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Farm Business Planning

Three generation family standing in wheat field looking at horizon

Dad warns kids: Don’t let money ruin the family Dad warns kids: Don’t let money ruin the family

More than Dirt: Sharing your farm’s history with family can help avoid poor decision-making in the future.

Sep 14, 2023|

3 Min Read

drought-stricken cornfield

Answers to your legal questions on drought, grain contracts Answers to your legal questions on drought, grain contracts

byErin Herbold-Swalwell

Sep 14, 2023

5 Min Read

Aerial view of farm and fields

Farm Business Planning

Spend wisely on farm insurance Spend wisely on farm insurance

Sep 13, 2023

2 Min Read

Gigstad family - Scott, Jessica, Cal and Liesl

Make way for next-gen farmers Make way for next-gen farmers

byElizabeth Hodges

Sep 13, 2023

4 Min Read

Lender handing money to customer

Why your lender might change their requirements Why your lender might change their requirements

Sep 12, 2023

2 Min Read

close-up of man's hands signing a contract

Farm Business Planning

Why economic loss doctrine matters to farmers Why economic loss doctrine matters to farmers

byTroy Schneider

Sep 12, 2023

3 Min Read

Three women posed in front of grain setup

Performance over pedigree

Performance over pedigree

Hand holding money with field in the background

2024 profits likely to tighten, even with smaller cash rents

2024 profits likely to tighten, even with smaller cash rents

byJacqueline Holland

BUILD FARM TEAM: Jessica Groskopf, University of Nebraska Extension economist, says a transition team is key to a successful farm succession plan.

Farm Business Planning

Try these farm transition conversation starters

Try these farm transition conversation starters

Farmer looking into the distance

How to move the strategic plan from vision to reality

How to move the strategic plan from vision to reality

Illustration showing farmer looking out window symbolizing retirement

Farm Business Planning

Reimagine retirement: Build a custom farm succession plan

Reimagine retirement: Build a custom farm succession plan

scenic farmstead

Pros, cons of LLCs on the farm

Pros, cons of LLCs on the farm

byCurt Ferguson

Rows of solar panels in a grassy field.

Conservation & Sustainability

Solar leases, Part 3: Negotiating a solar contract

Solar leases, Part 3: Negotiating a solar contract

byWhitney Haigwood

A hand with a pen filling out a Last Will and Testament

Making or updating will is time, money well spent

Making or updating will is time, money well spent

Farm and silo at sunset

Defective trust can be effective

Defective trust can be effective

byMark Balzarini

Downey family at Heritage Farm Award Ceremony at Iowa State Fair

Celebrating a family farm’s heritage holds a mix of emotions

Celebrating a family farm’s heritage holds a mix of emotions

Farm Progress America, August 17, 2023

Farm Progress America, August 17, 2023

Farm Progress America, August 17, 2023

aerial shot of a hog facility

Diversify your row crop production with pigs

Diversify your row crop production with pigs

bySarah McNaughton

Reviewing loan papers

When the collateral is not there

When the collateral is not there

Pictured from left: Todd, Grant, Lonnie and Brad Groves

Farm Business Planning

Manage expectations across family generations

Manage expectations across family generations

three guys looking at bolls in a cotton field

Cotton varieties stock a strong portfolio

Cotton varieties stock a strong portfolio

A man working on a laptop computer as he stands in a field

Farm record-keeping made easier

Farm record-keeping made easier

Cropped shot of two unrecognizable men completing a puzzle

Farm Business Planning

Juggle the pieces of a transition plan

Juggle the pieces of a transition plan

Iowa farmland

Iowa farmland market prices continue to be stable

Iowa farmland market prices continue to be stable

Farmer discussing soybean cyst nematode in field to attendees

Farm Business Planning

Generation makes difference in transition planning

Generation makes difference in transition planning

Austin Scott and farmers

Split the farm bill

Split the farm bill

Doug's Market Intel

Rethinking the inventory pyramid

Rethinking the inventory pyramid

byDoug Ferguson

Trends in profitability and operational efficiency

Trends in profitability and operational efficiency

rural farmland scattered with farmsteads

IRS issues ruling on estate tax, capital gains

IRS issues ruling on estate tax, capital gains

byCurt Ferguson

2023 Budget planning and management concept

Farm Business Planning

Time to tune up your farm financials

Time to tune up your farm financials

U.S. dollars being tossed in garbage can

Farm Business Planning

Protecting a spendthrift

Protecting a spendthrift

byMark Balzarini

Your farm advisory team depends on where you need the most help in making decisions.

Farm Business Planning

Building and leveraging an advisory team for your farm

Building and leveraging an advisory team for your farm

GA ag commissioner’s top priority right now

GA ag commissioner’s top priority right now

The decision: What are your family and farm business goals?

The decision: What are your family and farm business goals?

The decision: What are your family and farm business goals?

Farmland, barns and silos

Make transition from farming positive experience

Agrivision: Now is a great time to find a new job off the farm.

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