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23 Jun 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- Agriculture's 24/7 workload poses special issues for payroll. Most farmers assume they are not required to pay overtime for any farm work performed by their employees, points out Paul Neiffer, a CPA with CliftonLarsonAllen in Yakima, Washington. But given the new rules imposed b...
22 Jun 2016
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor PLATTSBURG, Mo. (DTN) -- The fog has cleared and farmers are ready to fly. The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday issued some long awaited regulations for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Also called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and drones, the technology has long fascinated and tantalized farm...
22 Jun 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Though the EPA official who directs the Renewable Fuel Standard program says the agency has worked hard to get the program back on track, pending lawsuits over the program likely will decide future actions by the agency. Both ethanol and oil interests are challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
22 Jun 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- EPA expects to release the final cancer assessment on glyphosate sometime this fall, after the assessment was inadvertently posted to the agency's website April 29 and then removed days later. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Wednesday the agenc...
21 Jun 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA's Federal Crop Insurance Corp. is changing rules and definitions for replanting crops and counting double-crop acres starting in the 2017 crop year. The rule changes, meant to clarify crop-insurance policies for farmers and insurers, will be published Wednesday in the Federal Register. USDA...