Paying Kids, Planning Retirement, Protecting the Ranch Now

About this episode

Haylie Shipp and financial advisor Ty McDonald discuss essential financial topics for ranch families.

Most ranch families know they need to have financial conversations. Far fewer actually sit down and have them. In the Season 3 finale of the Ranch Stewards Podcast, host Haylie Shipp sits down with financial advisor Ty McDonald for an honest discussion about the topics many agricultural families tend to put off: paying kids through the ranch operation, retirement planning, succession conversations, and preparing both the ranch and the people behind it for the future. Together, Haylie and Ty d...

People in this episode

Host: Haylie Shipp

Guest: Ty McDonald

Topics covered

• financial conversations
• retirement planning
• succession planning
• ranch operation
• family business

Keywords

• ranching
• financial planning
• family succession
• agriculture
• retirement

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