Kentucky establishes tax credit limits for sellers of agricultural assets to new farmers.

Dairy farmer Ray Dimon told the Montgomery County Legislature that local lawsuits and online criticism are harming farmers and urged lawmakers to include landowners in discussions about solar projects and land use. He said solar panels could help struggling farms, but warned of economic and social pressures on dairy operations.

Learn what farm economics is, its importance, and scope. Understand how economics helps farmers make better production and farm management decisions.

Learn what farm economics is, its importance, and scope. Understand how economics helps farmers make better production and farm management decisions.

Sen. Tom Brandt’s LB814 would lower the assessed percentage for agricultural land from 75% to 50%, a move proponents say will ease property-tax pressure on farmers but opponents — counties, schools and ESUs — say would shift costs to other taxpayers and strain local services without additional state aid.

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Agricultural Commissioner Karen Bell presented the 2025 Ventura County Crop & Livestock Report, which shows $2.4 billion in gross revenue but rising input costs that left several major crops operating at little or no profit; the Board received and filed the report.

The House Ways & Means Committee on May 28 approved the Senate's amendment to H942, directing the Department of Taxes to study whether equine farming should qualify for the state's current-use (use-value) appraisal program and advancing changes to retail-pricing enforcement, including new rules for electronic shelf labels and an exemption for convenience stores from unit-pricing.