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Trading among farmers

Kirkwood, Greg

Executive Summary

My initial intention was to explore Trading Among Farmers (TAF) benefits, as an option for family succession. I believed TAF could be used as an alternative to, or combination of asset distribution, retirement cashflow, family succession vehicle etc … During the ‘education’ process it became apparent that TAF’s options and its flexibility would be wide and varied and therefore suitable for many farming business structures.

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