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Estate Planning
Does The Death Tax Need A Repeal Or An Overhaul?
Repeal of the estate tax, or death tax, as it's often termed by its detractors, has long been championed by ag commodity and small-business groups...
A working LLC
Thirty years ago, Gary Sonstegard and his family began raising cattle near Montevideo, MN. In that time, they went from raising a few...
Is life insurance really necessary?
You can look at life insurance as an estate management tool, or as a take-it-or-leave-it kind of proposition. And most estate-planning experts would just...
ABCs of corporations
The type of agricultural business structure chosen will have many implications on the future of a farm/ranch business and on future generations...
Limited liability options
If your goal is to pass the ranch to subsequent generations, you might consider forming a limited liability structure. Emphasis on the That's because...
Time to talk
If your idea of communication is shouting at your wife (or kids) to close the gate, or when a son or daughter approaches you with We've got to talk, you...
Communication is key
While many family-owned businesses have a long-term objective of passing the business on to the next generation, in reality only about 30% of all family-owned...
Trusts for transfer
Can you trust a trust to accomplish your estate-planning goals? Probably, says Roger McEowen, Iowa State University (ISU) Leonard Dolezal professor of...
From Our Columnists
Even With High Prices, Be Sure To Weigh The Return
Depending on which side of the biscuit you butter, these are fixing to be halcyon days in the cow-calf business. At least they are judging by the chatter you hear...
Key Economic Opportunities In Calf Marketing
My last series of articles focused on the economic challenges occurring in the beef-cow sector since the start of the biofuels era. This month, I’ll focus on the key economic opportunities...
Nitrate Accumulation In Plants Is A Matter Of Many Factors
Drought has made it a very rough year for many herds in the U.S. In the midst of this scramble for forage in drought areas, we need to be careful about where feeds originate...
