E123 | The Hard Truth About Bringing the Next Generation Back to the Operation
About this episode
Garrett Ruskamp shares his personal journey of returning to the family farm and the challenges faced in ensuring its survival for future generations.
Episode Summary Coming from the son of the father who tried to get his son back to the operation, it's a tough thing to wrap your head around that if it wasn't for me, the farm would not have had to endure such hardships. But also, if it wasn't for me, the farm would not have survived. In this episode, I take you back through the full story of our operation.Where we were before I came back to the farm, the expansion that changed everything, the debt that piled up, and the rooms I sat in that I never want to sit in again. The attorney. The banker. The farm crisis hotline. My wife. My parents. All of us trying to figure out if the Ruskamp legacy was going to make it to the fifth generation. I'm not sharing this to point fingers or earn sympathy. I'm sharing it because somebody listening to this right now is in the same room I was in. And they need to hear that no one is coming to save them and that's actually okay. Because life happens for you, not to you. Key points from this week's episode: Know your numbers before you bring the next generation back, not after The workload conversation and the financial conversation are not the same thing Expanding too fast without the right…
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Host: Garrett Ruskamp
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