Find resources related to farm succession and family planning here. You can also learn more about EMSWCD’s Land Conservation program, which helps to protect highly productive agricultural soils and vital natural resource lands for future generations.
OSU Austin Family Business Program (FBP) related links:
- Austin Family Business Program – main page
http://business.oregonstate.edu/familybusinessonline - OSU Austin FBP – Advisor Search Professionals List
http://business.oregonstate.edu/familybusinessonline/advisor-search - OSU Austin FBP – Farm Succession Risk management Checklist
http://riskcheck.familybusinessonline.org/ - OSU Austin FBP – Audio Podcasts
http://business.oregonstate.edu/familybusinessonline/podcasts - OSU Extension – Ties to the Land Program
http://tiestotheland.org/ - OSU Extension – Ties to the Land – Resources for land owners (contains many useful links)
http://tiestotheland.org/resources-land-owners
Farm Succession toolkits, guidebooks and workbooks:
- Planning for the Future of Your Farm
(Washington State Conservation Commission Office of Farmland Preservation)
http://ofp.scc.wa.gov/succession-planning/ - Land Stewardship Project – Farm Transition Toolkit
http://landstewardshipproject.org/morefarmers/farmtransitiontools/farmtransitionstoolkit - The Farm Succession Toolbox and series of guidebooks (Land for Good)
http://landforgood.org/resources/toolbox/toolbox-farm-families/ - Transferring the Farm: Where do I Start (Land for Good)
http://landforgood.org/wp-content/uploads/LFG-Transferring-The-Farm-Guide.pdf - A Team Approach to Farm Transfer Planning Assistance (Land for Good)
http://landforgood.org/wp-content/uploads/LFG-Team-Approach-To-Farm-Transfer-Planning.pdf - Successful Farm Transfer Planning for Farmers Without an Identified Successor (Land for Good)
http://landforgood.org/wp-content/uploads/LFG-Farm-Transfer-Planning-Without-An-Identified-Successor-Handbook.pdf - Farm Succession and Transfer: Strategies for the Junior Generation (Land for Good)
http://landforgood.org/wp-content/uploads/LFG-Farm-Succession-And-Transfer-Strategies-For-Junior-Generation-Handbook.pdf
Shorter overview resources on farm succession:
- Succession Planning on the Family Farm (PNC Bank)
https://www.pnc.com/content/dam/pnc-com/pdf/smallbusiness/IndustrySolutions/Ag_SuccessionPlan_Whitepaper_0111.pdf - Passing it On: Facilitating farmland transfer to the next generation
(from “Farming, the Journal of Northeast Agriculture)
http://landforgood.org/wp-content/uploads/Journal-of-Northeast-Agriculture-Farming-Magazine-Passing-it-On-September-2013-template.pdf - Ownership Succession: Plan Now for the Future of your Land
(University of Florida IFAS Extension)
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FR/FR27400.pdf
Land link resources:
- Friends of Family Famers – iFarm Oregon program
http://www.friendsoffamilyfarmers.org/ifarm-oregon/ - Land Link Directory (farm link resources from around the US)
National Young Farmers Coalition
http://www.youngfarmers.org/landlinks/
Other university extension program farm succession related resources:
- Farm transfer and estate planning (University of Minnesota Extension)
http://www.extension.umn.edu/agriculture/business/farm-transfer-estate-planning/ - Farm Business Succession Resources (University of Wisconsin – Extension)
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/farmsuccession/
Other farm succession related resources:
- Possible Tax Benefits of Land Conservation Transactions
- My Land Plan (American Forest Foundation)
http://mylandplan.org/ - Farm Transfer and Estate Planning
(Farmland Information Center, Farmland Advisors Webinar)
http://www.farmlandinfo.org/farmland-advisors-webinar-farm-transfer-and-estate-planning - Family Business Magazine
http://www.familybusinessmagazine.com/