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9 Feb 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) - USDA sees net farm income continuing to decline in 2017 even though farmers may generate more overall revenue. In a precursor to the USDA Outlook Forum, USDA reported Tuesday that net farm income is projected to fall 8.7% in 2017 to $62.3 billion, the lowest net farm income totals since 2009....
9 Feb 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (DTN) -- After telling the crop insurance industry Monday that he wouldn't be in Congress if crop insurance had existed when he tried to farm, House Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson, D-Minn., said he doesn't think the 2018 farm bill should be as hard as some in t...
8 Feb 2017
By Andy BieblDTN Tax Columnist Our parents left their land to my brother, sister and me. We have a crop-share arrangement with a young farmer and are working to divide the properties. Since we continued operating the farms together, how long do we have to wait to make a like-kind exchange of properties to divide the land among the three of us? ANS...
8 Feb 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter EDITOR'S NOTE: Dicamba herbicide use on soybeans and cotton is expected to expand dramatically in 2017. Stewardship will be critical to avoid drift onto sensitive crops and plants. This Dicamba Details series examines important application issues and the tough new federal label requirements of the new dicamba h...
7 Feb 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Readers of this column have probably caught on by now that I like to start the year with an assessment of grain prices based on USDA's national production cost estimates.* Not knowing yet what surprises await us in 2017, the fundamental relationship between prices and costs has been a helpful guide for knowing what to exp...