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9 Jan 2020
By ShayLe StewartDTN Livestock Analyst My all-time favorite cattle market reference came from the late market connoisseur himself, Pat Goggins, who said, "the cattle market is nothing but an attitude." The first quarter of the year is always an exhilarating time. Cash cattle prices are usually at their highest and there's a natural sense of optimi...
9 Jan 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Fourteen states, the city of New York and the District of Columbia have asked a federal court to vacate the latest EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers action on the waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule and apply a significant nexus test when regulating waters across the country. A new federal ...
9 Jan 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Taking another step to completing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Senate Finance Committee voted 25-3 on Tuesday to advance the trade deal to the full Senate. USMCA has been a priority for most agricultural groups as a way to provide some certainty on tariffs and trade with two of the count...
8 Jan 2020
By Rod MauszyckiDTN Tax Columnist Tax planning always makes me reflect. To say 2019 was a wild ride is an understatement. We saw large swings in commodity prices, increases in dairy prices and optimism in the protein segments. However, the majority of my clients still struggled. And, those who made money have to utilize the profits to rebuild equit...
8 Jan 2020
By Loretta Sorensen Progressive Farmer Contributor Dave Reis advises his ranching peers to "go slow" in developing a rotational grazing system. While he has no regrets about establishing 24 paddocks on 8,500 acres during the past 20 years, he said he'd go at it slower if he had it to do over. "I couldn't afford to do it all at once and was always c...