Legislation impacting Iowa Farmers
Laws are designed to generate revenue of the crown, provide for the common good, and make us behave or not behave in certain matters. In the end, that is what government is supposed to do.Recently, the Iowa statehouse has been ...
Read More Big Data Is A Big Headache
Thanks to Todd Janzen, @janzenlaw, for pointing out these data related issues in ag:Feel Free to Hack your Tractor John Deere's claim to US Copyright Office cl: aiming that it licenses tractor software to farmers caused WIRED magazine claim that ...
Read More Year in Review
Some of the major ag issues in Iowa were not resolved. Clean Water or WOTUS rule is facing several challenges by farm and industry groups and environmental groups. No stake holder appears to be happy with the EPA's proposed interpretation ...
Read More “Hooked on A Feeling…”
While death is the ultimate tax dodge, Congress recently provided some long term fixes to some rather helpful provisions of the tax code that quite frankly, a lot of businesses are hooked on using like crack cocaine. That of course, ...
Read More Technology and Farming
Six years ago, I had to be convinced to get a smart phone so I could check email while away from the office. Now I rarely don't have the phone in pocket, whether I am in the office or on ...
Read More Terminate that Lease!
It is not too early to consider sending notice to terminate the land owner tenant relationship, but it will be if it is not taken care of by 1 Sept. When terminating a lease, Iowa Code requires adherence to proper ...
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