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23 Nov 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- The rise of the COVID delta variant and persistent supply chain disruption have slowed down the pace of global recovery from a macroeconomic perspective, but other outcomes of the pandemic support strong fundamentals in the agriculture markets, said John Deere lead economist for agriculture Kanlaya Barr. Consumer demand f...
23 Nov 2021
Based on what I've seen during tax planning, 2021 is shaping up to be a very good year. (See story about farm income this year at https://www.dtnpf.com/….) However, high income coupled with the limitation on the amount a farmer can prepay and lack of equipment to purchase has resulted in farmers looking for ways to mitigate the potential tax burden...
22 Nov 2021
A shortage of synthetic lysine additive, which is used in feed compounds, has sent soybean meal prices soaring recently. Lysine/L-lysine is an essential amino acid and is used to address nutrient requirements and improve performance for animals in agricultural production. It is used in pig diets, feed for poultry and for dairy cattle. The cause of ...
22 Nov 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- A handful of U.S. farmers and ranchers with Solutions from the Land found themselves facing more aggressive anti-meat posturing among the nearly 40,000 official participants in the COP 26 climate summit earlier this month in Glasgow, Scotland. After years of pushing on the door at the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) climate ev...
22 Nov 2021
Just when it seemed there was nothing left to draw political lines over, the cost of this year's Thanksgiving meal may bring a little heat from the proverbial kitchen into dinner table conversations this Thursday. While USDA reports just a moderate to small increase in the price of many Thanksgiving staples, the American Farm Bureau (AFB) saw bigge...