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Mike Downey

@mdowney_78

Passionate about family farms | Farm Business & Transition Consultant w/Uncommon Farms | Co-owner, Next Gen Ag Advocates | Blog: 'More than Dirt', Farm Futures

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"๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐๐ข๐  ๐๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ" - ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ & ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ This week, the House unveiled what some are calling โ€œOne Big Beautiful Billโ€ The jury is still out on that, but for those of us working with farm

"๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐๐ข๐  ๐๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ" - ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ & ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ

This week, the House unveiled what some are calling โ€œOne Big Beautiful Billโ€

The jury is still out on that, but for those of us working with farm
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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž? This week, I met with a farming couple wrestling with a big question: "What happens to the farm when weโ€™re gone?" Assumptions include: โ€ข 5th generation family farm โ€ข Daughter & son-in-law farming

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž'๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž?

This week, I met with a farming couple wrestling with a big question: 

"What happens to the farm when weโ€™re gone?"

Assumptions include: 
โ€ข     5th generation family farm 
โ€ข     Daughter & son-in-law farming
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Don't Sell to China or the "Big Guys." "You can make more money by selling to the "little guys." Some interesting points made in this podcast by Mary Jo aka 'you be the bank' proponent. I do agree that seller financing & using traditional sale contracts is a very

Don't Sell to China or the "Big Guys."

"You can make more money by selling to the "little guys."

Some interesting points made in this podcast by Mary Jo aka 'you be the bank' proponent. 

I do agree that seller financing & using traditional sale contracts is a very
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Lost...but never forgotten: 25,000: Revolutionary War 15,000: War of 1812 13,300: Mexican-American 750,000: Civil War 2,500: Spanish-American 4,200: Philippine 117,000: WWI 406,000: WWII 40,000: Korean War 60,000: Vietnam War 300:

Lost...but never forgotten: 

25,000:     Revolutionary War
15,000:     War of 1812
13,300:     Mexican-American
750,000:  Civil War
2,500:       Spanish-American 
4,200:       Philippine
117,000:    WWI
406,000:  WWII
40,000:    Korean War 
60,000:    Vietnam War 
300: