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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 12.04.2025

• Farmers Lose PP Buy-Up Under New Rule
• Farmer Aid Announcement Coming Next Week, Rollins Says
• Get Your Farm 1031 Exchange Right
• 5 Fertilizers Have Higher Prices Than Month Ago
• Traders Push the Livestock Contracts Higher Through Wednesday’s Close
• Negative Close in Grains | Wednesday, December 3, 2025
• Record-Breaking Sale: Iowa Farmland Sets New High for State at $32,000 Per Acre
• Grains Fall on Profit Taking, No China Sales: What’s Ahead Crude Oil and the Dollar?
• China never delivered on many Phase One ag promises – and has backslid since
• Bayer’s Shares Rose 15% On U.S. Solicitor General’s Backing
• Experts Split On Whether China Will Meet Soybean Purchase Pledge
• 3 tips for farm financial health during the holidays
• Nat’l Corn Growers Calls For USMCA Renewal
• USDA: Gravity Irrigation Continues To Decline While Pressurized Irrigation Has Leveled Off
• Farm Building "Checkup" Tips From Morton Buildings

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 12.03.2025

• Rollins Promises Bridge Payments for Farmers While Pressuring States for SNAP Data
• More Beef Processing Woes: Tyson to Cut 1,761 Jobs at Major Texas Plant
• US Solicitor General Backs Bayer’s Supreme Court Bid to End Roundup Lawsuits
• Delayed by the Shutdown, CRP Payments Should Be Going Out From FSA
• Innovative grain-handling solutions to try
• Is a new Black Sea escalation coming?
• Cover crop success: From rapeseed to recognition
• When will cotton demand return to normal?
• Spotlight on resilience: Secrets to navigating tight farm margins
• Deere profit miss underscores farm economy woes
• Deere’s 2026 Outlook Suggests No Farm Economy Uptick
• Brazil Agriculture Ministry Says China Banned Five Soy Exporters
• Inside D.C: New farm aid coming; trade signals ‘messy’| The co-director of Texas A&M’s Ag and Food Policy Center says it’s going to be more challenging for the Trump administration…
• Experts Split on Whether China will Meet Soybean Purchase Pledge
• Rollins: Tariff assistance announcement coming next week
• Rate Cut Odds Rise as Consumer Confidence Slips Ahead of the Federal Reserve’s Final 2025 Meeting
• CropLife Announces The 100 Largest Retailers Of Crop Inputs In The U.S.
• With Key Trade Agreement Ignored, RFA Calls For Reciprocal Duties On Chinese Ag Imports

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 12.02.2025

• With Key Trade Agreement Ignored, RFA Calls For Reciprocal Duties On Chinese Ag Imports
• Soybeans Close Down Nearly 10¢ | Monday, Dec. 1, 2025
• CRP Payment Status Delayed by the Shutdown, CRP Payments Should Be Going Out From FSA
• Sort and Cull Following the Thanksgiving Rally, Traders Hope to See Better Market Fundamentals
• Hansen-Mueller Unsecured Creditors Want More Time
• Ag Interest Rate | Snapshot Farm Credit Rates
• Dollars, Gold or Pork Bellies? Your Choice
• Deere’s disappointing outlook shows farm recovery is elusive
• Deere’s 2026 Outlook Suggests No Farm Economy Uptick
• The latest rally just hit a speed bump
• Santa, meet St. Patrick: The March corn rally effect Morning market analysis: Corn, soybeans pull back overnight.
• Cattle prices set to surge despite market chaos
• Anderson announces his final marketing scoop | After four decades of writing “Wheat Scoops,” today known as “Grain Scoops,” Kim Anderson is ready to “hang up his pen.”
• Agencies, Groups Reach Out to Tyson Workers as Lexington Beef Plant Closure Nears
• Can China Live Up to Its 12 MMT Soybean Promise?
• Ag Tech Expert: Three Crucial Technologies For Agriculture’s Survival
• Policy Updates: Bird flu’s expanding footprint raises red flags for livestock producers

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 12.01.2025

• Farmer Aid Expected Within Weeks, Ag Secretary Says
• Washington Week Ahead: Farmers await payment plan; USMCA review gets focus
• Canadian Prime Minister Moves to Reduce Country’s Reliance on US Trade
• December 2025 Recent Farmland Sales
• Neeley’s Favorite Story of 2025 Unlikely Alliance: Russian Lawyer, Farm Journalist Stop GoFundMe Scam
• USDA exports – 2 more flash sales announced, November 28, 2025
• Did We Overbuild Our Estate Plan? With higher estate tax limits in place, some farm families may have estate plans that are more complicated than necessary.
• Trump Has Cut Tariffs on Fertilizer, But Lower Prices Could Remain Elusive
• Real Christmas tree prices expected to stay flat at wholesale
• “The world wants U.S. ethanol,” ACE CEO says as exports climb
• Robotic ‘DroneDog’ gives farmers a new high-tech security option
• New study from Purdue University could help identify more drought resistant corn hybrids
• National Peanut Board Launches 2026–2028 Strategic Plan
• USDA Releases November Outlook for Cattle, Beef, Broiler, and Pork Markets
• The Global Reach of America’s Land-Grant Universities
• Full Year: John Deere’s Sales Down 13%, Net Income Down 29%: $5 Billion
• Cotton specialist aims to help industry ‘one boll at a time’
• Bird Flu Surges As Holiday Season Begins

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 11.26.2025

• EPA announces new WOTUS proposal
• Wheat prices warm up in pre-holiday trading
• What’s Going on With the U.S. Winter Wheat Crop?
• Trump’s beef price battle meets America’s insatiable demand
• Crop progress: Winter wheat quality on the rise
• How to turn market chaos into cash
• For peanuts, sustainability isn’t just a buzzword
• Producers say federal aid may be needed to bridge rising farm losses
• Political market volatility frustrating farmers
• Program payments and a rise in net farm income could help support 2026 farmland market
• Carbon credit demand holds steady as more farmers evaluate program eligibility
• Market volatility dampens producer optimism for heifer retention
• Mixed reactions in farm country as trade aid decision nears
• Winter 2025-26 Forecast Heavily Influenced by La Nina
• US Soybeans Set for First Shipment to China Since May
• USDA Signals Possible Trade Aid Soon, Economists Warn It Could Keep Input Prices High
• Grains See Corrective Bounce Tuesday: Is the Bleeding Over in Cattle?
• Farm Bureau Study: Farmers Urgently Need Economic Assistance
• Soy Groups Welcome USDA’s “America First Trade Promotion” Program Funding
• How to calculate cost of production on the farm
• How will the Tyson beef plant restructuring affect cattle producers?
• Op-ed: Here’s How To Solve America’s 50 Million Ton A Year Problem

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 11.25.2025

• Secretary Rollins Announces $30 Million Food Purchase to Back U.S. Producers and Strengthen America’s Food Supply
• Pro Farmer Podcast | Establishing floors in the market
• Deals on Farmer Aid, Chinese Soybean Purchases Coming Within Weeks, USDA Chief Says
• Giving Thanks for America’s Farmers | FARM POLICY FACTS
• Final 2025 USDA Crop Progress: Corn 96% Harvested, Wheat Rated 48% Good to Excellent as of Nov. 23
• Another Headline and Another Limit-Lower Day for Cattle Contracts
• Crop Progress Report 11.24.2025
• Tyson closes Nebraska plant, cuts Texas shift amid losses.
• 15 unique ways to minimize your farm tax burden
• The holiday-shortened week began with a whimper Afternoon Market Recap: Corn, soybean and winter wheat prices dialed in modest changes on Monday.
• Weekly Grain Movement – Wheat outpaced expectations
• How Farmers Can Stay Profitable and Resilient After a Tough 2025
• Russia, China, Middle East tensions could sway fertilizer markets next year
• Trade aid update: USDA says final decision pending
• Grains Lower in Holiday Mode, Fading China Sales: Cattle Limit Down
• Policy Updates: Farmworker union challenges Labor Department’s cuts to H-2A wage rates in federal court
• How to turn market chaos into cash
• Int’l Agency For Research On Cancer Classifies Atrazine Is "Probably Carcinogenic," Syngenta Pushes Back
• Farm Bureau Study: Farmers Urgently Need Economic Assistance
• USDA Launches Screwworm.gov, Centralizing New World Screwworm Information