The Farm Transition Conversations Nobody Prepares You For
Updated August 18, 2026
The lawyers handle the deed. The accountants handle the taxes. Nobody handles the conversation — the one where Dad explains why he farmed the way he did, what he wants the land to mean, and what he's afraid of. These episodes are about what actually transfers in a farm transition, and what gets lost forever when the older generation goes before anyone asked.
Episodes from the archive
From 487 episodes of the Vance Crowe Podcast, these conversations go deepest on this ground:
- Farm Succession Planning: Why Fair Isn't Always Equal in Family Inheritance
- Grain Trading CEO Explains Basis Trading and Family Business Succession Planning
- Farm Family Succession Planning: Why Only 9% Make It to Third Generation
- Oil Went Negative $34 a Barrel: Energy CEO Explains What Really Happened
- Harris Proposes Eliminating Stepped-Up Basis: Farm Succession Tax Impact Explained
- Estate Planning Attorney Explains What Actually Happens to Your Money When You Die
- How 46,000 Barges Replace 3.2 Million Trucks: Inside America's Hidden River Infrastructure
- A Land Broker on Where $2 Trillion in Stimulus Money Will Go and What It Means for Farmland
- St. Louis Radio Host on Generational Media Bubbles and Coming Mob Justice
- How Conservation Easements Keep Farmland From Becoming Strip Malls Forever
- Farmer Spent $1M on USDA Compliance for $200K Meat Company: Polycropping & Regulatory Reality
- Farm Wife Builds Trust Through Authentic Social Media and Generational Land Ties
- Commercial Real Estate Investor's Contrarian Take: Why Inflation Will Drop to 2-3% by 2023
- Young Farmer Explains the Hidden Supply Chain Behind Costco's $5 Rotisserie Chicken
- Grain Storage Crisis: Farmers Pile Corn in Quarries as China Cuts Purchases
- Canadian Farmer on Trudeau Resignation, Rising Land Prices, and Cattle Vaccine Shortages
- AI Agronomist Solves 10-Year Farm Problem in One Prompt: John Kempf on Farm Security Theater
- Why Young Men Are Abandoning Politics for Previously Unthinkable Ideas
- Why Two-Income Families Are Now Required for Middle Class Life
- Five Generations of Hog Farming: From Market Collapse to YouTube Success
Where to go from here
Sometimes the best way to have a conversation about the future of the farm is to first talk about the past. Many people feel like they can move on once they have told the story of their past. Close one chapter by recording a Legacy Interview so that the next chapter can begin.
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