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What is happening to Real Estate?

The assumption is that the COVID impact on farm real estate would be dramatic. However, between the delay in foreclosure actions by the courts, the stimulus money payments and the time of year it is interesting to see that while ...
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Wasting an Opportunity

 “Don’t Waste a Crisis — Your Patient’s or Your Own” M. F. Weiner   Medical Economics, 1976. Okay, so some of you will say Churchill said and some will say Rahm Emanuel is the proper attribution, but this one I could ...
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Sygneta claims are being paid

Sygneta claims are being paid.  The claims administrator mailed the first round of checks on April 7th.  1) This is not the full payout. These checks are expected to be about 60-65% of the final payout. Funds have been set ...
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Taxes

In brief, taxes are a constant, like death. Failure to plan for either gives a headache to who discovers your lack of planning. In the past, some farm operators accepted losses and gleefully avoided paying tax and opting instead to ...
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Barb Wire, broad band, or Wireless, which will have the greatest impact on Ag.

Barb Wire was said to tame the wild west and end the free range. It was a technological break through that rearranged the way ag was conducted in large stretches of the United States. Barb wire is not alone in ...
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Skull Sweat

Skull Sweat I recently read about a person's estate plan with the following elements.  Remove my head from my body. Have it dipped in a substance to preserve the skull Take the remains of my body and have them carbon ...
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