Helpline

• Compensation for Time

  Learn how to fairly compensate for farming labor, when family ties are concerned.

  (8/27/2008)

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• Helpline: Good Times Can Be Stressful
  Good Times Can Be Stressful (3/14/2008)

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• Helpline: Striking a Fair Balance
  Learn how to treat everyone equally when transferring farms. (2/15/2008)

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• Helpline: No More Sleep Walking
  No More Sleep Walking (2/2/2008)

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• Helpline: A Call Away
  A Call Away (1/11/2008)

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• Helpline: Keep Life In Balance
  My husband and I have been married for more than 12 years. Together we have one son, one mother- in-law, 25 milk cows, five greenhouses and eight acres of vegetables. (11/2/2007)

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• Helpline: What a Dirt Bag
  My sister has decided to go on welfare. How can we get through to her? (7/27/2007)

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• Helpline: The House in Limbo
  Q&A: What do you do with the farm home when the owners no longer wish to live in it? How do you keep the farm from splitting a marriage? (3/30/2007)

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• Helpline: Where There’s a Will
  Q&A: How do you convince family members to make a will? How do you involve married-in family members in estate planning? (3/17/2007)

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• Helpline: When Farming and Dysfunction Mix
  I know it’s easier to say than do, but it’s time to stop fretting and being angry and time to start taking action. (1/12/2007)

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• Helpline: Nature vs. nuture illustrated
  Your answer concerning the lady that was adopted and the issues she was dealing with [January 2006, Farm Journal] was right on target. (7/29/2006)

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• Helpline: Fair is Fair in Partnerships
  My brother and I inherited a small farm 20 years ago. We jointly own the property and a house that I live in. We have an S corporation that passes through gains and losses to the two of us. My brother works the farm. Should I be paying rent to my brother? (5/13/2006)

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• Helpline: We’ve Tried Everything
  I hope you can give us some advice. We have tried family counseling, sheriff’s intervention, mediator assistance, family guidance and a mental health center and nothing has been solved. (3/8/2006)

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• Helpline: Before You Walk Down the Aisle
  A couple of letters asking about premarital counseling—in addition to thoughts of a new year and Cupid visiting in February—motivated me to spend some time on the subject. The readers who wrote were interested in how I help couples approach an upcoming marriage. (1/30/2006)

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• Helpline: Estate Matters Create Tension
  Read the answers to reader questions: one about estate planning and one on being adopted. (1/17/2006)

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