(DRG News – Pierre, SD) Between Dec. 2025 and March 2026, South Dakota State University Extension is hosting Sustaining the Legacy conferences in Winner, Mitchell, Aberdeen and Watertown.
Heather Gessner with SDSU Extension says these conferences help farmers and ranchers evaluate their current estate plans and determine if they need to make any changes.
Gessner says the information provided applies to farming and ranching families at all transition planning stages.
Gessner says no one is too young to have an estate plan because….life happens.
Registration is required and seats are limited. The early registration fee is $70 per person up to two weeks before each conference, or $80 after that. Registration closes one week before the first date of each conference and can be done through the SDSU Extension Events website, https://extension.sdstate.edu/events, by searching “legacy.”
The locations and dates for the Sustaining the Legacy conferences are:
- Winner– Dec. 4, 11 and 18, 2025;
- Mitchell– Jan. 8, 15 and 22, 2026;
- Aberdeen– Feb. 3, 10 and 17, 2026; and
- Watertown– March 3, 10 and 17, 2026.
