New Release: Expect to inherit a farm or ranch?
Here’s the how-to handbook for nonfarm heirs (especially executors) preparing to settle a modern farm or ranch estate.
Thousands of farms, hundreds of thousands of acres and trillions in wealth will transfer between generations of the next decade. Unfortunately, many families are unprepared for this unprecedented transfer of wealth and related issues.
The 100-page handbook is packed with useful information, practical resources and useful checklists, all designed to ease the amount of time, work, expenses and family angst involved in settling agricultural estates.
Readers will learn how to:
- Organize agricultural estate affairs when heirs are unfamiliar with the complexity of modern agriculture;
- Secure the estate’s property;
- Avoid common mistakes while keeping the operation running during estate settlement;
- Capture financial data (financial forensics tips);
- Source farm and livestock management data necessary to keep the operation running;
- Organize an estate inventory;
- Select dependable local experts;
- Estimate land value and use appraisals;
- Discuss land sales strategies.
Who is buying this handbook?
- Those expecting to inherit farm or ranch property but are not current with agricultural prices, technology and regulations;
- Estate executors assigned to manage the settlement of an agricultural estate but uncertain where to start and information required;
- Aging farmers and ranchers seeking a smooth settlement of their estates and seeking to prepare themselves, their estates and their heirs for this journey.
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Order with a check by downloading a pdf order sheet here.
Author Charles Kuster is a veteran agricultural communicator whose work has appeared in numerous farm and business magazines. He has been a farm executor twice and owns and manages farmland in Iowa.
Price is $29.95 for a single copy.
Email us for bulk quantity prices. (chuck@dynamindspublishing.com)
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