My children and I own a 320-acre pasture south of Massena, Iowa and an 80-acre pasture west of Bennington, Nebraska. These farms are held by our family farm corporation and rented to local beef cow-calf producers.
Although both farms are too small to be profitable in commodity and local markets, we do not want to sell.
Instead, we want to scale up for high-value commodity markets and farmer-owned retail food brands.
Without doubt profitable farms are far better long-term investments than stocks and bonds. Why? Because land is scarce and food is the basic ingredient in stable rural, urban, and world economies.
But without larger farms and reasonably steady profits, farmland succession is simply not possible for the vast majority of smaller farms.
Farmland Succession
To support sound farmland succession within experienced farm families, my business partners and I offer planning, farm management, and marketing services to farmers, farmland owners, and their local financial and legal advisors.
We are hosting public information meetings in the Omaha area on scaling up family farms and planning farmland succession. Preliminary business plans will be available at no cost to selected farm owners and farmers who attend these meetings..
Please read on and then contact me for an appointment.
Thank you.
Jim Steffen, President
Massena Corporation
402-317-2639
jim@MassenaFarms.com
Posted 03-29-2026