Preparing for Michigan Farm Bureau’s state-level Young Farmer Discussion Meet can be daunting. With five diverse topics and a wealth of resources online, it's hard to know where to begin.
MFB's State Young Farmer Committee wants to simplify your first step by bringing MFB staff experts into a conversation on each of our Discussion Meet topics. Keep an eye out for the remaining topics in future issues of Farm Gate.
TOPIC: There are numerous resources available to support seamless farm and ranch succession planning. How can Farm Bureau help increase understanding, access and utilization of tools and resources that help facilitate the smooth transition of land and capital from one generation to the next?
HOST: State Young Farmer committee member Matt Gibson, of the Kalamazoo County Farm Bureau
GUEST: MSU Extension Farm Management Educator Corey Clark
HIGHLIGHTS:
- 01 min. 51 sec. — How do you start “the conversation”
- 04:14 — Available resources
- 06:55 — Working through rejection and navigating conversations
- 09:56 — The technical details of the succession plan
- 14:02 — How does Farm Bureau promote this topic?
- 18:12 — One-on-one support
- 19:52 — MSU Extension resources
- 22:49 — Farm stress resources
- 25:25 — “The conversation” continued
- 28:38 — Wrap-up
RESOURCES:
- Purdue Succession Planning Workbook (primarily fact sheets)
- Iowa State University Workbook (primarily fact sheets)
- Wisconsin Succession Planning Workbook (primarily activities)
- FARMS spreadsheet tool (Ohio State)
- Code Red spreadsheet tool (Purdue)
- MSU Farm Stress
- Michigan Farm Bureau’s Take Root Conference
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