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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.08.2025

• April 8, 2025 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Key Ag Inputs Exempt from New Reciprocal Tariffs
• Grains End Day in the Green | Monday, April 7, 2025 Livestock close in the red.
• Winter Wheat Condition Rated 48% Good to Excellent in First National USDA Crop Progress Report of 2025
• Step out of the cab with new autonomous tractor system
• Ag sector changes: What does the next decade hold?
• Advanced tech moves sorghum into the future
• Is it time to start retaining beef heifers? Beef Outlook: Tight cattle supplies have become more evident at feedlots after a March report.
• Delaware Statutory Trust may be more practical investment Farm & Family: Delaware Statutory Trust is a special type of trust that owns income-producing real estate.
• 9 ways to boost your phosphorus IQ
• Buying Inputs in the Current Business Climate
• Meet a Fifth-Generation Colorado Farmer Balancing Information and Innovation
• Congress making progress on tax policy
• Turkey, Mexico ramp up egg exports to U.S. amid tumbling prices
• Farm Bureau On Tariffs And Their Effect On Agriculture
• The Process Of Buying Inputs In The Current Business Climate

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.07.2025

• Top 5 Things to Watch Floods and Floods of Tariff Responses
• USDA says farm impact of new tariffs unknown until fall Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins: “We don’t know what those consequences will look like.”
• Ag sector changes: What does the next decade hold?
• Farmer’s Daughter Movie Tells Story of Resilience
• USDA Presses Another Round of Voluntary Exits Before Major Job Cuts and Restructuring
• 3 lessons from a business retreat
• China hits back at Trump with tariffs, limits on key exports
• Will or trust: Which is better for your farm?
• 7 ag stories you may have missed– April 4, 2025
• West Texas farmers face headwinds, will still plant cotton
• China Retaliation on U.S. Farm Goods Hits Soybeans, Bolstering Brazil
• Brazil May Emerge as Winner From Sweeping U.S. Tariffs, Economists Say
• Mexico and Canada spared from retaliatory tariffs, what does this mean for North American trade?
• ARC, PLC, ECAP signups going strong
• China Announces 34% Retaliatory Tariffs on US Goods
• As China Retaliates and Hits U.S. With a New 34% Tariff, What’s the Possible Impact on Ag?
• Washington Week Ahead: House faces budget battle; tariff turmoil gets Hill focus
• Farmer Sentiment Slips Due to Rising Policy Uncertainty
• Farm Bureau On Tariffs And Their Effect On Agriculture
• Health & Human Services And USDA Hold First Public MAHA Event
• The Process Of Buying Inputs In The Current Business Climate

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.04.2025

• Recession Talk Is in the Air
• ‘This Trade War Will Force Farms to Close’ and More Reactions From Ag Industry on Latest Tariffs
• Dow Drops 1,600 as US Stocks Lead Worldwide Sell-off After Trump’s Tariffs Cause a COVID-like Shock
• Trump Implements Sweeping Tariffs Ranging from 10% to 49%
• Farmers hope for trade deals, but will Trump’s new tariffs help get them?
• Here Is The List Of The New Tariffs By Country
• Did Wall St. bloodbath sideswipe grain prices?
• Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs spark fears of economic turmoil for U.S. farmers
• USDA Prepares for ‘Reduction in Force’ USDA Presses Another Round of Voluntary Exits Before Major Job Cuts and Restructuring
• Ag Secretary Stresses Importance of Farmer Voices to New Administration
• Leaders Said It: Crop Insurance is the Cornerstone
• Farmers face potassium challenge in wheat-soybean double crop
• 2025 wheat projected to mirror ’24, farmers advised to strategize
• Tighten your belt: Tips for curbing farm family living costs
• Mexico and Canada spared from retaliatory tariffs, what does this mean for North American trade?
• Concern over tariffs impact on soybean market share
• USDA Announces Agricultural Trade Promotion Programs For 2025
• OP-ED: Fake Meat And The Free Market

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.03.2025

• Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs spark fears of economic turmoil for U.S. farmers
• New U.S. retaliatory tariffs will impact ag
• Trump Details Sweeping Tariff Plans Trump Launches Reciprocal Tariffs on Most Trading Partners, Vows to Protect Farmers
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends | UAN32 Price Up 6% From Last Month, Leads Higher Prices for All 8 Fertilizers
• Ag Weather Forum | Tornado Outbreak Forecast for Mid-South Wednesday
• Ag Reality TV’s McBee Faces June 26 Sentencing on Crop Insurance Fraud
• Foreign farmland ownership: China’s role smaller than you might
• Commentary | What if USDA yield assumptions are too optimistic?
• Take your shot when the market lane opens
• Farm Groups Press Administration for Ag-Friendly Trade Policy
• What if USDA yield assumptions are too optimistic?
• Farmers feeling the impact from high fertilizer prices
• CNH Halts Shipments Of Equipment From Its Plants, Fully Assess Tariffs
• Farmers Explore Water, Labor And Input Savings With AgTech

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.02.2025

• Ag Groups Fear Trade Losses Farm Groups Urge Trump Cabinet to Reconsider Tariff Strategy
• Sec. Rollins calls on Congress to pass a farm bill
• Farm Groups Press Administration for Ag-Friendly Trade Policy
• Farmers Who Stand Strong With Trump on Tariffs Say Long-Term Gain is Worth Short-Term Pain
• Happy ‘Liberation Eve’? Afternoon market analysis: Corn, soybeans and wheat all pushed higher on Tuesday
• Ahead of New Tariffs: Ag Industry Seeks Negotiations, Asks, Exemptions, Delays
• USDA Releases Biofuel Infrastructure Funding
• No Time to Waste: Turning Excess Into Opportunity in the Agriculture Industry
• Court Ends Lesser Prairie Chicken Rule | Federal Court in Texas Vacates Biden-Era Lesser Prairie Chicken Rule
• U.S. slams high India duties on farm goods before April 2 tariffs
• Corn Acres Will Top 95 Million in 2025, USDA Says
• Producer Sentiment Slips Due To Rising Policy Uncertainty
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers CEO Chandler Goule To Depart This Summer

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.01.2025

• NASS News Release: US farmers expect to plant more corn and less soybean acres
• NASS Grain Quarterly Report: March 31, 2025 PDF
• USDA Releases Agricultural Income And Finance Situation And Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Fruit And Tree Nuts Outlook Report
• Global Market Insights Forecast Adjuvants To Grow 14% Annually
• Reciprocal Tariffs Expected on ‘All Countries’ April 2
• Shake it off: Corn blows by bearish acreage news | Afternoon market analysis: Wheat prices also firm on Monday, with soybeans in the red.
• Rollins Readies for Trade Retaliation
• Our Rural Roots | Put Learning on the Menu
• USDA Report Review | Corn Has Little Reaction to Higher Acreage Number; Wheat Rallies on a Sharp Drop
• Virtual Fencing Pinpoints Location of Cattle Grazing
• Packers Aim to Tame the Cash Market by Securing Inventory
• Biofuels to Receive $537 Million to Expand Markets for Higher Blends
• Can Trump’s tariffs liberate corn supply?
• What to know before cutting potassium fertilizer | These answers to farmers’ questions about K fertilizer could help you manage nutrients better in 2025.
• Soybean cyst nematode spreads, but new strategies offer hope for farmers
• What to know about bird flu: Expert discusses impact
• What does latest USDA funding release mean for farmers? Rollins announces new requirements to unfreeze funds while Congressional Dems push back.
• U.S. Farm Program Crops in the Planting Flexibility Era
• Impact of Trump’s Trade and Immigration Policies on U.S. Agriculture: A Deep Dive
• Exemptions, delays and negotiations among ag industry asks ahead of new tariffs