https://youtu.be/aUcAP8nk6Hw At Machinery Scope and Finance Scope, we have first-hand experience in the agricultural and construction industries. Growing up on farms and having worked within dealerships on multiple levels allows us to understand what our dealers and their customers go through on a day-to-day basis. When building extended warranty, finance and lease solutions, we try […]
By Sara Brown Dovers The U.S. Department of Treasury issued a report late Wednesday to comply with Executive Order 13789 from President Donald Trump, detailing eight tax regulation changes. Most notable for farmers and ranchers is the withdrawal of the proposed regulations under §2704, which would have put more restrictions on estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes. In […]
By Chuck Abbott Successful Farming @ Agriculture.com 9/28/2017 The most hated tax in agriculture, the estate tax, would be repealed as part of the tax reform package unveiled by President Trump in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Mega-farmer Kip Tom, who operates more than 20,000 acres in Indiana and Brazil, was chosen by the White House to attend […]
By CHERYL TEVIS Successful Farming @ Agriculture.com 8/7/2017 Duane Hund has seen the ups and downs of agriculture. In 1985, the Paxico, Kansas, farmer was hired to help farmers facing mediation during the Farm Crisis, which wiped out a generation of young farmers. In 2008, he witnessed the explosive run-up of grain prices. Farm profitability peaked by […]
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Southern Corn Rust Strikes Again in Midwest Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter 9/28/2016 | 11:47 AM CDT ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) — David Brown, of Carmine, Illinois, probably wouldn’t call himself a Southerner. But the corn, soybean and wheat farmer is getting a taste of Southern crop management this year, after southern corn rust breached the […]
By Ben Potter AgWeb.com As farmers wake up Wednesday to the reality of a Donald J. Trump presidency, what do they have to look forward to in four years of a Trump Administration? Trump’s apparent victory, which materialized in the early hours of Wednesday morning, bucked trends in several ways. His race ultimately did not […]
Equipment dealers consider ways to reinvent themselves to better serve farmers in challenging times By Ben Potter AgWeb.co When commodity prices slip, farmers feel the ill effects first, but everyone eventually gets a taste. That’s apparent now to equipment dealers, who face a multiyear sales decline, contracting net income and a less-than-stellar intermediate outlook. According […]