{"id":14133,"date":"2025-09-15T01:01:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/?p=14133"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:09:13","slug":"probate-or-programs-avoid-family-feuds-with-estate-planning-for-your-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2025\/09\/15\/probate-or-programs-avoid-family-feuds-with-estate-planning-for-your-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Probate or Problems: Avoid Family Feuds with Estate Planning for Your Land"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had the chance to join Mac and Wayne on their National Land Podcast to chat about the topic of estate planning.\u00a0 We had a really fun conversation about things land owners should consider and mistakes we’ve seen in our careers.\u00a0 You can listen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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If you are interested in farm and ranch estate planning in particular, we have lots of great resources!\u00a0 Check out the Successful Succession video series I made in conjunction with Texas Corn Producers here<\/a>.\u00a0 We also have a playlist of our podcast episodes related to estate planning that you can find here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently had the chance to join Mac and Wayne on their National Land Podcast to chat about the topic of estate planning.\u00a0 We had a really fun conversation about things land owners should consider and mistakes we’ve seen in our careers.\u00a0 You can listen here. If you are interested in farm and ranch estate planning in particular, we have lots of great resources!\u00a0 Check out the Successful Succession video series I made in conjunction with Texas Corn Producers here.\u00a0 We also have a playlist of our podcast… Read More →<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2444,"featured_media":14134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nProbate or Problems: Avoid Family Feuds with Estate Planning for Your Land - Texas Agriculture Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2025\/09\/15\/probate-or-programs-avoid-family-feuds-with-estate-planning-for-your-land\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Probate or Problems: Avoid Family Feuds with Estate Planning for Your Land - Texas Agriculture Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I recently had the chance to join Mac and Wayne on their National Land Podcast to chat about the topic of estate planning.\u00a0 We had a really fun conversation about things land owners should consider and mistakes we’ve seen in our careers.\u00a0 You can listen here. 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