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11 Dec 2015
By Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter ST. LOUIS (DTN) -- If you're looking for a silver lining to the appearance of sudden death syndrome (SDS) in soybeans again this year, Daren Mueller is your man. Two years in a row of SDS presence have allowed plant pathologists across the country to rake in valuable data on how to best manage the disease, the...
11 Dec 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont announced by the companies Friday makes the new combined company, DowDuPont and its future agricultural spinoff into the largest seed and crop-protection provider in the industry. Ed Breen, chairman and chief executive officer for DuPont said the $19 billion ...
11 Dec 2015
By Andy BieblDTN Tax Columnist Albert Einstein supposedly remarked the hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. That may have been a quick quip back then. If he were around today and encountering the IRA distribution rules, he'd be dead serious. Age 70 1/2 Confusion Most are aware that a Minimum Required Distribution (MRD) must ...
10 Dec 2015
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Declaring their industry to be in "dire straits," cotton leaders told a House Agriculture subcommittee this week that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack should declare cottonseed an oilseed and take other steps to help the industry. A USDA spokesperson said department lawyers are alrea...
10 Dec 2015
OMAHA (DTN) -- The legal challenges to the waters of the United States rule will end up in the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal appeals court judge said Tuesday. It's just a matter of how fast that will happen. Farm groups have been closely monitoring the legal challenges to the controversial rule change to the Clean Water Act, which the groups see a...