Ranching with Family Ain’t Always Easy!
My Conversation with
Farmer Andy Junkin

I’m not sure what’s more fun, interviewing guests about ranching for my RANCHCAST with LEM LEWIS podcast or being interviewed about ranching for other podcasts and media outlets.
 
Anytime I get to talk with other rural property lovers it’s a special treat.
 
Recently, Andy Junkin, a 7th generation farm boy, author, and host of Agriculture Strategy, invited me to chat with him in a live video hosted on Google’s Hangouts. A replay of that 18-minute conversation is now available on YouTube at http://tinyurl.com/andy-junkin.
 
Andy, like me, labors to save rural landowning families. He works as a consultant to farm owners, improving their ability to make and implement crucial decisions about the future of their properties. “I live to save farms,” Andy writes, adding that “most farm families contact me in the middle of a family crisis.”
 
Andy has an impressive track record of helping farm families mend their rifts and bolster their profitability, making the eventual transition to next-generation owners a smooth and efficient process.
 
I hope to have Andy on an upcoming edition of RANCHCAST. Meanwhile, I think you’ll enjoy hearing Andy and me, on his show, talk about what I do in my capacity as The Ranch Broker.
 
Among the topics Andy and I cover in less than 20 minutes are:
 

• How to handle complex ranch sales transactions
• The legal pitfalls of ranch sales
• Why ranch buyers should aim to get preapproved financing
• So-called ‘Pocket Listings’ – i.e. ranches that are for sale, but not publicly marketed
• The role a good broker can play in getting all owners (family members) on the same page
• The keys to being a successful ranch buyer
• How to help families who want to sell their ranches, but are sentimentally attached

 
If you want to learn more about Andy – whose given name is Mark Andrew Junkin, I recommend you visit his website: www.agriculturestrategy.com.  He’s currently offering a free copy of his book, Farming with Family: Ain’t Always Easy!

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