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Five steps for successful farm succession

Apr 30, 2021
Apr 30, 2021

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Farm succession planning should not begin when the head of the family dies, says Wesley Tucker, University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist and succession planning coordinator.

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