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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.14.2025

• Top 5 Things to Watch Markets Return to Weather Watch
• 2025 July WASDE Report PDF
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate GOP wrestles with rescissions package under Trump pressure
• Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP)
• RFK Jr Goes Wild on the Food
• USDA Releases Map Showing Counties Most Reliant On Farming
• World Shares are Mixed as Investors Focus on Tariffs and Earnings
• How big is the 2025 corn crop?
• What happens when a grain dealer goes down?
• July WASDE: USDA still betting on record-high corn yields
• USDA Lowers New-Crop Corn Ending Stocks More Than Expected in Latest WASDE
• One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Wins for U.S. pork amid export challenges
• Land Values Analysis: Summer’s grain market weakness has pressured land prices to create a sideways and choppy market.
• Thanedar Worried About SNAP Cuts, Talks Priorities for ‘Skinny’ Farm Bill
• Iowa Farmers, Ag Economists Express Concern Over Trade Policy’s Long-Term Impacts
• Trump’s Brazil Tariffs Could Impact Beef and Coffee Trade
• The Smell You’ll Never Forget: A Calf Infested with New World Screwworm
• Down 60%: 9 Months: CHS’ Revenues Down 11%, Net Income Down 60%: $401.2 Million
• Ag Sec’y Rollins To Strengthen National Security With Tool Showing Foreign Owned Farmland

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.11.2025

• USDA Opens Applications for Disaster Aid Payments
• Trump Administration Sues California Over Egg Regulations, Claims Constitutional Violation
• USDA Opens up Natural Disaster Aid for Crop Farmers Who Faced 2023, 2024 Losses
• New World screwworm threat halts Mexican livestock imports again
• Should a worker be classified as a W-2 employee or 1099 contractor?
• Farmers, hold your head high Higher Ground: Farming is a higher calling. It is essential for everything to function.
• Are cover crops worth the investment?
• Grains Close In the Green | Thursday, July 10, 2025
• The Growing Role of H-2A Workers in U.S. Agriculture
• U.S. Agriculture Agency to End Consideration of Race, Sex in Many Farm Programs
• Trump Issues Second Tranche of Tariff Letters, New Brazil Threat
• US Pauses Restart of Mexican Cattle Imports due to Screwworm
• Trump says he’ll hike existing Canada tariffs, slams dairy market access
• Secretary Rollins Issues Statement Following Trump Administration Lawsuit Against California
• WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Strong Support for Secretary Rollins’ National Security Action Plan
• Secretary Rollins Continues to Expedite Federal Disaster Assistance for Central Texas Flood Victims
• Secretary Rollins Terminates Biden’s Racial and Gender Discrimination in USDA Programs
• Secretary Rollins Continues Effort to Strengthen National Security by Defending Farm Security
• Secretary Rollins Prevents Illegal Aliens from Receiving Taxpayer-Funded SNAP Benefits
• USDA: Family Farms Operated Fewer Acres Than Small And Large-Scale Nonfamily Farm Counterparts
• Small Business Owners, Farmers Say Tariffs, Uncertainty Are Driving Costs Higher
• CoBank: Shrining Labor Force Poised To Threaten U.S. Economic Growth

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.10.2025

• Trump Administration Announces Expedited Congressionally Mandated Disaster Assistance for Farmers
• Trump’s farm labor vision: All-American workforce, no amnesty for undocumented workers
• USDA’s ‘Farm Security Is National Security’ Plan Sparks Strong Support
• USDA Advances Administration’s Farmer-First Agenda At UN FAO Conference
• DISASTER ASSISTANCE SDRP – Supplemental Disaster Relief Program: Stage 1
• FSA SDRP-Supplemental Disaster Relief-Stg1 FactSheet_508_25_V4e
• Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico
• Weather-Occupied Traders to Shift Focus to USDA Estimates
• Trump Issues Second Tranche of Tariff Letters, New Brazil Threat
• Ag Legislators Look Ahead to “Skinny” Farm Bill this Fall
• Export Inspections Run Ahead of Last Year
• Prices Rise for 5 Fertilizers, Urea Dips Slightly
• DTN’s Special Ag Labor Coverage: List of Content and Links
• Agco, TAFE settle Massey Ferguson brand dispute in India
• Don’t get out of your depth!
• USDA suspends Mexican livestock imports days after port reopening
• USDA: 2024 State Level Changes In Food Sales

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.09.2025

• Farm Security is National Security: The Trump Administration Takes Bold Action to Elevate American Agriculture in National Security
• USDA Secretary Targets Chinese Ag Ties | Trump Administration Unveils Plan to Ban Chinese Ownership of US Farmland and Ag
• USDA announces National Farm Security Action Plan
• Oil Prices Steady Amid Tariff Deadline Delay, OPEC+ Hike
• Corn Closes Down More Than 6¢ | Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Soybeans and wheat also close lower.
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the July WASDE Report
• See Which States Lead in Crop Production, According to the USDA
• CDC Ends Bird Flu Emergency Response
• FAO Food Price Index Up Slightly in June
• 40 Ag Groups Send Letter To President Trump To Fill The Chief Ag Negotiator Role
• USDA Reports 76% Of Corn, 81% Of Soybeans Are Now No-Till
• Ag Groups Encourage Trump Administration to Fill Chief Agricultural Negotiator Role
• Is 600-Bu.-Per-Acre Corn in the Cards This Year for David Hula, the Reigning World Record Holder?
• The One Big Beautiful Bill Will Boost 2025 PLC Payments: Here’s a Per-Acre Breakdown
• Parched: More Than 25% of the U.S. Is Experiencing Drought Conditions
• Rollins eyes steps to ‘claw back’ land held byate Smithfield, Syngenta
• Crop insurance and taxes: Essential 2025 deferral strgies

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.08.2025

• Trump to raise duties on South Korea, Japan, others from Aug. 1
• Navigating Ag’s Labor Crisis
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 74% Good to Excellent, Soybeans 66% Good to Excellent as of July 6
• Ag Mentorship Programs Connect Experienced Farmers With Beginners
• Can Autonomy Close Ag’s Labor Gap?
• Rain Boosts Pastures
• Farm Bill Wins, Tax Cuts: What to Know Farmers Win Better Safety Net, Permanent Tax Cuts in ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
• Sort and Cull Cattle Contracts Charge Into New Week
• Bish Enterprises’ new header harvests two windrows at once
• Soybeans Close Down More Than 28¢ | Monday, July 7, 2025
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the July WASDE Report
• India Ready for Trade Deals but not to Meet Deadlines, Minister Says
• Trump Reiterates Willingness to Let Migrant Laborers Stay on Farms
• Japan Tariff Negotiator Held In-Depth Talks With Lutnick, Japanese Government Says
• U Of Illinois Research Detects Dicamba Damage From The Sky
• USDA Releases Wheat Outlook ReportCAST To Host Webinar On Urgent Crop Protection Challenges Facing Specialty Crops
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Announces New Slate Of Presidential Appointments To USDA

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.07.2025

• Top 5 Things to Watch | WASDE Week and More Precipitation
• Washington Week Ahead: Time running out for tariff relief
• Congress Passes Megabill with Significant Farm Program Funding
• Passage of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Sparks Fireworks Among the Agriculture Sector
• Farm Bill Wins, Tax Cuts: What to Know Farmers Win Better Safety Net, Permanent Tax Cuts in ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
• View From the Cab Farmers Talk Stars, Stripes and Sweet Corn
• Crop Insurers Commend Risk Management Provisions in Budget Bill
• This Week in Agribusiness, July 5, 2025
• Short-stature corn thrives in narrow rows, high populations
• Why steel can be a weed-management solution
• Estate Plan Edge: Estate planning is a trek that lasts the rest of your life. Expect to keep your plan updated and aligned with the evolving needs of your family and farm.
• The Saga Continues: More USDA Office Lease Terminations Walked Back
• Cotton growers pleased with farm bill provisions in reconciliation
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Comments On the One Big Beautiful Bill
• Fertilizer Prices Vs Corn Prices Are Now Some of the Worst in History
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Announces New Slate Of Presidential Appointments To USDA
• House Ag Committee Chair: One Big Beautiful Bill Is A Game-Changer For America
• Conditions favor double-cropping beans or grain