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28 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to increase the third week of April 2021, albeit at a slower pace, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. While all eight of the major fertilizers were higher compared to a month earlier, no fertilizers were significantly higher, which DTN designates as 5% or more. Increases fell between 1% and 4%. U...
28 Apr 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- While fears of farm groups were realized Wednesday as the White House rolled out its tax proposals under the American Families Plan, the White House maintains elimination of stepped-up basis would not apply to family-owned businesses and farms when heirs continue to run those farms and businesses. President Joe Biden will talk in mor...
27 Apr 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The future of the small-refinery exemptions program likely will come down to the meaning of the word "extension" in the Renewable Fuel Standard. During oral arguments Tuesday, justices on the U.S. Supreme Court quizzed attorneys for the federal government, biofuels groups and refiners on how they interpret the word. Refining ...
27 Apr 2021
Having been a part of family-farm and ranch transition discussions for more than 25 years, I've witnessed many younger generation members return to -- and occasionally leave -- the family business. The choice to join the company is a point of pride for parents and grandparents, as it represents the continuation of a legacy. But sometimes people joi...
26 Apr 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- As agriculture interests continue to try to get a read on EPA Administrator Michael Regan and the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said on Monday that he likes what he sees from the new head of the agency. The EPA is lagging behind on the release of a 2021 renewable volume oblig...