On Dairy giant eyes Rock County property
Posted on June 2 at 9:34 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Back on the subject. I have been to Mr. Tuls farm in Nebraska and it is impressive. I would rather have milk and cheese from his farm than some smaller farms I have seen. This dairy will employ a fair number of workers and help this area more than people realize. I see alot of negative comments on these blogs and wonder why people can't see the positive in things?
On Dairy giant eyes Rock County property
Posted on June 2 at 9:24 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
dianem and chell thank you. For the others take a look at the ewg site, you will notice payments are down from years past. I say go ahead and take away the payments, when smaller farms can't make it, I can rent or buy more land and I can get bigger. Sounds fair to me. Also, keep in mind that the next generation on many farms may not want to run the family farm.
On Farmer leaves rich soil to the city, worries it will happen again
Posted on February 16 at 11:57 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
jterry1955 don't blame the GM workers. Its a natural thing in our country to want more. Some farmers also worked at GM. As for Hank, I looked at your link and it is the ACRE program you are sending people to. This program has not been around long (maybe a year or two) and to my knowledge it is a insurance based program. The only reasons I can see a farmer plowing up a crop is: not enough grain to justify a harvest or the quality is bad enough that it isn't safe for consumption or the initial planting was not successful. In these cases the only payment you might get is if you had crop insurance or the area was considered and natural disaster. In our farms 70+ years we have no record of plowing up a crop.
On Farmer leaves rich soil to the city, worries it will happen again
Posted on February 16 at 8:48 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Purrmaid- I like your comments and am just putting the facts out there. I wish everyone would do some research and post good constructive comments. If you don't know the truth then ask, just like you did. Thank you.
On Farmer leaves rich soil to the city, worries it will happen again
Posted on February 16 at 8:27 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
purrmaid- Tracy Seeds no longer grows seed corn. The farm was actually in Chile. The only reason for that farm was for winter production of seed. Due to the high cost of tech fees by Monsanto it is really tough for small seed companies to compete. Tracy Seeds raises soybean seed for other companies. Remember people it isn't just planting crops any more, there are many factors at work in farming these days.
On Barlass family keeps holding on as Janesville creeps toward Henke Road
Posted on February 15 at 9:19 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
good one justme46. I know each of the farmers in the article and they are all good hard working people. I will continue to farm and hope to pass that on to my son. P.S. Hank- if you own over 200 acres today you are a millionaire on paper. We own and farm over 2300 acres and have owned that ground for over 70 years, 4th generation and proud of it.
On Barlass family keeps holding on as Janesville creeps toward Henke Road
Posted on February 15 at 8:31 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Hank- You never did answer why you have a chip on your should towards the farmer? Kind of curious what you do for a living?
On Barlass family keeps holding on as Janesville creeps toward Henke Road
Posted on February 15 at 8:29 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Cap gains comes in because most farms are incorporated in some form or another. Pretty sure most farms would not qualify for a homestead tax exemption. At least not many of the farm sales I have seen.
On Barlass family keeps holding on as Janesville creeps toward Henke Road
Posted on February 15 at 8:23 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Hank- You really don't understand a lot of things dealing with land sales, much less farming. If a farmer sells land for $8.6 mil but bought the land 60 years ago for $600,000. He has to pay cap gains tax on $8 mil. So in most cases it is better to do a 1031 exchange for other land and not cash in. Making your farmer rich on paper but only on paper.
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On 2-year-old dies of self-inflicted gunshot
Posted on June 7 at 1:33 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
officerfriendly1, this article has nothing to do with farming. Accidents happen and there are dumb people in all walks of life.