Farm Estate GPS

Working with families and their attorneys is one of the most interesting aspects of my job. We rarely have input as to which attorney we are working with unless the client asks. Regardless, we always prepare an agenda and organize the critical information for a very...

Excuses, excuses, excuses! Do you know people who always have an excuse? I’ve been involved in athletics all my life. Through high school and college, I was aware of teammates who consistently had excuses for things that went wrong. I really dislike excuses. Although,...

Choosing an advisor … a tough decision? Or an easy decision? The vast majority of farm estate plans that I see are the result of many different advisors providing input on an estate or financial plan over a course of time. There’s usually an attorney involved at some...

One of the rules around my own family deals with the obvious. That “obvious” is that at some point, we will all make mistakes. As humans, we have the tendency to throw down the judgment card on other people. We would like to judge that others are worse than us, or...

I really enjoy March. First of all, it’s great to get rid of a bunch of snow. That alone makes a person feel better! But the best thing for college basketball fans like myself, is that this month brings March Madness. I don’t know about you, but I love filling out my...

Think back to your 2019 grain sales. Did you sell some corn for $3.70 a bushel? Were you happy with that price when corn went up to $4.25 a bushel? What would happen if, after you sold the corn for $3.70, you asked the elevator to pay you $4.25 six months later when...