GOP tax relief aims to ease farmers crisis in election year
Republican leaders push a tax relief bill with farm provisions as farmers face a 7.5 billion drop in income due to weak exports and crop surpluses. Proposals include longer loss deductions, permanent income averaging, estate tax relief, and a cut in capital gains tax from 20 to 15 percent. The plan seeks to use part of a large budget surplus to aid farmers while arguing over Social Security funding.
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Ashington
House
Newt Gingrich
America
Gingrich
Clinton
Dick Gephardt
D-Mo
Bill Archer
Texas
Archer
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
USDA
New rotation crop cuts the mustard in North Dakota
North Dakota farmers plant a record 44,000 acres of mustard in 1997 to fit crop rotations with wheat and barley. Mustard offers cheaper feed, drought and heat tolerance, and helps break disease cycles, with Canola providing higher yield potential but greater risk. Industry estimates suggest similar acreage this year as the crop spreads among growers such as Mini-Dak Growers and Kenmare farmers.
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Josh Hoffner
Associated Press
Oleglen
N.D
North Dakota
Dan Lovas
Mini-Dak
Grand Forks
Lovas
Kenneth Hueser
Roseglen
Bill
Minn-Dak
Continental Grain Co
Joe Bloms
Ron St. Croix
Kenmare
Byron Richard
Belfield
Richard
Bloms
Farm Bureau warns EPA limits threaten farming industry
Concord New Hampshire AP reports American Farm Bureau President Dean Kleckner urges EPA to work with farmers to reach pesticide regulation compromises. He says under the 1996 act, EPA gains wide discretion and could ban key chemicals, risking the farming sector. He claims farmers face red tape and fear loss of substitutes.
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Concord
N.H
Environmental Protection Agency
American Farm Bureau
Dean Kleckner
EPA
New Hampshire Farm Bureau Federation
Kleckner
Corporate hogs a thumbs down in Iowa survey
A 1998 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll shows three-fourths of the 2,312 farm operators oppose livestock expansion by non farm investors, while only about a third oppose expansion by local producers. ISU Extension sociologist Paul Lasley notes concern centers on who expands rather than whether it’s desirable. Only 8 percent strongly or somewhat agree non farm investors should be encouraged to invest in hogs or poultry. Cattle expansion faces less opposition than hogs or poultry.
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Ames. Iowa
Iowa
Iowa Farm and Rural Life
Paul Lasley
Iowa State University Extension
Lasley
National Hay Association Launches Web Site and Convention
The National Hay Association formed in 1895 has a new World Wide Web presence at haynha.org and will host its 103rd annual convention September 17 to 19 at Mills House Hotel Charleston South Carolina. The event features industry speakers, panels on hay contracts and quality, and a kickoff with opening reception.
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ACLA
National Hay Association
NHA
Morgan Consulting Group, Ltd
Paola
Haynha
Hayaha
Mills House
Charleston
S.C
Tion
Les Tindal
South Carolina
Commissioner of Agriculture
Patricia G. Moddy
Thomas H. Morgan
Morgan Consulting Group
Don Kieffer
Treasure Island Causeway
St. Petersburg
Florida
Morganconsulting.com
Ag-Web
Woman dies after being struck by gate in cattle yard
Ellsworth woman Velma Panzer, 47, was injured while corralling a calf at the Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission in Salina. A gate struck her head, knocking her down. She was treated at Salina hospital, transferred to Wichita, and died Friday evening.
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Salina
Kan
Ellsworth
Velma Panzer
Farmers and Ranchers ‘Livestock Commission
Panzer
Wichita
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Ottawa Herald
Hay Group
S. Oak
Garnett
Ottawa
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Kansas
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Lee Broyles
Lass
R.T.P
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McConnell Machinery
Opy
John Musick
Wry
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O'Reilly Automotive
Dave
Ellen Sherman
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Metropolitan Ballet of
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Dan Seals
CMA
Paul Mesner
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Arkansas Repertory Theatre
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