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Agri-Generational Helping family‑owned farms and ranches pass on their land, business and legacy with a clear, values‑based succession plan.

There's a version of your story that never gets told.Not the one about the land. The land has its own story and everybod...
09/02/2026

There's a version of your story that never gets told.

Not the one about the land. The land has its own story and everybody can see it.

The one that doesn't get told is yours. What it cost you personally. The years that were close. The times you made a call in the dark with no guarantee it was right — and made it anyway because someone had to.

Some people inherit an operation. You inherited the debt, the drought, and the decision to stay anyway.

The people coming up behind you deserve to know that story. Not the deed. Not the balance sheet. The real one.

We're here when you're ready to talk about it.
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Today is National Dog Day, which on most operations is just called Wednesday.He was there before daylight. He rode in th...
08/26/2026

Today is National Dog Day, which on most operations is just called Wednesday.

He was there before daylight. He rode in the truck to check water. He supervised the fence repair with what can only be described as opinions. He has never once been asked to do any of this and would be deeply offended if told to stay home.

Every farm and ranch has one. The dog who thinks the whole place is his responsibility. Who knows the sound of the right truck coming up the road. Who's been to more branding pens, hay fields, and grain elevators than most people ever will.

They work for nothing. They ask for nothing. And somewhere in the middle of a hard year, they've been the reason more than one person kept their head on straight.

Here's to the farm dogs and ranch dogs. The good ones. The muddy ones. The ones who've been gone a while and still get talked about at the table.

Give yours an extra minute today. They've earned it.

Here's something worth knowing, free of charge.Most family conversations about the future of an operation start with ass...
08/19/2026

Here's something worth knowing, free of charge.

Most family conversations about the future of an operation start with assets. Who gets the home place. How the ground divides. What the equipment's worth. Everyone walks in braced for a negotiation — so a negotiation is what they get.

The ones that go well start somewhere else entirely. They start with what people actually want.

What do you want the next fifteen years to look like? Do you truly want to run this place, or have you been saying yes out of loyalty? For those who built lives elsewhere — what does this land mean to you, honestly?

Most families have never said those answers out loud to each other. Once they do, everything after it gets easier — because now there's something to aim at.

You don't need us to have that first conversation. But if you want help with what comes after it, that's exactly what we do. Start with a free call at agrigenerational.com.

🎙 Brent sat down with Logan and Bobby Lee on the Talk Dirt To Me podcast for an honest conversation about the question e...
08/18/2026

🎙 Brent sat down with Logan and Bobby Lee on the Talk Dirt To Me podcast for an honest conversation about the question every farm family avoids:

Who gets the farm when you die?

Too many families leave behind nothing more than "y'all can figure it out when I'm gone" — and that mindset can destroy everything generations spent a lifetime building.

Through his book Peace of Land and over 30 years of working alongside farm and ranch families, Brent walks through the real decisions surrounding legacy land, family relationships, and what it actually takes to protect what you've built.

If you know a family that's been putting off this conversation, share this with them. It might be the nudge they need.

🎧 Listen to the full episode here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-251-who-gets-the-farm-when-you-die-feat-brent-turner/id1590330698?i=1000783272546

📘 Get Peace of Land:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLF65CY2

Ask anyone who's been doing this a while and they'll have a story.The year the combine broke down at the worst possible ...
08/12/2026

Ask anyone who's been doing this a while and they'll have a story.

The year the combine broke down at the worst possible moment and three trucks showed up before dark. The stretch in the hospital when the chores somehow kept getting done. The neighbor who never said a word about it, just started showing up.

Nobody keeps score. Nobody sends an invoice. It's just understood — that's what you do.

You won't find that written down in any operating agreement. But it's one of the most valuable things any farm or ranch family has, and it doesn't show up on a balance sheet anywhere.

To whoever showed up for you: they probably know. But it wouldn't hurt to tell them.

We're always glad to talk about protecting what matters most to your family. agrigenerational.com

August has a particular feeling to it.The days run long and hot. Equipment is running. Somebody's hauling water, somebod...
08/05/2026

August has a particular feeling to it.

The days run long and hot. Equipment is running. Somebody's hauling water, somebody's checking fence, and everybody's tired by eight o'clock.

But there's also the evening light that makes the whole place look like something out of a painting. There's the county fair coming up. There's a kid somewhere on your operation who thinks driving the tractor is the greatest privilege ever granted to a human being — and honestly, they might be right.

This is the season people picture when they imagine this life. And for once, the picture's accurate.

We hope you get a minute this month to stand still and look at it.

If you ever want to talk about keeping this life going for the people coming up behind you, we're here. agrigenerational.com

Every operation has one.The odometer stopped working during a different presidential administration. The driver's door n...
07/29/2026

Every operation has one.

The odometer stopped working during a different presidential administration. The driver's door needs a specific technique. There's a toolbox in the bed that hasn't been fully inventoried since roughly 2009, and a jacket behind the seat that belongs to nobody anyone can identify.

It has hauled feed, calves, fence posts, groceries, at least one Christmas tree, and a teenager to their first day of a job they hated.

Somebody offered to buy it once. That went about how you'd expect.

It doesn't need to be nice. It needs to start. And every single morning, it does.

Here's to the truck. Long may she run.

To the next generation working on a family farm or ranch right now:You are showing up every day. You are learning the op...
07/22/2026

To the next generation working on a family farm or ranch right now:

You are showing up every day. You are learning the operation. You are putting in the hours because you love it and because you see a future in it.

But if you are waiting for the senior generation to formally hand you a seat at the table — you may be waiting a long time.

The families that transition successfully are almost always the ones where the next generation came forward first. Not with demands. Not with ultimatums. Just with honest words: "I want to be part of building the future of this operation. Can we talk about how that looks?"

That is not overstepping. That is exactly what the senior generation needs to hear.

You do not need permission to start the conversation. You just need the courage to begin.

Take our free Farm and Legacy Assessment at agrigenerational.com and find out what your path forward looks like.

Nearly 14 percent of farm and ranch families say that tension within the family is their number one concern when it come...
07/15/2026

Nearly 14 percent of farm and ranch families say that tension within the family is their number one concern when it comes to succession.

We think that number is probably higher. Because a lot of families never say it out loud.

There is the sibling who has been working the operation for twenty years and wonders if it will be treated fairly. The parent who does not know how to bring up retirement without it feeling like an ending. The next generation who wants in but does not know how to ask.

These dynamics are not unique to struggling families. They show up in strong families too — families that love each other deeply and still find this conversation almost impossible to start.

The families who navigate it well are not the ones without conflict. They are the ones who decided the land — and the people — were worth working through it.

Brent's book Peace of Land walks through exactly these dynamics in plain language written for farm and ranch families. Pick up a copy at agrigenerational.com.

Here is something we see with nearly every farm and ranch family we work with:They have spent decades building something...
07/08/2026

Here is something we see with nearly every farm and ranch family we work with:

They have spent decades building something significant — land, livestock, equipment, relationships, reputation — and when you sit down and actually map it out, the total picture is almost always larger than they realized.

The problem is not what they built. The problem is that most families do not have a clear accounting of everything they have created, what it is worth, or how to structure a plan around it.

A herd does not operate in isolation. Neither does a farm. There are land values, equipment, leases, family relationships, and business structures that all have to work together in a transition.

Understanding your full picture is not complicated. But it does require someone who knows what questions to ask.

That is exactly what we do. Schedule your free call with Brent at agrigenerational.com and let's look at the full picture together.

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