Planning for the Future of Your Farm

Thursday, January 19, 2023 - 8:30am to 4:00pm
Location:
Fairfield County Agriculture Center, 831 College Ave, Lancaster, OH
Contact email:
Contact name:
Carrie Brown
Contact phone:
740-653-5419

OSU Extension, Fairfield County invites you to participate in “Planning for the Future of Your Farm”

This workshop is designed to help farm families learn to successfully create a succession and estate plan that will help transfer farm ownership, management, and assets to the next generation. Join us in welcoming OSU Farm Management Field Specialist, David Marrison, and Attorney with OSU Agricultural & Resource Law Program, Robert Moore.

Workshop Topics include: 

  • Developing Goals for Estate and Succession
  • Planning for the Transition of Control
  • Planning for the Unexpected
  • Legal Tools and Strategies
  • Developing Your Team
  • Selecting and Attorney
  • Communication and Conflict Management during Farm Transfer

When:     Thursday, January 19, 2023, 8:30am - 4:00pm 

Where:    Fairfield County Agriculture Center, 831 College Ave, Lancaster, OH 43130

Cost:       $30 covers 2 family members and 1 set of course materials. Lunch is included, courtesy of Farm Credit.
                  Cash or check accepted the day of the event. 

Register: Visit go.osu.edu/farmplan2023 or call 740-653-5419

Unable to attend in person? OSU Extension is hosting an online version of the Planning for the Future of Your Farm workshop which helps farm families develop their farm succession and estate plans. 

OSU Extension will be hosting a four part “Planning for the Future of Your Farm” webinar series on January 23 and 30 and February 6 and 13, 2023 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. This workshop is designed to help farm families learn strategies and tools to successfully create a succession and estate plan that helps you transfer your farm’s ownership, management, and assets to the next generation. Topics discussed during this series include: Developing Goals for Estate and Succession; Planning for the Transition of Management; Planning for the Unexpected; Communication and Conflict Management during Farm Transfer; Legal Tools and Strategies; Developing Your Team; Getting Your Affairs in Order; and Selecting an Attorney.

The instructors for this series will be:

Robert Moore, Attorney with the OSU Agricultural & Resource Law Program. Prior to joining OSU, Robert was in private practice for 18 years where he provided legal counsel to farmers and landowners.

David Marrison, OSU Extension Field Specialist, Farm Management. David has worked for OSU Extension for 25 year and is nationally known for his teaching in farm succession. He has a unique ability to intertwine humor into speaking about the difficulties of passing the farm on to the next generation.

Because of its virtual nature, you can invite your parents, children, and/or grandchildren (regardless of where they live in Ohio or across the United States) to join you as you develop a plan for the future of your family farm. Pre-registration is required so that a packet of program materials can be mailed in advance to participating families. The registration fee is $75 per farm family.  Electronic copies of the course materials will also be available to all participants. The registration deadline is January 16, 2023.

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Description automatically generatedOSU Extension appreciates the support of the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association in sponsoring the mailing of these materials.

More information and on-line registration can be obtained at go.osu.edu/farmsuccession

More information about this program can be obtained by contacting David Marrison at marrison.2@osu.edu or 740-722-6073.