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2 Feb 2016
By Andy BieblDTN Tax Columnist In late December, Congress did its usual retroactive "extender" legislation, restoring about 50 beneficial tax provisions that had expired at the beginning of 2015. This year's act, however, made about 20 of those provisions permanent in the tax law, and rolled the others ahead at least through 2016. There were also s...
2 Feb 2016
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- If you are looking for a metaphor to describe where the U.S. is in the general economic cycle, Texas A&M real estate economist Mark Dotzour puts us in the seventh or eighth inning of expansion. "We're not done with this economic expansion cycle yet," Dotzour told 630 farm...
1 Feb 2016
By Ken JohnsonDTN Fertilizer Columnist AMMONIA International ammonia prices were under pressure through January. The Yuzhnyy export price range dropped from $279-$310 early to $270-$280 late. Both the Black Sea and Baltic spot markets remained quiet. At month's end the price of Trinidad export ammonia into Tampa dropped $40 to $310 mt. Demand from ...
1 Feb 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- After more than a year of campaigning, Iowans will get the first crack at choosing the next president with caucuses this evening. Results are expected to start coming in as early as 7:30 p.m. CST, but likely will not be final until far later in the evening. That will be especially true for Democra...
29 Jan 2016
Double cropping soybeans after wheat is a common practice in many states, from Kansas to Maryland and south to the Gulf of Mexico. We typically think of this rotation being planted south of Interstate 70 in the U.S. Pushing the rotation further north puts soybeans at risk of frost damage and reduces the opportunity to make a profit on soybeans. S...