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3 Jan 2018
By Jerry GulkeDTN Contributing Analyst One day of price discovery for the new year is behind us and, for the most part, it focused some hope traders will see the relatively cheap prices ag commodities have compared to the rest of hard or soft assets. A few years ago -- in fact 2008 through 2012 -- I mentioned how cheap that winter vacation home or ...
3 Jan 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst My New Year's resolution is to eat more beef. It's not that I don't already eat enough of the stuff; it's just that I suddenly have a need to draw down the household inventory. An old upright freezer in the basement stopped working just before the weekend, and all the steaks and sausages and FoodSaver bags full...
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...