Farmers' Advance
Farmers' Advance is the leading agriculture publication for Michigan, Ohio and Indiana
Fear of estate tax exemption repeal has subsided, but other …
2024年12月11日 · For a quick refresher, currently a person can shield $13,610,000 from the federal estate tax. Together, a married couple can shield $27,220,000. In 2025, this amount will increase until January 1, 2026.
In another Trump trade war, farmers could lose billions in export …
2024年12月16日 · Even now, the share of China's soybean imports from the U.S. — the top American export to China — has dropped to 18% from 40% in 2016, Reuters reported in November. With Trump threatening more trade sanctions, …
How do peanuts grow? Here's where they come from and how …
2023年7月12日 · The name “George Washington” may invoke presidential images, but add “Carver” to the end and you’re conjuring peanuts in your mind. George Washington Carver developed more than 300 products from peanuts in his lifetime, including paper, soap, cooking oil, milk, Worcestershire sauce, laxatives and wood stains.
Vilsack defends USDA investment in now-bankrupt Pure Prairie …
2024年11月5日 · U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack defended his agency’s $46 million investment in an Iowa chicken processing plant that shut down in bankruptcy, leaving the state in custody of 1.3 million chickens it later destroyed when it found itself unable to sell them to other processors. Vilsack, a former Iowa governor, said Thursday in a news conference that the $38.7 million loan guarantee and ...
Rising costs, falling demand cause job losses in ag industry.
2024年12月23日 · The impact of rising costs has rippled across the entire agricultural. Farmers struggling with higher input costs and reduced income from lower crop yields and milk prices have had to cut corners, mainly by putting off big iron purchases and hanging on to older equipment. Companies like John Deere ...
Why are spotted lanternflies a problem? What to know about the …
2024年8月27日 · Northeast states are being invaded by spotted lanternflies. In Pennsylvania, 51 of the state's 67 counties are in a quarantine zone. That designation requires many transportation-based businesses to obtain a special permit that requires their employees train to spot the insects so they don't inadvertently transport them elsewhere. Vehicles carrying materials or products contaminated with egg ...
Old Farmer's Almanac winter 2024 predictions for Ohio
2024年10月17日 · What does the Old Farmer's Almanac say about winter in Columbus, Central Ohio? Columbus falls right in three intersecting weather zones. It could be cold and snowy, cold and dry or mild and dry, according to the almanac's map.
It's pawpaw season in Michigan: What to know about native fruit
2023年11月2日 · The year-round farmers market is a spot for supporting local agriculture and sells local pawpaws when in season. “Now that we have some education, people are more aware of them.
US wins ruling against Mexico on genetically modified corn
2024年12月23日 · WASHINGTON — A trade-dispute panel has ruled that Mexico's restrictions on U.S. genetically modified corn exports violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, handing the Biden administration a major trade victory in its final weeks.. The U.S. Trade Representative's office said the USMCA dispute settlement panel ruled Friday in favor of all seven U.S. legal claims in the long-running case.