Labor availability is currently the most significant challenge facing the wine and grape industry. Vineyard owners who used to rely on experienced farm workers to return for grape picking season year after year have been negatively impacted by the many challenges facing the labor market.

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Kody Wirth

John Deere’s 1st appearance at CES made a splash with a 20-ton automated Combine Harvester on the show floor and an automated tractor test on the back parking lot.

Section 179 of the Federal Tax Code has been extended and expanded to allow deduction of the full purchase price of qualifying equipment and/or software, along with doubling the Bonus Depreciation for even more savings. This tax break is only guaranteed through 2018, so take advantage of it now, before it potentially disappears.