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.
by Penn State Extension Farm Management Agent Roland Freund
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.
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- Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging
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Contact Us
- Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging
- Email msk15@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-7871
