TOP AG NEWS
Several Common Tax Strategies on IRS Watchlist This Tax Season
Tax breaks commonly used by farmers and ranchers also tend to raise red flags with the Internal Revenue Service, increasing…
Warm Weather Has Texas Strawberries Ahead of Schedule
Mild winter conditions have Texas’ strawberry crop flowering and fruiting before the possible threat of a killing freeze has passed,…
China Considering U.S. Farm Purchases by March as Coronavirus Impacts Persist
Bloomberg News reported this week that, “China is considering making some purchases of U.S. agricultural goods by early March as a way…
Cotton Economic Outlook
The coronavirus in China represents “a significant wildcard” in the world cotton market, the National Cotton Council said in its…
Multi-farm ARC-IC Tool and Other ARC-IC Information
Agricultural Risk Coverage at the Individual Level (ARC-IC) will make payments in 2019 for farms that are entirely prevented plant…
Legal Pursuit on WOTUS Repeal Rule Put on Hold by Federal Court
A federal court has granted environmental groups’ request to stay a lawsuit challenging EPA’s repeal of the 2015 waters of…
No 100 Percent Tariffs on EU Wine, Official Says
Wine industry professionals in California are expressing guarded relief after U.S. Trade Representative Robert LIghthizer on Feb. 14 appeared to…
DFA To Purchase 44 Dean Foods Facilities, Additional Assets For $425 Million
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) today announced they have reached an agreement with Dean Foods to acquire 44 of…
2020 Soybean Price Prospects
Soybean prices put in a moderate rally last week. An outlook for a large South American soybean crop and uncertainty…
Federal Reserve Ag Credit Surveys-2019 Fourth Quarter Farm Economy Conditions
Last week, the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago and Kansas City released updates regarding farm income, farmland values and agricultural credit conditions from…