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4 Apr 2016
By Mary KennedyCash Grains Analyst Several national and state groups are working to help U.S. grain facilities comply with new rules for the handling, transportation and storage of food and animal feed that are part of the Food Safety Modernization Act. The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) along with the Minnesota Grain and Feed Associa...
4 Apr 2016
By Pamela Smith DTN Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Kirk Martin finds it a little more than ironic that the latest news on dicamba soybeans came on April Fool's day. The Mason City, Ill., farmer was one of the first farmers to raise dicamba soybeans for seed. He's been anxiously waiting for news that an herbicide to go with the trait...
4 Apr 2016
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent AMES, Iowa (DTN) -- Cautious -- that's what the farmland brokers and rural appraisers termed their mood last week at the spring meeting of the Iowa Realtors Land Institute. It may look like business as usual as planting begins, but beneath the surface, financial stress is building in farm country, Iowa...
1 Apr 2016
By Andy BieblDTN Tax Columnist Being categorized as a farmer or rancher among your peers or with the USDA is one matter. However, whether all of your activities are farming for federal tax purposes can have very specific consequences. A key definition in the tax law involves growing. An agricultural operation that's conducting crop or animal produ...
1 Apr 2016
By Pam SmithDTN Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Dicamba-based herbicides designed to be used with Monsanto's new Xtend trait system took another step to reality. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a 30-day public comment period on the herbicides designed to be used with the system. The news does not guarantee farmers...