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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.12.2025

• 3 Big Things Today, February 12, 2025
• Economists Report The Issues Facing Agriculture This Year
• Wheat Growers Support USDA Administration Of Food For Peace
• USDA Cuts World Corn, Soybean, Wheat Ending Stocks
• Weekly Export Inspections Report | Inspections Run Ahead of Last Year
• See New Farming Tools at the 2025 National Farm Machinery Show
• WASDE February 2025
• Stop trying to predict corn and soybean prices | Ag Marketing IQ: Build a plan, buckle down on discipline and ride the waves of grain to profitability.
• Grain prices respond weirdly to WASDE Afternoon grain market analysis: Corn, soybeans and wheat took a wild ride on Tuesday.
• What Happens When Bird Flu Strikes?
• SNAP Under Fire in Budget Reconciliation Cuts
• Farmers warn lawmakers of continued farm economy woes
• Ag Leader Announces RightPath To Solve Implement Drift Problem
• New Report Released By USDA On Farm Purchases/Markets In Past 10 Years

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.11.2025

• Grains End the Day Mixed | Monday, Feb. 10, 2025
• New Report Released By USDA On Farm Purchases/Markets In Past 10 Years
• USDA Release Report Analyzing The Organic Market
• Small Businesses and Farmers in Financial Limbo as Funding Standoff Continues
• Don’t buy into USDA’s farm income numbers
• Gutting of USAID, funding suspension leaves food aid vulnerable, inspector general says
• Corn fights to stay above $5
• Call it ‘climate smart’ or ‘sustainable,’ the end goal is the same
• Updated seed treating tech offers personalized experience
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the February WASDE Report
• Ag Uncensored: Nathan Faleide on the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Ag Tech
• State Department Frees Up Food Aid Stalled Amid USAID Turmoil, Senator Says
• USDA Freezes Conservation, Other Direct Farmer Funding
• Ag Economist Dan Basse Weighs in on Tariffs, Trade Wars and the Livestock Boom
• More On USDA Closing Climate Change On Its Websites

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.10.2025

• This Week in Agribusiness, Feb. 8, 2025
• Crop Insurance Premium Rebates for Planting Cover Crops Program Continues to Receive Increased Interest
• More On USDA Closing Climate Change On Its Websites
• Washington Week Ahead: Republicans duel over budget; RFK Jr., Rollins near confirmation
• Poisoned Pastures: How ‘Forever Chemicals’ Devastated Texas Family Ranchers
• USDA to Give Traders a Much-Anticipated Update on South American Production
• USDA Freezes Conservation Funds, Other Programs, Leaving Some Farmers in Financial Limbo
• CoBank CEO: Electricity Supply an Issue Across Rural America
• Downturn unleashes mighty winds of change in ag lending
• Cotton farmers can expect 15 new varieties for 2025
• The cowboy connection across agriculture
• What’s my farm really worth?
• 2025 ‘Big Game’ Spending Is Up; How Do Farmers Win?
• NCBA sets policy priorities for 2025
• Op-Ed: Follow the Money
• How A Kansas State Researcher Cracked The Code Of Cattle Pain Relief

Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 02.07.2025

• 3 Big Things Today, February 7, 2025
• US Ag Export Volumes Surged 22% in 2024
• USDA: Farm Incomes Up in 2025 2025 Farm Incomes Forecast Up 30% With Disaster Aid Offsetting Falling Cash Receipts
• Ag Interest Rate | Snapshot Farm Credit Rates
• The Importance of an Independent Federal Reserve, Revisited
• Pandemic Opened New Revenue Doors for Farmers
• 7 ag stories you can’t miss – February 7, 2025
• Is the worst behind us? More red ink likely in 2025 but losses likely not as extreme
• Managing 5-by-5 power trust distribution Farm & Family: One drawback is if trust lacks liquidity to meet distribution obligation.
• How to pay attention in a 3-ring circus Afternoon grain market analysis: Corn, soybean and wheat prices all moved higher on Thursday.
• 5 Big Factors That Could Influence Grain Prices
• Farm Country Still Uneasy About RFK’s Confirmation After Hearings
• Market Analyst Says Now Is the Time to Defend Sky-High Cattle Prices
• Trump’s USTR pick pledges to open new markets for U.S. ag, biofuels
• CattleFax Forecasts Continued Strong Demand And High Price Outlook For Cattle Producers
• Farm Sector Profits Forecast To Grow By $30 Billion In 2025, Second Highest Of All Time

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.06.2025

• Soybeans Close Down 18¢ | Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025 | Corn and wheat also close lower.
• Tariff risks to agriculture aired during Senate hearing
• The impact of high beef prices on consumer demand
• Property Owners and Suspicious Drones: What Laws Apply?
• Ag Traders, Manufacturers Report Tough Profit Outlooks
• Will spring wheat acreage hit historic lows?
• The dance around $5 corn continues
• There’s gold in that farmland!
• New Year, New Farm Bill?
• Farmers Urge Congress to Pass Farm Bill Citing Financial Struggles, Rice Farmer Asks, ‘Is Farming Really Worth It?’
• Biofuels Policy Questions Left Open at Beginning of Second Trump Administration
• Deere Announces New Precision Technology Kit for Crops and Livestock, Plus New Baler Automation
• Tractor Dash Lights: Friend or Foe?
• Brand Name Vs. Generic: Tools By Any Other Name
• Farmers warn senators policy uncertainty weighing on U.S. ag economy
• Farmers Mutual Hail to Acquire Canadian Firm Palliser Insurance
• NCGA President Calls For Bolstering Competitiveness To Address Economic Challenges In Senate Ag Hearing
• U Of Illinois Researcher Finds Early Planting Benefits Soybean In Unfertilized, Low-Fertility Fields

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.05.2025

• Power Shortfalls CoBank CEO: Electricity Supply an Issue Across Rural America
• Farmers in the Dark as USDA Puts Major Project Payments on Hold
• China Tariffs Begin, Canada & Mexico Tariffs Paused
• Will spring wheat acreage hit historic lows?
• Senate committee forwards Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary
• CNH Brands Case IH, New Holland Expecting Tough Financial Year in 2025
• Senate Ag Committee Advances USDA Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins
• The winds of change in agricultural lending
• Biofuels face uncertainty after record-breaking year
• How I’m learning to give up control, as a farmer and a parent
• Will hedges pay off? Farm Futures study looks at risks and rewards of forward-pricing corn and soybeans before harvest.
• Soybeans Climb to Highest Since July as Tariff Worries Ease
• Bird Flu Detected in Commercial Egg Layer Flock in O’Brien County, Iowa
• John Deere Aftermarket Kit Bridges Precision Ag Tech Across Manufacturers
• House Ag Committee Leadership and AFBF President Talk Tariffs, Farm Bill
• Iowa State Releases New N-FACT Tool, Calculates Optimal Nitrogen Application Rates
• U.S. Farmers’ Retain Optimistic Outlook For 2025 Despite Ag Trade Uncertainty
• A Platform For Famers To Find/Review Biologicals AgList Is Launched