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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.03.2025

• Crop Progress Report | 09.02.2025 | PDF
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 69% Good to Excellent, Soybeans 65% Good to Excellent as of Aug. 31
• Crop progress: Soybean ratings slashed more than expected
• Amid Fight Over H-2A Wages, Trump Administration Moves to End Farm Labor Survey
• Conservation keys long-term sustainability
• GEM electric vehicle turns heads at Farm Progress Show
• Corn sweat isn’t sole culprit for oppressive heat
• Unlock financial benefits of soil health across all stages
• Top considerations in selecting wheat variety
• Hacking the heartland: Farm tech creates new vulnerabilities
• John Deere acquires GUSS Automation
• U.S. Tariffs Reshaping Global Ag Trade Flows
• Machinery Cost Estimates for 2025
• Twice-extended farm bill expires September 30th
• USDA Extends Reorg Plan Comment Period to Sept. 30
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Highlights High Production Costs Amidst Economic Crisis
• USDA Releases Its Food Price Outlook Report
• USDA Expands Efforts To Strengthen Rural Food Animal Veterinary Workforce
• Farmer Sentiment Weakens As Producer Confidence In The Future Wanes
• Update On Antitrust Lawsuit Filed Against Syngenta And Corteva
• Meat Institute: EPA Provides Regulatory Relief To Meat And Poultry Companies

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 09.02.2025

• USDA Projects Ag Trade Deficit Will Fall to $41.5 Billion in 2026
• A federal appeals court ruled against Trump’s tariffs. Here’s what could happen next.
• U.S. Tariffs Reshaping Global Ag Trade Flows
• Washington Week Ahead: Another possible shutdown looms; Farm income forecast due
• EPA withdrawing proposal to reduce pollution from meat and poultry plants
• Renewable Energy Group Champions Solar on Farms as USDA Presses to Cut Projects
• An Urban’s Rural View | Why Brazil Will Remain China’s Preferred Soybean Supplier
• Will U.S. soybean prices crash if China doesn’t buy?
• Farmers Could See Aid for 2025 Crops | Deputy Secretary: USDA Eyes ‘Bridge’ Policy for Farmers as Crop Prices Remain Low
• ASA, NCGA Press for Trade, E15 | Markets Farm Groups: Markets Needed to Boost Demand While Aid Payments Are a ‘Band-Aid’
• It starts with you: How to run a safer farm this fall
• AI fails the cattle marketing test at 4 a.m.
• Editors share their favorite products from 2025 Farm Progress Show
• EPA eyes clarity on WOTUS definition, rule
• Debt load growing for farm operations at unsustainable rate
• Texas Haying Lease Checklist
• Mexico Records 53% Increase In New World Screwworm Infections Last Month

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.29.2025

• Mexico Records 53% Increase In New World Screwworms This Month
• National Pork Board Hires New CEO Pork Industry Leader David Newman Selected as National Pork Board’s Next CEO
• John Deere Adds GUSS Automation to Its High-Value Crop Autonomy Portfolio
• Statistics Canada Releases First Model-Based Production Estimate With Few Surprises
• Farm Groups: Markets Needed to Boost Demand While Aid Payments Are a ‘Band-Aid’
• Tariffs-hit Brazil seeks Mexico consent for more beef plants
• When is a single better than a home run?
• Weigh Storage Costs Against Cash Sales at $4 Corn and $10 Soybeans
• FSA County Committee Members Worried About Staff Cuts
• What Role Do Farm Products Have in U.S.-China Trade Deal?
• Debt load growing for farm operations at unsustainable rate
• Renewable energy challenges
• USDA Considering ‘Bridge’ Assistance Payments for Farmers
• USDA projects smaller ag trade deficit despite falling exports
• H-2A wage rate reforms struck down by court
• Medical schools ordered to provide plans for nutrition education
• Peanut Checkoff Focus For This Year
• USDA Expands Efforts to Strengthen Rural Food Animal Veterinary Workforce and Protect America’s Food Supply

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.28.2025

• USDA considering ‘bridge’ payments for farmers
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Issues Report Showing The High Cost Of Growing The Crop
• China Remains Absent From U.S. Soybean Market
• Farm Groups: Markets Needed to Boost Demand While Aid Payments Are a ‘Band-Aid’
• New Lexion caps busy show season for Claas
• Will record-breaking corn come with an asterisk?
• Farmers in search of a silver lining playbook
• New herbicide coming from Bayer
• Sudden Death Syndrome Emerges as Key Threat in Late-Season Soybean Fields
• Weigh Storage Costs Against Cash Sales at $4 Corn and $10 Soybeans
• Secretary Rollins Opens Next Step in the Roadless Rule Rescission
• Blood on the Farm: Booth, Lincoln, and 13 Days of Civil War Insanity
• USDA August Cattle-on-Feed Report Reflects Tight Supply and Strong Fed Cattle Prices
• USDA Reports Higher Peanut Acreage and Yields as Harvest Approaches
• USDA: Rural County Population Growth Has Continued In Recent Years
• Secretary Rollins Opens Next Step in the Roadless Rule Rescission

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.27.2025

• August RMI: Rural economy continues to weaken
• Sort and Cull New World Screwworm Wasn’t on the Cattle Market’s Bingo Card
• Ag Weather Forum
• Market Matters Blog China Snubs US Soybeans; Farmers Face Falling Basis as Harvest Nears
• Will Brazil’s beastly crops cost U.S. opps?
• Unraveling the complex choreography of basis
• 3 steps to boost winter triticale yields
• How to survive flat markets: Sell smart
• Grains Close Mixed | Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025
• New labels don’t remove litigation risk
• Ag economist concerned about the future of ag exports
• 60 Ag Organizations Urge Congressional Focus on Rural Infrastructure
• State Agriculture Departments Encouraged by EU Trade Negotiation Progress
• Cattle Industry Concerned Over Screwworm Reporting Delay
• HHS and USDA Confirm Singular Traveler-Associated New World Screwworm Case; Precautionary and Proactive Surveillance Ongoing
• CoBank: Hungry For Protein And Quality, U.S. Consumers Shrug Off High Beef Prices
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook Report
• Biosecurity Needs the Public’s Attention
• USDA Reorganization Concerns and New GPS Technology
• USDA: Rural County Population Growth Has Continued In Recent Years

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.26.2025

• Crop Progress Report | 08.25.2025 | PDF
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 71% Good to Excellent, Soybeans 69% Good to Excellent as of Aug. 24
• DTN Oil Update Oil Prices Climb on Supply Tightness, Rate Cut Outlook
• U.S. Confirms Nation’s First Travel-Associated Human Screwworm Case Connected to Central American Outbreak
• Next-gen equipment debuts at 2025 Farm Progress Show
• On-board sensors: the future of remote sensing
• 3 steps to boost winter triticale yields
• Drones partner with AI to monitor crop health
• Want to bump prices? Get back to basis
• Cattle placements at high end of estimates
• Brazil’s Government Says It Will Buy Some Domestic Products Hit by Trump’s Tariffs
• How Pro Farmer 2025 Crop Estimates Compare and Contrast With USDA Expectations
• Daybreak Aug. 25: EPA sides with biofuel industry on key issue
• Ag Fertilizer Prices Hit Hard Due to Tariffs
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook Report
• EPA Updates Small Refinery Exemptions, Ethanol Associations Unhappy
• Renewable Fuels Assn Says EPA Taking "Reasonable" Approach To Small Refinery Exemptions Backlog
• Will Rural Americans Embrace Microreactors? Some Answers
• Farmer-Designed Pickup Truck On Display At This Week’s Farm Progress Show