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EDITORIAL: Tax exemption for farmers needs some work
2014-12-30 09:34:48| Agriculture - Topix.net
B ack in 2012, the Georgia General Assembly tried to do a good deed for Georgia farmers and boost the state's economy, which was struggling to emerge from a deep recession. Lawmakers passed House Bill 386, which, among other things, included the Georgia Agriculture Tax Exemption, which broadened the sales tax exemptions for the agriculture industry on equipment and business inputs such as seed, fertilizers, feed and more.
Permit levels could make good irrigation targets for farmers
2014-12-18 11:46:13| Waste Management - Topix.net
Those are the maximum amounts of irrigation water growers can apply 18 inches for cotton, corn, soybeans and grain sorghum and 36 inches for rice under the irrigation well permits granted them by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. "I remember asking last year how many acre inches we can apply to corn, cotton and soybeans, and none of us knew," says Jason Krutz, irrigation specialist with Mississippi State University and a speaker at the Mississippi Delta Irrigation Summit held at Stoneville, Miss., Dec. 10. "That number is 18, and rice is 36." Krutz said few producers have probably looked for that number and few cared until now even though the amounts are specified on the well permits.
US Farmers Welcome Normalisation of Relations with Cuba
2014-12-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson applauded the Obama administration on the important steps announced 17 December to normalise relations between the United States and Cuba.
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Improving Prospects Forecast for Australian Pig Farmers
2014-12-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
AUSTRALIA - The latest forecast for 2014-15 suggests an improving picture for the country's pig producers as both output and pig prices are on upward trends.
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Tree Top appoints Dairy Farmers of America's Gomes CEO
2014-12-15 12:56:20| Food - Topix.net
The co-op said Gomes will take the role on 5 January, replacing Tom Stokes, who announced plans to retire a year ago. Since 2008, Gomes has been COO for Dairy Farmers of America's global dairy products group.
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