Bob Stallman Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, issued the following statement regarding the passage of the tax extenders bill. “Passage of H.R. 5771 means farmers and ranchers are…
Congress Passes Key Tax Extenders Legislation
…McCan, a cattleman from Victoria, Texas. “This tax extenders package encourages economic growth and provides greater certainty in the tax code.” Kent Bacus, director of legislative affairs for NCBA, said…
Citrus Industry This Week: IMG Citrus Investments; Grower Tax Cuts
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week from Florida includes reports on IMG Citrus investing in groves and a packinghouse as well as details on newly announced citrus grower tax…
USDA, Partners Usher In a New Era In Conservation
…6.1 million direct jobs, $80 billion in federal, state, and local tax revenue, and $646 billion in spending each year. The RCPP has three funding pools: 35 percent of total…
2014 Conservation Easement Applications for Agricultural Lands Due June 6
…tax rolls. The ACEP combines the conservation purposes of NRCS’ former Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, Grassland Reserve Program, and and Wetlands Reserve Program. Learn more about ACEP by…
House and Senate Tax Leaders Pursuing Conflicting Tracts on Tax Breaks
Pat Wolff American Farm Bureau Federation’s tax and budget specialist House and Senate tax leaders are pursuing conflicting tracts on tax breaks and reform making it less likely major tax…
AFBF on Obama’s State of the Union Address
…taxed under IRS provisions which affect individual taxpayers. Any tax reform proposal that fails to include the individual tax code will not help but would likely hurt our nation’s farmers…
Meeting on Mitigating Drought
…the economics of supplementation, managing animal health, making culling decisions as well as the tax and insurance components related to drought. The meeting will be held at the UC Sierra…
Ross on Farms and Food Banks
…year donated more than 4 million pounds of berries to food banks. She says legislation passed last year creates a state tax credit for 10 percent of the inventoried value…
Statement by Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation President, On Farm Bill Expiration
…budget process in order, get our national economy back on track and move forward on legislation important to agriculture, such as the farm bill, immigration and tax reform and waterways…
Judge Says Water Right Fee is Invalid
…for taxes,” CFBF Associate Counsel Carl Borden said. “The water right fee is simply an illegal tax.” In his proposed decision, Judge Cadei said he would schedule a hearing to…
Health Insurance Tax and Small Business
A member of the American Farm Bureau federation speaks out against the Health Insurance Tax. Sabrina Hill has more. Click to open or download audio report. The Health Insurance Tax…
AFBF: Heath Tax and Small Farms
The Health Insurance Tax will hurt small business employees the hardest, according to New York Farm Bureau President and dairy owner Dean Norton. Norton, a member of the American Farm…
AgNeTVideo: Trefethen Solar Project
…are really interesting to me because they make sense in terms of protecting the environment, but they also make economic sense. With the tax credits from the state and federal…