Reading Time: 4 minutes Actions and retaliatory measures will have long-term impacts The United States has instigated an aggressive global trade war that is escalating and directly harming many U.S. agricultural producers by driving up the costs of U.S. commodities in foreign countries and increasing input costs for U.S. producers and food processors. This …
Reading Time: 3 minutes The new provisions for 2018 have changed a multitude of tax deductions, exemptions, rates and brackets. Now that the fanfare around the ‘first tax reform in 30 years’ has settled down, have you taken the time to evaluate what it means for your business? “We’ve seen tax savings working with …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Here’s an update to the following blog that you may be interested in: Tax Update: Entertainment Clarified Businesses of all sizes and across all industries need to be aware that the deductions for 2018 meals and entertainment have changed following tax reform. In general, the old provisions were 50 percent …
Read moreAre You Correctly Tracking Business Deductions for Meals and Entertainment?
Reading Time: 2 minutes (June 19, 2018) Loveland, Co. – K·Coe Isom and Agworld have joined together to provide a farm management system that will allow farmers to make better decisions in today’s increasingly complex, data-driven agriculture. The strategic partnership between K·Coe Isom, a national leader in food and agriculture business advisory, and Agworld, …
Read moreK·Coe Isom and Agworld Announce New Strategic Partnership
Reading Time: < 1 minute Following a visit in May to China, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney is currently finishing up a trade mission to Japan, joined by representatives from 42 separate businesses and 15 state departments of agriculture seeking to expand export opportunities for …
Reading Time: 2 minutes With today’s announcement of the Trump Administration’s approval to enact a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion of Chinese goods (approximately 1,300 products), China has indicated that it will retaliate – affecting a long list of U.S. products which include soybeans, meat, and of course, manufacturing. The imposition of this …
Read moreAnticipation of Retaliation over U.S. Tariff Approvals Hits Home
Reading Time: 1 minute The Sustainability Consortium Summit (TSC), recently held in Chicago, gathered a unique audience to discuss progress and new solutions to evaluate sustainability across diverse consumer goods industries. Attendees included brands and retailers that are on the front lines of consumer goods sustainability challenges. The need for farm-level sustainability data to …
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Senate Agriculture Committee is moving forward with the 2018 Farm Bill in a reportedly ‘bipartisan’ fashion and has released its draft of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Ryan Stroschein of K·Coe Isom’s Federal Affairs team says, “Given the importance of this legislation to farmers, particularly in light of …
Read moreFarm Bill Revival Announced from Senate Committee – What’s It Mean for Farmers?