USDA Crop Progress Report: Corn Condition Up Only 1 Point Following Rains; Soy Condition Down 1 Point
• Exhausting Heat Dome Streak Continues in 2023
• Will a smart sprayer pay off on your farm?
• Legislation introduced to classify phosphate and potash as critical minerals
• Agriculture After High School: Balance Cows & College
• Recent Rains Didn’t Put a Dent in the Midwest Drought, 70% of U.S. Corn Crop Now Hit by Drought
• High Production Costs Could Weigh on the Ag Economy Through 2024, New Survey of Economists Finds
• USDA announces millions to expand meatpacking competition
• Ag Retailers Report Their Five Largest Challenges
• 17 State Attorney Generals Join Effort Encouraging Congress To Keep AM Radios
• Moody’s Analytics Announces Its Annual Ag Lending Conference

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 06.30.2023

• Cotton Acres Could Be the Biggest Surprise in USDA’s June Acreage Report
• New Agricultural Economist Survey Forecasts Key Drivers Of U.S. Ag Outlook
• Safety net remains a priority for farmers in 2023 Farm Bill discussions
• Canada Fire Smoke May Affect Pollinating Corn
• Grains consolidate losses ahead of USDA data
• Pay, flexibility top-of-mind for today’s farm workers
• Did we just see the summer high in grain prices?
• EPA says it will revise wetlands rule in line with Supreme Court decision
• “Forecasts for Crop-Boosting Rains” Pressure Grain Prices Lower
• High Production Costs Could Weigh on the Ag Economy Through 2024, New Survey of Economists Finds
• Winter Wheat Futures Markets Were Again Pulled Down
• EPA, Corps plan ‘surgical’ update to WOTUS rule by Sept. 1
• First Cotton Bale of 2023 Harvested in Alamo, Texas

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 06.29.2023

• USDA Reports Preview USDA’s Acreage and Grain Stocks Reports on Deck
• Senate Republican Ag Committee Chair: Safety Net Remains Top Priority In 2023 Farm Bill
• Grain Prices “Shrugging Off” Lower Crop Conditions
• Wetter forecasts keep dragging grain prices down
• Pay, flexibility top-of-mind for today’s farm workers
• USDA exports – Mexico buys corn, June 28, 2023
• Kluis survey finds planted acres higher than expected
• Ethanol production holds as stocks rise slightly
• Farmer says volatility in sector is becoming increasingly hard to manage
• High Production Costs Could Weigh on the Ag Economy Through 2024, New Survey of Economists Finds
• Landowner Sues EPA and Demands Jury Trial
• EPA, Corps plan ‘surgical’ update to WOTUS rule by Sept. 1
• Daybreak June 28: McConnell: Money tight for farm bill
• Plant-based meat alternatives may have hit a wall
• USDA Releases Cost-of-Production Forecast
• AI Applications In Agriculture And Legal Implications
• USDA: Prices For Genetically Modified Seeds Have Risen Much Faster Than Non-GM Seeds