Adam Belz reported recently at the Minneapolis Star Tribune Online that, “Farmers in Minnesota and across the country are watching closely as a battle over a key agricultural pesticide plays out in court. “A panel of judges in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in August ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the pesticide… Continue Reading
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New Madrid County (Missouri) Man and Farm Indicted on Illegally Applying Dicamba on Crops
Rachel Rice reported today at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Online that, “A New Madrid County man accused of using the weedkiller dicamba on his cotton and soybean crops outside of Environmental Protection Agency guidelines likely caused significant damage to neighboring crops, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday. “Bobby David Lowrey, 51, of Parma, is… Continue Reading
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Tax Treatment of Equipment Trade-ins Gets Complicated
DTN Special Correspondent Elizabeth Williams reported today that, “Tax treatment of equipment trade-ins got a tune-up in 2017’s tax reform legislation. Experts say provisions restricting like-kind exchanges for machinery are offset by more generous rules on depreciation, resulting in little change to federal tax returns. “The complication: many states didn’t follow suit, especially on like-kind… Continue Reading
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Big Tech vs. Flyover Country
An update last week at the Real Time Economics Blog (The Wall Street Journal), stated that, “Amazon.com and Google’s decisions to add tens of thousands of jobs to New York and the Washington area reflect a growing divide in the U.S. A few big cities, particularly on the coasts, are soaking up high-tech talent and are… Continue Reading
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Real-Estate Use of So-Called 1031 Exchanges, Survived the GOP Tax Overhaul
Robyn A. Friedman indicated this week at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “The tax overhaul enacted last year made a lot of changes, but one provision cherished by real-estate investors survived: so-called 1031 exchanges. “It’s the name for a tax break that lets you defer capital-gains taxes on the sale of a property used… Continue Reading
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Caution for Financially Distressed Farmers: Don’t Let Bad Circumstances Become Worse
A recent update from Iowa State University (ISU) Extension by Kristine A. Tidgren indicated that, “As tough times continue in the farm sector, more farmers are calling it quits. In particular, many operators who do not own ground and are dependent upon renting the land of others are struggling to hold on. Many are selling farm… Continue Reading
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Tech Funding- Asking For More Money
Paula Sambo indicated recently at Bloomberg Online that, “Michelle Scarborough, who runs one of the world’s largest venture capital funds dedicated to female-led startups, sees one big difference between men and women in the space: men demand more money. “Coaching women to make more forceful pitches is one of the things Scarborough does as managing… Continue Reading
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EPA Region 7 Administrator Talks About Working With Agribusiness on Air and Water Laws
DTN Ag Policy Editor Chris Clayton reported yesterday that, “A year into his second stint as EPA’s Region 7 administrator, Jim Gulliford said he remains committed to compliance over enforcement in working with agriculture and other industries in the four-state region, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. “Gulliford visited with DTN last week at… Continue Reading
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Omaha Startup Finds Success on the “Silicon Prairie”
Omaha World-Herald columnist Matthew Hansen indicated recently that, “You don’t need to be a genius to understand how Flywheel is changing Omaha. You don’t even need to fully grasp what the Omaha tech startup actually does.” Mr. Hansen explained that, “Five short years ago, this company that sells products and services to web designers had… Continue Reading
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States Struggle to Interpret New Dicamba Rules
DTN writer Emily Unglesbee reported yesterday that, “Just how complex will dicamba use be in 2019? “So complex that the three new dicamba labels released by EPA last week are each around 40 pages long and accompanied by nearly 200 pages of documents detailing the herbicides’ registration requirements and their potential impacts on the general population,… Continue Reading
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