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Post by Darin on Aug 14, 2017 11:54:28 GMT -5
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 14, 2017 12:09:03 GMT -5
I think that people in Pittsylvania County are not thinking about political correctness uppermost in their minds. Happy for the guy. 2000 acres in Virginia is a huge investment.
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Post by puffy on Aug 14, 2017 12:38:18 GMT -5
I grew up among tobacco farmers.Great people of integrity.Much of my moral character comes from what they taught me.As a youngster I worked in tobacco fields it's very hard work.Especially the way it had to be done back in those days.It's hard for tobacco farmers to get help these days.Not to many folks want to work that hard.My congratulations to him.And thanks for posting it...One final note..Back in those days tobacco use was very common.Folks were judged by their character not whether or not they smoked..In some ways the past was better.
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Post by trailboss on Aug 14, 2017 13:27:40 GMT -5
I think that people in Pittsylvania County are not thinking about political correctness uppermost in their minds. Happy for the guy. 2000 acres in Virginia is a huge investment. Hopefully they have a different structure for farmers. I visited my sis in law that lived in Leesburg, taxes were killing them...no farming but their home on 11 aces constantly went up in taxes to a ridiculous level...they cut their losses and moved across the border to West Va. The guy in the article is smart to diversify his operation. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Aug 14, 2017 13:47:22 GMT -5
I think that people in Pittsylvania County are not thinking about political correctness uppermost in their minds. Happy for the guy. 2000 acres in Virginia is a huge investment. Hopefully they have a different structure for farmers. I visited my sis in law that lived in Leesburg, taxes were killing them...no farming but their home on 11 aces constantly went up in taxes to a ridiculous level...they cut their losses and moved across the border to West Va. The guy in the article is smart to diversify his operation. In Texas everyone who owns more than a few acres tries to get some kind of agricultural exemption. Taxes will kill you without it. Some keep "pet" longhorns, pygmy goats, or let it go a call it a tree farm. As long as you sell something every so often. Usually the cattle expenses are as much or more than the taxes worth be, but at least you can eat them. I am sure his taxes are significantly reduced by the farming. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2017 14:06:23 GMT -5
Hopefully they have a different structure for farmers. I visited my sis in law that lived in Leesburg, taxes were killing them...no farming but their home on 11 aces constantly went up in taxes to a ridiculous level...they cut their losses and moved across the border to West Va. The guy in the article is smart to diversify his operation. In Texas everyone who owns more than a few acres tries to get some kind of agricultural exemption. Taxes will kill you without it. Some keep "pet" longhorns, pygmy goats, or let it go a call it a tree farm. As long as you sell something every so often. Usually the cattle expenses are as much or more than the taxes worth be, but at least you can eat them. I am sure his taxes are significantly reduced by the farming. We own a couple acres in Nevada. Taxes have been 15.80 a year for fifteen years... at least |
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Post by Darin on Aug 14, 2017 18:37:57 GMT -5
Back in Illinois, we have a family farm that goes back several generations. If it weren't for the house being rented and the land share-cropped it would be a burden. No one wants to farm anymore. Without getting too politico, let's just say that the big "M" was a 4 letter word around our house.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Aug 15, 2017 9:10:36 GMT -5
In Pocahontas Co. WV the taxes on your property is based on the price you paid for the land (which is ridiculous right now because everyone used to want to have vacation homes out there, the bottom has dropped out of the market but the people selling property haven't figured that out yet) but if you farm your taxes are much better. You simply have to make $1000 "farming" in order to get the farm tax break. So a lot of people with "farms" either harvest hay and sell it or let cattle farmers pasture their herd on the land for $1000 a year.
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Post by toshtego on Aug 15, 2017 10:13:01 GMT -5
I think that people in Pittsylvania County are not thinking about political correctness uppermost in their minds. Happy for the guy. 2000 acres in Virginia is a huge investment. Hopefully they have a different structure for farmers. I visited my sis in law that lived in Leesburg, taxes were killing them...no farming but their home on 11 aces constantly went up in taxes to a ridiculous level...they cut their losses and moved across the border to West Va. The guy in the article is smart to diversify his operation. In the early 1980s, I lived not far from Leesburg. Dranesville was my habitat. A small cedar shiplap house on a stone foundation next to a 60 acre woodlot located on "Utterback Store Road". What would anyone bet that neither is still there? Anyway, nothing is so pretty as a field of leafy tobacco plants. |
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