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TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 04.05.2024

• Nat’l Crop Insurance Services Provide Tools To Better Understand The Programs
• All Eight Major Fertilizer Prices Higher
• 10 States Led Way in Fertilizer Cuts Ag Census Shows Farmers in 10 States Led Nation in Cutting Fertilizer Use
• Ag Marketing IQ: Despite trade agreement and tariff hurdles, India is importing more ag products. The U.S. demand opportunity lies with ethanol, wheat and soybean oil.
• Ag ‘drone swarms’ cleared for takeoff New FAA rule could boost drone spraying as a way to help farmers save time and money.
• Chicago grains steady with weather, data in focus
• How to save yields with early season management Seedling diseases can devastate yields with little warning.
• Biden administration taking cross-species HPAI outbreak “very seriously”
• Republican Study Committee Budget Targets SNAP, Crop Insurance
• U.S. Drought Area Smallest Since 2020
• 6 Tech Tools and Trends To Watch In 2024
• Thompson divide protected by administration
• Nat’l Corn Grower Assn Leader Warns Int’l Trade Commission Against Placing Duties On Imports Of Key Herbicide
• USDA Makes $1.5 Billion Available To Help Farmers Advance Conservation And Climate-Smart Agriculture
• Used John Deere Tractors Set New Record At Recent Auction
• Illinois Extension Releases Guide On Determining Cash Rent
• 2022 Census Of Agriculture: Fewer U.S. Farms Are Growing Wheat
• Farm Journal Issues "Smart Farming Intelligence" Report

admin2024-04-05T04:58:13-04:00April 5th, 2024|Ag News|

TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 04.04.2024

• Farmers Mutual Hail acquires crop insurer Global Ag from Axa XL
• Expand Your Crop Insurance Knowledge with the Latest Resources
• Farmer Sentiment Improves As Interest Rate Expectations Shift
• Grains settle in the green | Wednesday, April 3, 2024
• U.S. Drought Area Smallest Since 2020
• USDA Rolls Out $1.5 Billion for Conservation and Climate-Smart Ag Under RCPP
• Ag Policy Blog RFK Jr’s Plan to Weaponize Regulators to Transform American Agriculture
• If Farmers Sold Grain Like Contractors Bid Projects
• EPA Rolls Out World’s Toughest Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
• Feedback from the Field returns for 2024
• More than Dirt: Does your operation need a specialty coach? More farmers are bringing in coaches and joining peer groups to build on their success.
• Will rural voters determine the president?
• Ethanol stocks gain again
• Be aware of changing animal importation guidelines
• 6 Tech Tools and Trends To Watch In 2024
• Used John Deere Tractors Set New Record At Recent Auction
• U.S. Drought Area Smallest Since 2020
• Farm Journal Issues "Smart Farming Intelligence" Report

admin2024-04-04T04:58:00-04:00April 4th, 2024|Ag News|

TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 04.03.2024

• Several Reasons for the Number of Farms Lost in the U.S. in the 2022 Census
• Ag Marketing IQ: Employ risk management strategies to defend against an unpredictable price environment.
• Grains get dragged back into the red
• Eclipse fans prep for last total eclipse for 20 years
• Navigating the persistent pest problems for peanut growers
• El Niño to La Niña
• U.S. House Ag Committee member says there’s still time to get a farm bill passed in ’24
• Agricultural Stakeholders Meet to Discuss the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
• Bird Flu Detected in Texas Human
• 6 Tech Tools and Trends To Watch In 2024
• US agriculture faces trade deficit amid consumer shifts
• U.S. winter wheat ratings surge – First USDA crop report
• Update to USDA Entity-Scale Greenhouse Gas Methods Report Available
• EPA Warns Farmworkers About Risks Of Dacthal, Sole Manufacturer Is AMVAC
• USDA Releases Farmland Rental And Conservation Practice Adoption Report
• USDA Releases Fruit And Tree Nuts Outlook Report (PDF)
• USDA: Farmers’ Adoption Of New Technology Is The Dominant Factor In Increasing Agriculture’s Productivity
• Tractor Supply Company Raises Over $1 Million for FFA
• U.S. Wheat Farms Dropped 40 Percent in 20 Years

admin2024-04-03T03:41:12-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Ag News|

TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 04.02.2024

• Vilsack on Farm Bill
• Farm bill: Increased payment limits critical
• Post-Easter Markets, HPAI Spread in Dairies, First Crop Progress Report
• USDA: Farmers’ Adoption Of New Technology Is The Dominate Factor In Increasing Agriculture’s Productivity
• U.S. Cotton Mills Rapidly Closing
• Senators tackle migrant farm labor
• New Report By Purdue Researcher Show 12% Of U.S. Households Are Food Insecure, Yet 40% Of Food Is Discarded
• Who Is A “Foreign Person” In The Eyes Of USDA?
• Where Did All the Corn Acres and Principal Crop Acres Go? The Two Biggest Questions from USDA’s Big Prospective Plantings Report
• USDA Report Analysis USDA’s Planting Intentions Report Light on Acres
• Jerry Gulke: How Bullish Were the USDA Reports for the Corn Market?
• EPA Rolls Out World’s Toughest Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
• Corn prices resurrected on low 2024 acreage estimate
• New planting data pushes corn prices 3.5% higher Afternoon market recap: Soybeans face fractional cuts; wheat prices mixed but mostly higher.
• U.S. agri-food industry faces skill gaps, survey finds
• USDA Press Release: Readout of Meeting with Agricultural Stakeholders on the Port of Baltimore and Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
• G & S Communications Releases Results Of Survey On Consumers’ Knowledge Of Food System’s Sustainability
• Ag Robotic Market Forecast To Grow From $63 Billion To $218 Billion By 2030
• Farmers National Co: A Dynamic Ag Outlook
• Precision Farming Dealer Magazine Releases eGuide “Top 10 Dos And Don’ts”
• Texas wheat faring better amidst low prices
• Feedlot Numbers At Historic Levels

admin2024-04-02T08:49:20-04:00April 2nd, 2024|Ag News|

TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 04.01.2024

• Vilsack on Farm Bill
• Farm bill: Increased payment limits critical
• Post-Easter Markets, HPAI Spread in Dairies, First Crop Progress Report
• USDA: Farmers’ Adoption Of New Technology Is The Dominate Factor In Increasing Agriculture’s Productivity
• U.S. Cotton Mills Rapidly Closing
• Senators tackle migrant farm labor
• New Report By Purdue Researcher Show 12% Of U.S. Households Are Food Insecure, Yet 40% Of Food Is Discarded
• Who Is A "Foreign Person" In The Eyes Of USDA?
• Where Did All the Corn Acres and Principal Crop Acres Go? The Two Biggest Questions from USDA’s Big Prospective Plantings Report
• USDA Report Analysis USDA’s Planting Intentions Report Light on Acres
• Jerry Gulke: How Bullish Were the USDA Reports for the Corn Market?
• EPA Rolls Out World’s Toughest Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
• Corn prices resurrected on low 2024 acreage estimate
• New planting data pushes corn prices 3.5% higher Afternoon market recap: Soybeans face fractional cuts; wheat prices mixed but mostly higher.
• U.S. agri-food industry faces skill gaps, survey finds
• USDA Press Release: Readout of Meeting with Agricultural Stakeholders on the Port of Baltimore and Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
• G & S Communications Releases Results Of Survey On Consumers’ Knowledge Of Food System’s Sustainability
• Ag Robotic Market Forecast To Grow From $63 Billion To $218 Billion By 2030
• Farmers National Co: A Dynamic Ag Outlook
• Precision Farming Dealer Magazine Releases eGuide "Top 10 Dos And Don’ts"
• Texas wheat faring better amidst low prices
• Feedlot Numbers At Historic Levels

admin2024-04-01T05:54:31-04:00April 1st, 2024|Ag News|

TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 03.29.2024

• March 28: Weekly Export Sales Report
• March 28: Grain Stocks Report
• March 28: Prospective Planting Report
• U.S. Farmers To Plant 90 Million Acres Of Corn, Down 5%, 86.5 Million Acres Of Soybeans
• Export Report: Wheat exceeds analyst estimates
• Texas wheat faring better amidst low prices
• USDA Estimates Farmers Will Plant 90M Corn Acres, 86.5M Soybean Acres This Year
• Understanding Different Wars Waging Within the Feeder Cattle Market
• Breakthrough Research: Scientists Develop Cow Who Produces Human Insulin In Her Milk
• Corn prices resurrected on low 2024 acreage estimate
• Early wheat green-up may require adjustments
• Hackers a threat to commercial trucking systems | Study findings apply to U.S. shipping industry’s more than 14 million vehicles.
• Let wetland do its job: Filter water
• Ethanol stocks hit 53-week high

admin2024-03-29T03:36:12-04:00March 29th, 2024|Ag News|

TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 03.28.2024

• 5 Things to Know About a Developing La Nina
• USDA Release Chart Showing Fertilizer’s Share Of Corn Production Costs
• AgCareers.Com Release Results Of Workforce Needs And Gaps Survey
• Is the bull market story in cattle over?
• Maryland Bridge Collapse Could Affect Ag
• Sick Dairy Cows Recovering From HPAI
• Afternoon market recap: Wheat prices make modest inroads ahead of USDA’s prospective plantings report.
• Biden’s biofuel push risks dethroning corn as king
• Family feuds and other legal quandaries
• Navigating the persistent pest problems for peanut growers
• U.S. losing ground in Chinese soybean and beef markets
• When to replace ag tires?
• CRISPR revolutionizing agriculture
• Agriculture urges EPA for emergency E15 waiver
• Meat Coalition Says New EPA Regs Would Should Down 74 Processing Facilities
• American Agri-Women Announces Its Washington DC Fly-In
• Ag Economists Release Report Showing Crop Yield Growth By Global Regions

admin2024-03-28T06:25:38-04:00March 28th, 2024|Ag News|

TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 03.27.2024

• 3 Big Things Today, March 27, 2024
• Maryland Bridge Collapse Could Affect Ag
• USDA authorizes CRP graze and hay donations to wildlife-impacted livestock producers in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas
• It’s Time for USDA’s Prospective Plantings Survey, March Grain Stocks Report
• Baltimore Bridge Impact on Ag Machinery
• Transition farm ownership and leadership
• Grains drift lower ahead of planting data
• Ag Economists Release Report Showing Crop Yield Growth By Global Regions
• EPA Accepts Atrazine Science Panel Recommendations
• Agricultural Census Shows Strong Growth In Direct Sales From Farms And Ranches
• EPA’s new emission standards trouble corn farmers
• “Product of USA” label rule raises trade concerns
• How crop input prices impact land values
• EPA Accepts Atrazine Science Panel Recommendations
• Agricultural Census Shows Strong Growth In Direct Sales From Farms And Ranches
• Precision Farming Tools Most Used By Minimum Till Farmers

admin2024-03-27T08:35:03-04:00March 27th, 2024|Ag News|

TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 03.26.2024

• 3 Big Things Today, March 26, 2024
• Illness Impacting Texas Cattle Confirmed as Bird Flu
• Vilsack reassures producers following detections of avian flu in livestock
• Farmers See No Relief in Sight as Ag Labor Pressures Continue to Worsen
• Could KC New-Crop Wheat Be Close to Another Move Higher?
• March 1 Cattle on Feed Up 1% From Year Ago; February Placements Up 10%
• Livestock economist says supplies of cattle will continue to tighten
• Ag Disappointed in Tailpipe Emissions Rule
• There’s a Possibility USDA’s Prospective Plantings Report Next Week Produces a Surprise in Corn
• EPA’s new emission standards trouble corn farmers
• “Product of USA" label rule raises trade concerns
• How crop input prices impact land values
• EPA Accepts Atrazine Science Panel Recommendations
• Agricultural Census Shows Strong Growth In Direct Sales From Farms And Ranches
• Precision Farming Tools Most Used By Minimum Till Farmers
• FAA Clears Use Of "Drone Swarms" For Agricultural Use

admin2024-03-26T08:42:55-04:00March 26th, 2024|Ag News|

TX & OK Ag & Crop Insurance News: 03.25.2024

• Farm Futures Survey Reports Farmers Will Plant 2.3 Million Fewer Corn Acres, 2.4 Million Soybean Acres
• A lot on the to-do list in a farm bill year
• March Grain Stocks and a Good Friday Break
• On the farm: Debt is up and income is not
• Top 5 Things to Watch
• USDA’s acreage report not always the final say
• Louis Dreyfus Co.’s profit tops $1 billion again
• Ag tech businesses bet big on artificial intelligence
• Senate votes to ban Paraguay beef
• 2024 acreage: Farmers still eager to plant corn
• Ready to retire? Plan farm equipment sales wisely
• Used machinery inventories are exploding
• Livestock economist says supplies of cattle will continue to tighten
• Texas, New Mexico officials investigate mystery dairy cattle illness
• Credit coming for decades old soil health practices
• American Bankers Assn: Farm Bank Lending Increased To $110 Billion In 2023
• Farm Transition Legislation Introduced In Congress To Prepare For Upcoming 370 Million Acres Of Farmland
• Fast Company: How Farm Journal is Sowing The Regenerative Ag Movement

admin2024-03-25T07:20:34-04:00March 25th, 2024|Ag News|