Ozarks Farm & Neighbor Newspaper – written for, by & about farmers

It’s not very often that a legal question can be answered with specificity and certainty. So when I was asked if there was a list of items that qualified for the state sales tax exemption for agricultural purposes, I was prepared to sift through tons of research. Fortunately for us, the State Legislature did us a favor by listing these exemptions in a few statutes.

It’s a warm summer day and you’re at the stadium watching your favorite minor-league baseball team take on a division rival. If your team is having a good season, the game may be a sell-out, and the stadium would be at full capacity. If your team is in last place and known more for errors than home runs, then the attendance would probably not approach the stadium’s capacity.

Name:  Jennifer Detter
Family:  Dorothy and Ken Detter, two sisters Katherine and Elizabeth
School / 4-H Club:  Homespun 4-H Home schooling group
4-H Leader: Dorothy Detter

Name: Alan Mahan

Warren Welding, Inc.

It's garden season! To recap my garden adventures last year: I started the growing season of 2007 with the idea of planting my great-grandmother’s heirloom tomatoes, but was unsuccessful at getting seeds to start. So instead I planted a few baby tomato plants in a small garden in my backyard. Again, unsuccessful. A disease, or maybe too much nitrogen in the soil, left my tomato plants deformed and bearing no fruit. But, abiding by the “if at first you don’t succeed” idea, I am really excited for my very large garden project this summer. I am one of the managers of my church’s garden program we've started this spring.