SIOUX FALLS ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL

This event will be offered in person at the Minnehaha Country Club or virtually from your home/office. 

A buffet lunch will be served starting at 11:30 am. The webinar begins at noon.

Registration for in-person attendance will close at 5 pm on Thursday, February 13th. 

About the Program:

Alan Hojer has been blessed for the last 11 years to work with farmers and ranchers on finding the pathway forward to transition their operations to the next generation. Having spent this much time with just under 400 farms & ranches over 11 yearrs, you can expect to hear information that will be thought provoking, ground breaking and tested to work on any operation regardless of complexity or size. Agriculture has never gone through this kind of generational transition of this size & scale and we are just at the beginning. 

About the Speaker:

Alan Hojer is the Manager and Legacy Consultant of “Keep Farmers Farming”, a Division of “SD Ag Foundation.”  After 11 years, the Keep Farmers Farming program has recently transitioned from First Dakota National Bank to the SD Ag Foundation. With the transition to the SDAF the program will continue to be completely focused on the estate planning and Generation Transition challenges that are facing our farmers and ranchers across South Dakota. Alan is certified as a “Certified Estate Planner.” Other areas of focus, because of the Generational Transition, are also the education of “Marketing & Risk Management”, “Farm Labor Development and Recruitment” and “Best Financial Business Practices.”

After graduation from SDSU in 1981, Alan joined Land O’ Lakes as a Sales Manager for Milk Procument for SD, NW Iowa and SW Minnesota until his chance to come back to the Family Farm presented itself in 1989. In 1994, a decision was made by Alan and his wife Pam to start Hojer Gelbvieh Ranch.  Starting with 10 cows and $25,000, they have survived the tests of Mother Nature, a Catastrophic Fire and many other similar challenges that all 1st Generation Family operation experience.

Today, Hojer Ranch LLC consists of 400 Registered Gelbvieh, Balancer and Angus Females, and a 1,000 head feedlot with base operations at Lake Preston and Miller, SD. The operation is run by Blake, Alan and Pam’s son. Other family includes their daughter Nikki who is married to Micheal Kroupa from Kimball, Christian (Jessica) of Miller SD and Blake’s wife Jennifer. They are also blessed with seven grandsons and five granddaughters.

Alan contributes their 1st generation success not just to hard work but to “thinking non-traditionally” when times were tough to find solutions. As a result, Alan spent 14 years in the agribusiness sector prior to joining First Dakota National Bank in April of 2014 and was given the opportunity to work extensively with farm/ranch estate planning and transition.  This has been the most challenging and rewarding experience of his professional career but he feels blessed to be part of this great effort. 

You can expect the information today, to be thought provoking and moving.

Alan is a proud Alumni of SDARL Class VII.

Some of his hobbies are hunting, being actively involved in the local community, but most of all spending time with his family and planning how to continue the legacy that started with just 10 cows in 1994.