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Why you need to build your personal wealth bubble

Building wealth beyond the farm assets provides flexibility for living expenses and transfer of wealth to non-farm heirs.
July 20, 2023
Elaine Froese

Your personal wealth bubble is having some flexibility in your wealth creation beyond the wealth you are creating in farm assets.


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Easy ways to get your wills done

April is wills month, and the perfect time to get farm and family affairs in order.
March 30, 2023
Elaine Froese

Find a lawyer you like. Ask other farmers which professionals have served them well. You can also go to the Canadian Association of Farm Advisors directory to find great advisers who care about agricultural families.


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Own your future: Answers to some of the toughest succession planning questions

A candid discussion about planning for and going through farm transitions by a panel at a recent conference.
March 3, 2023
Emily Barge

Succession planning is about owning your future and controlling your farm’s destiny. In a recent panel discussion at the “Own Your Future Forum” hosted by the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania (PDMP) and Center for Dairy Excellence, five panelists from all sectors of the industry had a candid conversation about taking control of the future.


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How to get your non-farm siblings onboard with your farm vision

Financial transparency and open discussion can help keep families and farms together.
February 15, 2023
Elaine Froese

“Help, my siblings want farmland!” is one of my most viewed blogs. Our current reality of higher interest rates and rising land values needs to be addressed early on in your transition conversations.


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Help! My parents have loads of debt we don’t want

Debt service plans are an important part of the farm transition process.
September 8, 2022
Elaine Froese

“Every front door looks beautiful” is one of my favourite Irish sayings. It came to mind in Deadwood, South Dakota, where I was listening to the woes of a young ranch couple.



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Choosing not to farm

Tips for navigating tricky family dynamics, whether you are the child who chose to farm or one who opted for an off-farm career.
August 20, 2022
Andy (Caygeon) Junkin

Growing up, the only way she could get time with dad was by being in the barn. The only way she could gain his attention was by working hard on the farm and “being of use.”



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Farm transition lessons from cowboys

Whether the cattle are beef or dairy, the questions surrounding farm transition are the same.
July 29, 2022
Elaine Froese

When I asked the group of cowboys in their black Stetsons what was the one thing they grasped after four hours of interaction, it was “importance of communication.” It is easy to say, but how do you put it into practice?


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5 ways business plans provide certainty in times of change

December 31, 2021
Karen Lee
As Heather Watson introduced the theme of the 2021 Agricultural Excellence Conference – the Challenge of Change – she said there is an underutilized tool that can help farmers weather difficult times.
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