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Focus on Farm Transition videos provide strategies and advice to help you navigate the key challenges and questions that arise during the farm transition journey.
There are many factors, both financial and emotional, that impact a senior partners’ ability to retire from the farm. In this episode, we talk about the questions to answer and the roles in transitioning to retirement.
Key takeaways
- Create estimated annual retirement budget based upon goals of the senior partners, unforeseen expenses and inflation.
- Cost of retirement will become a debt obligation to the farm unless there are other income streams or savings.
- Include accountant and junior partner to determine if farm business can meet obligations and stay healthy. And, what is the most tax efficient way to extract farm funds?
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Parents are often hesitant about dividing estate assets fairly between farm and non-farming children. In this episode, we look at ways to achieve this while keeping the farm stable.
Loan essentials
From cash flow planning to net worth statements, get the basics you need to prepare for a loan application.
What’s your pathway to farm transition?
Transition looks different for every family. Use our planning tool to help you identify where you are in the process and what to do next.
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