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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...

Are you willing? 

Death. No one wants to talk about it, other than maybe joking around. Most of us especially hate talking about it with the folks we'll likely be inheriting...

Senate fails on Death Tax 

For a second consecutive year, a move to permanently repeal the estate (or death) tax died in the U.S. Senate. The push now for anti-Death Tax proponents...

House Approves Bill Providing Relief on Estate Taxes 

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From Our Columnists

Jim Gerrish

Top 5 moves for getting out of the hay-feeding rut

Whether you're out feeding in the cold or just looking out your window at cows eating hay at a cost of $2/cow/day, it should be a wake-up call for all of us...

Jim Gerrish Archive

Harlan Hughes

Buy/sell margins - part III

The feeder-cattle futures market is being whipsawed by corn futures prices. Corn futures prices were in the mid-to-high $3 range early in 2007...

Harlan Hughes Archive

Mark Hilton

Planning for successful breeding

What tasks need to be done to help assure a successful breeding season this year? Let’s start with the bulls. Nationally, about 10% of all bulls fail...

Vet's Opinion Archive

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