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Ag News | TX & OK | Crop Insurance: 05.16.2023

• Crop Progress Report May 15, 2023
• USDA Crop Progress Report: Corn, Soybean Planting Slows Slightly Last Week, But Still Ahead of Average Pace
• Crop progress: Planting pace slower than analyst expectations
• Wheat closes up more than 20¢ | Monday, May 15, 2023
• Missing Cattle Case Leads to Tragedy Rabo Asks Bankruptcy Court for Subpoenas on Missing Cattle, Funds in Feedyard Collapse
• US Wholesale Anhydrous Ammonia Prices Fall in April Despite Strong Preplant Demand
• USDA Rolls Out Rural Electric Funds | Touting Biggest Rural Power Investment Since FDR, USDA Details Rural Clean Energy Dollars
• Who Should Fix Ag Equipment Emissions?
• The $2 Billion Rain That Came Too Late
• Mexico asks Texas to halt costly cargo inspections; will file USMCA complaint
• Analyst says feed buyers should act now
• Supreme Court’s Ruling Could Catalyze a Wave of New Animal Welfare Laws
• What Makes a Quality Carbon Credit?
• Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys- 2023 First Quarter
• USDA providing $10.7B for rural renewable energy projects
• Moran encourages lawmakers to avoid discussions about a farm bill extension
• Why is Managing Strategic Risk So Important in Production Agriculture?
• Thompson on Cotton: Two Weeks of Gains Erased
• House Ag Panel Meets with President Biden
• Farmers Testify In Congress That Crop Insurance Works

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 05.15.2023

• Farmers Testify: In Congress That Crop Insurance Works
• May WASDE Report (PDF)
• Why USDA is Making Major Assumptions About New Crop Supply and Demand in May WASDE Report
• Jerry Gulke: May WASDE a Real Game Changer for Corn and Soybeans
• Biden, congressional leaders search for debt ceiling deal as deadline looms
• CBO raises estimated cost of farm bill programs
• Boozman: President Biden backs an on-time farm bill
• Wheat surges on May 2023 WASDE
• Top 5 Things to Watch Wheat Tour Highlights Coverage
• Farmers Testify: Crop Insurance Works
• Export sales: More lackluster results
• U.S. Supreme Court preserves California humane pig confinement law
• Semi Truck values soften as new inventory increases
• USDA streamlines Conservation Easement Program
• SCOTUS California Prop 12 Decision to Have National Impact | Agriculture groups claim it sets a dangerous precedent moving forward
• Carbon’s Next Chapter On The Farm
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Calls On To Producers To Fight The Animal Rights Groups Infiltrating Our Industry
• House Ag Committee Issues Report On Its Meeting With President Biden

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK | 05.12.20233

• 3 Big Things Today, May 12, 2023
• What Mother’s Day (Truthfully) Looks Like on the Farm
• Labor and Immigration
• Biden, Ag committee leaders hold ‘very cordial’ farm bill discussion
• Export sales: More lackluster results
• Oklahoma Producer credits cover crops for saving dryland cotton crop
• Colo. right-to-repair law could inspire other states
• TAPS sorghum winner shares strategies
• Eichberger: decarbonization and electrification are not the same
• “China May Cancel More US Corn,” as Extension Agreement on Black Sea Grain Deal “Nearing”
• Food Prices Climb 7.7 Percent Over the Last Year
• Farmers Make Sensational Woolly Mammoth Discovery Beneath Soybean Field
• USDA ag promotion programs get spotlight at hearing
• Purdue Survey Shows Which Organic Foods Consumers Are Purchasing
• Margin, Price, Revenue in the Farm Bill Commodity Program Context
• KC Federal Reserve Reports Ag Credit Conditions Hold Strong As Interest Rates Rise
• April U.S. 4WD Tractor Sales Up 54%; Combine Sales Up 23%
• Scientists Use Gene-Editing To Produce First BVD Resistant Calf

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 05.11.2023

• Biden to discuss farm bill with Ag committee leaders
• Afternoon report: Corn prices bounce back on Wednesday after getting slashed on Tuesday.
• Drought Sinks HRW Wheat Yields Gro Intelligence Sees 2023 Hard Red Winter Wheat Yields Below Last Year
• Ag Weather Forum | Weather Pattern Change for Second Half of May
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends |Fertilizer Prices Mixed, With Five of the Eight Major Fertilizers Lower
• Will low carbon ‘fuel’ ag’s next golden age?
• Making sense of marketing | Scott Irwin’s new book takes a fresh look at futures
• Farmland sales flatten as farmers concentrate on planting
• Insurance tools for livestock and dairy producers
• CRP Reform Act introduced in U.S. Senate
• Black Sea Grain Exports Resume- at Slow Pace, as U.S. Corn Exports in Focus
• Landowner Fights Government in Benchmark Battle, Refuses to Surrender Private to Public
• Dead Noise: AM Radio Could Soon Be Phased Out of All Vehicles
• Republicans look to shift IRA conservation funding, but Stabenow holds the cards
• Crop insurance industry appeals for pay increase, citing specialty crop squeeze
• USDA streamlines conservation easement program
• Rural bankers ask for tax exemptions at Senate Ag hearing
• Taxpayer, Farm And Environmental Advocates Urge Congress To Reject Farm Subsidy Increases
• American Bankers Assn Applauds Introduction Of Access To Credit For Our Rural Economy Act

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 05.10.2023

• Purdue Survey Finds Half Of Farmers Intend To Grow Their Operations
• Land O’Lakes CEO Says Ag Research, Labor, Water Need to be Policy Priorities
• U.S. Treasury Dept Proposes Rule Requiring Government Approval For Land Purchases Near Miliary Bases By Foreign Entities
• Markets react to swift planting progress
• USDA exports – China cancels another corn sale, May 9, 2023
• May 9, 2023 | Lackluster Chinese trade data sinks markets
• Spring curveballs: What to do first Finance First: Prepare your mindset and team to handle curveballs well
• The 2 biggest paybacks in farming | Crops consultant shares his views on the investments that offer the biggest returns.
• New study to examine ag regulations
• 15 things you can control this crop season
• Tiling and nutrient runoff: An uneasy relationship
• Ensuring a global water supply to feed nearly 10 billion by 2050
• Farmers Make Sensational Woolly Mammoth Discovery Beneath Soybean Field

Ag News for TX & OK Farmers: 05.09.2023

• Crop Progress Report | 05.09.2023 (PDF)
• USDA Reports 49% Of Corn, 35% Of Soybeans Are Planted, Well Ahead Of 5-Year Average
• These Four Challenges Will Shape the Next Farm Bill – And How the U.S. Eats
• 2022 U.S. Ag Exports Highest on Record, Focus on Corn, Soybeans and Wheat
• USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report | Progressive Farmer
• Russia blocks Ukrainian grain, sends wheat higher
• Look beyond your backyard for market direction clues | Ag Marketing IQ: Winter wheat suffers but what will crop tools say about corn and soybeans?
• EPA administrator Regan comments on E15 waiver
• Black Sea Grain Export Deal “Effectively Stopped,” Ukraine Says
• USDA Hiring Soil Conservationists Across U.S.
• New AI Institute Focuses On Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry
• Farm Journal Foundation Holds Forum To Discuss Farm Bill Opportunities For Ag Innovation
• Thompson on Cotton: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
• Market Analyst Warns China Is Making Ag Product From Others, Not The U.S.
• USDA:: Farm Sector Real Estate Debt Hits Record High
• USDA Releases Commodity Costs Report
• 2022 U.S. Ag Exports Highest on Record