Rod Mauszycki indicated last week at DTN that, “The recently passed budget bill contains a ‘fix’ for the Section 199A dilemma with respect to sales to cooperatives. As such, it’s appropriate to review the changes to get an idea of how it will work. “For non-corporate farmers, the changes to Section 199A will have minimal… Continue Reading
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Dicamba Legal Issues Persist in Arkansas
DTN writer Emily Unglesbee reported yesterday that, “The Arkansas attorney general is appealing the surprise decision by a judge to allow six Arkansas farmers to use dicamba on cotton and soybeans during the 2018 growing season. “As part of the appeal, the state will ask the court to halt the farmers’ in-season access to dicamba… Continue Reading
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Federal Nuisance Lawsuits in North Carolina Could Have Implications for Pork Producers
The Associated Press reported last week that, “Drive past clustered hog sheds containing thousands of animals in the country’s No. 2 pork-producing state on the wrong day and the reason hundreds of North Carolina neighbors are suing in federal court is clear: it really stinks. “The question facing jurors in a federal lawsuit starting Monday… Continue Reading
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USDA Reopens Enrollment for Improved Dairy Safety Net Tool
A news release yesterday from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) stated, “U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is encouraging dairy producers to consider enrolling in the new and improved Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy), which will provide better protections for dairy producers from shifting milk and feed prices. With changes authorized under the Bipartisan… Continue Reading
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Global Insight and Analysis Company DTN Acquires Purdue Ag Precision Startup
A news release this week from Purdue University stated, “Officials from DTN, a global insight and analysis company, announced Friday (March 30) that the company has closed its acquisition of ag precision technology company Spensa Technologies Inc., in a strategic move to expand its global agricultural business and mobile presence. “Spensa has built a reputation… Continue Reading
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FoodLogiQ Raises $19.5 Million
Wall Street Journal writer Erica Phillips reported last week that, “FoodLogiQ LLC, which develops supply-chain software to track food safety, raised $19.5 million in a new funding round that included investments by Tyson Foods Inc. subsidiary Tyson Ventures and sensor-manufacturer Testo Inc. “The Durham, N.C.-based company’s platform allows a food company’s suppliers to provide details about… Continue Reading
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Unlikely Candidate for Tech Disruption: Agriculture, Livestock and Virtual-Fencing
Mike Cherney reported today at The Wall Street Journal Online that, “The fences that crisscross the vast ranches of the U.S. and Australian Outback seem like an unlikely candidate for tech disruption. “But several startups are betting that high-tech collars for cattle, goats and other livestock could render the fences obsolete, enabling farmers to round… Continue Reading
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Wisconsin Organic Milk Producers Getting Squeezed by Mega-sized Farms
Rick Barrett reported last week at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online that, “You’re in the dairy state. You go to the store and buy some organic milk. You have this image of a small farm somewhere in rural Wisconsin, maybe one of those cool little towns in the Kickapoo Valley. “But it could be from… Continue Reading
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“Fix” to Grain Glitch is Now Law
An update last week by Kristine A. Tidgren, at the Iowa State University “Ag Docket” Blog, stated that, “President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, H.R. 1625, on March 23, 2018. At the end of the 2,232-page legislation, Congress included a section written to ‘fix’ the ‘grain glitch.’ This is, of course, the provision in the… Continue Reading
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Dunn, Panetta Fight to Remove Barriers to Agricultural Trade
A news release on Thursday from Rep. Neal Dunn (R., Fla.) stated that, “[Rep. Dunn] and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) teamed up to eliminate unnecessary trade barriers that are hurting American exports and hindering innovation and advances in agricultural production technologies, including biotechnology. The Growing American Food Exports Act amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act… Continue Reading
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