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Crop Budgets UpdatedTrack revenue and costs for 13 crops and 50 cropping systems using the 2012 Nebraska crop budget and energy conversion worksheets. This publication also contains tables of power, machinery, labor, and input costs used to develop the budgets. Budget PageNegotiating 2012 Cash Rents for CroplandFirming up 2012 cash rental rates is on the minds of many landowners and tenants these days. Coming off a very strong income year in 2011, it looks like cash rents for this year are moving higher. How much higher, though, is the big question. We really can’t answer that until early March when we have the results from our UNL Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey. For now, we can offer a few suggestions that both tenants and landowners might want to consider. More»
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In 2007, the Nebraska Unicameral authorized Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) located in the Republican River Basin to impose two new taxes to pay for water management activities associated with Republican River Compact compliance. The taxes were intended to pay for NRD bonds to finance needed Republican River water management activities. One tax was a general property tax levy of up to ten cents, and the second an occupation tax of up to $10/acre, levied only against irrigated land. This article reviews the lawsuits associated with these two NRD water management taxes. |
