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6 Jun 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Congress returns to Washington this week still struggling with the question of whether to create a federal label for foods with ingredients from genetically modified crops. Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said the issue of labeling GMO foods is a sy...
6 Jun 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. HAPPY ACCIDENT A group of Canadian scientists made an important accidental discovery while tinkering with the starch composition of plants. A team of University of Guelph researchers i...
3 Jun 2016
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Even the rich and famous make mistakes when it comes to estate planning. Consider the iconic musician Prince, 57, who died without a will in April. The main beneficiaries of his estate will likely be the IRS (which could wind up with $118 million, assuming the value of Prince'...
3 Jun 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Winter wheat stages across the U.S. range from full maturity to flowering, but one consistent theme this spring is the disease called stripe rust. The yellow-orange pustules have swept through fields from Oklahoma and Kansas up into the Dakotas and east into the Great Lake states. "The ...
3 Jun 2016
By Andy BieblDTN Tax Columnist The so-called extender legislation late in 2015 made permanent the provision allowing a retiree to move funds directly from an IRA to a charity without income recognition. The key feature is that these transfers count for the annual Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) that every IRA holder over age 70 1/2 must withdr...