Opinion
Analysis and insights from experts across the agriculture industry.
A reader asked for more details on how to appeal an Income Related Monthly Amount Adjustment (IRMAA) and we provide the details.
As a farmer, I’m always thinking about how new technologies can create a more resilient food system—but because of colonial mindsets, I continue to encounter resistance to this idea.
Deferred payment contracts allow farmers to push income into 2022. This year may be even more important to use these contracts if tax rates increase.
Taxpayers were not required to payback premium tax credits for 2020. For 2021, you may have to pay it back but the amount is likely lower than in prior years.
Recently I received a request for an explanation of the corn futures delivery process. So, I reached out to my good friend Joe Rich of O’Bryan Commodities to help me summarize this complex process.
President Biden’s green book has a provision that may change ownership structures for farmers.
The Farm CPA Podcast is now finally available on the Apple Podcast network. There are 9 episodes on there and we add one at least every week.
Most ag markets saw price losses this week for a variety of reasons. This Market Watch from Brugler Marketing & Management looks at the major influences for the week. This analysis is not to be seen as trading advice.
Precision ag technology can be complex. Chances are, you’ve already invested in precision farming equipment, but are you using your equipment and the data you’re collecting to the fullest capability?
This blog salutes the accomplishment of two USDA conservation professionals, Alex Barbarika and Mike Linsenbigler, who passed away unexpectedly earlier this year.
July corn futures closed higher during all but 2 of the last 15 trading sessions, for a total $1.40/bu increase.
We need to break free of defeating mindsets that limit our ability to thrive and gain access to liberating farm technologies. The scope of technology in agriculture has no boundaries.
Beware of this buzzword “agroecology": It has the potential to work like a buzzsaw that rips common sense into sawdust.
What readers might find eerie is how the unspoken but widely assumed standards of virtue for individuals and communities have remained remarkably intact over time.
In “You Look Like a Thing and I Love You,” Janell Shane briskly dismantles this pretension with anecdote, humor, and just enough hard science to educate.
I am a student of English medieval history, reading histories, listening to lectures and traveling to historic English sites. Despite these efforts, what I recall are disassociated dates, names and events.
Earth Day is now upon us—it arrives next week on April 22—and farmers are marking the occasion by sharing how regenerative agriculture has improved their operations.
Despite facing rationed access to inputs such as gasoline, tires, and tractors, and loss of farmworkers to the war effort, American farmers were able to increase their output sharply during the course of World War II.
If you paid attention to the grain market this week, it sure was a wild ride. The market was selling heading into the report, but received bullish data on Wednesday that led to limit gains in corn and beans.
Canadian farmers are understandably upset with the new carbon tax, which will primarily be tacked on to fossil fuels like gasoline and natural gas in a classic economic tactic to lower consumption and emissions.
Multiple Senators yesterday proposed a transfer tax on appreciated assets either during lifetime or at death. The details are grim for many farm operations if the Act ever gets into law.
You will not be required to pay back any ACA premium subsidy in 2020. If you have paid it already, make sure to wait for guidance from the IRS.
We show you one method of paying your first quarter estimate on May 17 instead of April 15.
This post deals with the first set of Interim Final Rules, which concerns the first round of PPP loans that was initiated by the CARES Act.
Global demand is focusing on China’s upcoming needs, which are largely unknown. The market is watching to see if they will buy more, cancel purchases, or delay shipments to next season.
The SBA issued two new Q&As on gross income for PPP loans. The guidance is clear that almost all partnerships may not use gross income to obtain a PPP loan.