Driving the Transition Train The Farmland Exit

About this episode

The episode discusses a new advisory framework for farm transitions and highlights key concerns among those considering a farm exit.

Tim Hammond and Wade Berlinic of Hammond Realty joined Dan Aberhart to publicly launch the Ag Exits and Acquisitions Advisory Framework, a four-phase approach to farm transitions built for operations that have outgrown the traditional listing model. The conversation surfaced a striking finding from the live audience: tax exposure and family conflict tied as the top concerns among people thinking about a farm exit, while nearly a third of the room admitted they had no coordinated advisor team in place. What emerged was a case for treating a farm transition not as a real estate transaction but as the final and most consequential business decision of a career -- one that requires a defined, structured, disciplined process long before a sign goes in the ground.

People in this episode

Host: Dan Aberhart

Guests: Tim Hammond, Wade Berlinic

Topics covered

• farm transitions
• real estate
• business decisions
• tax exposure
• family conflict
• advisory framework

Keywords

• farm exit
• advisory framework
• tax exposure
• family conflict
• business decision
• real estate transaction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hammond Realty

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