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18 Jan 2016
By Andy BieblDTN Tax Columnist QUESTION: My question concerns our farm business. We consider ourselves as individuals farming together rather than a formal partnership. If we are a partnership, we are limited to a single $500,000 Section 179 first-year depreciation deduction. As separate proprietors, we each get a full $500,000 limitation. Our crop...
18 Jan 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor AUSTIN, Texas (DTN) -- After a reversal of fortune for livestock and three years of tight or negative margins for grain, signs of farm financial stress are beginning to sprout across farm country. So far, even the experts admit they don't yet have a clear picture of the extent or severity of the problem. ...
18 Jan 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Major agricultural businesses are looking at a more diverse U.S. population and trying to find ways to make agriculture become more diverse as well. Keeping up with U.S. population trends was one of the drivers behind a summit last week in Washington, bringing together businesses and colleges wi...
15 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A new strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a commercial turkey flock in Dubois County, Indiana, USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced Friday. The new strain, H7N8, is different than the flu virus that caused the widespread outbreak in 2015, according to...
15 Jan 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) --- Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay said that Canada opposes the U.S. Agriculture Department's plan to set up standards for a voluntary country-of-origin labeling program for beef and pork, but the subject did not come up Thursday when MacAulay met with Agri...