by Myron Friesen | Jul 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Have you ever been somewhere or been doing something where everything is just clicking along great, and then something that seems relatively small happens and it throws everything off course? I don’t get to haul corn often, but when I do, I enjoy the break. Recently,...
by Myron Friesen | Jul 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
When I was a kid, I remember doing a lot of work for five dollars per hour. I thought that was great at the time. Was that enough? At the time I sure thought it was, and I worked as many hours as I could. As a parent, I paid my kids $10 dollars per hour when they were...
by Myron Friesen | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
What did I hear you say? We always seem to have projects going on at our place. My family often rolls their eyes when they hear me say we have another project to do. That’s probably because I typically underestimate the time and energy it will take to complete the...
by Myron Friesen | Oct 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Do you remember all the feared tax proposals from last year? They were all over the headlines. Then “poof”, the scare of the ‘crazy tax’ just went away. Well, not so fast my friends. Enter inflation! It’s become the new ‘crazy tax’ that’s...
by Mark Mclaughlin | Aug 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’ve worked with a lot of great farm families over the years and have seen many ups and downs in ag during that time. But things feel different in this inflationary environment. The only thing rising as fast as land prices right now might just be the associated risks....
by Mark Mclaughlin | Jul 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
The STEP Act, the 99.5% Act, and the American Families Plan are all proposals that could fundamentally change the rules for tax and estate planning. Concerned farm families are calling in daily asking, “What do we do to protect our farm if the tax law changes?” That’s...
