Evalauting Your Estate Plan | Farmland Leasing Meetings

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Evaluating Your Estate Plan Workshops

This workshop will answer estate planning questions and prepare you for your future farm transitions and estate planning.

Topics include:

• Language of Estate Planning
• Property Ownership
• Use of Business Entities
• Transferring Decision Making Control
• Gift, Estate & Inheritance Taxes
• Calculating Retirement Costs
• Setting Goals for Retirement or Farm Transition
• Steps for Implementing Your Estate Plan
  

Featured Speakers:

• Melissa O'Rourke - Farm & Agribusiness Management Specialist for Northwest Iowa
• Kelvin Leibold - Farm & Agribusiness Management Specialist for Central Iowa

All programs run from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM, lunch is included. $50/person, payable to Extension Office at each site. Dates below are tentative and subject to change.

2013 Dates	Location/Registration*
June 2013	For information on Evaluating Your Estate Plan sites for June 2013, see the ISU Extension and Outreach Calendar
* Information will be added as it becomes available. More meetings will be offered in June 2013.

Farmland Leasing Meetings

During July and August, leasing meetings will be held throughout Iowa at various locations. Meeting fees and registration requirements may vary by location. Each workshop attendee will receive a 100-page booklet of useful materials about farm leasing arrangements. Workshops will last approximately 2 1/2 - 3 hours and will be led by Iowa State University Extension farm management specialists. The 2013 meetings will focus on issues related to CSR, land values and rental rates, and tools for determining a “fair” cash rent. Other topics will include issues that will impact the next year in agriculture.

For specific questions regarding leasing meetings or to find a location near you, visit the ISU Extension and Outreach Calendar or contact your local County Extension Office.

Topics include:

• Iowa Cash Rental Rate Survey and Land Values Survey
• Comparison of different types of leases
• Lease termination
• Impacts of yields and prices
• Calculating a fair cash rent
• Use of spreadsheets to compare leases
• Issues unique to this year’s production and an outlook for 2014.
• Available Internet resources

Updated May 9, 2013