Posts by UnCommon Farms

The Goal Safeguarding Land and Family Legacy for Future Generations This multi-generational farm family approached UnCommon Farms with a strong sense of purpose: to ensure the...

The Goal Ensure the Farm Continues Beyond Retirement—Even Without Family in the Operation “We’d like to see the farm continue—but none of our children farm.” A long-time farm...

The Goal Ensuring the Farm Stays in the Family The family’s top priority was crystal clear—keep the farm in the family for generations to come. With a long-standing legacy in...

The Goal Empowering the Next Generation While Preserving Retirement Security A multi-generational farm family approached UnCommon Farms with two interconnected goals: Transition...

The Goal Keeping Peace Where it Matters Most “We’d rather give everything away to charity than see a big family feud over an estate settlement.” When this farm couple came to us,...

The Challenge With over 170 landowners, it was difficult for an Indiana family farm to know what is most important to each and every landowner so that they can exceed landowner...

The Challenge Specific to the Operations Manager position, this family farm operation already had a good person in the role, someone with operations experience and the trust of...

The Challenge Like many operations, hiring employees was not one of this farm’s strengths. They did not have a hiring process or know how to properly solicit applications,...

The Challenge Like many operations, they were facing challenges and time constraints in handling their day to day financials. The growth of acres and adding entities increased the...

The Challenge The Mehmen’s situation is likely familiar to a majority of the mid to large size farms across North America. Their adherence to family values and continuing their...