DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 26 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Iowa's rabbit, squirrel season opens Aug. 30 * The good news for Iowa's cottontail rabbit hunters is that Iowa's rabbit population is the highest in more than a decade, with the vast majority of Iowa considered to have good to excellent populations. The better news for hunters is Iowa's cottontail rabbit season begins Aug. 30 statewide. "It should be a really good year for rabbit   more

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