The OSU Extension office in Fulton County invites you to participate in a Planning for the Future of Your Farm workshop. 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. Learn how to have crucial conversations about the future of your farm. Workshop topics include: Developing Goals for Estate and Succession; Planning for the Transition of Control; Planning for the Unexpected; Communication and Conflict Management; Legal Tools and Strategies; Developing Your Team; Getting Your Affairs in Order; and Selecting an Attorney.
The base $80 registration fee allows 2 members of the family to attend and includes lunch, refreshments, and 1 set of course materials. Additional family members can attend for $20 per person. More information can be obtained by contacting Kendall Lovejoy at (419) 337-9210 or by email at lovejoy.59@osu.edu.
For more information, visit go.osu.edu/farmsuccession.
Planning for the Future of Your Farm Workshop Registration Form Online Registration can be completed at: go.osu.edu/FultonPFF
Our teaching team will help answer the following questions and much more!
- Who should we leave the farm to?
- How do we prepare the next generation to manage the farm in the future?
- How can we overcome family communication issues?
- How do we value sweat equity?
- What is the difference between a will and trust?
- Will I lose my farm to estate taxes or to the nursing home?
- What do we need to do to be better prepared to meet with an attorney and other professionals?
- What resources does OSU Extension have to assist us as we develop our plan?