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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.14.2025

• New Survey Shows Crop Insurance Is Farmers’ Top Priority — And Widely Trusted
• Trump Suggests Leniency on Farm Worker Deportations
• USDA employees head for the doors as potential RIFs loom
• What The Past Week’s ‘Whirlwind’ Tariff News Means for Farmers, Explained by Market Analysts
• Top 5 Things to Watch | Cattle Numbers Update, Flood Recovery Continues
• 4/11/2025 DTN Closing Grain Comments Corn, Soybean Futures Complete Perfect Week With Firm Friday Session
• This Past Week in Agribusiness: April 12, 2025
• Ag Interest Rate 4.11.2025
• DTN Ag Weather Brief | 4/11/2025
• Egg inflation remains stubborn on bird flu and tariff risks
• Trump’s trade war is making U.S. farmers anxious about demand risk
• Aviation Meets Agriculture: An Unlikely Hero of the Case IH Merger
• New Senate bill would extend 45Z tax credits
• Groups Welcome Report Highlighting Need For Investment In Ag Bioeconomy
• Tariffs Compound Economic Anxiety Among Consumers, Businesses Amid Fears Of Economic Slowdown
• Op-ed: This Avian Flu Outbreak Is A Global Public Health Crisis

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.11.2025

• New Senate bill would extend 45Z tax credits
• Tariffs Compound Economic Anxiety Among Consumers, Businesses Amid Fears Of Economic Slowdown
• House clears budget resolution on promise of steeper spending cuts
• Cattle Retreat with Equities, Grains Mixed Pre-WASDE
• USDA Reports Summary USDA Cuts US Corn Ending Stocks, Boosts Corn Exports by 100 MB
• Trump Proposes Legalizing Farm Workers Trump Floats Plan to Legalize Undocumented Farm Workers
• Senators Introduce Bill to Stop Prop 12 Senate Measure Would End California’s Animal-Welfare Law Created by Prop 12
• U.S. Winter Wheat Conditions
• WASDE serves up bullish corn data Afternoon market analysis: Soybeans also firm on Thursday, with wheat sinking moderately lower.
• Act now: ARC and PLC decisions crucial for farm finances as April 15 deadline approaches
• What wheat growers can learn from life-cycle assessment
• Tariff changes add “new” kind of volatility to ag manufacturing
• What happens to farm bill in budget reconciliation?
• Soybean Farmers Concerned as Trump Raises China Tariffs to 125%
• Tariff Timeout? Farm Equipment Giants Scale Down Or Stall As Trade War Marches On
• Fifteen USDA programs under review, Klobuchar says
• Trump says farmers will get a break on deportations
• Daybreak April 10: Farmers applaud tariff pause — but there’s still China
• Supermarket prices surge on meat, milk, eggs
• News of the Day Groups Welcome Report Highlighting Need For Investment In Ag Bioeconomy

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.10.2025

• Tariff Delay Rallies Ag and Outside Markets, Trumps China Trade War
• Administration Calls Off Tariff Policy For 90 Days, Increases China’s By 125%
• Grains Close Higher | Wednesday, April 9, 2025
• Trump announces 90-day tariff pause, hikes duties on China even higher
• Market Prices Rally on Tariff News Soybean Futures Rise Despite Higher Tariffs on China, But Trade War Raises Economic Alarms
• Midweek madness sends grains shooting higher
• Preoccupied Markets to Review USDA Supply and Demand Updates on April 10
• Judge: Monette Farms Owner to Pay $12M Canada’s Monette Farms Ordered to Pay $12 Million Fee on $63-Million Ranch Deal
• EIA: US Ethanol Output Down 3.4%, Supply Rose 0.7% Year-Over-Year 4/9/2025
• How our farm will benefit from low-carbon corn
• What wheat growers can learn from life-cycle assessment
• Researchers seek ways to disrupt corn rootworm survival
• States embrace ‘MAHA’ movement with dozens of bills
• USDA Now Planning To Cut Thousands Of Jobs, Move Many Departments From Washington
• Number Of U.S. Farms Continues Slow Decline
• USDA: Corn Growers Facing Rising Production Costs, Crop Values Swing Yearly

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.09.2025

• US agriculture chief says new deals may be struck over tariffs by end of week
• Soybeans Close Up Nearly 10¢ | Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Grain Market Insider says corn and soybeans are seeing bull spreading.
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the April WASDE Report
• Farmers split on tariffs’ impact as trade tensions rise
• Preoccupied Markets to Review USDA Supply and Demand Updates on April 10
• USTR: Trump’s Tariffs Spark Trade Talks, But Senators Remain Skeptical
• Soybean/Corn Price Ratio and Tariff Wars Suggest Canadians Should Plant Oilseeds
• Watch for these profit indicators
• Recent flooding gives grains a boost Afternoon market analysis: Grains green up in Tuesday’s session.
• Grassley, Klobuchar ask EPA to raise RVOs
• Next WASDE could bring corn opportunity
• Climate grantees anxiously awaiting USDA decisions
• Farmers Fear Tariffs Could Cost Them One of Their Biggest Markets in China
• Ag already part of tariff negotiations, Greer says
• Nat’l Pork Producers Council Praise Senators’ Efforts To Avert Industry Crises
• USDA: Corn Growers Facing Rising Production Costs, Crop Values Swing Yearly
• Year-Round E15 Could Help Boost Domestic Corn Demand

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.08.2025

• April 8, 2025 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Key Ag Inputs Exempt from New Reciprocal Tariffs
• Grains End Day in the Green | Monday, April 7, 2025 Livestock close in the red.
• Winter Wheat Condition Rated 48% Good to Excellent in First National USDA Crop Progress Report of 2025
• Step out of the cab with new autonomous tractor system
• Ag sector changes: What does the next decade hold?
• Advanced tech moves sorghum into the future
• Is it time to start retaining beef heifers? Beef Outlook: Tight cattle supplies have become more evident at feedlots after a March report.
• Delaware Statutory Trust may be more practical investment Farm & Family: Delaware Statutory Trust is a special type of trust that owns income-producing real estate.
• 9 ways to boost your phosphorus IQ
• Buying Inputs in the Current Business Climate
• Meet a Fifth-Generation Colorado Farmer Balancing Information and Innovation
• Congress making progress on tax policy
• Turkey, Mexico ramp up egg exports to U.S. amid tumbling prices
• Farm Bureau On Tariffs And Their Effect On Agriculture
• The Process Of Buying Inputs In The Current Business Climate

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 04.07.2025

• Top 5 Things to Watch Floods and Floods of Tariff Responses
• USDA says farm impact of new tariffs unknown until fall Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins: “We don’t know what those consequences will look like.”
• Ag sector changes: What does the next decade hold?
• Farmer’s Daughter Movie Tells Story of Resilience
• USDA Presses Another Round of Voluntary Exits Before Major Job Cuts and Restructuring
• 3 lessons from a business retreat
• China hits back at Trump with tariffs, limits on key exports
• Will or trust: Which is better for your farm?
• 7 ag stories you may have missed– April 4, 2025
• West Texas farmers face headwinds, will still plant cotton
• China Retaliation on U.S. Farm Goods Hits Soybeans, Bolstering Brazil
• Brazil May Emerge as Winner From Sweeping U.S. Tariffs, Economists Say
• Mexico and Canada spared from retaliatory tariffs, what does this mean for North American trade?
• ARC, PLC, ECAP signups going strong
• China Announces 34% Retaliatory Tariffs on US Goods
• As China Retaliates and Hits U.S. With a New 34% Tariff, What’s the Possible Impact on Ag?
• Washington Week Ahead: House faces budget battle; tariff turmoil gets Hill focus
• Farmer Sentiment Slips Due to Rising Policy Uncertainty
• Farm Bureau On Tariffs And Their Effect On Agriculture
• Health & Human Services And USDA Hold First Public MAHA Event
• The Process Of Buying Inputs In The Current Business Climate