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12 Oct 2016
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent DES MOINES (DTN) -- The good news is more than three-quarters of the 113 countries in the 2016 Global Food Security Index have experienced food-security improvements over the past five years. How to sustain and improve that number was one of the discussion points Tuesday in conjunction with the Borlau...
11 Oct 2016
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- "A couple more fields and we'll be done." That's the way DTN View From the Cab farmer Jim Hoover of Newport, Pennsylvania, described his harvest progress last week. But that's just full-season crops on the home farm. Jim won't be completely done until double-crop soybeans, after the ...
11 Oct 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Just one day ahead of USDA's next round of row-crop estimates, it is no secret by now that the U.S. has had another good growing year and this fall's harvest is expected to be big -- record big. Dow Jones' survey of analysts expects Wednesday's report to peg the 2016 corn crop at a new high of 15.04 billion bushels. The...
11 Oct 2016
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes ... Look for a lot of changes to both corn and soybean production tables in USDA's October reports on Wednesday. Planted/harvested acres, yield, and crop production are all expected to be revised from September. This in turn will change supply and demand tables for both as these numbers combine...
10 Oct 2016
By Andy BieblDTN Tax Columnist In early August, the IRS released draft regulations that, when effective, will impose major restrictions on valuation discounts of family-controlled entities. This represents a major change in our tax system, and the clock is ticking before the new rules become final. MINORITY DISCOUNT THEORY An example can best illu...