farm Reassessments

[sawfly1]

yes your spoiled

[foragefarmer]

Braveheart

Didn't like the tax increases on my farm property last fall either, but I'm not going to take it out on someone on Agriville. I just laid out the facts, as farm land values have gone through the roof , doesn't mean I agree with what's taking place. You feel your over taxed take it up with your councillor, Reeve, MLA or Premier, ranting at me doesn't help your issue . As for me making a post on Agriville agreeing with what you posted won't change a thing for you.

The rest of your post is not worth addressing without me providing you copies of all my tax receipts and tax returns debating it would be futile and I don't have to prove a thing to someone who himself is anonymous.

[fjlip]

Manitoba land taxes are way higher than in ab/sk. However you must have some real shitty land in order to get your taxes that low. About 800 a quarter here 103k assessed haven't gotten the new ones yet.


Land taxes are nuts for the service we get... especially considering we pay an extra levy for drainage in addition to our taxes

Klause thank Kevin/Wall, last budget killed all maintenance assistance to CAA for ditches. And the cost will be born totally in future by the ratepayers.

[Braveheart]

Forage, I have taken my case to council and the province. I get shrugs. Ralph Eicler, Ag Minister, response was, "I have formed a committee to look into tile drainage". What? He must be the worst politician yet. This is a big issue in MB.

[stonepicker]

Taxed to the hilt in mb. as far as property taxes. Really gotta wonder about you foragefarmer.

[farmaholic]

Here in the slum of the Ghetto, off the "2016 assessment notice" there was some parcels that gained and some that lost. Our highest is 89400 and she's all down hill from there. The RM taxes the quarter based on 55% of the assessed value, 49170 and the RM tax for that quarter is $331.90, .675% mill rate. The school portion is $131.28 or .267% mill rate. Total tax=$463.18, the municipal hail insurance we take is alot more than total taxes.

[sk_wheatking]

Here in the slum of the Ghetto, Our highest is 89400

Jeez farmaholic why do you keep beating yourself in the nuts over your land? I have the same land you do and maybe even worse but it always grows good crops. Sure some is Sandy some is light some is better than others. When their is a dry year mine burns out then a few days later all the 125000 stuff is finished too. What does it matter to anyone else what your farming anyway. With the no till practices of today if you know what your doing you can grow crop on almost anything. Sure I know that furrow and sf3 would laugh right in my face and call me all kinds of things because my land or yours doesn't look like theirs but I've made out real good on it and I'm sure you have too. I guess owning land with an assessment below 100,000 or poorer land with some sand makes you unfit for the farming community? Whatever. Anyway I do get a kick out of your slum of the ghetto thing. I hope you don't feel that way for real though!

[LEP]

I too farm a lot of poorer land. I joke that out of all the land that I farm the crappy stuff is the stuff that I own.

When I was banking I did a lot of farmcalls all over the province. I found generally that the farmers that farmed medium land were better farmers agronomically than those that farmed the best land. Because they had to.

However, in the last few years, everyone has raised their game in my opinion.

[fjlip]

Biggest operations here trying to BLOCK land rented/owned together. Best place to farm/retire is in their potential BLOCK.
Our land was the "sow's ear" but 40 years of "landscaping" has turned it into "silk" purses, high assessed

[farmaholic]

I'll reply later this evening...

Sk_wheatking: I like the ring to my "slum of the Ghetto" too. It isn't an absolute description of here but I like to use it. Even with the different kind of warts on this land it isn't by far the worst place to farm. I've seen alot worse and alot better. Funny thing is some people probably wouldn't want to farm here....but in reality it's all I know. And I am critical of it because I know it's limitations. But I do believe the advent of continuous cropping and high inputs has definitely narrowed the gap between our type of land and what I heard someone on here describe as "elite". I realize it will never be as rewarding or easy to farm as some land but it could be worse.

I believe I described our land as being "stingy" in 2015 when we experienced a mini-drought and in complete contrast last year was stellar for us. Good for the Apprentice to witness two almost complete opposite production years back to back. A taste of the best and nearly the worst so close together, and early in his apprenticeship.

Gratefully we suffered very little from the plague of "too wet" like some others have. Even the wettest year we had wasn't real bad compared to only 15 miles east of us. Seems our plight was running a little on the dry side as long as my memory recalls. Always watching the western sky looking for that next cloud bank. 2015 radar imagery would show something tracking our way and fizzling or splitting or veering away as it approached...hard to watch!

Fj...there are some things you "just can't fix". It is what it is(regarding our land).

The long and the short of it is we're still here after 4 generations with the fifth in training. That is either sheer grit and determination or outright stupidity. Starting over a century ago many others have come and many have gone. But there are those who stuck it out on land that their forefathers toiled on and/or took on land that others gave up on or didn't have anyone else to carry the torch(burden-lol).

It's all I know....

Take care, and work with pride this season!

[farmaholic]

I added my response to my last post through the edit button....so it would appear I never replyed because it doesnt change the time of the original post or move it to the top of the tread list.

[blackpowder]

Regarding grit or stupidity.
Grit or reality but also strong parents who were good teachers and leaders. Solid is as solid does.
Have friends whose family has gone to sea for multiple generations. Species since time began.
Ending now with me. But still have pride. Gotta be a sob either way. Take care.