U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was the keynote speaker at the DTN Ag Summit on Monday in Chicago. Much of his talk focused on current trade news with China, Canada and Mexico, but the secretary indicated more action is needed to lift retaliatory tariffs against U.S. agricultural products.
Farmers will need to adjust their mindset on taxes since some of the biggest changes under 2017 tax reform makes it beneficial to avoid claiming a loss. The first of this four-part series discusses changes to the rules governing net operating losses and how deferred payment contracts could give your accountant room to maneuver.
The year's final field roundup found some farmers still waiting on a few unharvested acres, while others are hauling grain, finishing up fall fertilizer and tillage, buying seed and reflecting on the year.
Check soybean bag tags carefully for germination rates, calculate seeding rates appropriately and pick the right fungicide seed treatments in the spring.
State pesticide regulators did not get a chance to vet EPA's new dicamba labels before they were released. The result has been confusion for agencies already overwhelmed by dicamba investigations.
