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Volume 57 • Issue 18
Saturday, May 4, 2019 The
Global
Race to
5G is On
By Amanda Radke
for Tri-State Livestock News
On April 12, President Don-
ald Trump and the Federal
Communications Commis-
sion (FCC) announced new
initiatives to launch 5G net-
work growth throughout both
urban and rural areas across
“Secure 5G networks will
the United States.
absolutely be a vital link to
America’s prosperity and na-
tional security in the 21st cen-
tury,” said President Trump.
“5G will be as much as 100
times faster than the cur-rent
4G cellular networks. It will
work, learn, communicate and
travel. It will make American
farms more productive, Amer-
ican manufacturers more
competitive, and American
healthcare better and more
Rural Nebraskans might feel like they are doing more than their fair share when it comes to funding education. Currently with
high ag land values across the state, 85 percent of state aid goes to non-agricultural areas and 15 percent is distributed across transform the way our citizens
Unsustainable? 6 year
In the April 12 press confer-
accessible.”
ence, Trump vowed to outcom-
the board to all school districts, according to a UNL study. Photo by Deanna Nelson-Licking
- See 5G networks on Page A12 -
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anniversary:
Pautre fire
In Nebraska, ag property taxes support much
In Nebraska, ag property taxes supp
In Nebraska in 2017, 42,502
In Nebraska in 2017, 42,502
victims still not
data) The twenty year average is farmers paid $686.5 million dol-
victims still not
lars in property taxes. On a per-
150 percent, the ten year average lars in property taxes. On a per-
United States average (1950-2017
United States average (1950-2017
compensated
that breaks down to
compensated
farm basis, that breaks down to
average
By Deanna Nelson-Licking
i
By Deanna Nelson-Licking data). The twenty year average is farmers paid $686.5 million dol- Pautre fire
fornia with the average there being
for Tri-State Livestock News age is 164 percent and the three $16,151 each, second only to Cali- By Carrie Stadheim
obody likes taxes, is 147 percent, the five year aver-
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paid in Nebraska accounting for 38 2017 was $4,902, according to data
Six years have passed
but Nebraska farm-
ers and ranchers year average is 188 percent. Prop-
percent of total state and local tax from the 2017 ag Census collected
SALE CATALOG INSIDE! N have even more to erty taxes are the single largest tax $17,229. The national average in Editor since the U.S. Forest Service
by Chris Clayton, DTN ag Policy
started a fire that burned
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PAGE 86 dislike than many others collections. The study revealed that sales Editor. John O’Dea lives near McCook, about 11,000 acres - around
half of which was private land
around the country.
- in Perkins County, South Da-
According to a study by J. David
percent. Sixty percent of property They are feeling the high tax rate,
taxes make up 29 percent of total
The ranchers whose private
paying 9 dollars a year per acre of
Aiken, Nebraska agriculture prop- taxes, and income taxes are 26 Nebraska with his wife and sons. kota. land, fence, federal grazing ® ®
ing. All property taxes fund local grass. More of his tax dollars are
erty taxes are among the highest
taxes go to K-12 education fund-
in the United States. Over the last
government—cities, counties, and given to support Mid-Plains Com-
land, trees, and more were
munity College than he can afford
three years, Nebraska farmers and
burned in the fire, have not
been reimbursed for any of
taxes and 84 percent of sales taxes to give his own son, who is putting
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln, said Stock Show&Rodeo
ranchers have paid nearly 31 per-
the damages they claim are
himself through Fort Hays State
cent of their net farm income as
local school districts. All income
owed them as a result of the
University in Hays, Kansas. This
property taxes (47 percent in 2017).
Aiken, an agriculture and Water
for him was a cheaper option than
are used to fund the state govern-
But a meeting with a medi-
Law Specialist Department with BLACK HILLS®®®®®®®®
fire.
ment. Currently with high ag land
Southeast Community College in
ation judge in Rapid City has
values across the state, 85 per-
been scheduled for mid-June,
cent of state aid goes to non-ag-
that when state and federal taxes
ricultural areas and 15 percent Nebraska.
“My sons were talking the other
- See Pautre fire on Page A9 -
is distributed across the board to
are factored in, this represents an
effective tax rate of more than 50
Nebraska school districts (largely of being a Nebraskan is getting
percent (over 60 percent in 2017.)
- See Unsustainable on Page A16 -
rural) receive little to no state aid.
and
Nebraska property taxes on agri-
cultural land as a percentage of net
farm income are 146 percent of the
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