Jul 1, 2024

We receive several questions about options to save for retirement, and some times about options to contribute to retirement for employees. For this episode, Alice Tunks-Jones, Financial Advisor with Edward Jones, joins us to answer some of those questions. We discussed 5 specific types of retirement accounts,...

Jun 7, 2024

Every year, KFMA publishes an executive summary to showcase certain pieces of data for KFMA farms from the prior production year. KFMA Executive Director, Mark Dikeman, and Associate Director, Kellen Liebsch, joined us to share about the 2023 KFMA executive summary. You can find the summary publication at the below...

Apr 3, 2024

Depreciation is one of the topics on which we receive several questions each year. There are a lot of rules regarding depreciation for tax purposes, but it's also one of the most valuable tax planning tools farmers have available. In this episode, we discuss the basics of depreciation, different rules to be aware of,...

Feb 17, 2024

We hear a lot about cash accounting and accrual accounting, but it can be challenging to know the difference between the two and how they are both used. Kellen Liebsch, Associate Director for KFMA, sits down to talk about the two accounting methods, how they can be utilized, and the pros and cons of each method.

Jan 11, 2024

The 20th annual Women Managing the Farm Conference is almost here! We sat down with the committee co-chairs, Sandra Wick and Lori Rogge, to discuss the upcoming conference. We also discussed the history of Women Managing the Farm, the overall goal and vision of the conference, and what to look forward to in...