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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.04.2025

• Tariff Standoff Ends With Ag Unscathed US, Canada, Mexico Won’t Impose Immediate Tariffs After a Day of Calls
• Climate Change References Being Removed From USDA Websites
• Asian Shares Climb as Canada, Mexico Tariffs are Postponed and China Retaliates
• Soybeans Close Up More Than 16¢ | Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 Corn and wheat also close higher.
• Michigan Braces for Fallout as Trump Tariffs Target State’s Top 3 Trading Partners
• Mexican Cattle Exports to Resume Under Inspection Protocol
• The Importance of an Independent Federal Reserve, Revisited
• Texas A&M’s new librarian never sleeps
• Farmers left in dark as USDA withholds climate project payments
• Retail Food Price Inflation Subsided Across Most Areas
• Tracking Agricultural Commodities after One Month
• A Platform For Famers To Find/Review Biologicals AgList Is Launched
• Ag Prices Up Some Despite Tariffs

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 02.03.2025

• Trump Orders Tariffs on Trade Partners Canada, Mexico, Look to Target Red States With Retaliatory Tariffs
• House Committee Chair’s Statement On Trump’s Tariff Policy
• Washington Week Ahead: Rollins, RFK Jr. committee votes set; farm economy gets focus
• Kennedy Warns About Ag Chemicals, Says Regenerative Practices Are Needed
• Top 5 Things to Watch Corn Toys With $5, Tariffs Against Biggest Trade Partners, Plus Podcast on CES Highlights
• Economists rush to react to Trump’s moving tariff targets
• Feed grains, farm planning complex in 2025
• Cattle, beef markets explode out of gate
• Mixing ag and solar may provide benefits for all
• January Cattle Inventory Report
• Crop Consultants Offer Their Top Tips To Reduce Input Costs
• Cattle and Bison Imports from Mexico Resume Under New Protocol
• Farmers For Free Trade Issues Statement On Tariffs On Mexico, Canada And China
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Thanks Trump Administration For Protecting Herd Health And Critical Trade
• U.S. Tariffs On Canadian Canola Industry Will Have Widespread, Devastating Impacts
• USDA Employees To Return To Their Offices On February 10
• The Nat’l Assn of State Departments Of Agriculture Announces Its Federal Policy Focus For 2025

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.31.2025

• Kennedy Warns About Ag Chemicals, Says Regenerative Practices Are Needed
• USDA Farm Loans Shouldn’t Be Affected by White House Freeze on Loans and Grants
• AFBF Navigates Policy and Trump Farm Bureau Focuses on Policy Agenda as White House Pulls Back Federal Aid Freeze
• States Join Prop 12 Appeal to SCOTUS
• DTN’s Livestock Quick Takes
• $5 corn hangs on for dear life
• CDFA’s organic enforcement duties expand The system has benefited farmers, as well as consumers and others interested in the integrity of the system, official says.
• Industry anxiously awaits Cattle Inventory numbers from USDA
• Feenstra on farm tax provisions expiring, “This is real.”
• Mexico Readying Retaliatory Tariffs, Potentially Targeting US Ag
• Crop Consultants Offer Their Top Tips To Reduce Input Costs
• USDA Reports Retail Food Price Inflation Subsided Across Most Categories
• USDA Releases Report Showing The Percentage Of Adults Who Consumed Little To No Fruit Has Grown

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.30.2025

• The 2025 Farm Bill What-If Tool
• Court Sides Against Deere Again in AGCO High-Speed Planting Case
• AFBF Navigates Policy and Trump Farm Bureau Focuses on Policy Agenda as White House Pulls Back Federal Aid Freeze
• Changing of the Guard at the Surface Transportation Board
• America’s Best Young Farmers/Ranchers-4 | Parents Inspire and Teach 3 Farm Daughters That Failure Isn’t Fatal
• Recent Farmland Sales in Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma
• Dicamba Do’s and Don’ts for 2025
• Senate Confirms Lee Zeldin to Lead EPA | Senate Confirms Former Congressman Lee Zeldin as Trump’s EPA Administrator
• Top 10 Ag Stories of 2024: Best of Rest
• Weather Outlook Through Summer 2025 Sees La Nina Losing Influence During Spring
• Feenstra on farm tax provisions expiring, “This is real.”
• Kennedy talks ag during confirmation hearing
• RFK Jr. says he wants to help farmers move to regenerative ag
• USDA Releases Report Showing The Percentage Of Adults Who Consumed Little To No Fruit Has Grown
• "Tempo Has Increased" As Bird Flu Spreads In The U.S.
• Ag Sec’y Nominee Rollins Commits To Working On Prop. 12 Fix During Confirmation Hearing

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.29.2025

• OMB directive to pause federal funding is stayed temporarily
• USDA Farm Loans Shouldn’t Be Affected by White House Freeze on Loans and Grants
• Corporate Transparency Act put on hold? Legal Matters: The CTA has been a roller coaster ride for the past year. Here is where things stand today — and what it means for farmers.
• Federal Court Rules Against John Deere in Planter Patent Infringement Case
• It’s Tax Time: Your Guide To Calculate Farm Income This Year
• Ag Weather Forum | La Nina-Type Pattern Setting Up for February
• Riding the winds of change | Ag Marketing IQ: Data guesses and federal policy rock the grain market boat.
• Will DeepSeek be useful on the farm? Afternoon market recap: AI could be a flash in the pan, but increasingly, it looks like it’s here to stay.
• Grains Close Mostly Higher | Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025
• Slow Start to 2025 Machinery Sales
• Market Analyst Says Incremental Sales Are Good but a Balanced Approach to Marketing Is Better
• Farming’s Super Bowl impact: Wings, turf, pigskin and more
• Riding the winds of change Ag Marketing IQ: Data guesses and federal policy rock the grain market boat.
• Cotton prices: Will 2025 mirror 2024 trends?
• House Ag Leaders Debate Farm Bill, Possible SNAP Cuts
• Meat Institute Provides President Trump With Strategies To Reduce Costly Regs. & Address Meat Prices
• Ag Sec’y Nominee Rollins Commits To Working On Prop. 12 Fix During Confirmation Hearing
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 01.28.2025

• Vilsack to Lead World Food Prize Former Ag Secretary to Lead World Food Prize, Focusing on Food Security
• House Ag leaders debate farm bill, possible SNAP cuts
• Jury Upholds AGCO/Precision Planting Technology On Lawsuit Filed By John Deere
• Ag Sec’y Nominee Rollins Commits To Working On Prop. 12 Fix During Confirmation Hearing
• Soybeans Close Down Nearly 11¢ | Monday, Jan. 27, 2025 Corn and wheat also close lower.
• Washington Farmer Learns More From Leaving the Comfort Zone
• Farm Credit Rates
• New Podcast: Farm Policy 101 with Dr. Joe Outlaw
• Smart farming takes center stage at CES 2025
• Why are the bears running the show now?
• Smart farming takes center stage at CES 2025
• Frigid Weather Likely Damaged U.S. Winter Wheat Crop, Meteorologist Says
• Market advisor expects little change in crop plans
• US, Colombia Avoid Trade War Over Deportations
• Fed Policy and Political Influence: A critique by Malanga
• What A Battle Over the Panama Canal Means For U.S. Agriculture
• 42% Of Family Farms Had Income Below The Median, And 5% Had Wealth Below The U.S. Median In 2023
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report