Estate Planning

Learn about farm estate planning to ensure a successful transition to the next generation. This section highlights succession planning, estate taxes, legal issues, and business management.
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What happens when a will doesn’t match a promise?
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Is there a right way to transition the farm to the next generation?
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Does AI have a place in estate planning?
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How to start transitioning grain marketing to the next generation
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Twilight farmers have no heirs to take over, so what can they do?
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Debunking transition myths: entitlement vs. fairness
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Farmer asks how to unite a farm divided among multiple families
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Is it a good idea to use paid-off land as collateral to purchase land?
You can use your annual gift tax exemption to lower estate taxes by reducing the value of your estate.
Will the estate tax exemption boogeyman get you this time?
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How to be proactive with a succession plan
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Charting the future of the family farm
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Estate planning with farm inflation
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Family farming dilemma: Balancing growth and personal priorities
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How to transition the farm is a hard discussion but one that must take place
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Is 50 too early for estate planning?
Succession planning
Succession planning for off-farm heirs inheriting land
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4 Iowa sisters pursue regenerative future for their family farm
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Is a contract sale still a good option?
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Iowa State to host Farm Transitions Conference
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15 Minutes With a Farmer podcast: Making plans with Mark McLaughlin
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What can be done to protect your farm if your heir passes away first?
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Danielle Venable navigates relationships on the family farm
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What is your word worth in estate planning?
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Stuck between 'They'll get along' and 'Let 'em fight it out'
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The value of creating a plan b
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Duties of an executor or trustee
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The best of 'Can Their Problem be Solved?'
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How to value a livestock operation when estate planning
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How to offset land vs. non-farm assets between heirs
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I've inherited land - now what?
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Be aware of current laws on estate taxes
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How to determine if you need life insurance
The bumpy road to a successful transition
Double farm transition leads couple from Virginia to Kansas and back
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A retiring couple's journey to find a successor to the family farm
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Focus on the farm succession issues within your control
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Nebraska farm brothers retire, gift farm machinery
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How to manage the complications of estate planning
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Transitioning the farm to your kids and the in-laws
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How to work with a workaholic
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How to keep the inheritance plan fair after land prices surge
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How to plan a family farm transition
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Design your farm succession plan first, then gift farmland
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When business owners divorce
40 Seasons: Farming whiskey
40 Seasons: Farming whiskey
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Business decisions made 15 years ago aren't working out
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Farm couple with multiple heirs thinks several generations ahead
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How to protect your farm and save money
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The Adverse Effects When Dad Has a Golden Child
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Farmer wonders how he can keep paying for others' mistakes
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Transitioning from farming independently to family partnership
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What is important to consider in deciding whom to exclude – or include – in the business?
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How do you set farm heirs up to lead if they lack respect from the team?
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How Do You Start a Farm Succession Plan When All Previous Attempts Have Failed?
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21 young and beginning farmers ready for 2021
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So much is said about land distribution at death, but what about rental agreements?
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The next generation
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Farm patriarch wonders if anyone in the next generation has what it takes to run the operation
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Q & A: Mitzi Perdue
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Passing down the farm: Strategies, ideas, and real-life solutions
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After a tough decision, why does young man leaving his parents' farm feel guilty?
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Tips on designing a farm succession plan
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Family has a hard time arriving at buyout value for shares in a corporation
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How do you keep a farm together when someone dies without a farm succession strategy?