A new statewide initiative, the Ohio Farm Transition Network (OFTN), has officially launched operations to address one of the most pressing challenges facing Ohio agriculture: helping farm families ...

Farm Journal is celebrating the next generation of American agriculture. Our goal is to encourage you to plan for the future and cultivate multigenerational success through the transfer of skills and ...

One mile from home, our world shattered. We survived the wreckage, but it made one thing clear: Stop pushing pause and ...

University of Delaware Cooperative Extension has recently taken an alternative approach to offering farm succession planning workshops. In cooperation with the University of Maryland Agriculture Law ...

Transition planning can set its own pace. But do not rush it to meet an arbitrary deadline. With a written plan in place that meets the objectives of those involved, the results are very evident. It ...

When a farmer passes an operation to the next generation, the inheritance can be fair, but it is rarely equal. There is no precise model when slicing the estate pie and the perception that every piece ...

Farm transition planning is often the elephant in the room during holidays and family gatherings. The conundrum of how to effectively pass a legacy on to the next generation is one that every ...

Farm operations encounter many more challenges than other businesses. Considerations like production risk, weather challenges and livestock demands can quickly become a detriment to an unplanned and ...

The Lycoming County Planning Commission approved a land development plan that would see a chicken farm added to the property owned by local farmer Amos Glick, at its most recent meeting. The plan will ...