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20 Feb 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The prices of most retail fertilizers remain lower than at the same time last month, although three prices saw small upticks, according to prices tracked by DTN for the second week of February 2020. Only one fertilizer had a noteworthy price decline, which DTN considers a move of 5% or more. The averag...
20 Feb 2020
By ShayLe StewartDTN Livestock Analyst The famous quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field," has been weighing heavy on my heart the last couple of weeks. Whether you're a farmer or a rancher, there's no one who couldn't relate to that statement. Theoretic...
19 Feb 2020
By Matthew WildeProgressive Farmer Associate Editor Straight-line winds that reached 90 miles per hour ripped off a large portion of the roof of Blake Reynolds' farm shop on June 28, 2018. The 32-year-old Indianola, Iowa, farmer and agribusiness owner was starting to outgrow his then 6-year-old shop. Mother Nature dictated he replace it sooner rath...
19 Feb 2020
By Matthew WildeProgressive Farmer Associate Editor Straight-line winds that reached 90 miles per hour ripped off a large portion of the roof of Blake Reynolds' farm shop on June 28, 2018. The 32-year-old Indianola, Iowa, farmer and agribusiness owner was starting to outgrow his then 6-year-old shop. Mother Nature dictated he replace it sooner rath...
19 Feb 2020
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Tax breaks commonly used by farmers and ranchers also tend to raise red flags with the Internal Revenue Service, increasing the likelihood of an audit. "In general, tax returns with enormous losses or with a big swing in income from one year to the next get a critical eye from ...