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15 May 2018
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers continued to put the pedal to the metal last week, pushing planting progress ahead another 23 percentage points and nearly catching up to the five-year average pace, according to the USDA National Ag Statistics Service weekly Crop Progress report released Monday. NASS estimated that 62% of corn was planted as of ...
14 May 2018
By Rod Mauszycki DTN Tax Columnist With the lowering of C corporation tax rates, several clients have asked about corporate structure. In the past, the best choice was almost always an S corporation. But the new tax law has made it a more difficult question to answer. There are a lot of factors that play into the decision. Many farms were incorpo...
14 May 2018
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent CAMPO VERGE, Brazil (DTN) -- Brazilian farmers are happy about current soybean prices and are continuing to sell both old-crop and new-crop soybeans. A Brazilian consulting company, AgRural, said recently that farmers had sold 64% of old-crop soybeans (2017-18), as well as 6% of new-crop bean (2018-19) by the end o...
14 May 2018
By Dave Vrbas DTN Special Correspondent YORK, Neb. (DTN) -- A pilot program between a handful of high school FFA programs and a major seed company is attempting to sow the seeds for future careers in agribusiness. The new agronomy curriculum program, officially implemented at York High School in York, Nebraska in November, has proven very successfu...
11 May 2018
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst The USDA is nothing if not relatively predictable. Note that isn't the same as being "accurate." USDA released this morning its May USDA Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports. Let's take a quick look at one of my favorite report charts, the one showing USDA's changing do...