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Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 05.01.2026

• House Passes Farm Bill, but Strips E15 Farm Bill Advances to Senate After Contentious E15 Battle and Pesticide Liability Vote
• Congress Betrays America’s Farmers, Sides With Anti-Science MAHA Activists
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Encouraged By House Passage Of Farm Bill
• Corn Growers Praise Farm Bill Movement, Demand Action On E15
• New Data: Is U.S. Agriculture Facing a Typical Cycle or a ‘Geopolitical Reset’?
• U.S. House Passes ‘Skinny’ Farm Bill That Keeps Big GOP Cuts to Food Assistance
• Go-Time: Consideration of Farm Bill 2.0 Underway in House
• Grain prices faced variable losses on Thursday
• Survey: Some farmers having second thoughts on corn
• Fertilizer squeeze and drought reshape 2026 farm margins
• Can farmers get tariff money back? New portal raises questions
• Profit-Taking at April Close | Thursday, April 30, 2026
• Lawmakers Renew Push to Curb Corporate Farmland Ownership
• Be Prepared for Grain Prices to Break Out of Sideways Trading, Analyst Says
• Iran War Impacts Boost US Agribusiness 2026 Outlooks
• Crop Price Index Hits Highest Since November 2023
• USDA Announces Actions to Better Serve States, Nutrition Program Recipients, and the American Taxpayer
• Administration Announces Plan To Ease Fertilizer Costs, Boost Domestic Capacity
• Members Of Congress Introduce Bill To Seek Removal Of Phosphate Duties
• Farmer support for Trump drops
• How to transfer grain marketing duties to next generation
• Profit-Taking at April Close | Thursday, April 30, 2026

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.30.2026

• House Postpones Voting On Farm Bill
• Go-Time: Consideration of Farm Bill 2.0 Underway in House / Farm Policy Facts
• Crop Price Index Hits Highest Since November 2023
• Farm bill vote hits a snag as tensions rise in Congress
• Farm bill, E15 votes are delayed as tensions rise on Capitol Hill
• MGR-26-004: 2025 Crop Year Abnormal Cotton Ginning Delays in Texas and Oklahoma 04.29.2026
• House Split Over E15 and Pesticides House Farm Bill Vote Moving Ahead Amid GOP Fight Over E15
• USDA and EXIM Announce Historic Partnership to Put American Farmers First and Boost Exports
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends 10-34-0 Leads Fertilizer Prices Higher
• Highlights From Bayer CEO’s Address At Its Annual Stockholders’ Meeting
• Corn Market Participants Positioning Themselves Like Mid-2020
• Ag Secretary Rolls Out Fertilizer Strategy Amid Pressure Over Prices
• Fertilizer squeeze and drought reshape 2026 farm margins
• How small planting errors can add up to big losses
• BASF and Nutrien Partner to Help Farmers Tap Low-Carbon Grain Markets
• EPA Leader Zeldin Supports Slashing Agency Budget by Half
• Fertilizer Prices: A Recent Price Spike but a Longer-Term Issue that Impacts Marketing Decisions
• Farm bill gets snarled in ethanol politics with E15 in limbo
• Secretary of Agriculture Issues 2026 Wildfire Readiness Memorandum Ahead of Active Fire Season
• Members Of Congress Introduce Bill To Seek Removal Of Phosphate Duties

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.29.2026

• Can farmers get tariff money back? New portal raises questions
• Your FSA visit could go digital
• Ag Secretary Rolls Out Fertilizer Strategy Amid Pressure Over Prices
• Age Catches Up to USDA South Building | From New Deal Icon to Aging Infrastructure, USDA Weighs Closing South Building
• Russ’ Vintage Iron Farm Equipment Was Rationed During WWII; Farmers Found Ways to Get Machinery
• 88,000-Acre Ranch Lists for $127.7M Freeman Family Ranches Lists for $127.7 Million in Texas, Oklahoma Panhandles
• Corn prices continue to push higher
• Kip Tom highlights progress and challenges in Trump’s farm agenda
• Settling a farm estate is never simple — here’s why
• Middle East urea output plunges as Hormuz stays shut
• Watching for weather scares? Don’t fall for the head-fakes
• Wheat Closes 28¢ Higher | Tuesday, April 28, 2026
• Nearly $10 Billion in Farmer Bridge Assistance Allocated
• Pesticide provision stalls farm bill discussion
• A Tick Bite Today, a Meat Allergy Tomorrow. Have You Heard of Alpha-Gal Syndrome?
• Supreme Court Seems Divided On Bayer’s Bid to Stop Roundup Lawsuits
• Ag Committee Chairman Thompson’s Farm Bill Statement At Rules Committee
• USDA Releases U.S. Bioenergy Statistics Report
• From 60 to 600 Bu. Per Acre: Is 1,000-Bushel-Corn Next?
• New survey: Corn acreage declines as farmers eye soybean profitability
• Fertilizer Prices: A Recent Price Spike but a Longer-Term Issue that Impacts Marketing Decisions

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.28.2026

• Crop Progress Report | 04.27.2026 (PDF)
• Crop Progress: Corn 25% Planted, Soybeans 23% Planted, Winter Wheat Rated 30% Good to Excellent as of April 26
• Ag Committee Chairman Thompson’s Farm Bill Statement At Rules Committee
• Why LRP can be a cost-effective way to put a floor under cattle prices
• Texas Farmers Fight for Grain Claims
• A peanut farmer’s fight to farm, live ‘one more day’
• Here Is What The Lawyers Said In Supreme Court’s Glyphosate Hearing
• US Supreme Court Justices Appear Split Over Bayer’s Bid to Kill Roundup Lawsuits
• Grains start the week with big gains
• How ethanol boom could put more money in farmers’ pockets
• Will drought impact spring pasture turnout?
• Expand your herd or hold back? Why this decision isn’t simple
• Fuel, fertilizer price hikes hit Southern farms hardest
• Strong Close in Commodities | Monday, April 27, 2026
• Middle East Ceasefire Fails to Ease U.S. Fertilizer Price Pressure on Farmers
• Rural Hoosiers Lean on the Law to Fight Drones
• API, Farm Groups Urge Congress to Back Year-long E15 Sales as Prices Rise
• Are You Ready for Weather-Driven Price Volatility?
• Texas Agriculture Commissioner Responds to Florida’s Announced New World Screwworm Emergency Animal Import Rule
• Nearly $10 Billion in Farmer Bridge Assistance Allocated
• USDA Details on $1 Billion Specialty Crop Aid Expected Within Weeks
• Record-Breaking Auction Prices Signal Scarcity in Top-End Used Machinery
• Trump Admin to Roll Out Major Fertilizer Plan This Week, Accelerate U.S. Production Push
• Cattle Bottoming as Border/Strike Talk Fear Eases and Cash Ideas Improve
• Purdue Researchers: Farmers Struggle To Find Financial Return When Adopting Precision Technology
• Challenges in the Farmer-Lender Relationship
• Trump Admin to Roll Out Major Fertilizer Plan This Week, Accelerate U.S. Production Push
• Pesticide labeling front and center at Supreme Court
• Federal Reserve Meeting Begins This Week
• USDA Releases U.S. Bioenergy Statistics Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.27.2026

• USDA Issues Second Supplemental Disaster Payment to Farmers, Extends Program Application Deadline to August 12
• Top 5 Things to Watch Planting Continues as Fed Mulls Rates
• Washington Week Ahead: Farm bill and Roundup on tap as ag woes mount
• USDA Announces Food Safety and Inspection Service Reorganization
• Small planting errors cost farmers up to $30 per acre
• The grain pricing opportunity staring us right in the face
• Save costs, and yields, with integrated weed management
• Young Ohio farmer makes 1,000 acres and off-farm job work
• NCBA Members Bring Cattle Industry Priorities to Washington
• Tiny, Knotted Robots Jump, Fly and Plant Seeds | One of the most promising applications of this system: planting seeds
• Updated Heating Oil Specification Includes Biodiesel Blends Up to B50
• Hawaii Farmers Face $31M in Damages After Devastating Kona Low Flooding
• ‘Losing Glyphosate Would Be A Disastrous Blow For Farmers’
• Durnell v. Monsanto: Pesticide Liability at the Supreme Court
• U Of Nebraska Researchers Develop Vaccine Showing Promise Against Bird Flu
• USDA To Include More Farmers In Future Surveys
• Farm Bureau: Balancing Data Center Growth With American Agriculture
• Challenges in the Farmer-Lender Relationship

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.24.2026

• Trump slashes H-2A farmworker wages by up to $5 per hour
• USDA to Expand Acreage Surveys to More U.S. Farmers
• USDA Picks Iowa for New Food Safety HQ and Shifts ERS, NIFA, NASS Jobs
• USDA Announces Food Safety and Inspection Service Reorganization, Establishes National Food Safety Center in Iowa
• USDA Signs $300M Deal With Palantir Palantir Secures USDA Contract to Consolidate Farmer Data, Modernize Programs
• House Farm Bill Appears to Have Broad Support, GOP Leaders Say
• U.S. Farm Agency to Move Research and Food Safety Staff From Washington
• Kansas City Wheat Closes Up 29¼¢ | Thursday, April 23, 2026
• USDA Reports Corn Emergence in 8 States
• Protein-Maxxing, GLP-1s Have U.S. Farmers Betting on Peas and Lentils
• USDA’s Rollins signals possible action soon on fertilizer prices
• Data center development causing land-use debates across the country
• Rising urea prices signal increased fertilizer market risk as Iran conflict continues
• Farm Bill Amendments Would Expand E15, Change RFS Obligations for Small Refiners
• How to keep up with grain markets
• Farmers Emphasize Demand, Not Payments, Is The ‘Bridge To Better Times’ For Agriculture
• Supreme Court To Hear Oral Arguments In Glyphosate Lawsuit On April 27
• Durnell v. Monsanto: Pesticide Liability at the Supreme Court
• Farm Bureau: Tracking Farmer Bridge Assistance Program Payments By State And Crop
• Nat’l Ag Law Center: More On Deere’s "Right To Repair" Lawsuit Settlement
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Outlook Report
• Cotton growers optimistic new funds, policy will lift industry