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23 Oct 2015
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- A wave of retirements could be flooding over farm country this season. But right after savoring a career well spent, seniors could be shocked with a tax bill that could claim 50% or more of their equipment values and commodity inventories. Exiting agriculture without a plan can ...
23 Oct 2015
By Alastair StewartSouth America Correspondent CAIUA, Brazil (DTN) -- Brazil has the world's second-largest cattle herd spread sparsely across the country's vast interior. With few constraints on land, for decades when pasture degraded ranchers simply moved their cattle on to the next block of savannah or cut down a little more forest. But times h...
23 Oct 2015
By Alastair StewartSouth America Correspondent CAIUA, Brazil (DTN) -- Brazil has the world's second-largest cattle herd spread sparsely across the country's vast interior. With few constraints on land, for decades when pasture degraded ranchers simply moved their cattle on to the next block of savannah or cut down a little more forest. But times h...
23 Oct 2015
By Elaine SheinDTN Associate Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- When DTN Senior Ag Meteorologist Joel Burgio first looked at the wind speed for Hurricane Patricia early Friday morning, he thought it was a mistake. It wasn't. "It's very powerful," Burgio said. With maximum sustained winds at 200 miles per hour and even higher gusts, it was setting a rec...
23 Oct 2015
By Elaine SheinDTN Associate Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- When DTN Senior Ag Meteorologist Joel Burgio first looked at the wind speed for Hurricane Patricia early Friday morning, he thought it was a mistake. It wasn't. "It's very powerful," Burgio said. With maximum sustained winds at 200 miles per hour and even higher gusts, it was setting a rec...