More about Paul Neiffer
Paul Neiffer is a certified public accountant and business advisor specializing in income taxation, accounting services, and succession planning for farmers and agribusiness processors. Paul is a principal with CliftonLarsonAllen in Walla Walla, Washington, as well as a regular speaker at national conferences and contributor at agweb.com. Raised on a farm in central Washington, he has been immersed in the ag industry his entire life, including the last 30 years professionally. Paul and his wife purchase an 180 acre ranch in 2016 and enjoy keeping it full of animals.
Blog Posts by Paul Neiffer:
-
Capital Gains Questions on Selling Farmland
We had a reader ask the following series of questions. We are going to break them down into a question and answer format. Q – Regarding capital gain rates and selling farmland – Am I correct to use the difference between a stepped up ( appraisal / time of death ) value of inherited farmland and […]
-
Watch Out For Disregarded Entities When Someone Dies
Limited liability companies (LLC’s) are often a preferred entity choice for small businesses, farm operations, and rentals because they offer some liability protection for owners. Generally, LLC’s are treated as partnerships for tax purposes, and a Form 1065 partnership income tax return is required to be filed. In community property states, when a husband and […]
-
Top Farmer – Day 2 – Last Session
The final session of the day was presented by Marcos Fava Neves of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil on the Brazilian Agriculture Perspective. Marcos is based near Sao Paulo which does not have much soybean or corn production in the area. Rather, they are in the heart of sugar cane country and Ethanol plants. Marcos […]
-
Top Farmer – Day 2 Session 3
The next session was presented by Jason Henderson who just started with Purdue after being with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. He presented a series of maps showing farmland values from 1900 to the 1980s using constant current dollars. In 1900, there were no counties that had average farmland values exceeding $3,000. Some […]
-
Top Farmer Day 1 – Session 2
My next recap is in regards to the “Crop Markets in Transition” presented by Darrel Good of the University of Illinois. Darrel noted that there is the potential for a 14 billion bushel crop with added production in South America, it may be tough to meet the export estimates by USDA. Ethanol consumption should pick […]
-
Top Farmer – Day 2, Session 1
Since I have my laptop with me today, I am going to try to do a separate post on each session for today’s Top Farmer Conference. Yesterday’s sessions were very informative and I hope today is even better. First session today is an update on Ethanol and Bio-Diesel production presented Scott Irwin of the University […]
-
First Full Day of Top Farmer
Today was the first full day of the Top Farmer conference and it was packed with a lot of good sessions. Due to finding out that I had to get something done early this morning, I missed the most of the morning session, but here are my highlights from the rest of the day. Right […]
-
The Start of the 46th Annual Top Farmer Conference
This afternoon is the start of the 46th annual Top Farmer conference done by Purdue University. About 100 farmers are attending the conference. The first session was done by Professor Mike Boehlje and Elizabeth Yaeger regarding farm risk management. This discussion on risk did not focus on price or yield risks, but rather other […]
-
Trade The Farm
I am spending tonight with my friend Tommy Grisafi of Indiana Grain on my way to Top Farmer at Purdue tomorrow. Here is his trading setup and he is actively trading grain contracts as I type this. If any of our readers are going to be at the Top Farmer conference, please stop me and […]
-
Ag Labor Employment Up in Washington
According to a recent Agricultural Labor Employment and Wages report compiled by the Employment Security Department (ESD), total agricultural employment for the state of Washington increased 8.7 percent from May 2012 to May 2013. Here are some other highlights: From April 2013 to May 2013, statewide total agricultural employment increased 4.2 percent South central Washington […]