Family left scrabbling after retired farmer dies

When it comes to estate planning, the following scenario happens entirely too often. A (mostly) retired farmer or land owner dies, the estate is settled, and then the surviving family have no idea what the leases of the farm ground are. They don’t know the terms, the rental rate or the crop share percentages, and sometimes not even who was the last person leasing the land. They are ...

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