At the South Dakota Governor’s Ag Summit held in Deadwood, South Dakota this summer, Alan Hojer spoke about Keep Farmers Farming, a non-profit South Dakota Ag Foundation program designed to benefit agriculturalists across the state.
Read MorePassing the family farm or ranch down to the next generation is the hope of many producers, but the how-to of transitioning can be complicated without the proper order of giving and receiving. Keep Farmer's Farming Legacy consultant Alan Hojer believes transitioning and estate transfer is giving at its core. He says when you give, that's when you really live.
Read MoreMuch of our nation’s story is rooted in amber waves of grain and rolling livestock pastures. The people who care for that land often come from generations of farm and ranch families. However, over the next two decades, an estimated 24 trillion dollars in farmland and agricultural assets will change hands, according to the National Land Realty. That’s why the South Dakota Ag Foundation wants to help current farm families transition land into the hands of the next generations.
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