Infrastructure

Sweeping tax changes for Ag are included in the Democrats’ massive social spending bill, which could soon be headed to the House floor. Supporters of farm country said this week the best news for agriculture is that House Democrats dropped the president’s plan to impose a capital gains tax on producers at death. The idea ...

The Columbia Basin Development League, along with the Washington Congressional Delegation, continue to push for water infrastructure improvements. CBDL Communications/Projects Specialist Katlyn Straub said they've been pleased with the progress. ...

The U.S. Senate passed the bipartisan infrastructure package that contains several important investments for agriculture. Several U.S. agricultural groups reacted positively to the news. American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall said, “We appreciate the Senate for working together to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The ...

According to livestock market economist Dr. Derrell Pee, feedlots are only a few weeks away from being current on fed cattle supplies. “In the near term, yes, I think we moved a lot of cattle. The marketing's in the last two Cattle on Feed reports have been very impressive. We r ...

Lawmakers in D.C. continue to discuss spending proposals into the billions of dollars, and some even into the trillions. And while details have yet to be ironed out, many of the funding proposals include an increase in estate taxes and capital gains taxes ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says President Biden’s proposed new capital gains tax at death would be devastating for cattle producers. NCBA’s Danielle Beck said the taxes proposed to pay for massive infrastructure and social spending “threaten the viability” of family farming and cattle operations,  especially a new tax on capital gains at death that ends the ‘stepped-up basis’. “Tha

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rural America's infrastructure needs some significant improvements. Rod Bain has more. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

Senate Republicans are pressing for an ‘infrastructure-only’ bill in a bid to vastly downsize the president’s more than $2 trillion package that they say goes beyond traditional infrastructure. Republicans said President Biden could score a ‘win,’ if his infrastructure, plan included just roads, bridges, waterways, ports and broadband, funded with user fees. “We’re going to have to c ... Read Mor

President Biden says his infrastructure plan will focus on repairing, replacing, upgrading the country's roads, bridges, ports, airports, and waterways. "It makes it easier and more efficient to move good, and to make us more competitive around the world ...

Incase tending to the 2021 crop is not enough, Washington wheat growers have a lot of their plat in both Olympia and D.C. these days. Michelle Hennings, Executive Director of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers says one of the most pressing issues they’re watching in the virtual session Senate Bill 5172, which looks at requiring overtime pay once farm workers pass 40 hours a week. She ..