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