The New World of Farm and Business Succession Planning conference, presented by Gislason & Hunter and CliftonLarsonAllen, was held on December 6, 2018. Topics that were discussed included: 2017 Tax Reform—What actually happened? 2017 Tax Reform—What do I do now? State & Local Tax Update The Planning Toolbox—entity options, 199A reforms, valuation, etc. Question &...

As I write this in December 2018, the news is being flooded with articles on farm bankruptcies and the looming crisis for farmers and their lenders due to various economic situations outside of each farmer’s control. Farm divorces are estimated to increase. For anyone who has been in or read about the agricultural industry for...

DIRT Magazine is a publication by Gislason & Hunter LLP that includes vital information for the Agriculture and Agribusiness industry that work to feed the world. This issue features an article from Tom Revier and Paul Hillen on Revier Cattle Company–The Fine Wine of Beef and an article from Brad Schloesser on the Growing Opportunities...

Mankato, MN (November 13, 2018) – Gislason & Hunter is pleased to be a sponsor of the 7th annual Kiwanis Holiday Lights, set to kick off on November 23 in Mankato’s Sibley Park. The Mankato Downtown Kiwanis Club will host the holiday lights November 23 to December 31, 2018. Kiwanis Holiday Lights is presented by the...

Instead of hiring employees to perform all work on the farm, many pork producers contract with independent contractors to perform certain services.  For example, a pork producer may contract with an independent trucker to transport pigs from a nursery to a finishing barn or from the finishing barn to the packing plant.  Or a pork...

Access to a safe deposit box upon death can be accomplished in a number of ways. Commonly, documents such as a will, insurance policies, and burial plan documents may be contained in the contents of a safe deposit box. Access to the safe deposit box documents may be accomplished in a number of ways; unfortunately,...

Almost every area of finance and business has dramatically changed as a result of the digital revolution. Notarization has not been among them. If a document needed a notarized signature, it required an in-person meeting with a notary public present where the notary watches the person sign the document and then stamps the document with...