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Crop Insurance

Protect Your Hay Production with Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Crop Insurance

Crop Growers Crop Insurance

Are you a livestock or hay producer concerned about unpredictable weather affecting your forage production? Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) insurance is an important risk management tool to protect your operation from insufficient precipitation (rainfall, snow, etc.), offering flexible coverage levels and automatic claims processing.

September 17, 2026

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Latest Tax Talk

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Tax Talks
Proactive Strategies for Business Success: Tax planning early and often

When people think of taxes, they typically think of their annual return. However, to best manage tax liabilities and optimize tax credits, tax planning should be an ongoing process. Even more so, over the past few years, several states in the Northeast, namely New York, have unprecedented tax incentive programs for businesses. 


September 15, 2026

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Tax Talks
One Big Beautiful Bill’s Impact on Northeast Agriculture: Individual Tax Changes

President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) into law over the July 4th holiday. In addition to the extension of the current individual tax rates, today’s blog, the second in a multi-part series will focus on some of the key individual provisions.

July 08, 2025

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Tax Talks
One Big Beautiful Bill’s Impact on Northeast Agriculture: Business Tax Changes

The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) was signed into law over the July 4th holiday. The legislation, which passed the House on a 218-214 vote, generally extends, and in some cases amplifies, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for farmers. Today's blog is the first in a multi-part series explaining significant changes to agricultural safety net programs included in the bill.

July 07, 2025

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Tax Talks
Tax Considerations for Crop Insurance Indemnities

Many parts of the Northeast have faced a challenging planting season with wet weather and cool temperatures; now as summer kicks off, many are seeing significant stretches of above average temperatures. Given these recent extremes in weather conditions, a review of the tax implications of various crop insurance programs is warranted. 

July 02, 2025

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Tax Talks
State Spotlight: Maine Dirigo Business Incentives

In today's Tax Talks, learn more about the Maine Dirigo Business Incentives program. The program offers significant tax savings for certain qualified businesses in the state of Maine.

May 29, 2025

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