Granite County Ranchers Plan for the Future

Published: 2019
By Ben Hauptman

In January of 2019, Granite County MSU Extension invited Marsha Goetting to engage with local producers as part of the 25th annual Herdsmanship School. Estate planning was identified as an area of interest for local ranchers that turned in evaluations from the previous Herdsmanship School. Marsha delivered information to the group to help them understand estate planning. In response to a Turning Point poll, 43% of the attendees did not have a written estate plan and 12% had not reviewed their estate plan in over 10 years. This interactive program showed the different scenarios that occur in Montana depending on how much estate planning has been done for individual family ranches. Participants gained a better understanding of the importance of having a well thought out estate plan to protect themselves and be better prepared for the future generations.