One of the most discouraging events on a farm is the untimely death of an animal. Whether it’s a humble chicken or a favorite horse, the landowner...
Owning Land
Do you own land? Learn the benefits and challenges of owning land including tax benefits, conservation, leasing, easements, income opportunities and maintenance. Get land smart!
We’ve been in the time of hay for more than a month. This is the hot center cut of summer, that slab of days when each breath breaks a sweat.
As I write this at the end of the first week in June, the cost estimates to clean up the BP oil-blowout and compensate for damage are over...
I have nothing but respect and affection for state crews who maintain public roads, summer and winter. I don’t feel the same toward certain road...
I am a nonpoint-source (NPS) polluter. Everyone I know -- and everyone I see around here, everyone -- is just like me.
Over the years, I’ve become less enthusiastic about conservation easements as they apply to timberland.
A number of timberland owners now find themselves in a pickle like this: They need to get some cash out of their timberland, but don’t want to...
You may have heard something about BCAP (pronounced, bee-cap). BCAP stands for Biomass Crop Assistance Program.
USDA released its 2010 farm income forecasts last week. While net farm income is expected to be $63 billion in 2010, up almost 12 percent ($6.7...
Rural counties largely depend on the property tax to finance their activities. Taxing real estate for local government is a legacy from the days when...