Conservation practices can pay out financially for farmers, but landowners are the ones who see the most benefit by increasing long-term value and resiliency of land.

The new federal tax law reduces the benefits of carryover losses that farmers had used to their advantage in the past. Fortunately, farmers and ranchers have several strategies they can use to adjust their income between the current tax year and the next tax year.

Tillage tools have not been part of Kinze Manufacturing's catalog for a while. They are now.

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Last year commercialization of the new broad-spectrum nematicide called Acceleron NemaStrike ST was halted after some workers involved in the manufacturing process experienced rashes when their skin came into contact with the product, says Brent Craig, North America...

Dan Gause was raised on a 50-acre farm in Florence County, South Carolina. He learned to work hard at an early age. "We all had chores to do after school. But, I loved farming. Whenever there was a tractor running, I was on it. If you want to farm, you have to love it...

Dan Gause was raised on a 50-acre farm in Florence County, South Carolina. He learned to work hard at an early age. "We all had chores to do after school. But, I loved farming. Whenever there was a tractor running, I was on it. If you want to farm, you have to love it...

Say "cocklebur" or "velvetleaf," and Zack Rendel is suddenly 8 years old again, sitting in a John Deere 4020, pulling a six-row cultivator.

DTN/The Progressive Farmer freelance writer Becky Mills was watching reports about Hurricane Michael as it approached the Florida Panhandle last October. "After a number of false alarms, my husband, Scotty Lovett, and I had gotten pretty complacent about storms...

Every year, my husband asks what I want for Christmas. Then, one gift finally helped me see how to ensure Christmas magic does come true: Everything on my wish list needs to be tax deductible. A present on Christmas morning for me is a present on tax day for him.

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To quote comedian John Mulaney, "It is so much easier not to do things than to do them, that you would do anything is remarkable." Now, I'm not lazy, but if I can be more effective by not doing something, why not? This is why conservation tillage--any practice that reduces...