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2 Jan 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to move lower the fourth week of December 2019, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. This several-months-long trend appears set to continue into the new year. All eight of the major fertilizers were lower in price from the month earlier, but once again, none were sub...
31 Dec 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A number of agriculture and other interest groups have filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging EPA's repeal of the 2015 waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule. Environmental and conservation groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina...
31 Dec 2019
By Rod MauszyckiDTN Tax Columnist Although we don't like to think about farm failures, they do happen. A long stretch of poor commodity prices, improper (or lack of) marketing strategy and overleveraged farms sometimes force the issue. Farms can try bank workouts and asset sales, but that might not be enough. Sometimes, the best option is to file ...
31 Dec 2019
By Sarah Mock DTN Special Correspondent CHICAGO (DTN) -- Overcoming obstacles in today's ag economy, for most farmers, involves growth. But growing from a small operation to a big business is about more than acquiring land or hiring employees. It requires an entrepreneurial mindset. Doug Tatum, a growth investment expert and longtime corporate exe...
30 Dec 2019
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Business Adviser One family I know makes a point of listing its annual accomplishments on paper, recording and sharing information on land improvements, debt reduction, yield and price averages, equipment purchases, staff hired, seminars attended and even vacations taken. After decades of this tradition, they have quite a ...