2025 Farming, Ranching and Agribusiness Update

Kristine is the Leonard Dolezal adjunct associate professor in the Agricultural Education & Studies Department at Iowa State University. She also serves as the Director for the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, which includes Iowa’s Beginning Farmer Center. Since joining CALT in 2013, Kristine has written hundreds of blogposts (AgDocket) and other publications to keep tax professionals, attorneys, agricultural producers, and policymakers informed about tax and legal developments impacting agriculture. She also writes and edits curriculum for income tax courses taught throughout the country and oversees the educational materials and resources offered by CALT. Each year, Kristine speaks to thousands of professionals and producers on tax and agricultural law topics. She also directs nine two-day Annual Federal Income Tax Schools, an Agricultural Law Seminar, three Agricultural Tax Issues Courses, and various webinars hosted by CALT. In 2023, CALT partnered with The Ohio State University and the National Agricultural Law Center to offer Cultivating Connections: A Conference for Farm Transition Planners. Kristine teaches AgEds 451, a three-credit agricultural law class in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She regularly collaborates with members of the Rural Tax Education Committee, the Land Grant University Tax Education Foundation, and the American Agricultural Law Association, where she serves as a board member. Kristine is licensed to practice law in Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas (inactive).