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Texas Crop Weather Online Survey Texas Crop Weather Survey Background Information and Instructions The Weekly Crop-Weather Survey is intended to provide current information on crop progress during the growing season, crop and pasture….
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The cash grain prices found in this data set are Thursday prices provided by participating elevators in each specific region. These series contain less price history since collection began in 2000. Prices in the basis data are an average….
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Feeder cattle auctions uneven; futures mixed. Formula.
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The Texas Poultry Federation represents more than 1,250 egg and chicken farmers across the Lone Star state.
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USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Information. NASS publications cover a wide range of subjects, from traditional crops, such as corn and wheat, to specialties, such as mushrooms and flowers; from calves born to hogs….
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act limited Section 1031 like-kind exchanges to real property only. Equipment trade-ins now produce a sale-and-purchase rather than a deferred exchange — meaning the trade-in value is taxable gain in the year of trade. Many producers and their accountants still treat trades the old way.
The tax difference can be six figures on a major equipment turnover year, fully due in the year of trade rather than spread across depreciation. Cash planning has to account for the full year's exposure.
Department of Labor housing inspections for H-2A worker housing most commonly cite three issues: insufficient toilet/shower ratios for occupancy, kitchen ventilation that does not meet airflow standards, and pest-control records that are missing or stale. Each has a clear, inexpensive remedy if caught before the inspection.
Housing failures can suspend H-2A approval mid-season, leaving crops in the field without labor. Pre-season inspection is cheap; emergency remediation in July is not.
Programs like CRP, EQIP, and CSP require continued maintenance of the baseline conservation practices that earned the payment. Cessation of the practice — or implementing a different practice without an approved modification — can trigger payment refund and program ineligibility for the contract balance.
Refunds plus interest can exceed the value of the practice abandoned. The exit cost is the calculation that should drive the entry decision.
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