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3 Jan 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- It's going to take months before the IRS starts sorting out the tax law with issues such as where to take income deductions for pass-through entities, but there are still some things for farmers to consider when planning taxes for the year ahead. One thing to recognize is that businesses still ge...
2 Jan 2018
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor-in-Chief OMAHA (DTN) -- Perhaps the old adage "I'd rather have a good crop and lower prices than high prices and no crop," was taking hold as 2017 came to a close. That's one explanation of why farmers would feel increasingly better about their conditions despite flat grain prices and the signs of lower livestock pri...
29 Dec 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Editor DECATUR, Illinois (DTN) -- Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year, as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. No. 4 in the countdown is divisive dicamba decisions and the controversy continuing to drift on. The herbicide trait system that uses dicamba caused rifts within the a...
29 Dec 2017
By Deborah R. Huso Progressive Farmer Contributor In a place such as Hawaii, getting fresh, local foods into schools year-round should be easy. But, even in a land known as Paradise, it all comes down to economics. Consider the sparsely populated, largely rural island of Molokai. Here, a local nonprofit, Sustainable Molokai, sells and distributes ...
29 Dec 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year, as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. We complete our countdown Friday with the No. 1 story of the year: defying expectations and weather extremes in various parts of the country, a record high corn yield of 175....