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Melissa O'Rourke
Newsletter Articles
- Communication strategies and resources: Tools to improve relationships between farmland owners and producers -- July 2023
- Importance of Using a Written Lease: Trends and Resources -- January 2023
- Produce better tenant-landowner communications with a farmland lease annual report -- June 2017
- Farm employee management: protecting farm workers during the hot days of summer -- August 2015
- Farm employee management: new employee orientation -- November 2013
- Good farm policy: avoid these top ten estate planning mistakes -- October 2013
- Farm employee management: employment eligibility verification – the basics of form I-9 compliance -- February 2013
- Farm employee management: getting the new employee off to a good start on day one -- November 2012
- Farm employee management: evaluation and selection of job candidates -- September 2012
- Farm employee management: assembly of farm job descriptions -- June 2012
- Farm employee management: do we need an employee handbook? -- May 2012
- Employee management: the job interview, and what questions can I ask? -- December 2011
- Employee management: get the right start in hiring employees -- November 2011
- No enforcement of USDOT number requirement for private trucks in intrastate farm operations -- April 2011
Information Files
- Specialty Crop Insurance Options - Overview and Resources -- A1-62
- Farm Employee Management: Get the Right Start in Hiring Employees -- C1-70
- Farm Employee Management: The Job Interview, and What Questions Can I Ask? -- C1-71
- Farm Employee Management: Do We Need an Employee Handbook? -- C1-72
- Farm Employee Management: Assembly of Farm Job Descriptions -- C1-73
- Farm Employee Management: Put Job Descriptions to Work on Your Farm -- C1-74
- Farm Employee Management: Evaluation and Selection of Job Candidates -- C1-75
- Farm Employee Management: Getting the New Employee Off to a Good Start on Day One -- C1-76
- Farm Employee Management: Employment Eligibility Verification - The Basics of Form I-9 Compliance -- C1-77
- Farm Employee Management: New Employee Orientation -- C1-78
- Farm Employee Management: Farm Safety and Hiring Youth on the Farm -- C1-79
- Farm Employee Management: Applicant Background Checks -- C1-80
- Farm Employee Management: Terminating Employees in Iowa -- C1-81
- Risk Management Practices: Avoid Employment Pitfalls on the Dairy Farm -- C1-83
- Five Steps to Formulate Workforce Contingency Plans in the COVID-19 Setting -- C1-84
- Farm Employee Management: Protect Farm Workers from Heat-Related Stress and Illness -- C1-85
- Farmland Lease Annual Report Form -- C2-06
- Building Your Farm Resume -- C2-13
- Constructing a Farm Succession Plan: Elements to Consider -- C4-17
- Evaluating Your Estate Plan: Federal Gift Taxes -- C4-23
- Evaluating Your Estate Plan: Federal Estate Taxes -- C4-24
- Evaluating Your Estate Plan: Iowa Inheritance Tax -- C4-25
- Evaluating Your Estate Plan: Estate Planning Terms -- C4-50
- Evaluating Your Estate Plan: Forms of Property Ownership -- C4-51
- Evaluating Your Estate Plan: Powers of Attorney and Other Forms of Substitute Decision Making -- C4-54
- Evaluating Your Estate Plan: Estate Planning Goals -- C4-58
- Evaluating Your Estate Plan: Trusts as an Estate Planning Tool -- C4-59
- Evaluating Your Estate Plan: Estate Planning Attorneys: Finding One Who Can Work For You -- C4-61
- Checklist for Iowa Agricultural Employers -- C6-58
Voiced Media
- Specialty Crop Insurance Options -- A1-62
- Risk Management Practices: Avoid Employment Pitfalls on the Dairy Farm -- C1-83
- Farmland Leasing -- C2-01
- The Importance of a Written Lease -- C2-03
- Finding a Farm Estate Planning Attorney -- C4-61
- Top 10 Farm Transition and Estate Planning Mistakes -- C4-50
- Substitute Decision-Making: Who Can Make Decisions When You Cannot? -- C4-54
- Worker Misclassification on the Farm -- C6-58
