While elimination of direct payments would have little economic impact on land values and profitability for Midwest grain producers, it would be a different story for Mid-South soybean/rice growers, and to an extent some cotton growers, says Bert Greenwalt.
Time is short. The compromise on the gift, estate and generation skipping tax law passed by Congress on Dec. 17, 2010, provides federal tax largesse — an unprecedented two-year opportunity to make tax-free lifetime farm wealth transfers.
Beef, catfish, FTAs, farm bills and USDA funding
The new farm bill, USDA funding for FY2012, U.S. beef exports, free trade agreements and catfish inspections all came up during a Wednesday morning press conference with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Brock: Usage numbers continue to drop
The USDA’s November crop report did not come as a bullish surprise — exactly quite the opposite. As I’ve said many times before in this column, the cure for high prices is high prices — and this market has been no different.
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