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December 31, 2010 – Date to Make Taxable Gifts
With the expected large increase in gift and estate tax rates for 2011, December 31, 2010 is the key date to make any large taxable gifts. Currently, the maximum gift tax rate is 35% and it will rise on January 1, 2011 to 55%. There is no estate tax for 2010, but in 2011, the […]
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Begin to Lock in 2011 and 2012 profits?
As corn starts to exceed $5 in price and pricing can be locked in 2011 or even 2012 crops, have you checked your budgets for those years. If you have and are able to lock in your major input prices such as fertilizer and diesel, you should be looking at making $250 per acre or […]
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Some Interesting Wheat Production Facts
Kansas State University has a site called ag manager info and there is always some interesting tidbits that they have on the site. They recently posted an article on the world wheat market supply and demand trends. I thought I would recap the article with what I found interesting. For the current year, total acres […]
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Greetings from Omaha
I have been in Omaha all week on business and have not had much time to write a post or two. Most of the corn is planted here and for all week it has been raining on and off. This will help get the corn up, but may delay the bean planting. I have noticed […]
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Hog Odors Raise a Stink
For those people living in rural areas, the smells associated with hogs, cows, etc. can be a nuisance. Usually most people grin and bear it, however, there are many times when they try to do something about it. The High Plains Midwest Ag Journal recently reported on a civil trial filed in Kansas City regarding […]
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Corporate Farms in Africa
In the latest issue of Business Week magazine is a very good article on the farm land rush that is occurring in Africa and other under-developed countries around the world. There are many issues surrounding these investments in third word farming enterprises. Although it may provide jobs for these people, it also is disturbing the […]
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Comments, Comments, Comments
Important Message to Readers In the last few days, it has become apparent that I was not setting up the comments section for my postings. In most cases, this probably means that you were either unable to make a comment or could not find where to comment or it was just too confusing to post […]