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8 May 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A new audit of biofuel tax credits called for the IRS to use more of its enforcement tools after $30.3 million in credits were improperly granted in 2022, according to an April 2024 report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. The IG said in its report it conducted an analysis of a sample of 124 taxpayer...
8 May 2024
Editor's Note: Throughout May, DTN/Progressive Farmer's special series "Mental Health Hope & Help" is exploring the unique mental health challenges people in rural America face, highlighting efforts to overcome stigma and looking at ways farmers and ranchers can manage their mental wellness. This is the second story in the series. ** Anyone observi...
8 May 2024
In its Friday, May 10, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, USDA will update old-crop estimates as well as establish new estimates for the 2024-25 season. The Crop Production report from NASS will give the first production estimates for this year's winter wheat crops with state breakdowns. CORN According to USDA, the new U...
7 May 2024
"Active" continues to be the word used most often when describing the weather patterns this spring. It doesn't seem to matter the configuration; storm systems have continually pushed through North America over the last several months. That is partially due to the above-normal sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific which are indicative of ...
7 May 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A Tennessee sanitation company has been slapped with civil penalties after allegedly employing children in hazardous jobs to clean slaughtering and meatpacking facilities operated by Seaboard Triumph Foods LLC and Perdue Farms, according to a consent order and judgment approved Monday by a federal court. Somerville, Tennessee...