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20 Jan 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Livestock producers and other stakeholders largely are not aware of new federal rules changing the way farmers are allowed to administer antibiotics to animals. The Farm Foundation released a detailed report Wednesday stemming from 12 workshops the group held around the country to draw attention...
19 Jan 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices continued to shift lower the second week of January 2016, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. For a third week in a row, some fertilizers registered notable price declines. Seven of the eight major fertilizers edged lower compared to a month earlier with...
19 Jan 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The trade agenda should be the driving force in U.S. farm policy throughout the next 11 months. Presidential election years are notoriously heavy on rhetoric and light on substance and this year looks to raise the bar on both accounts. During his State of the Union speech last week, President Bara...
19 Jan 2016
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- The return of rains across Mato Grosso and the eastern Cerrado prompted Agroconsult, a leading local farm consultancy, to raise its Brazilian soybean crop forecast in January. The decision to bump its figure slightly from 99.0 million metric tons (mmt) to 99.2 mmt runs a...
18 Jan 2016
By Andy BieblDTN Tax Columnist QUESTION: My question concerns our farm business. We consider ourselves as individuals farming together rather than a formal partnership. If we are a partnership, we are limited to a single $500,000 Section 179 first-year depreciation deduction. As separate proprietors, we each get a full $500,000 limitation. Our crop...