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28 Dec 2020
Every year, just 1% to 2% of agricultural land changes hands. What that land sells for can be public information or, in nondisclosure states such as Texas, sealed. Justin Bierschwale, an appraiser and president of the Texas chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA), says working in a nondisclosure state really u...
28 Dec 2020
LA PORTE CITY, Iowa (DTN) -- Few things make Jim Loeb happier than the roar of a John Deere 5020 and the subsequent belch of black exhaust as the small-but-mighty diesel tractor lunges forward with a full grain cart in tow. The jubilant feelings intensify when Loeb's 17-year-old grandson, Clayton Loeb, is behind the wheel. It encapsulates everythin...
28 Dec 2020
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- President Donald Trump signed the combined fiscal year 2021 omnibus appropriations and COVID-19 relief bill late Sunday after threatening to veto it. The presidential signature means that, as part of the provisions in the bill, there will be more aid to farmers and a 15% increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNA...
24 Dec 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- The EPA has extended the public comment period on the draft biological evaluations for atrazine, propazine and simazine by another 45 days past the Jan. 5, 2021, deadline, the agency announced on Wednesday. In November 2020, EPA released its draft biological evaluations for atrazine, propazine and simazine for public review and comme...
24 Dec 2020
When I look over the last year -- through the dips and dives the market has taken -- I find myself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions begging for clarity as to what 2021 may hold. During the last year, I've hunted, searched and exhausted my resources to the point of no end in order to find some meaningful correlation between an event in ...