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This last year was a fun time to be in ag, clear steady markets, rationale, well-reasoned trade policy and commitments […]

Intellectual property rights continue to play a role in ag that is oftentimes forgotten about entirely. Intellectual property protection improves

No secret here, I am not a fan of life estates. This is a division of real estate between a

No, not Star Wars, though that universe is, like farming, driven by complex family dynamics, personal goals that conflict with

I had a whole thing on estate planning but as is the want of the fed, they passed a medium

Name an asset class that is guaranteed by the US government to have a rate of return. Land. Between crop

Ford Pintos were a disaster. Specifically, the fuel tank was prone to explode. The bean counters… (Ironically Pinto bean counters

Not just a great line from a Tolkien movie or a Henny Penny the sky is falling reaction, but to

USDA Budget under the knife. As of- 4-12, the federal budget as it relates to ag is shrinking, the House

No surprise, the farm industry is highly dependent on government interference in price and risk. Just like oil and gas,