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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 05.12.2025

• Secretary Rollins Suspends Live Animal Imports Through Ports of Entry Along Southern Border, Effective Immediately
• US and China announce agreement to cut reciprocal tariffs for 90 days
• U.S., China Announce New Tariff Policies, Stock Market Soars
• Top 5 Things to Watch May WASDE, Winter Wheat Tour, Weather Pattern Change
• Washington Week Ahead: House GOP set to push through budget bills
• U.S. Suspends Mexican Cattle, Horse, and Bison Imports Over Screwworm Pest
• NWS Closer: Border Closed for Animals NWS Moves North in Mexico, Rollins Closes Border to Protect US Cattle Herd
• USDA Report Preview USDA Kicks Off Growing Season With Unveiling of New-Crop Estimates
• PRRS-resistant pigs are one step closer to reality
• How a Pandemic and a Hot Dog Put This First-Gen Rancher on the Map
• US-UK Trade Deal Could Help American Ethanol and Beef
• Ag Groups File Brief Supporting Supreme Court Hearing Glyphosate Case
• Nat’l Cattlemen’s Beef Assn Urges FDA To Toughen Rules For Fake Meat Marketing
• China Turns To Other Countries For Canola Because Of Tensions With Canada
• U Of Illinois Extension: Lessons On The Cover Crop Learning Curve
• What Farmers Are Saying About See & Spray Technology
• 1st Quarter: Beyond Meat’s Revenues Down 9%, Reports A $53 Million Loss
• USDA Release Map Showing Ag Productivity Growth In The U.S.
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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 05.06.2025

• Chinese Government Releases Propaganda Video Against U.S. Tariffs
• Group Launches Campaign Against California’s Prop 12
• The Difference Between Nutrition and Health in Walnuts
• Tariffs or Not Pt 2 Fruit Grower Report
• What’s the Bigger Question: Can the U.S. Reduce its Reliance on China or Can China Survive Without the U.S.?
• ‘We Can’t Rob Peter to Pay Paul’: Ag Policy Leaders Discuss GOP SNAP Cut Proposals and Farm Bill Spending
• Trump Budget Proposes 18% Cut to USDA Funding
• Crop Progress Report 05.05.2025
• Inspections Continue to Run Ahead of Last Year
• Packers Buy Up Some Cash Supply, But Remain Troubled With Boxed Beef Prices
• Ethanol Blog | Does the Trump Administration Fully Understand Rural Economic Potential of SAF?
• Ag drone use soars as farmers see results
• As planters forge ahead, crop prices slump
• Pain now, jobs later? Farmers wait
• Weekly Grain Movement: Wheat struggles to find momentum
• Skip a generation? Why giving farmland to grandkids might not pan out
• Take another look at your farm balance sheet | Donald Trump’s American Relief Act is bringing net farm income back up, but for how long?
• Study shows 2024 was a record year for biodiesel economic impact
• More Than 15,000 USDA Employees Have Taken Trump Financial Incentive to Leave
• Ag researcher raises concern about USDA funding
• Tariffs are slashing inbound ships, alarming ag exporters
• USDA Participates In Targeted SNAP Benefit Fraud Operations
• American Bankers Assn: Rural Communities Are Struggling. Congress Can Help
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Praises President Trump’s Budget, Applauds Fiscal Responsibility
• USDA Releases Commodity Costs And Returns Report

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 04.29.2025

• A Better than Expected Berry Season
• Estate Tax Expiration and Suits to Stop Tariffs
• Tariffs Needed to Correct Fair Trade for Cattle Producers
• Farm Bill in 2025 – NPC Pt 1
• USDA Secretary Issues Mexico Ultimatum to Protect U.S. Livestock Industry from New World Screwworm
• Walnut Blight in Walnuts
• California Ag Today: 77% Off-Farm: The Hidden Backbone of Farm Income
• Pistachios Crack Walnuts’ Long-Standing Spot In California’s Tree Nut Acreage Ranking
• Crop Progress Report 04.28.2025 PDF
• U.S. agriculture faces split fortunes as economic challenges persist in 2025
• Ag Sec’y Rollins: USDA Will Assess Market Losses For Reimbursement During Harvest
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Demands Mexico Cooperate To Protect Products From Invasive Pests; Threatens Port Closures
• Trump EPA Grants Emergency Fuel Waiver to Allow E15 Pump Sales to Continue
• DTN USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report Crop Progress: Corn 24% Planted, Soybeans 18% Planted, Winter Wheat Rated 49% Good-to-Excellent as of April 27
• With ‘Goldilocks’ gold, can ag commodities join the club?
• China Says It Won’t Be Affected by Loss of U.S. Grains and Oilseeds
• Rollins commends USDA’s HPAI prevention plan
• Texas Farm Bureau Pleased With New Agreement Ensuring Mexico Water Deliveries
• USDA Enhances Identity Verification for SNAP
• Pesticide Label Changes
• Bird Flu Lessons One Year Later With NMPF
• Short-staffed weather service offices getting relief, lawmaker says
• USDA Releases Vegetable And Pulses Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 04.21.2025

• California sues Trump over tariffs
• California Farm Bureau President Highlights Urgent Challenges Facing Agriculture
• CDFA Announces Vacancies on Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board’s Technical Advisory Subcommittee
• Trump to tap America First Policy Institute leader for USTR chief ag negotiator
• House Democrats Warn SNAP Cuts Could Derail Farm Bill Reauthorization
• Crop Insurance Deadline Nears For Summer Planted Crops, Annual Forage And Forage
• USDA Reiterates Importance of Those Who Can Work, Should Work While Receiving SNAP
• What Should You Do When A Drone Flies Over Your Operation?
• Can Farmers Weather The Trade Uncertainty Storm From China?
• This Week in Agribusiness: April 19, 2025
• Minding Ag’s Business Low-Margin Management Tips
• Plan Would Slash Local FSA Offices Report: FSA, NRCS Face Deep Cuts Under White House Budget Plan for USDA
• Trump moves to levy Chinese vessels in widening trade war
• 7 ag stories you can’t miss – April 18, 2025
• These Young Farmers Embrace Regenerative Agriculture Practices on Their Small Farm
• DIY Conservation: Farmers Can Save Soil and Water Without Government Help
• White House says trade assistance payments are being considered
• Legal challenges mount, but tariffs likely aren’t going anywhere soon
• Nutrition, ultraprocessed food researcher exits NIH, citing censorship
• Shift•ology Communication’s Virtual Farm Trips Reaches 1.5 Million Students
• 165+ Ag Organizations Call On USDA To Unfreeze Increasing Land, Capital And Market Access Prog
  

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 04.16.2025

• Almond Market Concerns Loom, and Not Just Retailatory Tariffs
• Almond Board’s Export Marketing Strategies
• Are Consumers Leaving Wine Behind in the Slew of Alternative Beverages and Social Trends?
• Real California Cow’s Milk Cheeses Bring Home 57 Awards at California State Fair Cheese Competition
• Summit to Showcase California Agritourism Best Practices, May 14-15
• Wheat Group Says Section 302 Proposal to Costly for Wheat Exports
• Plan Would Slash Local FSA Offices | Report: FSA, NRCS Face Deep Cuts Under White House Budget Plan for USDA
• USDA Cancels Biden Era Climate Slush Fund, Reprioritizes Climate-Smart Funding
• More On USDA’s Changing Of The Climate-Smart Funding Program
• USDA Announces New Presidential Appointments
• Ag Weather Forum NOAA Report Shows March 2025 was the Third-Warmest March on Record
• Environmental Groups Sue Administration For Removal Of Climate Change On Websites
• DTN Ag Weather Brief DTN Ag Weather Brief
• How To Cope With Succession Anxiety Disorder
• Bayer Warns It May Stop Producing Glyphosate
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot | Farm Credit Rates
• Grains End Day in the Red | Tuesday, April 15, 2025
• U.S. corn exports see unexpected surge
• Grain prices still seeing red
• Can Trump solve the farm labor crisis before harvest?
• USDA exports – Portugal buys corn, April 15, 2025
• Climate-smart program ‘canceled’ amid Brooke Rollins’ Pennsylvania visit | With uncertainty high in farm country, the secretary of agriculture is optimistic about long-term trade deals.
• Canadian Ag Tries to Smooth Path to USMCA Renewal
• Advancing Markets for Producers could give climate programs a second chance
• More certainty for E15 this summer
• Rollins Applauds Arkansas Governor for Submitting SNAP Waiver to Make America Healthy Again
• Senators Press USTR on Impact of Tariffs on Farmers
• Market Dynamics Create the Perfect Storm for Cattle Prices

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 04.09.2025 | UPDATED 04.10.2025

• Administration Calls Off Tariff Policy For 90 Days, Increases China’s By 125%
• Tariff Delay Rallies Ag and Outside Markets, Trumps China Trade War
• Trump announces 90-day tariff pause, hikes duties on China even higher
• If You Are a Californian, This Is for You: Unveiling CDFA’s Strategic Plan Update for 2025-2030
• Could Precision Pollination Someday Reduce Thinning Costs?
• Almond Grower Adoption of Alternative Bees for Pollination
• Truckers First to Signal Honeybee Loss Alarm
• Walnuts Are Known to be Healthy
• Trump Impact on Ag Pt 1 | Fruit Grower Report
• Trump Impact on Ag Pt 2 | Fruit Grower Report
• US agriculture chief says new deals may be struck over tariffs by end of week
• 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
• Watch for these profit indicators
• Grassley, Klobuchar ask EPA to raise RVOs 
• 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
• Year-Round E15 Could Help Boost Domestic Corn Demand
• April 8, 2025 Crop Progress Report (PDF)
• Key Ag Inputs Exempt from New Reciprocal Tariffs
• Step out of the cab with new autonomous tractor system
• Ag sector changes: What does the next decade hold?
• 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

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 04.04.2025

• Recession Talk Is in the Air
• ‘This Trade War Will Force Farms to Close’ and More Reactions From Ag Industry on Latest Tariffs
• Dow Drops 1,600 as US Stocks Lead Worldwide Sell-off After Trump’s Tariffs Cause a COVID-like Shock
• Trump Implements Sweeping Tariffs Ranging from 10% to 49%
• Farmers hope for trade deals, but will Trump’s new tariffs help get them?
• Here Is The List Of The New Tariffs By Country
• Did Wall St. bloodbath sideswipe grain prices?
• Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs spark fears of economic turmoil for U.S. farmers
• USDA Prepares for ‘Reduction in Force’ USDA Presses Another Round of Voluntary Exits Before Major Job Cuts and Restructuring
• Ag Secretary Stresses Importance of Farmer Voices to New Administration
• Leaders Said It: Crop Insurance is the Cornerstone
• 2025 wheat projected to mirror ’24, farmers advised to strategize
• Tighten your belt: Tips for curbing farm family living costs
• Mexico and Canada spared from retaliatory tariffs, what does this mean for North American trade?
• Concern over tariffs impact on soybean market share
• USDA Announces Agricultural Trade Promotion Programs For 2025
• OP-ED: Fake Meat And The Free Market

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 04.02.2025

• Ag Groups Fear Trade Losses Farm Groups Urge Trump Cabinet to Reconsider Tariff Strategy
• Sec. Rollins calls on Congress to pass a farm bill 
• Pierce’s disease research saves wine producers $56m annually Without the program’s efforts, growers’ losses would more than double from $48 million to $104 million, according to University of California, Davis study.
• Pistachios Crack Walnuts’ Long-Standing Spot In California’s Tree Nut Acreage Ranking
• Farm Groups Press Administration for Ag-Friendly Trade Policy
• Farmers Who Stand Strong With Trump on Tariffs Say Long-Term Gain is Worth Short-Term Pain
• Happy ‘Liberation Eve’? Afternoon market analysis: Corn, soybeans and wheat all pushed higher on Tuesday
• Ahead of New Tariffs: Ag Industry Seeks Negotiations, Asks, Exemptions, Delays
• USDA Releases Biofuel Infrastructure Funding
• No Time to Waste: Turning Excess Into Opportunity in the Agriculture Industry
• Court Ends Lesser Prairie Chicken Rule | Federal Court in Texas Vacates Biden-Era Lesser Prairie Chicken Rule
• U.S. slams high India duties on farm goods before April 2 tariffs
• Producer Sentiment Slips Due To Rising Policy Uncertainty
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report
• NASS News Release: US farmers expect to plant more corn and less soybean acres
• NASS Grain Quarterly Report: March 31, 2025 PDF
• USDA Releases Agricultural Income And Finance Situation And Outlook Report
• USDA Releases Fruit And Tree Nuts Outlook Report
• Global Market Insights Forecast Adjuvants To Grow 14% Annually
• Reciprocal Tariffs Expected on ‘All Countries’ April 2
• Rollins Readies for Trade Retaliation
• Our Rural Roots | Put Learning on the Menu
• Virtual Fencing Pinpoints Location of Cattle Grazing
• Packers Aim to Tame the Cash Market by Securing Inventory
• What to know before cutting potassium fertilizer | These answers to farmers’ questions about K fertilizer could help you manage nutrients better in 2025.
• What does latest USDA funding release mean for farmers? Rollins announces new requirements to unfreeze funds while Congressional Dems push back.
• U.S. Farm Program Crops in the Planting Flexibility Era
• Impact of Trump’s Trade and Immigration Policies on U.S. Agriculture: A Deep Dive
• Exemptions, delays and negotiations among ag industry asks ahead of new tariffs

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 03.26.2025

• California olive growers invited to free online seminar on latest research and practices
• Early Pistachio Plantings in California
• SRE Challenges Argued at Supreme Court | Future of Small-Refinery RFS Exemptions Argued Before Supreme Court
• USDA suspends food bank funding source, cites ‘unsustainable’ expectations
• Family Business Matters | The Different and Difficult Sides of Dedication
• Virtual fencing revolutionizes livestock management, offers new grazing solutions
• Ag exports at risk if fees imposed on Chinese-built ships
• Economist: Japan could seek more U.S. corn during HPAI recovery
• Bankers back Trump’s tariff strategy, RMI survey says
• Reciprocal tariff uncertainty lingers
• Bayer loses Georgia Roundup case
• Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Halt Judge’s Order to Rehire Probationary Federal Workers
• Black Sea Grain Deal Revival Talks Underway
• Poll Results: More Than Half of Farmers Say They Don’t Support Trump’s Use of Tariffs
• Renewable Fuels Assn Seeks Agriculture Exemption In Proposed Shipping Restrictions
• Ag Industry Leaders Debut New EPA’s Endangered Species Act Workplan Resource
• Sales At Record High, Americans View Meat As Part Of A Healthy, Balanced Lifestyle
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy, And Poultry Outlook Report
• China’s Shifting Protein Needs
• Tariff Situation Update
• 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
• 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
• How Your Income Taxes Will Change This Year

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 03.18.2025

• The Lowest Grape Crush in 20 Years
• Increasing Almond Demand in India
• Water Allocation Welcome, Allocation Timing Challenging | California Farm Bureau
• Ag Economy Bill Fails Pt 2
• 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

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