Farmers Face Tax Changes on Installment Sales This Year
Diane Yeamans reports Marvin Fausett outlines key tax shifts for farmers including the 90 percent rule change to tax only the portion of installment sales earned in the current year. He notes grain sale deferrals, depreciation timing, and the need for clear contracts and intent to avoid IRS disallowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Yeamans
Marvin Fausett
Area Extension
Fausett
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Greenbugs A Problem in Texas High Plains Sorghum
Greenbugs continue to threaten grain sorghum in the Texas High Plains. A new Biotype E of the greenbug is overcoming resistance, shifting advantage away from Biotype C resistant varieties. The new biotype has been found in the High Plains, Oklahoma Panhandle, and eastern New Mexico, often mixed with Biotype C. Researchers warn the affected area may grow.
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Lubbock
Texas
Texas High Plains
Carl D. Patrick
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Amarillo
Oklahoma Panhandle
New Mexico
Patrick
Rodney Rogers
Funk Lerds International
Lubbock, Texas
Exercise care with iodine in your dairy ration
Extension advisors warn against exceeding 50 mg daily EDDI in lactating cows due to milk iodine contamination and health risks. Dairy producers should audit all supplements, premixes, and protein/mineral sources to avoid FDA action and protect herd and human health.
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Robert W. Bozworth Co
Extension
Food and Drug Administration
Dick Dunham
Kansas State University
Michigan State University
FDA
Dunham
Kansas
Wean Lambs Early To Save On Feed
Sheep producers are advised to wean lambs early to cut feed costs as high prices and low forage affect ewes. Spaeth outlines daily dry matter needs during gestation and lactation, suggests ration mixes to lower costs, warns on nitrates, and emphasizes genetics and management to maximize lamb crops and market weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diane Yeamans
Clifford Spaeth
Kansas State University
Spaeth
Conservation Districts Seek Expanded Programs in Kansas
At the 36th annual Kansas Association of Conservation Districts meeting in Wichita on December 2, delegates pushed for policy changes. They urged higher state and federal support for conservation programs, tax treatment of agricultural land, research on tillage, and expanded education. They also called for exemptions from taxes on reclamation funds, equal representation on county planning commissions, and authorizations for renewable resources funding. Additional asks included easing herbicide restrictions, revising endangered species acts to protect private lands, extending prairie parkway exhibits, controlling brine dumping, and requiring agricultural impact reviews before eminent domain on farmland.
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Kansas Association of Conservation Districts
Wichita
KACD
Congress
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K-State
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Audi
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Neil Satterlee
Perrae
Onawa
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Ottawa
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