More than half the states allow you keep your estate intact forever
-- as in 500 or 1,000 years or more. But other methods may achieve the same
goal without handcuffing your heirs.
See DTN Ag News. BAsk the Taxman by Andy Biebl...
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday he doesn't think the farm
bill will change much on the Senate floor despite several proposals on crop
insurance. He and other senators outside of the Southeast are also openly
complaining about the new provisions in the farm bill that create higher target
prices for crops, particularly for rice and peanut growers.
See DTN Ag News. 4^Debate Centers on Insurance...
Recent developments in the corn market reminded me of a column I
wrote a couple years ago.
See DTN Ag News. BNewsom on the Market...
Farmers are in a constant battle to balance things such as water: not
too much and not enough can both cause problems.
See . FView From the Cab...
Brazil's governors want the farm giant to become self-sufficient in
fertilizer production but a lack of recoverable reserves makes this a pipe
dream for potash.
See DTN Ag News. BBrazil's Potash Outlook...
Planting progress will be slow due to rain in the northern and eastern Midwest, and cool and damp conditions in the northeast Plains and upper Midwest. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 6:57AM Wed May 22, 2013 CDT
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In 1870 foot-and-mouth disease was first reported in the U.S.