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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 08.19.2025

• California Produces 80 Percent of the Worlds Almonds
• California Defies Congress, Continues EV Truck Mandate Despite Voided EPA Waivers
• Tractor, Combine Sales Down in July; AGCO Opening California Parts Center, Names Sorbe PTx President
• USDA moving to cut loan support for solar projects
• U Of Illinois Economist: Farmers Record Their Lowest Earnings In Past Decade
• Five Costly Mistakes In Farming And How To Avoid Them
• Crop Progress Report | 08.18.2025 | PDF
• High Cattle Prices Fuel Wild Market Volatility
• Unlike Farmers, the President Gets to Shoot the Messenger
• Sleepy markets dialed in modest Monday changes
• Tractor, Combine Sales Down in July; AGCO Opening California Parts Center, Names Sorbe PTx President
• China seeks to reopen Australia Canola Trade as Canada ties sour
• Big, beautiful bill may lead to less-ugly crop losses
• Immigration reform: ‘We have to have Mexico labor’
• USDA to Spend $750 Million on Texas Fly Facility to Combat Screwworm
• BREAKING: John Deere Confirms 238 Layoffs Across 3 Plants
• Row Crop Farmers Confront Economic Challenges Amid Falling Prices
• North American Equipment Dealers Assn Release Reporting Rating Manufacturers
• Farmers Talk Crop Health, Harvest and Profitability
• Draft MAHA Strategy Report Shows No Pesticide Restrictions
• MAHA Backs Away From Pesticide Restrictions, Recommends No Actions to Trump
• Deere digital repair tool: Farmers still debate access
• Catch up on this week’s USDA bombshell market reports, EPA’s new guidance on DEF systems to aid farmers, John Deere’s cut to its earnings outlook and more.
• Farmer leaders concerned about dismal financial outlook
• Bridging the Hunger Gap in Rural America: What You Can Do
• Ag Trade Deficit Hits Record High in First Half of 2025
• Rollins sets new steps to combat cattle pest, cites beef price concerns
• Judge orders USDA to restore five terminated grants
• North American Equipment Dealers Assn Release Results Of Manufacturer Study
• John Deere’s Stock Fell 8% After Earnings Report
• CoBank: Can Large-Scale Solar Installations Coexist With Agriculture In Rural America?

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 08.12.2025

• So far, so good for California processing tomatoes
• Schiff to USDA: Don’t Sideline California Agriculture
• Step Up: California Cattle Producer Wanted for National Beef Board
• Growers are Forced To Chip their Pushed Orchards—No More Burning
• USDA to Issue One-Time Payment to Insurance Providers
• H2A Labor Program Important to Tree Nursery’s
• Crop Progress Report | 08.12.2025
• Ag Trade Deficit Hits Record High In First Half Of 2025
• USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 72% Good to Excellent, Soybeans 68% Good to Excellent as of Aug. 10
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
• Brazen Trump comment boosts soybean prices
• Farmer weighs debt reduction vs. combine upgrade amid market volatility
• Tariffs are starting to squeeze profits for Trump-Loving farmers
• Sorghum farmers could gain 30 cents per bushel
• Record beef prices persist as U.S. cattle herd remains low
• USDA hubs bring federal employees to America’s heartland
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the August WASDE Report
• Lawmakers ‘in the very early stage’ of Skinny Farm Bill Discussions
• Is the Ag Economy in a Recession? Why Economists and Farmers Don’t Agree
• Trump extends China tariff truce
• Taking Cotton from Seed to Shirt
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Notches Legal Victory Protecting Producers From Emissions Regulations
• Largest GPS Network For Drones And Agriculture Launches
• Ag Secretary Rollins Names Full Slate Of Under Secretaries
• Clock ticking on Farm Bill 2.0
• USDA issues payment for Additional Payment Program II
• Rollins unveils undersecretary nominees for rural development, food safety
• Ag Trade Deficit Hits Record High In First Half of 2025
• Yield Tours, WASDE and Data Trust
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the August WASDE Report
• Rollins says funding for ag research remains a priority for administration
• Prepare for DOL check-ins on seasonal workers
• Transition planning can be complicated
• Fertilizer prices continue to rise
• Artificial Intelligence Joins The Fight Against Weeds, Insects And Disease
• Rollins teases ‘biggest announcement to date’ on screwworm
• World’s First Plant Creating Jet Fuel From Ethanol Will Start Operating
• New Rabobank Report: U.S. Farmers & Barriers To Sustainable Practices

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 08.06.2025

Updated: 08.07.2025

• When will the U.S. ag secretary visit California and Arizona?
• Cropland Values Continue to Rise, Topping $5,830 Per Acre Nationally
• ‘Farm Bill 2.0’ next on House Ag Committee agenda “One Big Beautiful Bill” went into law July 4. All that remains now is “Farm Bill 2.0,” which House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “G.T” Thompson calls “not too controversial” and should pass with bipartisan support.

08.06.2025

• Tarriffs Concerning to Tree Nut Industry
• California Apple Harvest Begins and No NEPA Analytics for GE Seeds
• Jobs that Wouldn’t Exist Without Agriculture | California Ag Today
• Take risks,’ says Steve Fennimore, retiring weed scientist from the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.
• Farmer Sentiment Weakens, But Farmers Say U.S. Headed In Right Direction
• Secretary Rollins on USDA’s reorganization plans
• Trump administration continues to address trade deficit
• NASS Data Points to Better Pastures Top Beef States See Improved Pasture Conditions While Southwest Drought Persists
• Wheat glut fuels cuts
• Harvest marketing goals: Lock in returns, minimize regret
• Sell or store? Marketing strategies for a big crop year
• Vaden: Farmers Will Feel ‘Heard’ in Second MAHA Report
• USDA Reorg Plan ‘About 95%’ Finalized as Feedback Period Begins
• Iowa Family Fights County Over Loss of Farmland, Rejects Reclassification
• On Faith and Fellowship Tuesday at the Great American Farmers Market, Secretary Rollins Reaffirms USDA’s Commitment to Upholding Religious Liberties
• Farmer-Designed Pickup Truck On Display At AgroExpo In Michigan
• Renewable Fuels Assn: Two Decades Of Success With The RFS
• Crop Progress Report | 08.04.2025 | PDF
• Risk management climate on farm keeps evolving
• Preparation, Prevention Tips on How to Respond as NWS Threatens American Livestock
• Oil Futures Drop Amid OPEC+ Output Rise Set for September
• Did Packers Finally Get Enough Supply Bought?
• Equipment Roundup Polaris Rolls Out New Line; Deere, Case IH Offer Repair Tools; AGCO, CNH See Sales Decline
• Hidden debts, Broken trust: When family farms face financial secrets
• Echoes of 2018 and $8 beans: Lack of U.S.-China trade deal getting worrisome
• Waging war against crop disease is lifelong challenge
• Vaden: Farmers will feel ‘heard’ in second MAHA report
• Trump still weighing tariff ‘rebate’
• During the Great American Farmers Market, Secretary Rollins Removes Unhealthy Food from SNAP
• USDA Releases Vegetable And Pulses Outlook Report
• NASA Launches Satellite To Capture Soil Moisture And Field Data
• Farm And Ranch Media Announce Launch Of Their New Mobile App

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 07.29.2025

• USDA Releases Fruit And Tree Nuts Outlook Report
• USDA Shakeup, Skinny Farm Bill, and Broadband: Rural Policy in Focus
• Trump Officials Preparing List of Ag Products for Potential Tariff Carve-outs
• National Crop Insurance Podcast Explores What OBBB Means for Crop Insurance
• Sort & Cull | Feedlot Managers Keep Winning
• Market calm defies heat wave memories as traders await Fed decision
• Weather woes: Time to explore or ignore?
• U.S.-EU Trade Deal Applauded by Ag and Biofuel Leaders
• Farmers Turn to 500-Foot Plastic Storage Bags in Wake of Storm Damage
• U.S. July Cattle Herd Smallest Since 1973
• Fusing The Best of Regenerative Ag and Smart Farming: Senator Marshall’s Take on MAHA
• UN report: Global hunger declines but food insecurity persists due to inflation
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report
• Top 5 Things to Watch End to Heat Wave Coming, Fed Contemplates Interest Rates
• View From the Cab Farmers Talk High Temps, Tardy Tassels, Dicamba Label and More
• One more look at the ‘big, beautiful bill’
• Balancing crop input costs and yield
• ‘A Significant Win’: Ag Leaders Applaud Trade Deals With Indonesia, Japan, and Australia
• Trump’s USDA Reorganization Plan Sparks Concerns Over Service Disruptions, Staff Exodus
• USDA to Scatter Half Its Washington Staff to Field Offices Around 2,600 workers — more than half the Washington, D.C. workforce — will be moved to five hubs stretching from North Carolina to Utah
• Senate Ag Schedules Hearing on USDA Reorganization
• All cattle and calves down 1% from 2023
• Placements down 8% in latest Cattle on Feed report
• Trump, von der Leyen announce agreement on tariffs
• A Long-Awaited Breakthrough for American Beef Producers
• Three Agricultural Revolutions That Transformed U.S. Farming
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Member Shares One Big Beautiful Bill Insights At Congressional Hearing

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 07.23.2025

• Wine grape assessment to hold at $1.25 for ’25 harvest
• House Ag Committee Holds Hearing On Prop. 12
• California Pear Crop Improved and Mexican Sustainable Fuel Production
• Packaging Walnuts in Smaller Bags Would Be Great
• California Ag Industry Reacts to Callahan’s Nomination as Top U.S. Trade Negotiator
• DTN Ag Policy Blog California State Vet Calls for Avian Influenza Cattle Vaccine
• Ag industry outlines importance of crop protection tools during House Ag Committee hearing
• Senate Committee Advances Bill To Provide Funding to USDA Agencies
• USDA: Agricultural Exports Contributed $362.4 Billion To U.S. Economy
• Minimal Drought Expected Through Fall 2025 in Primary US Crop Areas
• Ag Panel Backs Science-Based Farming | House Ag Holds Hearing on MAHA Threat, Future of Crop Protection Tools
• Farmers and Lenders Call for FSA Loan Reforms to Meet Current Ag Needs
• What will stop cattle’s price stampede?
• Could Congress show leadership on an issue like immigration?
• Regulatory Overhaul Needed to Advance Ag Technology, Lawmakers Told
• Trump Says U.S. Has Secured Deal With Japan
• U.S.-Indonesia Trade Framework Includes Effort to Streamline Ag Exports
• Coke Cane Sugar Switch Threatens Ag Jobs, Corn Refiners Say
• USDA Releases Wheat Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Cotton And Wool Outlook Report
• Packers Buy Cattle With Time in Hopes of Slowing Down Cash Market
• What Farm Owners Need to Know About ICE Audits and Immigration Raids
• It’s Time for the 2025 Wheat Quality Council Spring and Durum Wheat Tour
• Beef Prices Soar to Record Highs in June
• There’s A Better Marketing Approach Than “Wait and See”
• Trump Says Iconic Soda is Switching to Cane Sugar: How Will It Impact Farmers?
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook Report

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 07.15.2025

• California taking sign-ups for IPM program
• Justice Department Challenges California’s Egg Laws
• Crop Progress Report July 14, 2025 (PDF)
• Act now: How ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ changes farm tax strategy
• DTN Oil Update Oil Futures Dip Amid US Tariff Threats on Russia
• Trump Threatens 30% Tariffs on Mexico and the EU
• Biofuel Demand to Soak Up More Than Half of U.S. Soy Oil Production Next Year, USDA Says
• Rural America is Facing a Mounting Labor Crisis
• What Farm Lenders Really Think About the Ag Economy Right Now
• America First Trade Win: USDA Blocks Additional Specialty Sugar Imports
• 2025 July WASDE Report PDF
• Washington Week Ahead: Senate GOP wrestles with rescissions package under Trump pressure
• Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP)
• RFK Jr Goes Wild on the Food
• USDA Releases Map Showing Counties Most Reliant On Farming
• World Shares are Mixed as Investors Focus on Tariffs and Earnings
• USDA Lowers New-Crop Corn Ending Stocks More Than Expected in Latest WASDE
• One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Wins for U.S. pork amid export challenges
• Land Values Analysis: Summer’s grain market weakness has pressured land prices to create a sideways and choppy market.
• Thanedar Worried About SNAP Cuts, Talks Priorities for ‘Skinny’ Farm Bill
• Iowa Farmers, Ag Economists Express Concern Over Trade Policy’s Long-Term Impacts
• Trump’s Brazil Tariffs Could Impact Beef and Coffee Trade
• The Smell You’ll Never Forget: A Calf Infested with New World Screwworm
• Down 60%: 9 Months: CHS’ Revenues Down 11%, Net Income Down 60%: $401.2 Million
• Ag Sec’y Rollins To Strengthen National Security With Tool Showing Foreign Owned Farmland
• USDA Opens Applications for Disaster Aid Payments
• Trump Administration Sues California Over Egg Regulations, Claims Constitutional Violation
• USDA Opens up Natural Disaster Aid for Crop Farmers Who Faced 2023, 2024 Losses
• New World screwworm threat halts Mexican livestock imports again
• Should a worker be classified as a W-2 employee or 1099 contractor?
• Farmers, hold your head high Higher Ground: Farming is a higher calling. It is essential for everything to function.
• Are cover crops worth the investment?
• Grains Close In the Green | Thursday, July 10, 2025
• The Growing Role of H-2A Workers in U.S. Agriculture
• U.S. Agriculture Agency to End Consideration of Race, Sex in Many Farm Programs
• Trump Issues Second Tranche of Tariff Letters, New Brazil Threat
• US Pauses Restart of Mexican Cattle Imports due to Screwworm
• Trump says he’ll hike existing Canada tariffs, slams dairy market access
• Secretary Rollins Issues Statement Following Trump Administration Lawsuit Against California
• WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Strong Support for Secretary Rollins’ National Security Action Plan
• Secretary Rollins Continues to Expedite Federal Disaster Assistance for Central Texas Flood Victims
• Secretary Rollins Terminates Biden’s Racial and Gender Discrimination in USDA Programs
• Secretary Rollins Continues Effort to Strengthen National Security by Defending Farm Security
• Secretary Rollins Prevents Illegal Aliens from Receiving Taxpayer-Funded SNAP Benefits
• USDA: Family Farms Operated Fewer Acres Than Small And Large-Scale Nonfamily Farm Counterparts
• Small Business Owners, Farmers Say Tariffs, Uncertainty Are Driving Costs Higher
• CoBank: Shrining Labor Force Poised To Threaten U.S. Economic Growth

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 07.10.2025

• Cold storage gives nut farmers market options
• Wine industry hails MAP support in spending bill
• Trump Administration Announces Expedited Congressionally Mandated Disaster Assistance for Farmers
• Trump’s farm labor vision: All-American workforce, no amnesty for undocumented workers
• USDA’s ‘Farm Security Is National Security’ Plan Sparks Strong Support
• USDA Advances Administration’s Farmer-First Agenda At UN FAO Conference
• DISASTER ASSISTANCE SDRP – Supplemental Disaster Relief Program: Stage 1
• FSA SDRP-Supplemental Disaster Relief-Stg1 FactSheet_508_25_V4e
• Secretary Rollins Takes Decisive Action and Shuts Down U.S. Southern Border Ports to Livestock Trade due to further Northward Spread of New World Screwworm in Mexico
• Weather-Occupied Traders to Shift Focus to USDA Estimates
• Trump Issues Second Tranche of Tariff Letters, New Brazil Threat
• Ag Legislators Look Ahead to “Skinny” Farm Bill this Fall
• Export Inspections Run Ahead of Last Year
• Prices Rise for 5 Fertilizers, Urea Dips Slightly
• DTN’s Special Ag Labor Coverage: List of Content and Links
• Agco, TAFE settle Massey Ferguson brand dispute in India
• Don’t get out of your depth!
• USDA suspends Mexican livestock imports days after port reopening
• USDA: 2024 State Level Changes In Food Sales

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 07.07.2025

• Nut, prune orchards rebound after early-season flooding
• California’s July 4 cookout costs soar 27% above national average
• Popular Grape Camp Returns to Sonoma County
• CA GROWN Launches New Website to Connect Visitors with State’s Rich Agritourism Experiences
• California Citrus, Table Grapes & Dairy Well-Represented in Upcoming Trade Mission to Dominican Republic
• Top 5 Things to Watch | WASDE Week and More Precipitation
• Washington Week Ahead: Time running out for tariff relief
• Congress Passes Megabill with Significant Farm Program Funding
• Passage of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Sparks Fireworks Among the Agriculture Sector
• Farm Bill Wins, Tax Cuts: What to Know Farmers Win Better Safety Net, Permanent Tax Cuts in ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
• View From the Cab Farmers Talk Stars, Stripes and Sweet Corn
• Crop Insurers Commend Risk Management Provisions in Budget Bill
• This Week in Agribusiness, July 5, 2025
• Why steel can be a weed-management solution
• Estate Plan Edge: Estate planning is a trek that lasts the rest of your life. Expect to keep your plan updated and aligned with the evolving needs of your family and farm.
• The Saga Continues: More USDA Office Lease Terminations Walked Back
• Cotton growers pleased with farm bill provisions in reconciliation
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Comments On the One Big Beautiful Bill
• Fertilizer Prices Vs Corn Prices Are Now Some of the Worst in History
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Announces New Slate Of Presidential Appointments To USDA
• House Ag Committee Chair: One Big Beautiful Bill Is A Game-Changer For America
• Conditions favor double-cropping beans or grain

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 06.30.2025

• California’s pear crop is back to normal
• California Immigration Raids and 4th of July Food Prices Unchanged
• Invasive beetles are killing oak trees in Southern California
• Variety and Neighboring Crops are Predictors of Leaffooted Bug Risk in Almond
• Mendocino Winegrowers Announces New Executive Director
• Top 5 Things to Watch Grain Acreage and Stocks Reports Monday, Markets Closed Friday
• US-China Trade Tensions Cost Farmers $2 Billion Reports No. Dakota State Univ Study
• GOP offers rural hospitals aid, tweaks biofuel incentive as leaders push to pass megabill
• Upcoming crop progress report could bring some fireworks to a dim grain market
• Insider viewpoint: Risks for farmers and ranchers using infinite banking
• DTN’s Special Ag Labor Coverage: List of Content and Links
• This Week in Agribusiness, June 28, 2025
• Trump Ends Canada Trade Talks, Eyes Deals With India and China — Plus More from D.C.
• New Survey Predicts 1.3 Million-Acre Jump for Corn Ahead of USDA Report
• Ag Secretary says One Big Beauitful Bill Act contains big wins for agriculture
• Senate Ag’s SNAP Cost-Share Plan Approved by Parliamentarian
• How Farmer Stories and 4WD Row Crop Tractors Push Used Equipment Values Higher
• Cattle Hold Despite Lower Cash: Grain Markets Finally Bounce
• Special USDA Report Preview & Daily Grain Express
• 3 Questions Every Farmer Should Ask About Biological Products
• Claims of workplace hazards at USDA lab substantiated by Office of Special Counsel
• USDA Reports Vegetable Availability Declined In 2024

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 06.23.2025

• UC Davis Launches Small-Batch Wine Label
• California Agricultural Leadership Foundation Hires New Marketing and Communications Manager
• Almond Board Announces 2025 Election Results Posted
• Encouraging Consumers To Buy More And Consume More Walnuts
• University of Arizona lauded for its entomology program
• Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine Lifted in Orange County
• Washington Week Ahead: Thune tries to thread the needle for Big Beautiful Bill
• Best Agricultural Universities In The World Announced, See Where Yours Ranks
• This Week in Agribusiness, June 21, 2025
• Navigating Ag’s Labor Crisis DTN’s Special Ag Labor Coverage: List of Content and Links
• USDA June 1 Cattle on Feed Report June 1 Cattle on Feed Down 1% From Year Ago, Placements Down 8%
• Methane Study Tests Angus Breed | Bezos-Funded Methane Study Sparks Questions From Angus Breeders
• Farm Labor: Promoting From Within Can Be Rewarding
• How 2 small words doubled a farmer’s land rent
• Equipment size matters when margins are thin
• AI’s cattle marketing advice: A recipe for financial disaster
• 4 factors set high-yielding corn apart
• RMA yield numbers mean payments for many producers
• Building international trade relationships for the US wheat industry
• May cattle placements 8% below last year
• Wheat Farmers Cut Losses as Harvest Lags
• Fertilizer Prices and Farmer Profitability: Best Case Scenario Prices Flatten, But Won’t Go Down
• Parliamentarian rules out GOP’s key SNAP cut Suspension of permanent farm law also hit by ruling
• CropLife America: Supreme Court Must Prevent Conflicting State Standards For Pesticide Labels
• American Agri-Women Honors Congressmen Jim Costa And Derrick Van Orden As 2025 Champions Of Agriculture

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