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Sep 15, 2023
Our new law bulletin series on "Structuring Your Farm Business" will help answer your business entity questions. We explain different types of entities, their tax and liability characteristics, Farm Service Agency program issues, using multiple entities in an operation, and how to start and manage an entity. Find the new series in our Farm Office Business Law Library.
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Aug 29, 2023
Learn how continued high crop prices, reasonable crop margins and relatively healthy farm balance sheets over the last 2 years have given strength to farmland markets in Barry Ward's latest Western Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents Survey summary.
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Jul 1, 2023
OSU, Iowa State, the National Agricultural Law Center, and USDA's National Agricultural Library have joined forces to offer Cultivating Connections: A Conference for Farm Transition Planners.
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Jun 9, 2023
The National Agricultural Law Center hosted another outstanding Mid-South Agricultural & Environmental Law Conference in Memphis, where OSU's Robert Moore presented strategies for dealing with long-term care needs for farmers. Check out Robert's corresponding publication, Long-Term Care and the Farm.
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May 25, 2023
Current budget analyses indicate less favorable returns for all three primary commodity crops in Ohio for 2023 but crop prices and harvest yields may change this outcome. These projections are based on our newly updated Ohio Crop Enterprise Budgets for 2023, now available at https://farmoffice.osu.edu/farm-management/enterprise-budgets.
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May 16, 2023
Do you want to know more about what's happening with Ohio solar energy development? Join us for a five-part webinar series covering trends, technology, solar leases, electric grid connection and project approval procedures, and construction and post-construction oversight and issues. Learn more and register at go.osu.edu/solarwebinars.
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May 11, 2023
OSU is partnering with Iowa State University's Center for Agricultural Law & Taxation and the National Agricultural Law Center to create an association of professionals who advise farmers on succession and transition planning.The inaugural conference on August 7 and 8, 2023 will bring together attorneys, tax specialists, and other farm transition experts for learning, networking, and idea sharing.Visit this page for more information!
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Apr 6, 2023
COLUMBUS, Ohio–A new online farm management course offered by The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) will help Ohio’s beginning farmers qualify for the requirements of the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Beginning Farmer Tax Credit program. (read more)
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Mar 17, 2023
Join us April 1 for the Ohio Agritourism Conference at Blooms & Berries Farm Market and The Marmalade Lily event venue and flower farm near Loveland, Ohio. We'll spend the day learning about these successful operations and what it takes to add or expand agritourism on your farm. Registration is now open at https://go.osu.edu/agritourism.
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Mar 13, 2023
Our March Madness Edition on Friday, March 17 at noon will include quite a bracket of topics: legislative update, new postnuptial agreement law, selling timber, crop input costs and crop budget outlook, sales tax exemption issues, crop insurance update, and USDA's Emergency Relief Program. Register at go.osu.edu/farmofficelive.
