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29 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- To ensure its services meet market needs, the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is requesting public comments, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Tuesday. In the notice, GIPSA asked how it can best facilitate the marketing of grains, oilseeds, rice pul...
28 Jan 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Thursday announced it is offering funds to help states, local governments and other qualified partners develop wetland mitigation banks to help farmers and ranchers mitigate wetland losses in order to maintain their eligibility for USDA programs. A mitigation bank will allow farmers to buy cre...
28 Jan 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- "I have been searching all over the Internet to figure out how to get out of the C corporation (land only) formed by our deceased parents in 1975 without a huge tax bite and still provide some income for the current farming generation nearing their 70s and the non-farm siblings,...
28 Jan 2016
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor SAN DIEGO, Calif. (DTN) -- High beef prices and the warm breezes of San Diego lured many cattle producers to this year's annual meeting of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. With standing room crowds in many of the opening sessions Wednesday, president-elect Tracy Brunner said he is gett...
27 Jan 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Dow AgroSciences' Enlist Duo herbicide has been given a reprieve. On Monday, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) motion to pull the plug on the product's registration. In court documents filed with the Ninth Circuit in November, EPA argu...