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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

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.25.2025

• Farmers May Need Emergency Market Aid, Ag Leaders Say
• Farmers Feel Fertilizer Price Squeeze as Tariffs Hit Ag Sector
• Agronomic Research, Training and Education – An Investment in the Future
• Top 5 Things to Watch | Pacing the Corn Crop as Temperatures Fall
• View From the Cab | Farmers Talk Harvest, Bin Safety and Good Dogs
• Southern Rust Now the ‘No. 1 Threat’ as Disease Spreads Across Corn Belt
• Duvall: farmers have mixed feelings about more trade aid
• Navigators can guide farm families through transitions
• Sept. 1 Lease Termination Deadline Approaching for Some Farm Leases
• Revenge Applications: Why They Don’t Work, Cost You Money and Bushels, and Are Frankly Illegal
• EPA clears backlog of RFS refinery exemptions, will reallocate some waived credits
• USDA unions demand data behind reorganization
• Secretary Rollins Prioritizes American Energy on National Forest Lands
• Growth Energy Statement On EPA SRE Decision
• Will Rural Americans Embrace Microreactors? Some Answers
• Pro Farmer Estimates Corn And Soybean Crops Smaller Than USDA

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.22.2025

• Court: Farms Can Pursue Claims Against Syngenta, Corteva on Loyalty Programs
• Ag Trade Groups Eye ‘Long Overdue’ Opportunities From EU Trade Deal
• Agronomic Research, Training and Education – An Investment in the Future
• Demand bulls drive corn, soybeans higher
• Export Report: Corn volume gins up demand optimism
• Trump says U.S. won’t back solar, wind projects hurting farms
• “We’re just here to work” – Hidden costs of the American dream for ag laborers
• Case IH unveils new Farmall tractors, baler ahead of Farm Progress Show
• Beck’s showdown puts planter technology to the test
• Duvall: farmers have mixed feelings about more trade aid
• New Ag Climate Dashboard designed to help farmers make management decisions
• Farmers Feel Fertilizer Price Squeeze as Tariffs Hit Ag Sector
• US-EU trade framework says ag goods will benefit
• Secretary Rollins Prioritizes American Energy on National Forest Lands
• Secretary Rollins Announces USDA Presidential Appointments, Naming More State Directors
• Master the market dance between futures and cash to boost your bottom line.
• Master basis to boost profitability
• US-EU trade framework says ag goods will benefit
• USDA: Per Capita Availability Of Red Meat And Poultry Projected Higher

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.21.2025

• Enhanced Crop Insurance Benefits From The One Big Beautiful Bill Act
• Soybean Farmers Warn they ‘Cannot Survive’ China Trade War
• Pesticides, other ag inputs may bear brunt of tariff hikes
• MAP Leads Fertilizer Prices Higher
• Companies With Ag Operations In The Fortune 500, Those Which Should Be
• NASS Data: Pasture Quality Drops
• Milk Line Has Farmers Watching Corn Yield Potential Closely
• USDA exports – Colombia, Mexico buy corn, August 20, 2025
• How Brazil’s export bottleneck impacts U.S. corn
• New Ag Climate Dashboard designed to help farmers make management decisions
• Ag lender: “obviously the price side is a real challenge right now”
• Ag leaders stress the importance of ag research funding
• Group representing FSA committee members warns of staffing declines
• MAHA draft strategy goes easy on pesticides
• USDA Reports 7.4% Increase in Peanut Acreage for 2025 Growing Season
• Is bin-run wheat seed worth it?
• Farm Aid marks 40 years with star-studded Minneapolis concert
• Controversial energy project comes to a halt
• Tariffs drive farmers to buy used equipment
• Thune: ‘Keep the options open’ on near-term commodity aid
• USDA Relates Season Average Price Forecasts Report
• USDA Releases Cotton And Wool Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.20.2025

• Here Are The Ten Largest Landowners In The U.S.
• USDA Ag Statistics Family-Owned Farms Account For 95% Of U.S. Farms
• U.S. Wheat Exports Forecast to Surge in 2025–2026, Led by Hard Red Winter Wheat
• U Of Illinois Economist: Farmers to Record Their Lowest Earnings In Past Decade
• NASS Data: Pasture Quality Drops
• Mental Health Information and Resources for Farmers, Ranchers and Their Families
• Oil Futures Mixed on Trilateral Meeting Outlook
• August and everything after – how accurate is USDA?
• USDA exports – Mexico buys soybeans, August 19, 2025 The 2025-26 marketing year for corn begins September 1.
• Do we see grain rally hats?
• Farmworker’s dilemma: The hidden cost of pursuing the American dream
• Corn’s impact on humidity: Separating fact from fiction
• Soil test primer: It’s critical to understand the numbers
• The New Massey Ferguson 5M Series Is The ‘Jack of All Trades’ for Tractors
• Cargill’s Brazil Unit to Build New Corn Ethanol Plant
• New Ag Climate Dashboard designed to help farmers make management decisions
• USDA Ending Loan Support for Solar Projects on Farmland
• Soybean growers warn of ‘extreme financial stress’ as exports dry up amid tariffs
• As USDA Reports Record Corn Crop, Growers Call For Immediate Action To Increase Markets
• Five Costly Mistakes In Farming And How To Avoid Them
• USDA Releases Feed Outlook Report
• American Soybean Assn Urges President Trump To Prioritize China Trade As Farmers Face Crisis
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Wheat Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Map Showing Location Of On-Farm Markets

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 08.19.2025

• USDA moving to cut loan support for solar projects
• U Of Illinois Economist: Farmers Record Their Lowest Earnings In Past Decade
• Five Costly Mistakes In Farming And How To Avoid Them
• As USDA Reports Record Corn Crop, Growers Call For Immediate Action To Increase Markets
• Crop Progress Report | 08.18.2025 | PDF
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 71% Good to Excellent, Soybeans 68% Good to Excellent as of Aug. 17
• California Defies Congress, Continues EV Truck Mandate Despite Voided EPA Waivers
• What could turn corn prices?
• High Cattle Prices Fuel Wild Market Volatility
• Unlike Farmers, the President Gets to Shoot the Messenger
• Sleepy markets dialed in modest Monday changes
• Tractor, Combine Sales Down in July; AGCO Opening California Parts Center, Names Sorbe PTx President
• China seeks to reopen Australia Canola Trade as Canada ties sour
• Big, beautiful bill may lead to less-ugly crop losses
• Immigration reform: ‘We have to have Mexico labor’
• Texas rice harvest in progress, average yields expected
• Why Iowa farmland values aren’t buckling despite low commodity prices
• Farmer concerned about corn carryout data
• USDA to Spend $750 Million on Texas Fly Facility to Combat Screwworm
• BREAKING: John Deere Confirms 238 Layoffs Across 3 Plants
• Row Crop Farmers Confront Economic Challenges Amid Falling Prices
• North American Equipment Dealers Assn Release Reporting Rating Manufacturers