By Rachel Cone and Nicole Rolf, Montana Farm Bureau Federation The 68th Montana Legislative Session is in full swing and the halls of the Montana Capitol are once again filled…
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New Zealand Plans to Charge Farmers for Livestock Emissions
by Colter BrownNew Zealand farmers recently gathered in towns and cities across the country to protest against the government’s plan to tax “agricultural emissions.” Reuters says the government confirmed plans to price…
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Op-Ed: CI-121 Misses the Mark, Threatens Rural Communities
by Colter Brownby JM Peck CI-121 is a ballot initiative with the goal of limiting or capping residential property taxes increases. Over the last year I have been concerned by rising inflation…
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Growing More Confident: WIPFLI’s 2022 Outlook for the Agriculture Industry
by Colter BrownBy Brad Cook – WIPFLI Agribusiness Practice Leader In 2021, agricultural producers took a double whammy: pandemic-related relief programs dried up, and about half of the contiguous U.S. experienced moderate…
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Opinion: Congress Must Follow Tester’s Lead and Protect Family Farms From Tax Increases
by Colter BrownBy Aeric Reilly, Southeastern Montana rancher. It is no secret that family farms face tremendous challenges right now. Corporate monopolies, a changing climate, rising health care costs and a…
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South Dakota Senator John Thune and Steve Daines of Montana, both members of the Senate Finance Committee say that Senate Democrats have flip-flopped on the elimination of the stepped-up basis…
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Daines Leads Fight to Protect Family Farms From Increased Tax Burden
by Colter BrownU.S. Senator Steve Daines today led all 50 Senate Republicans in urging President Biden to abandon his effort to impose a tax increase on Montana family-owned businesses, farms, and ranches.…
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The number of farms and ranches paying more in taxes would be dramatically higher if proposed tax code changes affecting agriculture become reality. The changes to the tax code that…
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Biden Plan to Exempt Farms from Elimination of Capital Gains Tax Breaks
by Colter BrownIn a joint address to Congress on Wednesday night, President Biden lobbied for some big spending proposals for infrastructure, education, social services and healthcare. To pay for his wish list,…
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Farm Bureau Opposes Elimination of Stepped-Up Basis and New Capital Gains Taxes at Death
by Colter BrownThe American Farm Bureau Federation is speaking out against the recent proposals by several lawmakers to tax unrealized capital gains at death and roll back the stepped-up basis on those…