Fortune 500s have been using this loophole for decades, enabling them to defer income tax for 30 years. Now some attorneys want farmers to get the break that was intended for them in the first place. 

An Elusive, Farmers-Only Tax Break

“It would have to be someone smarter than me to lock in a profit because I sure wouldn’t know how to do it right now.”

Row Crop Farmers — and Their Lenders — Prepare for Deepening Downturn

Dairy farmers are seeing huge payouts for beef-dairy crossbreeds amid a major beef shortage and bottomed-out milk prices.

U.S. Dairies Bet On Beef

Kansas growers already face the periodic loss of irrigation. With climate change that risk could spread across the Midwest — and become permanent.

The High Plains Aquifer Is Approaching a Point of No Return

Investors went wild for the utopian promise of tech-driven vertical farming. Now the industry is on the brink of collapse — can it survive by following in traditional agriculture’s footsteps?

Donavyn Coffey

An Elusive, Farmers-Only Tax Break

Row Crop Farmers — and Their Lenders — Prepare for Deepening Downturn

U.S. Dairies Bet On Beef

The High Plains Aquifer Is Approaching a Point of No Return

Indoor Agriculture Faces a Reckoning