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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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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 03.13.2025

• Crop Insurers Release 2024 Results as 2025 Sales Closing Date Nears
• Thompson: Optimistic about a farm bill in 2025
• Zeldin pledges fast action on new WOTUS revisions
• Grocery bills flat despite higher egg, beef prices
• Lawmakers eye CCC cash flow to allow uninterrupted payment
• Canada May Hit U.S. Ethanol With Retaliatory Tariffs
• USDA Says It Will Reinstate Fired Probationary Workers by Wednesday’s Deadline
• EPA Chief Slashes Agency Regulations Revisiting Climate Ruling, EPA Moves Aggressively to Roll Back Biden-Era Emission Rules
• European Union Responds With Tariffs on Soybeans, Other Ag Exports
• Trump Administration to Rewrite WOTUS |
  EPA to Rewrite WOTUS Rule Again, Seeking to Follow Supreme Court Sackett Ruling
• Report Examines Impact of New Tariffs Yeutter Institute Report: New Trump Tariffs Likely to Have Broader Effect on Ag Than 2018 Trade War
• Deere Offers New Autonomous Upgrades | John Deere’s Next-Generation Perception System Brings Autonomy to Tillage
• Farm Progress America, March 13, 2025 | Mike Pearson takes a look at how meat exports adds value to the corn and soybean farms in the United States.
• The ag economy and the ‘hairdresser test’ Watch what the markets are doing and ignore media hype when it comes to planning your financial future, economist says.
• New Level Of Precision Agriculture Thanks To Renewed Partnership Between Syngenta And Planet Labs
• Highlights Of Crop Insurers’ 2024 Results, 543 Million Acres Covered
• USDA Issues Report: Precision Agriculture Use Increases With Farm Size And Varies Widely By Technology

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 03.12.2025

• Winegrape Sector Shrinking and USDA’s Bird Flu Funding
• Almonds Contribute Big Health Benefits
• Keeping Walnuts At the Reach of Consumers
• A Timeline of Trump’s Trade Wars Between U.S., Canada, Mexico, and China
• Ag Secretary Plan for Mitigate Wildfire Risk and NASDA Wants Fix for Ag Labor
• Tariffs Threaten Shift to Higher Corn Acres in 2025
• 3/11/2025 WASDE PDF
• Sing a sad note for grain prices
• USDA Reports Summary USDA Leaves US Corn, Soybean Balance Sheets, Ending Stocks Unchanged
• USDA unexpectedly stands pat on South American crop forecasts
• Global Shares are Mixed After Wall Street Briefly Dips More Than 10% Below Its Record
• Wall Street Falls in a Manic Day After Briefly Dropping More Than 10% Below Its Record
• Ag Weather Forum | ‘Bomb Cyclone’ to Spread Multiple Impacts Through US Later This Week
• Predators Pose a Risk to Livestock | KSU Extension: Various Non-Lethal Control Methods to Keep Livestock Safe
• An Urban’s Rural View | This Is About The National Debt. Please Read It Anyway.
• Update: Trump backs off plan to double Canadian steel and aluminum tariffs
• Grassley concerned about ongoing biodiesel plant shutdowns
• Conservation Corps jobs cut as Trump administration halts funding
• Rollins, RFK Jr. commit to completing 2025 dietary guidelines on schedule
• Farm Bureau On Why Egg Prices Are At Record Prices
• U.S. Sales Of Ag Tractors Down 18%, Combines Down 48% In February
• Ag, Food Groups Request Administration To Use “Sound Science” When Rule Making
• Turning to Innovation When Commodities Aren’t Profitable
• Sorghum, a Strong Biofuel Sources
• Thousands of Farmers Call for Immediate Action on E15

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 03.05.2025

• Trump tells farmers tariffs will help them, urges them to ‘have fun’
• Trump Triggers Trade War, Price Hikes With Tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico
• China Hits U.S. Soybean Firms, Halts Lumber Imports as It Steps up Retaliation Against Trump Tariffs
• Trump Points to an ‘American Comeback’ in Speech to Joint Session of Congress
• Lawmakers Worry Budget Plan Could Take Farm Bill
• Canada & Mexico Tariffs Take Effect, China Hits Back at US Ag
• Ag Secretary: Applications for $10 Billion in Economic Aid, ECAP, Should Arrive Soon
• Shutdown Could Put Aid Payments at Risk | Commodity Producers Brace for Impact: Trade Tariffs and Shutdown Risks Loom
• How to survive inflation on the farm
• How low can you go on nitrogen fertilizer?
• With Trump’s Tariffs, Illinois Farmers Worry About Losing Corn Sales to Mexico
• Grassley anticipates Congressional help for farmers in tariff crosshairs 
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Previews Her Vision For Restoring Rural Prosperity
• Nominations Now Open For Women In Ag Award

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for TX & OK Farmers & Ranchers: 03.04.2025

• New Research: Farmers, Public Support Protecting Access To Crop Protection Tools
• Trump’s Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Take Effect, With Added Duties on China
• New tariffs on imported ag products: Trump’s message to U.S. farmers
• Rollins Offers Some Details on Market Relief, Releases Conservation Funds
• U.S. to target new ag trade markets in 2025, Sec. Rollins says
• Treasury Scraps Deadline and Penalties for Beneficial Ownership Information Rule
• Letters to the Editor | Revitalizing the Future of Farming
• Rollins Details Economic Aid, USDA Cuts | Ag Secretary: Applications for $10 Billion in Economic Aid, ECAP, Should Arrive Soon
• Big Spring Storm Bringing Severe Weather, Blizzard to Central US
• Case IH, New Holland Release New Sense-and-Act Sprayer Technologies at 2025 Commodity Classic
• Trade war tensions rise: How new tariffs could hit your farm
• Grain selloff marches ahead in earnest | Afternoon Market Recap: Corn, soybean and wheat prices all slumped lower on Monday.
• China Readying Tariff Countermeasures on US Agriculture
• Ag Sec’y Rollins Delivers Remarks At Commodity Classic, Announces Next Steps For Economic Disaster Relief
• USDA Releases Food Price Outlook Report
• USDA Forecasts 94 Million Acres Of Corn, 84 Million Acres Of Soybeans Plus Other Estimates

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Crop Insurance & Ag News for CA & AZ Farmers & Producers: 02.27.2025

• Lawmakers Worry House Budget Plan Could Tank New Farm Bill
• Non Bearing Almond Acreage is Down
• Are consumers open to smoke-affected wines?
• Cherry Pricing Pt 2
• Past California Farm Bureau President Runs for State Assembly
• The Statistics Around Egg Prices
• Food Insecurity by Region and DOGE Review of USDA
• Trade War 2025 Pt 2 | Fruit Grower Report
• Farmers tell senators they’re ‘desperate’ for H-2A relief
• Secretary Rollins Initiates New Public-Private Partnership to Reduce Wildfire Risk
• House Ag Chair Praises USDA’s Action To Prevent Illegal Aliens From Accessing SNAP
• Cartel IED Kills Texas Rancher | Texas Ag Commissioner Issues Warning After Rancher Killed by IED in Mexico
• USDA Unveils $1 Billion Plan to Combat Avian Flu and Lower Egg Prices
• Ag Organizations React to Changes in USDA Bird Flu Strategy
• Knowing Weight of Round Bales is Financially Vital Information
• Lawsuits on Biden Tailpipe Rule on Hold in Appeals Court Pending Trump Review
• Open your barn door from anywhere
• USDA program supports organic transition
• The heart of a farmer’s daughter
• Make more money on cropland, lease it for grazing
• Agricultural Groups Praise Jamieson Greer’s Confirmation as U.S. Trade Representative
• John Deere Brings Electric Power to Agriculture Tractors
• Kansas State Researchers Developing Index To Measure Cattle Pain, Stress Using Consumption Rate
• Trump Says 25% Canada, Mexico Tariffs ‘Going Forward’
• House Subcommittee hearing focuses on American trade enforcement
• Secretary Rollins Takes Action to Prevent Illegal Aliens from Accessing Food Stamps
• Tariff Threat Looms Over US-Canada Ag Canadian Ag Minister Warns of $200 Million in Daily Ag Trade Disruption
• Environment Groups Sue USDA For Removing Climate Webpages/References
• 2025 Growing Season Weather Update: Uncertainty After La Nina; Hotter, Drier This Summer
• Livestock Program Deadline Nears | Farm Service Agency Reminds Producers of Livestock Disaster Assistance Programs Deadline
• Is the corn market panic button ringing? | Ag Marketing IQ: Nope. Here are two strategies to hold onto upside price opportunities for your corn crop.
• Protect and defend price opportunity | Ag Marketing IQ: Crop insurance is a building block for risk management. Farmers must build a wall to stand during a year of grain market volatility with record corn planted acreage likely.
• USDA Releases Livestock, Dairy And Poultry Outlook Report
• Is Bigger Machinery Always Better?
• Here’s How Farmers Can Stay Balanced and Protect Profits in an Unpredictable Market, According to Veteran Market Analyst
• Are U.S. Commodity Program Payments Impacting Planted Acres?
• From Ranger to Rancher: Patrick Montgomery Produces Award-Winning Wagyu Beef While Uplifting Other Veterans in Ag
• U.S. Grains Council To Vote On Name Change To U.S. Grains And BioProducts Council

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