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Arkansas, Columns, Iowa, Kansas, Letters to Editor, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Opinion, South Dakota

Be careful because irrevocable trusts may count

Attorney Craig Riffel explains how irrevocable trusts may count as Medicaid resources and why residual beneficiaries matter legally. Read More

After a long day of farm chores, a senior adult couple stands by the fence to admire their herd of cattle in the pasture. (iStock-#2161180473 │ SDI Productions)
Agriculture Finance, finance, Opinion

When the next generation has other plans

Pawnee National Grassland is a United States Forest Service unit located in northeastern Colorado on the Colorado Eastern Plains in the South Platte River basin. (iStock-#1366488340 │ Different_Brian)
Farmland, Land, Ranchland

Tribal land transfer or individual ownership of reservation land

Lance Woodbury, a principal at Pinion, spoke about the importance of transition planning for farm and ranch operations during Crop Quest’s Grower Focus, Feb. 11, at the Boot Hill Resort and Casino in Dodge City, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Succession planning is a process

  • March 1, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier
Aerial view of property released farm buildings in South Dakota. (Adobe Stock │ #280402999 - Wollwerth Imagery)

Conference to address farm succession, trusts and retirement planning

  • February 12, 2026
  • By hpj-editorial
Farm and ranch families are invited to farm and ranch succession workshops offered in February. (Photo by Maria Tibbets)

Free ag succession workshops offered

  • January 30, 2026
  • By hpj-editorial
Aerial view of Green rice paddy field, farming cultivation in agricultural land at countryside. (Adobe Stock │ #502573919 - Mumemories)

SDSU Extension to discuss estate tax at Sustaining the Legacy conferences

  • December 11, 2025
  • By SDSU Extension

Farm transition planning: How to get it right 

  • November 7, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
(Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Farmers and ranchers should act now on estate tax planning

  • April 23, 2025
  • By Maxson Irsik
Portrait of three generations of men working on the family farm. The senior man, his adult son and grandson are standing together in a lush, green field of rows of potato plants. (Photo: iStock - kali9)

Sustaining the Legacy set in November

  • November 2, 2024
  • By hpj-editorial
Portrait of three generations of men working on the family farm. The senior man, his adult son and grandson are standing together in a lush, green field of rows of potato plants. (Photo: iStock - kali9)

Iowa farm transition conference Feb. 8-9

  • January 31, 2024
  • By hpj-editorial
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