Policy, Tax, & Legal Issues

Contacts: Leon Geyer, Jim Pease, Mike Roberts

 

Recent Events

July 22 - 2008 Farm Bill videoconference

We recommend that you print out Jim Pease's materials before you view the presentation. The materials from the Jim Pease's presentation are posted below:

Farm Bill 2008 - pdf file of Jim's presentation

Farm Bill 2008 videoconference - (Windows Media Video)
This file is large (70,000KB). We recommend using a high-speed connection to access this file.

Here are links to updated information on the 2008 Farm Bill:

Updating the Farm Bill Safety Net in an Expanding Sea of Risk
An overview of the Food, Conservation and Energy
Act (FCEA) of 2008) by Wes Harris, Brad Lubben, James Novak, and Larry Sanders

National Farm Bill Training July 8-9, 2008 in KC with 90 participants from around the nation. Powerpoint(c) presentations from the conference have been posted on the National Ag. Risk Library

Dr. William Snell's tobacco economist online page

2008 Virginia Tech Income Tax School  

Virginia's Use Value Assessment Program

This page is currently under construction. Upon completion it will contain information, decision-making tools and educational materials related to the following topics:

Agricultural policy

Income taxes

Estate taxes

Contract law

Forms of Business Organization