While the peanut markets are expected to remain depressed going into the 2013 production season, there is some good news for producers this year....More
U.S. Representatives Martha Roby (R-Ala.) and Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-Ga.) have announced the re-formation of the Congressional Peanut Caucus for the 113th Congress. ...More
Unless Congress acts before Jan. 1, 2013, the federal estate tax exemption is set to drop from $5.12 million to $1 million while the tax rate is set to rise from 35 percent to 55 percent for estates valued over the exemption amount....More
“It could have been bad — really bad,” says veteran North Carolina Crop Consultant Bill Peele in Washington N.C., referring to damage from Hurricane Sandy....More
Cotton Incorporated and the USDA have combined to study a high tech, real time system of monitoring soil moisture that will provide much more accurate production information for official variety testing programs around the country — and it could provide valuable data for growers further down the road....More
Based on childhood memories of working on the farm and more than a decade of serving as a farm safety expert, Jesse LaPrade is more convinced than ever that avoiding farm-related injuries and fatalities is best expressed in one word: planning....More
Some well regarded economists contend $20 a bushel soybeans and $10 a bushel corn and wheat are not only possible, but likely for this year and beyond....More
