{"id":127158,"date":"2026-06-04T05:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2026\/06\/04\/passing-the-torch-a-conversation-for-montana-farm-and-ranch-families-20260604-1041-304350\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2026-06-04T05:11:49","modified_gmt":"2028-11-20T05:11:49","slug":"passing-the-torch-a-conversation-for-montana-farm-and-ranch-families-20260604-1041-304350","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2026\/06\/04\/passing-the-torch-a-conversation-for-montana-farm-and-ranch-families-20260604-1041-304350\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Passing The Torch: A Conversation  For Montana Farm and Ranch Families"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Marsha A. Goetting, PhD  MSU Extension Service<br \/>\n\t Across Montana, farm and ranch families carry a legacy  that stretches beyond acreage, livestock, or financial  worth. These operations are more than businesses. They represent a heartbeat of rural life, symbols of perseverance,  and threads that tie generations together. Yet for many families, the dream of passing that legacy forward  may remain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"news-destination":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127244,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127158\/revisions\/127244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127158"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=127158"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=127158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}