Opinion
Analysis and insights from experts across the agriculture industry.
This article discusses a recent trade I made to sell some of my old crop corn.
Can cattle futures rally ahead of today’s Cattle on Feed report?
The President signed legislation on March 15 which provided funding for the federal government for fiscal year 2022. This includes the budget for USDA, which received a 4.4 percent increase year over year.
This article discusses what market variables are impacting basis prices currently and what to expect over the next few months.
For 13 of the last 15 years, from March 19th to April 17th, October feeder cattle have followed this trend. Will this be an on-trend year?
Cattle futures were able to rally today, ahead of the seasonal trend that is set to start this week.
This article discusses what happened this week and market factors currently impacting prices.
May corn futures are entering a seasonal trend that has played out for 13 of the last 15 years. Will this year fit into the historical trend?
When farmers use less fertilizer crops grow less food. That’s an iron law of agronomics. Now it combines with an iron law of economics: When farmers grow less food, the cost of feeding families spirals out of control.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered price spikes and broad concerns in three important global markets that affect agriculture--oil and gas, fertilizer, and grains.
This article discusses how the war on Ukraine is affecting grain prices right now and how this will impact markets long term.
Farmers who buy land may be entitled to a deduction of part of that purchase for excess fertility. However, be aware that this requires ordinary income recapture when you sell the land.
Farmers who filed by March 1 but did not file the required Form 7203 have until April 18 to file a Superseding return. This will correct that issue with no penalty.
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This article discusses the factors impacting the market right now for both corn and beans and what to expect in the coming months.
This is what the New York Times propaganda series refuses to understand: Farmers work for everyone as we grow the food, feed, fiber and fuel the world needs.
We respond to questions about the March 1 filing deadline (but not Due Date).
This article discusses what market variables are contributing to current corn market fluctuations.
Each of the four M’s are verbs—action words—and they represent the actions that farmers everywhere must take as we strive for sustainable food production in the 2020s and beyond.
Grains have been choppy as we head into March options expiration. A seasonal for soybeans is winding down, while one is just getting started for wheat.
We respond to a couple of questions we got on our last post on the new Schedule K2/K3 forms.
The IRS is requiring additional information for partnership and S corporation tax returns this year. However, some returns may not be required to file this extra information. We summarize the details for you.
This article discusses why the recent bean rally is happening and how South American yield uncertainty is contributing to it.
100% bonus depreciation is scheduled to go to 80% in 2023 and then be reduced by 20% each year. We review how Section 179 and bonus depreciation interact also.
I recognized that a simple app on a mobile phone would transform fish farming. Improvements in markets and technology—driven by tools such as the AquaRech app—can help Kenyans transform fish farming.
By any measure, natural disasters have increased in both frequency and severity around the world over the last several decades, in ways clearly linked to the advancing impacts of climate change.
With “The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency”, political scientist and Cato Scholar John Mueller has accomplished a remarkable feat.