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Thank you to Market to Market for speaking with Mike Downey and Next Gen Ag on the need for succession planning and better connecting our next generation of landowners and producers. Listen here: http://www.iptv.org/mtom/story/33801/yes-we-have-talk-about-succession-planning-mike-downey

Originally published November 17, 2012. Download a pdf of the original story here. My heart goes out to the people of the East Coast after Hurricane Sandy ripped through their homes and businesses. There have been 110 reported deaths and estimated damages of greater than $60 billion. Most hurricanes revolve around centers of warm air. […]

Originally published July 21, 2012. Download a pdf of the original story here. The first official day in my farm estate-planning career was July 1, 1992. At 22 years of age, I journeyed into business with a limited knowledge of the technical aspects of estate- and farm-continuation planning. The man responsible for my initial training […]

Originally published April 15, 2017. Download a pdf of the original story here As the grass starts to grow each spring, it makes me think of turning cows with baby calves out to pasture for the first time. After a long winter of being in cornstalks, cows are happy to be back on green grass. Baby […]