Succession planning is being addressed across the nation to help farmers and ranchers plan to pass down an operation to the next generation. These plans focus on the transfer of assets to one or more heirs, keeping land intact if possible, providing for retirement and so on.

Whether you are a hauler, a buyer, a seller, an intermediate livestock auction, order buyer, dealer, packer and so on, there may be some legal considerations for you to take into consideration for your role in the process of hauling cattle.

Most of the time, people say they don’t need anything in writing because it is just a simple deal and done. And maybe that is true. But what if it’s not?