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I thought it was about cheating the appraisal district out of property taxes by pretending to be a cattleman.Beef11":3nnumkl5 said:This discussion is about appeasing goverment officals involving private land.
I thought it was about cheating the appraisal district out of property taxes by pretending to be a cattleman.Beef11":3nnumkl5 said:This discussion is about appeasing goverment officals involving private land.
I thought it was about cheating the appraisal district out of property taxes by pretending to be a cattleman.
Texan":3jchdevx said:I thought it was about cheating the appraisal district out of property taxes by pretending to be a cattleman.Beef11":3jchdevx said:This discussion is about appeasing goverment officals involving private land.
lseger":g9detqv6 said:My husband and I recently bought a 10 acre farm that we plan to use principally as a goat dairy, however to maintain our ag exemption we are going to have to get six cows on the land by January.
We have the necessary infrastructure - barns, fences, cross fences, chutes...everything. The previous owners kept cows for the same reason. We already made our first mistake in not buying those cows with the land, are now trying to remedy that.
We need a little advice on how to buy our first six. Please understand that we are doing as much research as we can as fast as we can about raising cows, but any advice would be welcome. I am going to read a zillion of these posts, as well as a few books - I just thought this would be a good place to seek help from others who were thrust into cattle a little before they were prepared.
Any advice on whether to go to sale barns, get 6 from one breeder, get bred cows or steers, etc.would be much appreciated.
Texan":29gz753o said:I thought it was about cheating the appraisal district out of property taxes by pretending to be a cattleman.Beef11":29gz753o said:This discussion is about appeasing goverment officals involving private land.
aplusmnt":2xzxkajo said:Do you loose the exemption forever? Or just the year that you are not maintaining it for Agriculture purposes? And next year when you get your Dairy Goats running you will get the exemption back?
If it is just an exemption lost for one year then you might just pay the higher taxes for that year and get the exemption when you are legally Tax exempt.
If you must buy 6 head I would buy some small calves that will eat less, since you will not have much grass to support 6 head. Or the goats like someone mentioned if your fences are ready for them.
eric":2s3z9yzy said:Actually, it it a much stiffer penalty than that. If they disqualify you from ag exemption, then they can roll back the taxes to the last yr it was exempt and charge you for all the previous yrs taxes in which you claimed an exemption and didnt qualify.
rgv":3k7ooq5c said:That kind of stocking rate on 10 acres makes no sense.
Why would they require such heavy stocking rates?
RGV
3MR":3w4tn0wc said:WOW- that doesnt sound fair either.
Many commercial organic vegetable farms are only 10 or 15 acres.
I understand wanting to keep people honest, but in my opinion requiring that many head on 10 acres is a disaster waiting to happen. How many of those 10 acres is actually pasture?
Maybe you could get a few grass calves from a dairy man cheap.
aplusmnt":3p2co0pz said:3MR":3p2co0pz said:WOW- that doesnt sound fair either.
Many commercial organic vegetable farms are only 10 or 15 acres.
I understand wanting to keep people honest, but in my opinion requiring that many head on 10 acres is a disaster waiting to happen. How many of those 10 acres is actually pasture?
Maybe you could get a few grass calves from a dairy man cheap.
I know nothing about their laws but wonder if it is a head of cattle requirement. Not so many head per 10 acres? Meaning if you must have 10 head to be considered tax exempt they are not saying how many acres just how many head it takes to be considered Ag exempt. One head on hundred acres might not be Ag exempt if all you have it for is your own consumption.
If the law is 10 head and you are trying to squeeze them in on ten acres that would not be the Lawmakers fault.
Surely some Texas individual knows what the law is for being Ag exempt?
lseger":3r1hw3a3 said:I know our grass is mainly bermuda. I don't know anything about how that grows here in the winter - but would assume it's fairly dormant.