March 3rd, 2025 by WCBC Radio

A bill currently in the Finance Committee of the West Virginia Legislature would remove consumer sales tax on the processing of meat products, saving Mountain State farmer thousands of dollars each year. Dwayne O’Dell with the West Virginia Farm Bureau says it would be true benefit for farmers…

   

“Cost or production is high, labor costs are high. So this would be an effort to try to offset some of that and allow some extra money to be kept at the farm level. It would be beneficial to young farmers who are trying to get started, to be able to supplement them somewhat.”