WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The Internal Revenue Service issued the following revenue ruling (No. 2025-16) on Aug. 25, 2025, entitled "Section 2032A.--Valuation of Certain Farm, Etc., Real Property". * * * This revenue ruling contains a list of the average annual effective interest rates on new loans under the Farm Credit System. This revenue ruling also contains a list of the states within each Farm Credit System Bank Territory. Under Sec. 2032A(e)(7)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code, rates on  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Missouri. *** Lit Tools and Power Storage ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 26 -- An inventor from Ballwin, Missouri, Martin Shawn Egan has been awarded a patent (No. US 12396608 B1, initially filed Aug. 23, 2024) for "Lit tools and power storage." *** Flange-Mounted Inline Valve With Integrated Electrical Feed ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 26 -- PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION, Cleveland, Ohio has been assigned a p  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Hammer Bit Barrel Adaptor ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 26 -- An inventor from Crawley, West Virginia, Daniel Alstin Crane has been awarded a patent (No. US 12397405 B2, initially filed April 10, 2024) for "Hammer bit barrel adaptor." *** Food Management System ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 26 -- DUKE MANUFACTURING CO., St. Louis, Missouri has been assigned a patent (No. US 12399608 B2, in  more