Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 11.26.2025

• California Surface Water Costs Triple During Drought
• A new California law will allow on-farm composting of routine livestock mortalities
• Pecan Harvest Underway, Tight Supply May Bring Higher Prices
• Cabernet Sauvignon’s 400 Year Memory Revealed
• Could agave be an answer for farmers in water-challenged areas?
• Blue Diamond Growers Details Actions to Maximize Grower Returns, Honors George Goshgarian Jr
• EPA announces new WOTUS proposal
• Trump’s beef price battle meets America’s insatiable demand
• Crop progress: Winter wheat quality on the rise
• How to turn market chaos into cash
• For peanuts, sustainability isn’t just a buzzword
• Producers say federal aid may be needed to bridge rising farm losses
• Political market volatility frustrating farmers
• Program payments and a rise in net farm income could help support 2026 farmland market
• Carbon credit demand holds steady as more farmers evaluate program eligibility
• Market volatility dampens producer optimism for heifer retention
• Mixed reactions in farm country as trade aid decision nears
• Winter 2025-26 Forecast Heavily Influenced by La Nina
• USDA Signals Possible Trade Aid Soon, Economists Warn It Could Keep Input Prices High
• Farm Bureau Study: Farmers Urgently Need Economic Assistance
• How to calculate cost of production on the farm
• Op-ed: Here’s How To Solve America’s 50 Million Ton A Year Problem

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 11.18.2025

• Very dense olive orchards thrive on less fertilizer
• Raisin Growers Suffer Devastating Losses that Crop Insurance Won’t Cover
• 2025 Results of Pre-Emergent Herbicide Demonstration Trial for Walnut
• Navel Orangeworm is Bigger Problem in the North Valley
• Second Stage of Disaster Relief Program Going Into Effect
• USDA Announces 2023-24 Disaster Payments; Vaden Says 2025 Aid to Come
• Trump Releases New WOTUS Rule Defining Key Terms Important to Farms, Ranches
• Government Reports, Including Cattle on Feed, Will Shed Economic Light
• Administration Drops Reciprocal Tariffs On Fertilizer, Other Ag Products Not Produced In The U.S.
• Traders Yearn for More Fundamental Support in Cattle Sector
• 7 ways to wind up in court over a farmland lease
• More USDA fireworks ahead for markets?
• Real health insurance options for farm families
• USDA Data Dump Shows Minimal Soybean Sales to China
• Meatpacker JBS Sees U.S. Cattle Shortage Lasting Through 2026
• EPA rolls out proposal for revised Waters of the United States
• Grassley: “partisan approach” likely on skinny farm bill
• Farm groups welcome tariff relief, but fertilizer price drops could lag, experts say
• Omaha Steaks CEO Warns Ground Beef May Reach $10 Per Pound
• Court Orders Purina To Remove “Immunity” From Avian Flu In Its Poultry Feed
• Hansen-Mueller Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Owes Farmers, Creditors Up to $500M (Including OK Farmers)
• New WOTUS Proposal Could Reduce Red Tape for Farmers and Ranchers
• USDA Releases November 2025 Cotton Report
• Pro Farmer Podcast | A post report breakdown

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 11.11.2025

• Several ‘firsts’ featured in Fresno farm reports
• Transparency Dispute Grows as H5N1 Cases Persist in California Dairies
• Almond Grower Loves His Japan Market
• SCOTUS Hears Tariff Arguments and Trump Intends to Help Farmers
• Farm bill extension included in potential deal to end shutdown
• Senate passes bill to end longest-ever U.S. shutdown; hemp restrictions affirmed
• USDA continues to fight full SNAP benefits for November
• Sixth USDA Crop Progress Report Missed as Shutdown Drags Into November
• Ag Interest Rate Snapshot Farm Credit Rates
• 7 financial steps up for farmers
• How the 2025 land market has changed — and how it hasn’t
• Government Shutdown, Trade Wars Hit Farmers’ Bottom Line Hard
• Analysts See U.S. Soy, Corn Harvests Nearly Done; Wheat Ratings Steady
• The Best Time to Buy Is…?
• How to choose the best irrigation pivot tires
• ‘No skimping:’ Farmers prioritize seed genetics, dealer relationships
• Largest Cooperatives Purchasing Products From Agricultural Producers
• Wilbur-Ellis: Three Keys To Ag Financing In 2026 And Beyond
• Purdue Study Finds 104,766 Ag & Food Jobs Open For New Graduates Annually
• Three Chinese Students At U Of Michigan Charged With Importing Biological Materials Related To Round Worms
• Is China a National Security Threat to U.S. Agriculture?
• Jerry Gulke | How Should Farmers Prepare For the November USDA Reports?
• Blogger Meredith Bernard diversified her farm’s income by opening an RV park on her property.
• President Trump calls on DOJ to investigate the meatpacking industry over concerns about beef prices
• Beef specialists say bull genetics critical to rebuilding cattle herd
• Fertilizer expert: Fall supply concerns loom for nitrogen and phosphate
• China Buys US Wheat & Sorghum, Ends Some Soybean Import Suspensions
• Risky farm legacy: Handing down wealth without wisdom
• Next-Gen Agribusiness: Review and explore strategy, recognize the importance of credit, and focus on outcomes to have a profitable 2026.
• Free and forever: Better capture of farm data
• Meat Institute Issues Statement On Beef Processing Sector DOJ Investigation

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 11.05.2025

• Is food processing Fresno County’s key to economic success?
• Wine Institute Statement on Federal Government Shutdown
• H-2A Processing Will Resume Despite Shutdown
• Reduing Drift When Spraying in Tree Nut Orchards
• Smith: farmer relief should survive U.S. Supreme Court tariff case
• Policy Updates: China suspends 24% tariffs on U.S. goods, keeps 10% levy and 13% tariff on U.S. soybeans
• Supreme Court hears Trump tariff case: What’s at stake for markets and farm input prices
• H-2A Processing Will Resume Despite Shutdown
• Ag sector watching as Supreme Court considers the legality of President Trump’s use of tariffs
• January Soybeans Recoup Yesterday’s Loss | Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025
• China ends levies on U.S. farm goods, halts export curbs on firms | China blames U.S. tariffs for agricultural trade disruptions despite cooperation
• When Chaos Is the Market’s Focus, Cattle Market Fundamentals Don’t Matter
• Ethanol production in the U.S. averaged 1.123 million barrels per day in the last reporting week, according to the EIA.
• Federal Appeals Court Orders USDA to Rewrite GMO Food Labeling Rules
• Five Retail Fertilizer Prices Higher Compared to Last Month, Led by Anhydrous
• Seed Company’s Data Reveal Lower 2025 Yields in Major Corn States
• Ethanol production has never been higher!
• Smart farm financial management goes beyond tax avoidance
• Cotton rallies may come and go, like La Niña
• USDA reports not essential to determine prices
• Farmland values holding steady
• Shutdown impacts farmers and their advisors
• Prop. 50 approval will redraw California’s farm country
• USDA Releases Partial SNAP funds amid Government Shutdown
• Livestock Sector Optimism Fuels A Modest Rise In Farmer Sentiment
• Cotton replant gives Texas farm a second chance
• USDA Secretary Not Ready to Open US Border to Mexican Cattle

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 10.29.2025

• What Attracts Navel Orangeworm to Pistachios
• Mass Deportation Results and SNAP-WIC Benefits Ending November 1
• 2025 Results of Pre-Emergent Herbicide Demonstration Trial for Walnut
• California nursery industry grapples with plastics, water, nutrients
• Standing up for Western ag: Two decades with Family Farm Alliance
• Smartphone-powered AI predicts avocado ripeness
• Is your organic certifier your ally?
• Three ways wine producers are weathering the drinking decline
• Ag Input Consolidation Scrutinized
• Policy Updates: U.S. fertilizer lobby announces push to accelerate growth of domestic production
• Time to put on your rally cap?
• Young Farmers Share Strategies for Strong Start in Agriculture
• When Emotions Surpass All Other Factors in Cattle Market
• A Weakened Morale Drives the Cattle Contracts Lower
• Top bank to halt credit for Brazilian farmers seeking bankruptcy
• Japan close to opening market to Brazilian beef, minister says
• 8 things to watch in Trump-Xi meeting (yes, soybeans made the list)
• Individual U.S. Crop Inputs Post 2014 Farm Bill
• No SNAP Benefits to be Issued Nov. 1, USDA Says
• In This High-Stakes Farming Economy, Some Practices Still Deliver ROI
• From Crisis to Calling: How Maddie Hokanson Found Strength in the Pork Industry
• Tight Margins, Tough Decisions: Farmers Face 1980s-Like Pressures as Harvest Rolls On
• Fertilizer Industry Calls For Policy Solutions To Support Farmers And Strengthen Supply
• Largest Agricultural Cooperatives Selling Crop Inputs, Grain Processing Announced
• Record high cattle market has yet to peak
• A matchmaking site helps farmers find buyers for their land
• When farmers don’t want a stepped-up tax basis

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 10.24.2025

• California Farms Weather Labor Fears
• Weather blamed for 8% drop in Kern crop values Windshield Time: The county’s three largest crops by gross value each surpassed $1 billion in sales from the farm.
• Ag Economists Warn of Lingering Farm Economic Strain: ’Not the 1980s, But Close’
• Trump Quadrupling Argentina Beef Tariff Rate Quota to 80,000 Metric Tons
• Ag Secretary Rollins Announces Plan For American Ranchers And Consumers
• What’s in USDA’s New Plan to ‘Fortify the American Beef Industry’?
• Cattle Producers Now in a Rare Beef With Trump Over Import Plans, Market Impacts
• USDA Cattle on Feed Report Preview Status of Oct. 1 Cattle on Feed Report Unknown; Pre-Report Estimates Show Placements Down Sharply From 2024
• 2025 Agricultural Outlook and Policy Conference
• Peoples Company Boosts Farmland Holdings with Strategic Acquisition of Murray Wise Associates
• Big Cuts in Science Funding Threaten Research in Climate and Agriculture
• 8 ways to navigate tight margins in 2026
• What’s in USDA’s New Plan to ‘Fortify the American Beef Industry’?
• Will Similarities to the Housing Crisis and Dot-Com Bubble Support Commodities?

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 10.22.2025

• Three ways wine producers are weathering the drinking decline
• ‘Tens of thousands’ of wine grape acres abandoned in California
• Honeybee Threats Pt 1
• Early Peanut Introduction Helps Kids Avoid Allergies, Study Finds
• China Hikes Tariffs on U.S. to 125% Effective Saturday, Says It Will Stop There
• USDA to distribute commodity program payments, reopen FSA operations
• After the Bell | Cattle clawing back some of last week’s losses
• Beef From Argentina? ‘A Betrayal of the American Rancher,’ Farmers Tell Trump
• Feds Target Family Over Wetlands Regulations, Ignore Supreme Court Ruling?
• As Cattle Prices Climb, Managing Risk Is More Critical Than Ever
• China Imports No US Soy in September, First Time Since 2018
• Robotics, biologicals and precision equipment highlighted in 2025 Organic Grower Summit lineup
• Ethanol industry unleashes corn price surge while supercharging engines
• Widow weighs higher rent offer against long-term tenant relationship
• API Reverses Course on E15 Gasoline Bill, Calls for Regulatory Fixes
• Tariffs Are Already Shifting Fertilizer Supply Chains, Increasing Costs, Study Finds
• Virginia Tech expert highlights link between efficiency and sustainability
• USDA Shares New World Screwworm Response Playbook

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 10.15.2025

• Newsom signs bill setting water-supply targets. Will it help farmers?
• Tax Consequences of Lending and Borrowing
• What is 45Z, and how can your farm benefit?
• Farmers face mounting losses amid low prices and rising production costs
• Farmers Become a Messaging Focal Point Amid Shutdown and Trade Turmoil
• Hold or buy? How tariffs are reshaping farm equipment decisions
• Here’s how to profitably load out the corn bins
• Why food is the key to outlook for still-pricey fertilizer
• Government Shutdown Hits Crucial Tools for Farmers, Commodity Traders
• Food as Medicine movement offers growth opportunity for U.S. agriculture
• How John Deere Sprayers Became Most Popular Among Ag Retailers
• Nat’l Farmers Union Urges White House And Congress To Deliver Relief For Family Farmers & Ranchers
• Shop for a Lender for 2026
• 3 financial practices that boost success for beginning farmers
• Feedlot Managers and Cow-Calf Producers Demand More Money
• Missouri Supreme Court Refuses to Review $600M Judgment in Roundup Cancer Lawsuit
• As USTR Fees on Chinese Ships Near Implementation, China Hits Back
• Did Trump turn the tariff heat up to 100?
• Trump and China up the trade war ante, squeeze grain markets
• What is 45Z, and how can your farm benefit?
• Fertilizer market fluctuations make 2026 planning a challenge for growers
• Farm and business coalition pushes immigration reform to retain skilled ag workers
• New NCGA Economic Analysis Shows Big Benefits Of Expanding Access To Ethanol
• Canadian Tractor Sales Up 7% In September, Combine Sales Up 42%
• September Tractor Sales In The U.S. Down 8%, Combine Sales Down 40%

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 10.07.2025

Updated Oct. 9, 2025

• Over 200 Farm Groups Sent Letter To President Trump Asking For Help, Here Is That Letter
• Farmer Aid Reportedly Delayed by Gov’t Shutdown

Updated Oct. 8, 2025

USDA: California Had Highest Average Cropland Cash Rent in 2025

Policy and the West: Local and statewide Farm Bureaus take lead on opposing California’s Proposition 50, while other farm groups stay neutral.

• Leaf Monitor Brings Instant Crop Insights from UC Davis
• Farmblox Relocates to California
• Farmblox Connects Equipment and In-Field Sensors
• Corn Growers Applaud California’s E15 and Ag Sales to China Continue to Drop
• Grazing Permits and Wildfire Management; Public Lands Council
• California Nut Tree Report | Dealing with Herbicide Resistant Weeds
• AEWR Reform | Fruit Grower Report
• Sort and Cull Recognizing the Effect of Wider Daily Trading Limits in Cattle Contracts
• Tight Supplies Lead to Profitable Beef Industry | Robust Beef Demand Persists Despite Dwindling Herd Size Nationwide
• Wall St. doesn’t care about D.C. (so far)
• Solving crop puzzles from the air: 10 questions to ask
• Global meat prices extend rally to record on tight beef supplies
• FFA Lessons Carry Small-Town Student From County Fair to Global Ag Research
• Could Seed Impact Mills Be the Future of Weed Control?
• Weak Prices Squeeze Farmers, While Tariff Aid Gains Momentum
• Economist says shutdown could lead to volatility in the markets
• Are Large ARC/PLC Payments Coming?
• The Scoop Podcast: What’s Next For Ag Drone Application?
• Farm groups appeal for aid; top official says announcement due ‘really soon’
• USDA Peanut Stocks and Processing Report for August Shows Mixed Market Trends
• CoBank: Record Crop Meets Trade Uncertainty
• How The Government Shutdown Will Impact Soil Conservation
• New Thematic Map Released Highlighting U.S. Water Rights Systems, Informs Water Governance
• American Public Television To Distribute Women’s Work: The Untold Story Of America’s Female Farmers Nationwide
• What Farmers Need to Know Before the October WASDE Report — Shutdown Edition
• Trump Considering at Least $10 Billion for Farmer Aid; Announcement Next Week
• USDA-DOJ Agreement on Farm Inputs Welcomed, but Issues Complex
• Farmers await final 45Z rules while opportunity clock ticks
• Farmers deserve to know more about USDA reorg

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 10.01.2025

• They did it: Lawmakers persuade Newsom on fuel development Policy and the West: California Legislature’s last-ditch attempt to boost drilling in Kern County gains the governor’s signature.
• USDA names Arizona as test site for New World screwworm
• USDA Releases Fruit And Tree Nuts Outlook Report
• Government shutdown hits farmers: What you need to know
• Nearly half USDA workforce to be furloughed in shutdown
• USDA Migrates Data Archive to New Website, Dropping Cornell’s Mann Library
• First New World screwworm drug receives FDA conditional approval
• USDA ‘Prepared’ for Looming Government Shutdown, Layoffs Possible
• Drought Deepens Across the US, Affects Pasture and Range Quality
• History & Tough Reality: When Payments Do More Harm Than Good, Consider Other Options
• What Marketing Lessons Can Farmers Learn From the Past Two Years?
• A Farmer’s Guide to Cash Rent Calculations and Negotiations
• First-Generation Farmers Set for Day of Reckoning as Agriculture Crisis Deepens?
• Justice Department And USDA Coordinate To Protect Competition In Agricultural Inputs
• Rollins: USDA is prepared for shutdown
• DOJ, USDA to Examine Rising Farm Input Costs
• Justice Department And USDA Coordinate To Protect Competition In Agricultural Inputs
• USDA: Rural Obesity Rates Exceeded Urban Obesity Rates
• Ag Economy | Breaking Down the 4 Biggest Challenges Facing the Ag Economy
• Old tractors find new purpose in auger duty
• Crop Progress Report 09.29.2025 (PDF)
• Agriculture Secretary Announces Major Crops Purchase, Antitrust Efforts at Kansas City Conference
• Rollins Rules Out Payment Program for Building Cattle Herds
• Rollins previews USDA’s beef industry revitalization plan
• Seed companies: Who owns what in the Northeast and Midwest?
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report
• Survey High: 91% of Ag Economists Say Crop Sector in Recession, Losses Likely Through 2026
• Use AI to measure real-time crop health
• Are you working for the weekend – or through it?
• Major agrichemical companies unveiled upcoming products at the 2025 Farm Progress Show, offering new solutions for weed, pest and disease control in crops.
• Own an ag drone? Keep these three essentials on hand
• Breaking Down the 4 Biggest Challenges Facing the Ag Economy
• Highlights From The 14th Annual Women In Agribusiness Summit
• USDA Releases Map Showing Participation Of SNAP, 12% Use The Program

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