Estate Planning

Farm families can use life insurance to smooth the bumps in a transition from one farming generation to another. Done right, it provides funds not subject to estate taxes.

Finding ways to transfer farms and ranches to beginners is limited only by imagination.

How can a farmer be fair to two farming heirs who are 15 years apart in age? Myron Friesen tackles this tough dilemma.

Succession planning on the farm is more than handing down assets, it’s also passing on wisdom. Parents and kids need to talk.

When estate planning is unfair to an on-farm heir, is it best to just leave?

A brother has had enough of Dad’s golden child and must consider his own family’s future.