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Farmers Who Gain From Tax Bill Wary of Losing Subsidies Later
Watch axle weights during harvest; know your state limits
Super Duty truck emissions alleged to be 50 times legal limit.
One creative North Dakotan is giving people with window seats something to discuss as his tractor carves messages in his farm fields.
John Duarte faces millions of dollars in fines for breaching the Clean Water Act by plowing 450 acres of farmland. If Duarte ultimately loses in court, his fall will affect the property rights of landowners and farmers across the U.S.
Terry Buckler, a Missouri farm kid, shares the story of his time as a Green Beret and the historic raid on Son Tay prison in Vietnam.
Pulses are a very important crop for India. They are an important source of protein, grow quickly, generate good profits for farmers, and contribute to agricultural and environmental sustainability.
President Biden’s nomination of Elaine Trevin for USTR role could produce a win for agriculture. Those in trade are taking notice.
U.S. Secretary spoke on the impacts of climate change in the agricultural industry, as well as prevention plans set forth by the Biden Administration, during Thursday’s Farm Journal Farm Country Update.
Microchip manufacturing
Tom Vilsack was sworn in as USDA Secretary for the second time at the end of February. Since then, he has pushed forward advances on several key issues.
Are the roaring twenties back? John Phipps breaks down the economics at play in 2021.
USDA and partners complete first of its kind sale of carbon credits from working ranch grasslands.
first gen farmer hurdles
Books for 2021
GPS fragility
The new Congress and Administration will have an agenda that differs significantly from the past four years – and just as likely, a different approach to the role of government.
When farmers face the creep of federal agency regulation, the game is consistently tilted in the bureaucracy’s favor, and although agricultural producers know the deck is stacked, most are unaware of the joker concealed in the government’s sleeve: Chevron deference.
Ryan Loflin bet the farm in 2013 and did what no U.S. producer had done for 70 years.
U.S. agriculture has a tremendous amount of skin at stake in an off-the-radar fight that may impact the future of groundwater regulations at federal, state and private levels.
Rob Sharkey’s Shark Farmer podcast is finding a hungry audience in agriculture and beyond, attracted by the take-no-prisoners attitude of his weekly show.
Nobody is stealing grain
REEs and the future
Chinese tariffs deliver financial blows to America’s heartland and President Donald Trump’s base
Trump’s Tariffs Seen Favoring Rust Belt Over Farm Communities
In 1986, California’s voters approved a ballot initiative with admirable aspirations. Proposition 65 requires businesses to display clear warnings about the presence of any chemicals that could cause cancer, birth defects or reproductive harm. Although the law initially raised awareness about potential hazards, it has steered off course in recent years. Now, California residents are inundated with warnings on everything from coffee to parking garages.
Gov. Eric Greitens says his tax plan will result in a 97 percent tax cut for all Missouri taxpayers, eliminate tax burden for many in the working class and encourage new businesses to open in Missouri.
A timeline for the continuation of the farm bill is contingent upon several factors including tax reform and budget issues according to Jim Weisemeyer, a political analyst for Farm Journal Media.
Political predictions are in from Jim Weisemeyer, a political analyst for Farm Journal Media, on the number of seats swapped in the Senate and House as well as who the presidential candidates will be.
The new 199A cooperative deduction is a source of uncertainty across the board for farmers and policy-makers alike.
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