Syngenta Class Action Law Suit Update
The steak dinners, unsolicited seed corn caps with questionable logos, are long burned or covered with grease. The claim regarding Sygenta’s interference with the US Corn market appears to be reduced to a number. The settlement committee reached a preliminary ...
Read More Pay to Play
Pay to Play, the government plans to have you pay them to do their job when you need something from them. Infrastructure Spending The ag economy relies on government funded/supported roads, railways, ports and locks, and dams to get the ...
Read More Not in My Back Yard
Generally, people prefer their back yards to never change, ever. Even if the rules allow for something different that isn’t currently being done and double if the new permitted use is loud, smelly, or interrupts view. New proposals for property ...
Read More Keeping the Kids Busy on the Farm for Fun and Profit
In 2017, up to $6,350 of earned income per child are exempt from taxation. Further, the parent does not have to pay FICA tax for their children under 18 who work for them or their partnership. Corporations do not have ...
Read More Tax Policy Implications Run Far Deeper Than a Temporary Reprieve
Tax Policy Implications Run Far Deeper Than a Temporary Reprieve I am reluctant to write about the pending attempt to change the tax code. I haven’t even signed up for the annual tax school update, because I am certain information ...
Read More Estate Planning for the Farm Operation: OPEN IT UP!
Farming is complex, and it makes sense that the plan to move it to the next operator, whether they are family or not, is going to be complex as well. “Dying well” is hard to do, even in a ...
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