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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.25.2025

• 92% of Ag Economists Say the U.S. is Already in the Middle of Another Trade War
• US Ag Exports ‘Would End’ if Fees Imposed on Chinese Ships, Groups Warn
• Take Anhydrous Safety Seriously
• Afternoon Market Recap: Soybeans and wheat failed to find Monday momentum.
• U.S. sounds out Italy egg producers amid shortages in Easter runup
• Following Last Week’s Surge, What Should Cattlemen Expect Now?
• Georgia Jury Awards $2.065 Billion in Roundup Case, Bayer Set to Appeal
• COVID Pandemic Sparked Farm-to-Table Movement That Remains Strong
• Are you trapped in a tense farm office situation?
• What happens to farmland values in a recession?
• Vertical Tillage Climbs in Popularity
• Fact or Fiction? Dennis Bulani’s Book Sets the Record Straight on Farming and Food | In this episode of the 15 Minutes With a Farmer podcast, hear from Canadian farmer and author Dennis Bulani, alongside host Lisa Foust Prater.
• AgMarket.Net acreage estimates put corn over 95 million
• Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Halt Judge’s Order to Rehire Probationary Federal Workers
• How Your Income Taxes Will Change This Year

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.24.2025

• This Week in Agribusiness, March 22, 2025
• Top 5 Things to Watch
• Administration Signs Executive Order To Increase Production Of Potash, Other Minerals
• Daybreak March 21: Cammack calls reconciliation farm bill ‘absolutely feasible’
• Equipment Roundup Cummins Unveils Its First Gasoline-Powered Engine; PTx Trimble Releases New Positioning Technology
• US Ag Markets Trade Mostly Lower To Close Overall Directionless Week
• Cattle Continue to Grind Into Contract Highs: Corn and Soybeans Chop Friday
• March 1 Cattle on Feed Down 2% From Year Ago, Placements Down 18%
• Stewardship Practices Convert Marginal Land to Pastures
• Corn stunt: uncommon but not new
• How to build a successful agritourism operation
• 5 DIY Livestock Hacks for Your Farm
• New marketing year lows for pork, wheat export sales
• New bill introduced in Congress to lower egg prices
• Proposed US Port Fees on China Ships Already Hitting Ag Exports
• Farmer’s Grandiose Grave Hides Family Mystery
• Washington Week Ahead: Congress returns to budget fight; shipbuilding gets focus
• USDA Update Its Progress To Combat Avian Flu And Lower Egg Prices
• How The War Has Impacted Ukraine And Russia’s Agriculture Output
• Full Year: Titan Machinery’s Revenues Down 2%, Posts A $37 Million Loss
• FFA Raised $1.6 Million During "Give To FFA" Day, $200 Thousand More Than 2024
• American Agri-Women Applauds The Appointment Of Karen Budd-Falen As Assoc Dep’y Secr’y For The Dept Of Interior
• “America’s Story” 250th Birthday Tour A Hit With Ag Groups
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Names New Agency Heads

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.21.2025

• Specialty Soybean Company Benson Hill Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petitions
• Brazil Passes U.S. In Crop Protection Purchases, List Of World’s Largest Companies
• An Ag Retailers Take Away On How Selective Spraying Works Into Their System
• Corn Jumps 7¢ | Thursday, March 20, 2025 Soybeans also end the trading session higher.
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• USDA Provides Texas Farmers Disaster Grant to Offset Losses From Mexico Water Shortages
• Taxlink | What Farmers Need to Know About New IRA Rules
• Pre-Report Estimates Point Toward Bullish March 1 Cattle on Feed Report
• Export Report: Soybeans and wheat miss the mark
• ‘A chicken-and-egg thing’ hindering organic seed growth
• China’s Soybean Imports From U.S. Jump 84% in First Two Months
• Principles of Government: Federal Agencies Agencies have been around since the onset of our democracy
• State-Sanctioned Trespass? Ranchers Defend Property and Water Rights
• FDA delays food traceability compliance date
• USDA Update on Progress of Five-Pronged Strategy to Combat Avian Flu and Lower Egg Prices
• Iowa State Releases Its 2025 Custom Machine Rate Survey Results
• Organic Food Import Values Have Increased To $5.7 Billion

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.20.2025

• USDA’s NASS Reinstates July Cattle, County Estimates Reports That Were Cut Due to Budget
• It’s National Ag Week. Let’s Give Farmers What They Want: A Strong, New Farm Bill
• Agricultural Trade Prospects Under Pressure Amid Tariff Uncertainty
• Federal Judge Rules Evidence Sufficient for ADM Securities Fraud Case to Continue
• Corn survives grain selloff
• Brazil’s ethanol industry faces tough choice as Trump’s tariffs loom
• Trump, courts put check on new NEPA rule
• Women in ag conference empowers students with career opportunities
• Egg Prices Have Soared, but Federal Controls Kept Milk Prices Steady — at Farmers’ Expense
• Pipeline Opponents in Iowa Push for a Ban on Eminent Domain for Carbon Pipelines
• State-Sanctioned Trespass? Ranchers Defend Property and Water Rights
• Goodbye, La Niña? Eric Snodgrass Dissects What the Shift Means for Weather This Spring and Summer
• Could a ‘big, beautiful’ budget measure be Plan B for farm bill?
• Fertilizer Tariffs May Threaten Shift to Higher Corn Acres
• Iowa State Releases Its 2025 Custom Machine Rate Survey Results
• Farmers Caught In Crossfire Of Chinese Ship Fee Fight
• USDA Releases Season Average Price Forecasts Report
• USDA Releases Feed Outlook Report

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.19.2025

• BREAKING: Here’s How Much You Can Receive Per Acre From $10 Billion USDA Payment
• How Does Cutting Local Food Programs Help Make America Healthy Again?
• ECAP Payments: What You Need to Know USDA Details $10 Billion Economic Aid Payments for Commodity Producers
• First $10 billion in ECAP funding starts Wednesday
• House Ag Chairman Thompson Praises USDA’s Swift Disbursement Of Economic Assistance
• FSIS to Allow Faster Pork and Poultry Line Speeds, Drawing Industry Praise and Union Criticism
• Trump Administration Launches Second Public-Comment Period on Monarch Butterfly Listing
• NCIS Podcast Highlights Sales Closing Date with Top Crop Insurance Agent
• Michael Jordan – GOAT, or the worst ever? Afternoon market analysis: Building narratives matters in sports, grain marketing and most everything else.
• How to capitalize on biofuels growth | The biofuels market is set to continue upward, bringing the benefits to your farm.
• Don’t pull trigger on corn aphid control too soon
• Legislation Looks to Limit Crop Protection Lawsuits
• Iowa Senate Advances Bill to Strengthen Rules Against Drones Over Farmland
• 100+ USDA Offices Face Lease Termination from DOGE
• John Deere Introduces New Planter Technologies To Maximize Efficiency
• John Deere Releases Sprayer Updates To Maximize Yields And Minimize Costs
• USDA Releases Wheat Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Cotton And Wool Outlook Report
• New Report Shows Ag Added $9.5 Trillion To The U.S. Economy

Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.18.2025

• How Does Cutting Local Food Programs Help Make America Healthy Again?
• USTR Proposed Fees on Chinese Ships Will Harm US Maritime, Ag Industries
• USDA Faces 111 Office Leases Canceled as DOGE Touts Savings
• The Power of a Prevailing Cash Cattle Market
• Traders Pushed Livestock Contracts Higher Monday Afternoon
• The five percenter management mindset
• Bird flu’s impact on egg, milk markets varies
• Corporate Transparency Act: Is law on its last leg?
• KC Wheat Closes Up Nearly 20¢ | Monday, March 17, 2025
• Farming in the Crossfire: U.S. Agriculture and Retaliatory Tariffs
• Get A Marketing Edge With the Kluis/Successful Farming Planting Intensions Survey
• Boozman: conservation funding could be repurposed
• USDA takes more comments on HPAI indemnity payment rule
• Nebraska Gov. Pillen on USDA’s HPAI plan
• USTR ag official: U.S. exploring alternative trade deals for faster progress
• Nat’l Pork Producers Council Details Barriers To U.S. Exports
• USDA Assists Farmers, Ranchers And Communities Affected By Weekend Windstorms
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Takes Action To Streamline U.S. Pork And Poultry Processing
• USDA Releases Cotton And Wool Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Oil Crops Outlook Report
• Why Alliance For Food & Farming Continues To Stand Up To The “Dirty Dozen” List
• When Ag Sec’y Rollins Says Ag Economy Is In "Dire" Straits, Here’s What That Means