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Access to Land: The Birgen Farm Family & Succession Planning
2017-04-14 18:23:43| National Farmers Union
By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Like most South Dakota farms 50 years ago, the Birgens farm resembled that of the Old McDonald nursery rhyme. We raised cattle, chickens, sheep, had milk cows and stock cows, but back then, everyone did. You sold cream and eggs, recalls Matt Birgen, an 86-year-old Korean War Veteran […]
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Access to Land: The Sumption Farm Family & Relationships with Neighbors
2017-04-07 17:36:29| National Farmers Union
By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Communication can be a challenge when five brothers farm together. Sure, weekly meetings help, but the key to ensuring nothing falls through the cracks on the Sumption family farm has been the daily meal they share together, explains Taylor, 40. When you get a lot of things going on […]
Access to Land: Finding and Financing Farmland
2017-04-06 18:02:16| National Farmers Union
By Ariana Taylor-Stanley, Owner and Operator of Here We Are Farm Though my husband, Adrian, grew up on a little farm, he has since become a computer scientist and, if not for my agricultural inclinations, would probably live in a sparse, walkable studio apartment in some metropolis. Conversely, I grew up in a downtown duplex and […]
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Access to Land: Buying Land as a First-Generation Producer
2017-04-04 17:50:11| National Farmers Union
By Jimmy Dula, NFU Intern Many clothing retailers dont own their storefront, and bakeries often dont own their kitchens. So why would farmers need to own their farmland? In any business, cash is king. Owning a large commercial asset, like farmland, ties up capital that could otherwise be used to grow a nascent business. In some cases, […]
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Access to Land: The Sombke Farm Family & Succession Planning
2017-03-31 21:12:41| National Farmers Union
By Lura Roti, South Dakota Farmers Union Looking for a career path off the farm, Doug Sombke headed to college in 1978. However, only a few weeks into his freshman year, he was ready to pack up and head back to his family’s Conde farm. “Sitting in class I began to think of how many […]
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