Ag-Visors

Let’s switch gears this article and talk equine. I have been getting a few calls about floating horse’s teeth lately – or to smooth or contour your horse's teeth with a file (called a "float").

Because state governments are hard pressed for revenue, state tax authorities are getting more aggressive in audits, and this has an impact on the horse and ranching industries. In a new case, the Minnesota Tax Court ruled against the taxpayers who operated a horse and cattle ranch.

It has been an interesting year in the cattle business. Record winter temperatures followed by a long, cool spring, then several weeks of hot, dry weather, reminding us we are not out of drought conditions yet. Those of us who were able to get to the fields between showers this spring have plenty of hay; some of us were not so lucky. But, even with recent dry conditions, cattle ranchers are sitting pretty with cattle prices still in record territory, and grain and hay prices going down. But, we cannot sit back and relax. Now is the perfect time to better our herds so that come spring, we are in an even better market position. I am talking about culling our herds.