Something to consider, they pay little in income tax because they buy stuff and write it off. A lot of that money goes to support the local salary stiff that provides new equipment, trucks, seed, maintenance, etc. in turn helping to put food on their table. However, the farm subsidy program is...
Section lines are absolutely NOT public land. The ND century code deems them public highway, which allows public access for 33' on either side of the line. In no way shape or form are they publicly owned land.
They buy at live spot price, they pull it up for you when you walk in. Don't recall what market they are using but it was within a few dollars of what I could look up. A few dollars higher than I was expecting.
I bought an ounce 15 years ago for around $800. Finally sold it the other day for $2233. Thats roughly 7% gains. That same $800 in my 401k would have been worth about $3300 with my current 10 year average return at 10%. However, I could have sold it a few years ago for just under $2k which would...
I think the funnest times hunting with my kids was watching them eat a ton of junk food, drinking hot chocalate I packed in and taking naps on a sunny hillside while I glassed.
Federal tax credits. They aren't tax deductions, straight cash per megawatt produced. I'm not sure what solar gets but wind was $28 per megawatt a few years ago.