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MarketWatchDec 20, 2024
Year-end selling is hitting these 7 stocks. How their tax loss can be your gain.
Foot Locker, CVS Health and Charles River Laboratories are among hard-hit stocks that look ready to recover.

KiplingerSep 08, 2022
Succession Plans for Farmers (Whether Your Kids Want the Farm or Not)
Many farmers are facing a critical retirement decision.  The traditions of yesterday are often changing, and their children may no longer want to follow in their parents' footsteps.  The challenges are many.  However, there are options available.

In 1971, I began my farming career at the tender age of 9 in the Skagit Valley, 60 miles north of Seattle. Crop farming was my gig; rouging spinach, sorting tulips, picking strawberries, raspberries and cucumbers alongside the migrant workers from Mexico.  When I was old enough, I was driving picking machines with a dozen kids lying on boards over a conveyor belt, or driving an open tractor pulling a green pea combine while traveling about 1 mile in four hours.

SEE MORE Keeping Property in the Family with LLCs and Partnerships Today, at the age of 59, I realize that I've been preparing this article for 50 years. During 12-hour shifts on the open tractor, it rained, often.  My family could not afford proper rain gear, so a plastic lawn bag with holes punched out for my head and arms provided quite well.  Working six of these shifts every seven days gives a teenager time to reflect.  That's when I decided farming was very hard and I wanted an easy office job someday!

Challenges for Farmers Today A huge debt of gratitude is owed to the men and women who feed the world. You face unprecedented challenges:

Mother NatureInconsistent commodity prices Lack of access to labor Global competition with lower costs of operations Lack of resources to compete with larger corporate farming technology Next-generation (family) choosing a different career path You are at an age where you need to slow down or retire completely Potential income tax law changes Inheritance and estat

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