Equipment

Technology makes cotton more competitive

Fri, 31 May 2013 16:43:00 +0000

Vic Schoonover, Producers Cooperative Oil Mill

Large-bale cotton pickers have simplified harvesting cotton. Custom harvesters may be economical way to utilize expensive machines.

Mid-South Farm and Gin Show begins today

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:00:00 +0000

More than 450 exhibits, featuring the latest in equipment, products, and services await you at the 61st Mid-South Farm and Gin Show, which begins today (Friday, March 1) at the downtown Cook Convention Center in Memphis.

Love your dog? Thank a farmer

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:05:00 +0000

In an agriculture industry increasingly reliant on complex technology, dogs herd sheep; watch over cattle; detect invasive pests and plants hiding in produce for U.S. Customs; track metal theft through forensic marker recognition; and even hot-nose the trail of crop-destroying feral hogs. In addition to workaday value, for many farmers, dogs are simply ever-present, loyal companions — maybe a faithful Lab that is lord of the truck bed.

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Mid-South Farm and Gin Show begins its two-day run tomorrow

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:00:00 +0000

The 61st Mid-South Farm and Gin Show gets under way tomorrow (Friday, March 1) at the downtown Cook Convention Center in Memphis, offering more than 400 exhibits of the latest equipment, products, and services for the 2013 farming season.

New tax law increases direct expense deduction for 2012, 2013

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:34:00 +0000

Warren Schauer, Michigan State University

First-year Direct Expensing (Section 179) is an election in IRS code that allows businesses like farms to deduct the cost of capital purchases as a tax deductible expense.

Cellphone app helps calculate fuel use, costs

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:13:00 +0000

From North Dakota State University

Farmers can use a new Farm Fuel Budget cellphone app to plan their fuel budget and total use for the next year or more.  

Efficient transportation remains critical for farmers

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:07:00 +0000

From the American Farm Bureau Federation

In an environment of highs and lows for prices, market demands and costs, the one thing sought by farmers in terms of transporting their goods to market is certainty.

Fiscal cliff legislation contained farm equipment windfall

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:02:00 +0000

Jennifer Morrill

In terms of tractor and other farm machinery purchases, “there was a huge windfall in the 2013 tax legislation,” says Roger McEowen, director of Iowa State University’s Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation.

VR ag improves efficiency

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:51:00 +0000

“Variable rate agriculture gets back tobasics. It is more specific,” says Billie Scott, Wylie Sprayers Inc., equipment specialist.

Estate planning best way to mitigate rising tax

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:22:00 +0000

From the Georgia Farm Bureau

Current will a step in right direction

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.