 neowulf
join:2000-10-20
Port Orange, FL | reply to fifty nine
Re: The Holy one will provide You said that much better then myself thanks.
That is pretty much exactly how it is on my 110 acres in West Virgina. We also do not take part in the farm credit as we use it for hunting. The Electricity is provided by a member owned cooperative, which was also how I got my power down in the Florida Keys. Back in the days the Florida Keys were considered rural also and had no broadband, since I have left the keys seems like there is broadband down there now, and I doubt it has anything to do with subsidies.
Pretty much small family owned farms do not see any of the subsidies this guy is talking about. The most I hear the average farmer gets is a farm tax credit on the land that is used to farm on their real estate taxes. They still pay normal taxes on their homes. That is why there is less and less small farms every year.
Not only would you have to worry about bad food from China. The cost of food would also increase more then any subsidies are taking away from you from taxes.
But then again subsidies have nothing to do with broadband in the first place... |
| In NJ if you sell at least $500 of agricultural products and have at least 5 acres you can qualify for farm assessment on your property.
It isn't all that much, but often is the only thing keeping farmers from selling their land to developers.
It is the same as WV - you pay the farm rate on the farm assessed land, your house is still charged at the regular rate.
The teachers union doesn't like it too much, but who cares. |
