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Written leases make and break you.

In a case out of Clayton County: The tenant had 85 acres of farmland owned Strawberry with a written lease that had automatically renewed each year . The tenant was terminated timely by the city. The tenant complained about how ...
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Coming to a field near you, Ag Drones.

By 2022 (which isn't really all that far away), drones or UAVs(unmanned aerial vehicles) sales could be up to $3.69 billion dollars. That is over a 700% increase from the current level of sales. It isn't just the farmers who ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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“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, ...
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