Posts by John Lavelle

John Lavelle is a founding partner of Lavelle and Finn, LLP, a firm dedicated to estate planning, tax consulting, and business transactions. When he is not practicing law, he can be found in Middleburgh, Schoharie County, NY at the horse farm where he and his wife Patty relocated her Windhorse Thoroughbreds, LLC business. They also opened Cotton Hill Farm, a farm-property that has been repurposed for horse breeding. John can be reached at john@lavelleandfinn.com or at www.lavelleandfinn.com/index.html
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Business Obstacles Successful Farmers Overcome

By John Lavelle / July 3, 2017

In my prior three articles, we discussed estate tax implications of large land ownership, business succession issues in farming operations, and the tax benefits of conservation easements.  Now let’s discuss something completely different: the day-to-day issues all business owners must cope with, but that are particularly challenging for farmers. One of the fastest ways to…

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