Editor’s note: Please enjoy this Dr. Rosmann column from 2014.
Our 50th wedding anniversary is just one year away. A milestone of that magnitude takes advance planning.
Dear Michael: Under some of the proposals put out under President Biden’s Infrastructure Tax Plan, they state it will only affect the wealthy.…
When you’re growing up in the ’50s and ’60s on a remote ranch 30 miles from your nearest town of 1200 residents that housed the only family do…
Paul W. Johnson, the former head of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources after that, pas…
I forgot to diet today. I do that quite often – forget to give up the things that make my upper arms and thighs quiver. My good intentions are…
Dear Michael: We have considered giving more of our property away today than waiting until the estate and gift tax law changes. We have some p…
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I’ve seen documents where Hank Williams wrote a song while waiting in the lobby for an audition and it turned out to be one of his biggest hits.
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Dear Michael: Our estate is over $12 million. We have set things up for our son to receive our farmland via life estate. What happens if the e…
After an extremely warm, easy, ho-hum winter day after day through November, December, January and early February the bottom dropped out.
I’ve had more time to reflect on things this past year, than perhaps at any other time in my life. With all that extra thinking, these are the…
Editor’s note: Please enjoy this March 2014 column from Dr. Mike Rosmann.
Dear Michael: We have been hearing a lot about the new administration’s proposed tax law changes – including lowering the non-taxable amount t…
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Dear Michael: We had heard that using a life estate is the best way to protect our property from long-term care costs. We have three children …
By the time this column is printed, you will have only two days left before Valentine’s Day. If you haven’t taken care of business before now,…
In June 1991, a four-person panel of representatives of their fields presented their insights about sustainable agriculture and sustainable me…
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Editor’s note: Please enjoy this Dr. Rosmann column from 2014.
When you spend a lot of time with someone you think you know them pretty well. You might even think you can read each other’s minds. Well you …
Dear Michael: We have just come back from an attorney. My father is in end-of-life care at a hospital and we wanted to know what we could do p…
This week is now time for what should be the 36th annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering at Elko, Nev. Who ever would have thought a dangerou…
Dear Michael: We watched with shock and dismay about the events recently at the Capitol building, as it was being stormed with protestors. We …
Although some people prefer the same foods every day or must eat the same items daily because that’s all they have available to them, most of …