Information to help start family conversations concerning estate planning, transferring farm ownership and family relationship issues.
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- Conversations to Strengthen Farm & Family
Many farm families fail to take succession planning actions even when information is available on the tax, business organization, and investment aspects of this process. In semi-structured interviews conducted with multi-generational members of nine small farm families in Pennsylvania, most respondents attributed a high level of importance to succession planning, but conceded that they had not done enough planning. [https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol47/iss5/8/]
USDA Economic Research Service: April 2005, Amber Waves - The economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America
Article in San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review
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Online book (2013). Companion resource for eLearning curriculum. University Park, PA: Penn State University. Authors: John Becker, Matt Kaplan, Keith Dickinson, and Michael Jacobson.
An in-depth list of questions to consider when beginning succession planning.
This policy brief, authored by Bonnie Braun, Ph.D., provides us with critical research on farm families and the unique challenges these families face because their business and their family life are so intertwined.
This article provides highlights from a Penn State Extension "Farm Stress - Real Talk" podcast on "Farm Succession Planning" with Dr. Matt Kaplan.
This workbook on Farm Succession Planning in Pennsylvania was produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension and published by PA Farm Link in 2024. The workbook provides worksheets and checklists to help farm business members and families through the farm succession and transition planning process.
An article written by Matt Kaplan and published in CSA News and Crops & Soils magazine (July, 2025). It was a follow-up to a webinar conducted as part of a series organized by the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA).
Pennsylvania Farm Link created this dedicated (online) space to connect those who have land to offer with those eager to sow their future in it. For landowners, this means finding passionate farmers who will cherish and nurture your land. For aspiring farmers, it’s about discovering opportunities to set down roots and grow.
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