Monthly Archives: October 2000
EPA creates final TMDL rule, but opponents win 14-month delay
President signs bill barring TMDL implementation two days after EPA publishes final rule.
Buckeye Egg Farm has long history of problems
Buckeye Egg Farm gave black eye to Ohio's ag industry.
Ag easement donations offer tax advantages
If an agricultural easement is granted in perpetuity as a charitable gift, income tax and federal estate tax advantages usually accrue.
West Virginia tackles farmland preservation
The Voluntary Farmland Protection Act would permit farmers to donate or sell a "protective easement" for fair market value and still retain private ownership of the land for farming or business directly related to marketing farm products.
Reps. Krebs, Logan renew farmland preservation efforts one bill at a time
Ohio Reps. Gene Krebs and Sean Logan were unable to get a comprehensive preservation bill passed last year, but they're back with seven separate bills that comprise the basics of a new comprehensive package.
Ohio plans to seize assets of egg farm
Just in case Buckeye Egg has hatched any plans to abandon its mega egg production facilities in Ohio, the Ohio attorney general's office has asked the local court to seize the Ohio assets of both the company and its principal owner.
ODNR is seeing the forest for the trees
Low-impact logging technology has made its way into Ohio and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources wants it to become the way of the future for Ohio woodland owners.
More preservation efforts under way in Ohio
Look for more legislation dealing with farmland preservation issues to be introduced this session.
Medina County in thick of PDR controversy
The future remains uncertain for a one-quarter percent sales tax earmarked for acquisition of agricultural and conservation easements for farmland preservation in Medina County.
Ag groups tend to back preservation
While questions remain about the seven-bill farmland preservation package to be introduced by state Reps. Gene Krebs and Sean Logan, Ohio agriculture organizations are generally supportive.
