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19 Feb 2016
By Andy BieblDTN Tax Columnist QUESTION: I am an individual who is a 25% partner in a four-member limited liability company (LLC) that is taxed as a partnership. This is my only income, and it is all from farming conducted by the LLC. I have my own health insurance and pay the premiums with my own after-tax dollars. I thought I could deduct the pr...
19 Feb 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Farmers who plant Bt corn will breathe easier after the EPA released a much softer, less prescriptive version of its proposed rules designed to slow corn rootworm resistance to Bt corn traits. The finalized rules released Thursday make some new requirements for companies that register B...
19 Feb 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. GLYPHOSATE OFF THE HOOK FOR GOSS'S WILT Goss's Wilt may be on the rise in corn fields, but neither glyphosate nor the GE crops it is applied to are to blame, according to scientists fr...
18 Feb 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to begin testing for glyphosate residues in corn, soybeans, milk and eggs, though the agency did not offer a timeline when that testing might begin. FDA has conducted food residue tests on hundreds of pesticides and other chemicals for years. An agency spoke...
18 Feb 2016
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA has boosted the crop-insurance safety net for organic farmers and producers who are transitioning to organic certification. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced expansion of premium price elections for organic farmers as well as the chance for farmers who are transitioning to organic...