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Are We Headed For A Farmland Crash?
2013-04-02 16:37:55| Beef
Land -- God isnt making any more of it. And, with other investment opportunities lacking, farmers, ranchers, and plenty of people outside of agriculture, continue to eagerly invest in this precious asset. The result has been extremely high and growing land prices. Could we be headed for a crash? BEEF Daily read more
Tests Will Use Slag To Desalt Soil In Tsunami-Hit Farmland
2013-03-09 04:22:42| Steel - Topix.net
Slag, a byproduct of steelmaking, will be used to cleanse farmland of salt deposited by the tsunami that followed the massive 2011 earthquake, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.
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Tax Tips: Farm Tax, Farmland Sales Affected by Fiscal Cliff Legislation
2013-02-07 22:38:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Illinois farmdocDaily Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) on Jan. 1, 2013 and with President Obama's signature the following day, ATRA ushered in broad new tax laws for 2013 onward. While ATRA's tax changes are extensive and many of these changes will affect farmers, this article will point out the changes that may have the most impact on the farmer's income tax bill. read more
Solar development absorbing California farmland
2013-02-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: There's a land rush of sorts going on across the nation's most productive farming region, but these buyers don't want to grow crops. They want to plant solar farms. With California mandating that 33 percent of electricity be generated from renewables by the end of the decade, there are 227 proposed solar projects in the pipeline statewide. Coupled with wind and other renewables they would generate enough electricity to meet 100 percent of California's power needs on an average summer day, the...
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Fracking and Farmland
2013-01-24 14:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) has launched new webpages, Fracking and Farmland: Stories from the Field, that provide the personal stories of farmers concerned about Ohios booming fracking industry and illustrations of how oil and gas extraction could impact Ohios food producers. High-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as "fracking," is a method of oil and gas extraction that injects millions of gallons of water laced with toxic chemicals and...
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