The state of Louisiana recently passed an amendment to existing dealer protection statutes aimed at strengthening dealers’ positions when it comes to incentive bonuses and “coerced” stocking of parts and equipment.
Governor Scott Walker has approved new rules for moving farm equipment on Wisconsin highways. Walker signed the "Implements of Husbandry" bill Wednesday.
Farm equipment dealers have more shipping options under a bill passed by senators April 10. LB1039, introduced by Fullerton Sen. Annette Dubas, allows farm equipment dealers to designate commercial haulers as their agents when moving their equipment. Haulers are required to carry documentation signed by the dealers identifying them as dealer representatives.
The bill, authored by state Rep. Keith Ripp, R-Lodi, and state Sen. Jerry Petrowski, R-Marathon, extends weight limits from a maximum single axle weight of 20,000 pounds to 23,000 and the maximum gross vehicle weight would go from 80,000 to 92,000 pounds.
The snow is starting to melt; the days of the current legislative session are winding down; and farmers are thinking of getting into their fields. But there are a couple of other things most likely on their minds, things like getting manure storage facilities emptied and those portable scales that about half a dozen counties have ordered.
The Nebraska Legislature advanced a bill Friday on a 44-0 vote to exempt from Nebraska sales tax repair or replacement parts for agricultural machinery and equipment.
I'm stepping outside of my realm of ag equipment here, and I'm probably not telling you anything you don't already know. But the biggest problem with the U.S. Farm Bill is that it doesn't have enough "farm" in it.
The 2008 Farm Bill expired this week, a move that was not unexpected by many in the industry, an Ohio State University farm policy expert said. It's not surprising the 2012 Farm Bill didn't pass before the current farm bill expired in such a politically divided Congress, which in turn reflects a divided country and a divided farm bill constituency, said Carl Zulauf, an agricultural economics professor at Ohio State and a farm policy expert.
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