IF 137: Sweat Equity w/ Michael Langemeier

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IF 137: Sweat Equity w/ Michael Langemeier

 

In this week’s episode, Tracy speaks with Michael Langemeier from Purdue University about “Sweat Equity” on the farm.

The term sweat equity refers to a person’s contribution toward a farm family operation. Sweat equity is generally not monetary and, in most cases, comes in the form of physical labor, mental effort, and time.

Sweat equity is commonly found in the family business world, and it is a term that is well known to generations of hardworking farmers.

In this episode, Tracy and Michael discuss this very important topic and cover the following points of interest:

• Michael shares his definition of sweat equity.
• He shares the two most common reasons why sweat equity occurs.
• Tracy asks Michael to speak to the connection between farm profitability, accepting a returning family member, and sweaty equity.
• Have you ever wondered if there is a way to measure and value sweat equity for estate planning purposes? You bet there is, and Michael’s shares the calculations and how it can be applied within a farm business scenario. He also shares some additional factors that may affect the calculation.
• He cautions our audience about the two main dilemmas that arise when calculating sweat equity and what to do about them.

Are you part of a multi-generation farm family and curious about handling and fairly compensating family members for their sweat equity contributions? If so, you will not want to miss this episode.

SHOW RESOURCES

In this episode, we referred to two handouts that Michael and Purdue University have kindly agreed to provide access to our show listeners. You can access these documents here:

Handout #1 - Should Sweat Equity be Used to Compensate a Returning Family Member?

Handout #2 - How Should Business Income be Divided?

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Show Guest

Michael Langemeier
Associate Director, Center For Commercial Agriculture And Professor, Department Of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

Michael Langemeier joined Purdue University in July 2012. Michael’s Extension and research interests include cropping systems, benchmarking, strategic management, cost of production, and technical and economic efficiency. Most of Michael’s research has focused on the efficiency of farms and ranches, and crop and livestock enterprise production costs and efficiency. He has also conducted research related to tillage systems, biomass crops and the tradeoff between crop rotation profitability and water quality.

Prior to arriving at Purdue, Michael spent 22 years in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University. In addition to working on Extension and research projects, Michael taught courses in economic theory and farm management and worked closely with the Kansas Farm Management Association. He also conducted workshops for feed mill managers, emphasizing the importance of tracking financial performance, benchmarking and capital budgeting.

Connect with Michael Langemeier - LinkedIn / Website 

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