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Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.17.2026

• U.S. Imposes New 25% Tariffs on Brazil, Expands Exemptions List
• USDA Rule Targets Foreign Ag Land Buys | Foreign Farmland Disclosure Law Sees Biggest Change Since 1978; How it Affects Ag
• Brazil Beef Spared From New Tariffs | Trump Imposes Tariffs on Brazil, But Spares Key Ag Imports Such as Beef
• New 25% Tariff on Brazil Spares Beef, Other Key Agricultural Imports
• Unapologetically Passionate: How Ag Producers Are Weathering Drought, Wildfire and Uncertainty
• Canada Markets | December Corn Chart Provides a Wealth of Technical Information
• Top Tips: Here’s what’s moving grain prices and how farmers can reward the rally
• Screwworm costs Mexican ranchers $2.8B as U.S. cattle ban continues
• 5 ways farm succession planning gets stuck
• Pesticide Problems, Part I: Legislative History
• House budget bill includes billions in new farmer economic aid
• Trade progress with China offers hope for U.S. corn, soybean markets
• Succession planning expert: Farm transitions require more than legal documents
• Farmers Urged to Speak Up as New Dual-Action Herbicide Moves Through EPA Review
• Rural Economic Indicator Turns Decidedly Negative
• Farm Bureau: Persistent Losses Leave Farmers Needing Economic Support
• U Of Illinois: What Would It Cost Farmers If Glyphosate Is Banned?

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.16.26

• USDA Plans NASS Modernization USDA to Review NASS Reports, Data Systems and Survey Response Rates
• 5 ways farm succession planning gets stuck
• GOP Reverts to Trump’s Request Update: House GOP Drops $20B Farm Aid Plan, Returns to Trump’s $11.1B Proposal
• Bayer Signs An Agreement To Launch Hybrid Wheat In The U.S. And Europe
• DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends UAN Fertilizers Lead Nutrient Prices Downward
• Call the Market 3 Thoughts for Cattlemen to Ponder as the Market Softens
• Grains rebound as geopolitical tensions prompt energy and wheat spike
• What Is Up with Cattle Prices in Recent Weeks?
• Initial 2025 FSA Yields and ARC-CO for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat
• Chicago Wheat Closes Up More Than 32¢ | Wednesday, July 15, 2026
• 2026 Water Resources Development Act moves forward
• SCOTUS glyphosate ruling shifts legal focus to EPA, future pesticide litigation
• Democratic Representatives Introduce Act To Curb Seed Patents
• Nat’l Sustainable Ag Coalition Applauds Introduction Of The "Fair Seeds For Farmers" Act
• Instacart And Tractor Supply Partner To Deliver Farm Essentials
• General Mills, ADM, Walmart Partner To Accelerate Regenerative Agriculture
• Syngenta And Groundwork BioAg To Bring Biologicals And Soil Carbon Solutions To Farmers

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.15.26

• First Thing Today | Surging wheat prices lead grains rallies overnight
• Farm Aid Returns to Reconciliation Talks House GOP Leadership Plan Could Include $20 Billion in Farmer Aid
• Prop 12 Lawsuit Survives Key Ruling Federal Court Keeps Prop 12 Slaughterhouse Case Alive for Triumph Food
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot Farm Credit Rates
• Mike Johnson Pushes Reconciliation Bill to Fund Defense, Agriculture
• Beginning Farmers: Free Workshop in August
• Heat Wave Stresses Plains Pastures Massive Heat Wave Hammers Beef Country Pastures, Pushes Conditions to Poor Across Plains, Southwest
• Oil Prices Surge on US-Iran Escalation, Tanker Hits
• What’s your grain sold percentage? Ag Marketing IQ: November soybeans reached $12 and corn stocks dropped to 1.79 billion bushels. Now’s the time to assess your marketing position, adjust strategy and consider additional sales.
• Watch the calendar: July rallies don’t roll into August
• Mexican cattle producers are forging an all-out effort to open the U.S. border to live cattle trade.
• Where’s the Best Corn in the Country Right Now?
• Farmland Farmer Fights Squatter’s Rights After Neighbor Takes Chunk of Cornfield
• The Strait of Hormuz Is Technically Still Open. So Why Are Fertilizer Prices Climbing?
• Pete’s Pick of the Week Pete’s Pick: International 1468 Shatters Record at $77,250
• Did USDA overestimate the size of the 2025 corn crop? Here’s when we might find out.
• USDA Revises Beef Export Data, Lowers Sales By 90%
• Protect farm equity first, then position for upside opportunity
• 2026 Water Resources Development Act moves forward
• Trump drops Hormuz toll after outcry from lawmakers, executives
• 1st Half: U.S. Tractor Sales Down 14%, Combine Sales Down 11%
• July 2026 WASDE: Acreage Moves in July, Yields Move in August

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.14.26

• Crop Progress Report | July 13, 2026 | PDF
• Ag Chair John Boozman assesses where his farm bill draft stands
• Artificial Intelligence Poised to Rewrite the Crop Protection Playbook
• Pasture mealybug spreads rapidly across Texas
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 68% Good to Excellent; Soybeans 65% Good to Excellent as of July 12
• Oklahoma to Close 21-Year Poultry Case 6 Poultry Companies Agree to $41.7M Deal Over Oklahoma Water Pollution
• Lower peanut production could boost prices this year
• Sort and Cull Cattle Complex Feels the Grind of Summer
• Oklahoma to Close 21-Year Poultry Case 6 Poultry Companies Agree to $41.7M Deal Over Oklahoma Water Pollution
• Cattlemen Push to Graze CRP Acres CRP Was Built to Protect Land. Cattlemen Say It Can Protect the Cow Herd, Too.
• Corn, soybeans remain on an upward swing
• Maybe it’s not a weather market
• Soybean prices need poor weather, exports to China
• Hog numbers fall as pigs per litter soar to 11.87
• 8 ag startups offer solutions to farm challenges
• Grain Bin Accidents Remain Deadly. One Farmer Hopes His Family’s Story Can Help
• USDA Revises Beef Export Data, Lowers Sales by 90%
• The Farm Economy’s Profitability Problem: Can It Be Fixed?
• What If This Year’s Crop Is Just Average?
• Are Cattle Futures Getting Close to a Bottom? Can Row Crops Sustain a Weather Rally?
• New Poll Reveals Record Voter Support For E15
• Purdue Ag Economist Issues Report: "Current Trends In Cattle Finishing Breakeven Prices And Net Returns"
• Purdue Study Finds Where Ag Producers Get Their Ideas
• Farm Bureau: Why U.S. Agriculture Has Lost Farmland The Size Of Nebraska
• Policy Updates: Federal antitrust settlements reached on farm equipment repairs and egg pricing
• Data Centers and Poultry Growers

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.13.26

• FTC Settlement Secures Right to Repair for Farmers
• Top 5 Things to Watch: Weather, Markets and Trade Conflicts
• WASDE | July 10, 2026 | PDF
• Graham’s death ignites GOP scramble for Senate seat as Trump hints he already has a favorite
• How USDA’s Regenerative Feedstock Guidance Could Create New Value For Corn Growers
• Secretary Rollins Announces Growing Momentum Behind USDA’s Product of USA Label with 10 New Companies Joining Initiative
• Jerry Gulke | Higher Week in the Grains Further Confirms Lows
• Two raw beef steak pieces on paper USDA Lowers Beef Export Sales by 90% Amid Growing Doubts Over Data
• View From the Cab | Farmers Talk Weather Worries, Crop Diseases and Wish Lists
• Soybean prices need poor weather, exports to China | Soybean Outlook: As traders eye crop season forecasts and U.S.-China trade talks, the market sets $11.60 to $11.70 as a target price for unloading bushels.
• 8 ag startups offer solutions to farm challenges
• Yes, you can lose money applying a fungicide
• Built not bought: From box truck to spray drone rig
• Wheat heats up on low production data
• Grains Close the Week Strongly | Friday, July 10, 2026
• NCGA: USDA’s Regenerative Feedstock Guidance Could Create New Value for Corn Growers
• John Deere Owners Will Get the Right to Repair Their Own Equipment Under a New FTC Settlement
• USDA, HHS, EPA Join Forces to Bolster Consumer Protections from Heavy Metals and Other Contaminants in Food
• Purdue Ag Economist Issues Report: "Current Trends In Cattle Finishing Breakeven Prices And Net Returns"
• Purdue Study Finds Where Ag Producers Get Their Ideas
• Status of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) Tariff Litigation

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.10.2026

• First Thing Today | USDA S&D report on deck; corn, bean bulls need a spark
• The Next Farm Bill Needs to Address Economic Realities
• USDA Revises Late-June Beef Export Sales Down 90% After Doubts Over Data
• USDA Lowers Drought Aid Trigger and Increases Depredation Coverage
• Group Seeks Pesticide Cancer Labels EPA Petition: 124 Pesticide Ingredients Should Come With Cancer Warnings
• Grains mixed as traders await WASDE
• Is China finally bellying up for more U.S. soybeans?
• Corn Down More Than 4¢ | Thursday, July 9, 2026
• Farmland Prices and Government Programs
• USDA Revises Late-June Beef Export Sales Down 90% After Doubts Over Data
• Wheat Closes Up 12¢ | Thursday, July 9, 2026
• Farmland Prices and Government Programs
• El Nino to Strengthen Through the End of the Year, U.S. Forecaster Says
• Family, Panic and Physics: How Grain Bin Rescues Go Wrong
• Corn, Soybeans See Further Profit Taking Eyeing Weather, WASDE: Fade Additional China Buys
• How farmers are adding trees to combat heat, diversify income
• CoBank: Rising Food Prices Squeeze Household Budgets, Constrain Consumer Spending
• Purdue Study Finds Where Ag Producers Get Their Ideas
• New York Attorney General Sues Corteva, Others For PFAS Pollution