When farm households take into consideration transitioning to the following era, the very first thing that usually involves thoughts is transferring the property — the land, the buildings, the tools.
However Nathan Hulinksy with the College of Minnesota Extension Service, says it actually wants to begin with a plan to switch the administration tasks.
“As a result of if the son who’s taken over the farm would not know the right method of selecting out seed genetics or, you understand, selecting out what bulls to make use of for the dairy farm, if they do not know a few of these administration capabilities, the farm’s not going to outlive the asset switch,” Hulinsky stated. “I’ve heard plenty of horror tales the place they promote the son the mix and he would not know the best way to preserve it or use it correctly. 5 years later, it simply did not work and the farm is bought to another person.”
To assist households keep away from the horror tales, the Minnesota Extension gives free household retreat weekends to assist information the transition dialogue.
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Nathan Hulinsky, College of Minnesota Extension.
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Hulinsky stated Minnesota Extension began going to a two-day format just a few years in the past, after getting suggestions {that a} single session of some hours was typically too overwhelming with the quantity of knowledge introduced.
In 2023, Extension is providing three two-day retreats that begin on Friday, 5 to eight:30 p.m., and proceed the following day, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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The places and dates are:
Mankato, Feb. 24-25
St. Cloud, March 10-11
Mahnomen, March 31-April 1
The periods are free and three meals are offered. Hulinsky stated most households spend in a single day at residence and return the following morning; lodge rooms usually are not included. Registration data may be at
https://extension.umn.edu/courses-and-events
. Hulinsky stated there isn’t any arduous deadline however registering per week or two prematurely will assist assure sufficient meals is ordered.
The retreats are facilitated by Hulinsky and Jim Molenaar of St. Cloud Technical and Neighborhood School.
Hulinsky was a part of two retreats final yr, with three to 5 relations from every household collaborating and eight to 10 households at every session.
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He stated the networking amongst households also can assist speak by way of and provide totally different viewpoints to the distinctive state of affairs each farm presents.
Hulinsky stated the two-day format additionally helps households preserve the dialog and transition course of going after being hit with a wave of knowledge.
“We encourage each events, you understand, the youthful era and the older era, to point out as much as these retreats to form of … pressure the dialogue and say, ‘Hey, like, what are our long run targets, proper?’”
Hulinsky stated speaking by way of targets is among the first massive steps within the course of — and never simply targets for the enterprise facet of issues, but in addition private and household targets.
“You realize, perhaps that the enterprise objective is that they actually wish to develop, however a household objective is that they wish to go and do a bunch of holidays. Typically these targets do not work effectively with one another,” Hulinsky stated.
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Another matters embrace defining job tasks and maybe even job titles.
And, whereas members gained’t be opening up their accounting books, there will likely be a dialogue of funds and potential tax implications of various choices.
“How will we promote the daughter the cows? Simply a few of these sale facets we do discuss pretty briefly,” Hulinsky stated.
Households will get some worksheets to work by way of to assist with planning for persevering with the farm and retirement.
“So I believe the take house is ensuring everyone’s within the know,” Hulinsky stated. “However once more, it is not over on Saturday at 4 o’clock once we wrap up this dialogue.”
After shocking Washington fans by announcing his decision to enter the transfer portal, running back Cameron Davis has found a new home. Following six seasons on Montlake, the former four-star recruit will spend his final season in the Big Ten playing for coach PJ Fleck and the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
In his final season in Seattle, Davis took 44 carries for 190 yards, adding 14 catches for 156 yards, but was unable to find the end zone. He finished his Husky career with 253 carries for 1,093 yards and 15 touchdowns and accrued an additional 434 yards on 52 receptions. Now, he will join what has quickly become a very crowded running backs room.
After a stellar sophomore season that saw him total 1,206 yards and 11 touchdowns, Darius Taylor is expected to lead the way for the Golden Gophers in 2025. He’ll be aided by Marshall transfer AJ Turner, who was named to the All-Sun Belt Second Team after tallying 864 yards and 6 touchdowns in 2024.
Shortly after Davis committed, Fleck earned a third commitment from a transfer back when former four-star recruit Cole Cabana announced his intentions to attend Minnesota. Cabana had taken just two carries for 6 yards in his three seasons at Michigan, but offers promising potential.
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Without Davis, Washington is expected to lean heavily on Jonah Coleman, who announced his intentions to return for his senior season on Thanksgiving, and sophomore Adam Mohammed in 2025.
LEROY, Minn. (KTTC) – Leroy-Ostrander high school has less than 300 students in attendance. One of those students is the best high school football player in Minnesota.
Camden Hungerholt, L-O/L-P football’s do-it-all star, was named 2024 Minnesota Mr. Football, the honor awarded by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association to the top high school player in the state. In the 20-year existence of the award, he is the first ever 9-Player football athlete to earn the honor.
“It means a lot to win this award,” Hungerholt said. “To be put up for this award is even an honor, and to win it, to be the best player in Minnesota, I have to give a lot of credit to my teammates and my coaches and everyone who has been a part of my journey.”
Hungerholt was historic in 2024. The quarterback led the state in rushing with 2,846 yards, more than 200 yards more than the second-leading rusher in the state. He also passed for 2,421 yards, good for sixth in the state, netting well over 5,000 total yards.
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The senior star totaled 70 touchdowns, 36 on the ground and 34 through the air. L-O/L-P head coach Trevor Carrier described Hungerholt winning the award as emotional.
“To know that you have the opportunity to coach such great kids, kids like Cam, to have such a prestigious award come down to Leroy, it’s so many emotions,” Carrier said. “All positive emotions, you want to cry out immediately because the emotions are so strong.”
Hungerholt returned to LeRoy after the Mr. Football ceremony greeted by a gym packed with the Cardinal faithful.
“The joy of coming down here and supporting Cam and his family in this amazing time is just great,” Carrier said.
Carrier added that the ambulance and fire trucks escorted Hungerholt back into town.
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Hungerholt showed his gratitude to the community.
“I just want to thank everyone that’s been a part of my journey, to everyone that’s ever helped me, no matter how big or small their part was, everything that’s made me who I am today has helped me so much.”
Carrier taught Hungerholt in three years of school, and he acknowledged his growth as an athlete and a person.
“I’m extremely, extremely proud of who he was, even in elementary school, and the man he’s become,” Carrier said. “I’m not even talking about his athletics or the fact that he’s top of the class academically. Amazing kid, and if my son’s half of what Cam is, then I’ll be an extremely happy dad.”
Hungerholt is off to Minnesota State-Mankato next fall to continue his football career. He caps a historic career as a Cardinal with an incredible honor.
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Click here to watch Camden Hungerholt’s Athlete of the Week from November 11.
The Golden Knights had a tougher trek than the Wild to get to puck drop Sunday, but they didn’t play like it.
Victor Olofsson scored a 2-2 tiebreaker 3 minutes, 49 seconds into the third period against Wallstedt, who was ushered into duty with Filip Gustavsson getting evaluated for an undisclosed issue that coach John Hynes doesn’t believe will be a major problem.
Marc-Andre Fleury, who was in net Saturday for the Wild’s 4-1 win over the Flyers, backed up Wallstedt. The rookie finished with 24 saves in the first home game of his NHL career; last season, Wallstedt’s NHL debut and two subsequent appearances came on the road.
The Wild led early, capitalizing just 1:30 into the first period when Kaprizov one-timed a no-look backhand pass from Mats Zuccarello, who pried the puck away from Vegas along the boards.
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On the Golden Knights’ first and only power play, they responded at 9:31 with an Olofsson shot that flew by Wallstedt as he was screened by Mark Stone; the Wild’s only power play came in the final minute of the third period, but the team blanked on its 6-on-4 look. Vegas moved ahead 6:04 into the second period when the Golden Knights gobbled up a Brock Faber turnover and went the other way for a 4-on-3 rush that Shea Theodore buried.
But with 3:04 to go in the period, Kaprizov tallied his second of the game after catching a deflected puck, dropping it to the ice and wiring it by goalie Ilya Samsonov (20 saves).
Kaprizov’s 22 goals are tied with the Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl for the NHL lead, and his 47 points are second to the 50 for Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon.
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