Estate Planning

Create a Farm Succession Plan Before the All Clear Sounds

Some families are waiting for the all clear before creating their farm succession plan. This mistake can be costly.

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Using Life Insurance in 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.

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Creative Farm and Ranch Transfers

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

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Repair and Maintenance

5 Tips to Keep Spark Plugs Performing in Any Engine

By Repair and Maintenance

Here are five simple tips to keep a spark plug performing in any engine, including cleaning before removing the old spark plug and inspecting a new plug for damage.

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Women in Agriculture

Where I Wouldn't Be

By Women in Agriculture

As FarmHer turns five, founder Marji Guyler-Alaniz looks back – and ahead.

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Agronomy Insider

Don’t Sleep on Waterhemp

By Agronomy Insider

Palmer amaranth is the pigweed species that rightfully earns the most consternation from farmers. But don’t forget that waterhemp can be just as invasive.

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Aha Moments in Succession Planning

Three succession planning professionals recall exchanges that sparked the first steps of farm transitions.

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3 Steps to Succession Planning

Iowa attorney Erin Herbold-Swalwell offers three steps to succession planning and a few situations that may apply to your family farm for consideration.

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Multiple Heirs Complicate Estate Planning

How can you encourage your children’s independence while still keeping the farm together?

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A Mind-Set for Farm Transition

Follow these steps to streamline the process when passing down the farm.

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When Parents Won’t Discuss Plans

These parents avoid talking about continuation planning with their 35-year-old son who’s farmed with them since graduating from college. Can their problem be solved?