Shamrock Shakes Shape Ag Policy
To the delight of comedians everywhere the FTC is reportedly looking into why McDonald's ice cream machines often seem to be out of order. At first this seems pretty much like a waste of time, and nothing do with ag ...
Read More No Bacon for you
Back in 2018, California, which can change the law with a ballot procedure that allows the voters to bypass the legislature and essentially enact whatever, passed a law that prevents farm owners in the state from using confinement systems for ...
Read More Taxing Times
In Iowa, the government is preparing to fix some problems with matching federal depreciation rules, with taxing of grants that the federal government did not tax as part of Covid relief, and some new rules on PPP loan and Beginning ...
Read More Do I keep that Horse
As government’s continue to spend away, the lucrative pull of changing acres to residential or commercial taxation over ag will continue to draw the eye of the assessors. Having the old grey mare out back is not going to save ...
Read More Govern yourself Accordingly
I am a proud former Army member. I understand that it has a vital mission to protect the US, protect our interests abroad and partner with allies to accomplish the same. What I never really considered until I donned the ...
Read More Secured Financing
Most operations need access to capital to make their operations work and banks generally provide that access. In order to get access to those funds, the banks generally require the operator to give a security interest in the results of ...
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