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If your harvest view looks like this, your combine is poised to turn into a weed-seed-spreading machine. Here are some tips on avoiding that. (DTN file photo by Pamela Smith)
Weeds at Harvest
9/16/2021 | 10:54 AM CDT
How to Keep Weeds Out of the Combine at Harvest
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Many fast-food restaurants are offering $14-$16 dollars per hour or more. That rivals historical pay for farm equipment operators and is one of the forces pushing on-farm wages higher. (Photo courtesy of Lori Culler)
Ag's HR Coach
9/16/2021 | 3:32 PM CDT
Wages are Rising for Farm Operators. You Have Two Choices.
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Provisions advanced by the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday would exempt higher levels of farmland when estates are calculated but raise capital gains rates when large amounts of property such as real estate are sold. The bill maintains stepped-up basis for heirs, which farm groups fought to protect. (DTN file photo)
Ways and Means Committee Advances Tax Package
9/16/2021 | 7:46 AM CDT
Bill Keeps Stepped-up Basis but Raises Tax Rates on Estates, Higher-Income Businesses
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This map shows grain shipping and port access potential on the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern rail lines. With the proxy battle with their Canadian rival out of the way, CP executives see strong prospects for boosting grain shipments through the central U.S. into Mexico. (Map provided by Canadian Pacific Railway)
CP-KCS Executives Tout Merger Do-Over
9/16/2021 | 11:21 AM CDT
Rail Execs See Canadian Pacific Kansas City Becoming 'Game Changer' for Ag Rail Shipping in...
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The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute sees slightly lower cash receipts for most commodities in 2022 and slightly higher expenses as well. The big drop in farm income could come from lower government payments as pandemic programs end. (DTN file photo)
FAPRI Sees Lower 2022 Farm Income
9/15/2021 | 12:08 PM CDT
With Loss in Pandemic Aid, Net Farm Income Will Fall Sharply From Higher 2021 Totals
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  1. How to Keep Weeds Out of the Combine at Harvest

  2. Wages are Rising for Farm Operators. You Have Two Choices.

  3. Bill Keeps Stepped-up Basis but Raises Tax Rates on Estates, Higher-Income...

  4. Rail Execs See Canadian Pacific Kansas City Becoming 'Game Changer' for Ag Rail...

  5. With Loss in Pandemic Aid, Net Farm Income Will Fall Sharply From Higher 2021 Totals

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December oat futures are in uncharted territory after gapping higher in Thursday's session to reach a fresh contract high for a second straight session. The Dec/March futures spread (1st study) has moved from even money on Sept. 9 to 6 1/2 cents on Sept. 16, close to the 7 cents reached on Aug. 13. Thursday's volume (2nd study) is the highest daily volume seen since July 14. (DTN ProphetX chart)

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December oat futures are in uncharted territory after gapping higher in Thursday's session to reach a fresh contract high for a second straight session. The Dec/March futures spread (1st study) has moved from even money on Sept. 9 to 6 1/2 cents on Sept. 16, close to the 7 cents reached on Aug. 13. Thursday's volume (2nd study) is the highest daily volume seen since July 14. (DTN ProphetX chart)

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There is no longer a reasonable possibility of an early start to the wet season in central Brazil, but the delays look to only be about a week from most models like the one pictured here from the European weekly run. (DTN image)

Scratch That: Wet Season Likely Delayed for Central Brazil

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