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Feb 1, 2025
The February edition of our Farm Office Live webinar is packed full of farm management and agricultural law information! Join us on Friday, February 21 for this fast-moving webinar featuring our OSU team of experts. Register for the free webinar series and find past recordings at go.osu.edu/farmofficelive.
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Jan 13, 2025
Take the time this winter to consider the future of your farm and farming operation. Our Planning for the Future of Your Farm workshops can help you identify goals and develop strategies for carrying our those goals. Visit this page on the Farm Office website for our schedule of online and in person workshops.
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Nov 22, 2024
Join us for our Farmer and Farmland Owner Tax Edition of Farm Office Live! We'll cover farm tax issues for the 2024 tax season and beyond. Register at go.osu.edu/farmofficelive.
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Nov 20, 2024
A new bulletin, Understanding Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts, is now available to help you compare these two different types of trusts and consider how each can play a role in your farm’s transition plan. Find the new publication in our Estate and Transition Planning Law Library on farmoffice.osu.edu.
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Sep 14, 2024
Grab a cup of coffee and join us on October 18, 2024 and December 13, 2024 from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. to hear Dr. Suengki Lee provide his take on the WASDE crop report and factors affecting grain markets. Pre-register for the free webinar at go.osu.edu/coffeeandgrain.
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Aug 28, 2024
The OSU Agricultural & Resource Law Program owes its origins to Paul L. Wright, Ohio's first official "agricultural attorney." We mourn the loss of our founder, who passed away on August 17, 2024. Read about this exceptional man in our tribute on the Ohio Ag Law Blog.
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Jul 11, 2024
A spousal lifetime access trust can provide income for a spouse while removing assets from the donor spouse's taxable estate. Learn about this tool in our newest law bulletin in the Planning for the Future of Your Farm series.
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Jun 22, 2024
Announcing the second annual Cultivating Connections Conference for farm transition planning professionals! OSU will host the program at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and virtually on August 5 and 6, 2024. Learn more and register through this link.
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May 27, 2024
With the potential decrease in the federal estate tax exemption in 2026 looming, now is the time to consider gifting strategies that may help reduce a farm estate's federal tax liability.Read our latest bulletin on Gifting to Reduce Federal Estate Taxes for an explanation of how gifting might help reduce a farm's federal estate tax risk.
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Apr 22, 2024
Yes, some farmers do retire! When they're ready, there are strategies for transferring farm operating assets while addressing income needs and tax implications. Our latest bulletin in the Planning for the Future of Your Farm series explains those strategies.
