Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittAccording to GlobalData, non-hydro renewable energy will be the fastest growing power source in the U.S. through 2025. Installed capacity is expected to increase from 121.9 gigawatts (GW) in 2015 to 216 GW in 2025. ?US Power Market...
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National FFA CEO W. Dwight Armstrong to Retire
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittW. Dwight ArmstrongThe National FFA Organization announced today that W. Dwight Armstrong, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the National FFA Organization and the National FFA Foundation, will retire effective June 30, 2016. Armstrong...
Despite Adverse Weather 2015 Grain Quality Good
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittThe overall quality of the United States? 2015 corn and sorghum crops was good, with 94 percent of corn samples and 92 percent of sorghum samples rated at quality grade No. 2 or better in the U.S. Grains Council?s (USGC?s)...
House Passes Tax Extenders Package
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittThe U.S. House Thursday passed the tax bill which includes Section 179 expensing and bonus depreciation?tax measures deemed helpful for agriculture. The House voted 318-109 to pass the measure and was expected to vote on the omnibus...
Dow, DuPont, see Tax Benefits in Merger
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittIndustry experts say the tax-free treatment of the spin-offs is one of the driving factors in the Dow DuPont Merger. Reuters reports typically companies that have been through a change of control are liable to pay capital gains taxes on...
US May Begin Oil Exports
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittIn a move considered unthinkable even a few months ago, congressional leaders have agreed to lift the nation?s 40-year-old ban on oil exports, a historic action that reflects political and economic shifts driven by a boom in U.S. oil...
Spending Bill a Win for Agriculture
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittDespite the omnibus spending bill not including legislation to stop the ?Waters of the U.S.? rule, the American Farm Bureau calls the bill an ?overall win? for Agriculture. The House was expected to take up the omnibus bill Thursday or...
Kum & Go to Offer to Promote E15 This Week
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittIn partnership with Growth Energy, Kum & Go will offer E15 to Little Rock, Arkansas residents for a $1.15 a gallon this week. The promotion Wednesday and Thursday aims to save consumers in the market money while educating them on E15....
USDA Tightens Safety-net Program to Exclude Non-Farmers
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today finalized a rule to ensure that farm safety-net payments are issued only to active managers of farms that operate as joint ventures or general partnerships, consistent with the direction...
COOL Repeal Included in Omnibus
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittNegotiators working on the omnibus spending bill have included a repeal of the mandatory Country-of-Origin meat labeling law. Debbie Stabenow, the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, who supported a voluntary measure...