Farm Estate GPS

It seems like a recurring theme that the older generation hangs on very tightly to many things, especially their farms. The older generation of farmers has a really hard time retiring and passing on the decision-making to the next generation. They also frequently will...

Have you ever been somewhere or been doing something where everything is just clicking along great, and then something that seems relatively small happens and it throws everything off course? I don’t get to haul corn often, but when I do, I enjoy the break. Recently,...

When I was a kid, I remember doing a lot of work for five dollars per hour. I thought that was great at the time. Was that enough? At the time I sure thought it was, and I worked as many hours as I could. As a parent, I paid my kids $10 dollars per hour when they were...

What did I hear you say? We always seem to have projects going on at our place. My family often rolls their eyes when they hear me say we have another project to do. That’s probably because I typically underestimate the time and energy it will take to complete the...

Do you remember all the feared tax proposals from last year? They were all over the headlines. Then “poof”, the scare of the ‘crazy tax’ just went away. Well, not so fast my friends. Enter inflation! It's become the new 'crazy tax' that's hurting farm succession. ...

I’ve worked with a lot of great farm families over the years and have seen many ups and downs in ag during that time. But things feel different in this inflationary environment. The only thing rising as fast as land prices right now might just be the associated risks....