taxes

SwineCast 0589 Show Notes:

• Iowa State's Agricultural Law and Taxation Specialist Roger McEowen discusses several tax issues which must be acted on soon for greatest impact in this conversation with Eric Atkinson.

The Year of Pigs is going strong at the Indiana State Fair. Mike Platt, Executive Director of the Indiana Pork Producers Association, shares how innovative product promotion efforts are paying off in Indiana.

SwineCast 0573 Show Notes:

• Estate taxes are in limbo as American Farm Bureau Federation Tax Policy Specialist Pat Wolff explains.  Yes, we may still see action but if not, the tax clock roles back ten years come January 1.  You need to talk to your congressman because you really don't want that to happen.

SwineCast 0531 Show Notes:

• Roger McEowen of Iowa State's Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation looks at key provisions of what was the Health Care Bill and is now law.  He talks with Eric Atkinson.

SwineCast 0312 Show Notes:

• What's behind what's up with weather
• Tax provisions in the new farm bill you need to know from Iowa State's Roger McEowen
  
• Don Tyler's suggestions for finding employees that work for you

     I was hanging around some beef guys last week and I have to say, it was a great time.  The people involved in animal production in this country (and around the world that I have traveled) are some of the most genuine, thoughtful, fun-loving and creative human beings I have ever met.  A lot of them are suffering now of course both financially and psychically as they face the daunting uncertainty of low prices and record input costs.

     One of the guys I was talking to reacted genuinely surprised and intrigued when I shared with him the inevitability of his business shrinking over the next 10 years.  I told him he had to read a little bit wider than his trade magazines if he wanted to see the future more clearly. 

SwineCast 0205 Show Notes:

• Link to leadership at FastCompany.com
• Sow Housing Forum in Des Moines on Wed. June 6
• Phosphorus diet study underway at the University of Manitoba
• Tax issues you need to be aware of which passed with the defense spending bill