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Farm Taxes Would Skyrocket Without Stepped-Up Basis
from AFBF
A proposal to eliminate the stepped-up basis in agriculture would have a costly impact. Chad Smith has more on how elimination would impact farmers and ranchers.
Smith: Tax policy is important in helping farmers pass their operations on to future generations. John Newton, chief economist for the American Farm Bureau
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Fighting for Agriculture
Stepping on Stepped-up Basis Has Big Consequences
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Driving Ag Education at Good Hope Farm
from NCDA&CS
Every Friday on social media, we post a Farm Feature Friday showcasing one of our dedicated North Carolina farmers. Erin Crouse and Sarah Justice with Good Hope Farms are inspiring community members to become farmers themselves. The #FarmFeatureFriday campaign will run through December 2021 on our
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Regional Agronomists provide April crop updates
from NCDA&CS
With a long, wet winter and now Easter behind us, field work and land preparation for the 2021 crop is in full swing. With the soils drying out over the past week, many acres have been tilled and/or burndown herbicides have been applied to row crop
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April brings the start of nursery inspection season
from NCDA&CS
April Bauder, NCDA&CS Central Region Field Certification Specialist, looks over a discolored leaf during a nursery inspection.
Spring is upon us, and with it comes the start of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ nursery inspection season.
Inspections began formally on April 1, and are
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