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Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.09.2026

• China Resumes Soybean Purchases as Trade Thaw Continues
• How Government Programs Are Impacting Farmland Values And Rents
• USDA Celebrates One Year Anniversary of the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, Delivers Final ‘Farmers First’ Program Improvements
• Quick Turnaround as USDA Offers Third Report in 10 Days
• Six Fertilizers Lead Retail Fertilizer Prices Lower for Third Consecutive Week
• USDA’s Competitive CRP Enrollment Adds 1.5 Million New Acres
• EIA Weekly Ethanol Report | EIA: US Ethanol Stocks Rise 0.5% Year-on-Year
• China adds to U.S. soy buys with largest deal since 2025
• USDA exports – China buys soybeans, July 8, 2026
• These flash points could light a fire under grain markets
• Geopolitical tensions and high interest rates challenge Brazilian
• Soybeans Crack $12 | Wednesday, July 8, 2026
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the July WASDE Report
• China demand, weather risks boost grain market optimism
• Deere Settles Lawsuit by U.S. FTC, States Over Equipment Repair Restrictions
• How latest Section 45Z rulings impact farmers
• John Deere Reinforces Commitment To Diagnostic Tools For Farmers Under Agreement With FTC
• Unions Claim USDA Overhaul Will Gut Agency
• What’s behind the historic drop in U.S. wheat acres?
• Farmer sentiment declines in June: High input costs, low crop prices top concerns
• The Next Farm Bill Needs to Address Economic Realities

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.08.2026

• New Bill Aims to Address Agriculture’s Ongoing Labor Shortage
• 250 Years of American Agriculture at a Pivotal Moment
• Major Meatpackers Have Taken in More Than Half a Billion in Tax Subsidies Since 2006
• Beef Imports Divide Trump’s Trade Agenda | US Cattle Groups Oppose US Trade Rep’s Exemption for Brazilian Beef From Proposed Tariffs
• Weather rally in grains off and running, for now
• Acreage story ‘far from over’ – remember last year?
• Honey Bees Can Detect Viruses in Food
• NCGA: U.S. Farmers Paying Double for Some Crop Protection Products Compared to Brazil
• Watch these grain price flash points
• Still to be told: the rest of the 2026 grain acreage story
• U.S. beef exports to China to pick up as rivals exhaust quotas
• Commodity group leaders offer practical advice for women in ag
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the July WASDE Report
• Unions Claim USDA Overhaul Will Gut Agency
• DIY Wizard Turns Miniature Tractors Into Equipment Fleet
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot Farm Credit Rates
• USDA Makes American Children Healthier, Agriculture Stronger with More Farm to School Investments
• USDA Advances Trump Administration Effort to Boost U.S. Mineral Energy Production
• Ag Economy Barometer Falls Again, Major Concern Is High Input Costs
• USDA’s Competitive CRP Enrollment Adds 1.5 Million New Acres
• Purdue Barometer Shows Farmer Sentiment Pressured by High Input Prices
• Geopolitical tensions and high interest rates challenge Brazilian agricultural dominance
• How farmers are adding trees to combat heat, diversify income
• How Ethanol Has Changed The Long-Term Growth In Total U.S. Corn Use

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.07.2026

• Crop Progress Report | 06.07.2026 | PDF
• USDA Reports Unusually Large U.S. Beef Export Sales, Raising Doubts Over Data
• New Nat’l Corn Growers Study Shows Crop Added $70 Billion To U.S. Economy
• Caution Builds in Cattle Complex
• Large Corn Stocks Aren’t So Large When Compared to Growing Demand
• Crops, Markets Respond to Heat
• USDA Reports Unusually Large U.S. Beef Export Sales, Raising Doubts Over Data
• USDA Announces Lawfare Partnership With SBA
• Operational and Strategic Management for Your Farm or Ranch Business
• Here are 3 big reasons for the grain market’s post-4th of July rally
• Pro Farmer Podcast | Weather vs. demand
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 67% Good to Excellent; Soybeans 64% Good to Excellent as of July 5
• Has Ethanol Changed the Long-Term Growth in Total U.S. Corn Use?

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.06.2026

• USDA Announces Lawfare Partnership with SBA to Shield Producers, Ranchers, and Small Businesses from Weaponized Regulation
• Corn Belt Agronomists Share One Word to Sum Up June’s Impact
• First Half: Agri Marketing’s Ag Stock Index Outperforms Others By Double
• Texas Commissioner Sid Miller Urges FDA To Approve Merck’s Ivermectin To Combat New World Screwworm
• Under the Agridome The Price of North American Uncertainty
• Washington: America’s Founding Farmer | Mount Vernon Reveals How George Washington Built One of America’s Most Innovative Farms
• American-Made Drones Fly High The Race for the American-Made Drone
• Why autonomous ag tech is taking off now
• Top Tips: How to leverage weather-driven grain markets in July
• Screwworm cases hit new milestone
• The Evolution of American Agriculture Through the Lens of LIFE Magazine Photographers
• Proposed conservation cuts would further limit already underfunded programs
• Farm bill delay would prolong uncertainty for farmers, Olson says
• Newly Discovered Corn Trait May Improve Crop Drought Tolerance
• U.S. Will Not Renew USMCA, Here Are The Issues
• Survey Finds Professional Farm Managers Involved On 11% Of State’s Farmland
• US Won’t Renew USMCA, Seeks Improvements in Yearly Reviews
• What They Are Saying about USDA’s new Regenerative Feedstock Rule Proposal
• Secretary Rollins Announces $500 Million for Fertilizer Investment and Expansion Program to Strengthen America’s Fertilizer Supply Chain

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.02.2026

• From NAFTA to USMCA
• USDA Redirects $500 Million to Expand Domestic Fertilizer Capacity
• An Urban’s Rural View Ag’s | Case of Nerves Over USMCA
• EPA Approves Herbicides to Combat Waterhemp, Palmer Amaranth in Commodity Crops
• EIA: Ethanol Output Sets Seasonal Record, Up 3.8% on Year
• Farmer Fights Deere’s $99M Settlement | Missouri Farmer Challenges Deere’s $99M Settlement as ‘Fundamentally Flawed’
• Celebrating America’s Agricultural Legacy at 250
• New Bill Would Expand H-2A Farm Labor Program, Drawing Mixed Reactions
• Bayer Seeks Glyphosate Import Duties, Angering Farmers
• USDA Finalizes Biofuel Feedstock Rule; Farmers Eye $40/Acre Upside
• Trump refuses to renew USMCA trade pact, toppling one of the last pillars of stability in global trade
• Administration Won’t Renew USMCA, Ag Coalition Doesn’t Agree
• Fireworks, Flavor, and a 250th Birthday: How to Keep Cookout Favorites Food Safe All Holiday Weekend
• Nat’l Corn Growers Assn Releases Demand Strategy For U.S. Corn’s Next 250 Years
• Highlights Of EPA Leadership And State Agriculture Departments Meeting
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Responds To Bayer Request For Tariffs On Chinese Glyphosate Products
• USDA Sec’y Rollins Announces Program To Support Small- And Mid-Size Beef Processors
• Farmer Urges Federal Judge To Deny Deere’s Right-To-Repair Lawsuit Agreement

Crop Insurance & Ag News TX | OK Farmers & Ranchers: 07.01.2026

• Farmer Leaders Angry After Bayer/Monsanto Moves to Place Duties on Imported Glyphosate
• Record-Low Wheat Acres Steal the Show in USDA June 30 Reports
• USDA Releases Acreage, Grain Stocks Reports
• Grains Rally Post USDA Reports With a Few Surprises
• Report Reaction | Corn acres remain sticky in 2026, but grain stocks data shows strong demand continues
• Thompson Introduces Bipartisan Agricultural Labor Reform Bill
• June Acreage Report Shows Larger Acreage Decline for Peanuts and Rice
• DTN Oil Update
• Grains find gains following USDA’s acreage report
• Trump suspends Morocco fertilizer duties to cut farmer input costs
• Setting ag custom rates: What should you be charging?
• No Soybeans Setting Pods in 8 Top States
• Why Farmers Are Rethinking Land Leveling for Better Water Management
• Farm Groups Praise Trump’s Move to Lower Fertilizer Costs
• Secretary Rollins Announces Program to Support Small- and Mid-Size Beef Processors
• Nat’l Assn Of Wheat Growers Responds To Bayer Request For Tariffs On Chinese Glyphosate Products
• Farmer Urges Federal Judge To Deny Deere’s Right-To-Repair Lawsuit Agreement
• USDA: Irrigated Area Increased More Than 10-Fold From 1890 To 2022