- How to Know When It's Time
Your questions about succession answered (11/14/2009)
- Communication: Your Survival Depends on It
Communication is to a family business what water is to agriculture—the lifeblood of success. (10/30/2009)
- Will Your Farm Be Ready for a Transition?
Learn if your family farm is ready for succession. (9/2/2009)
- Meet the Farmers in the Dell
Follow this family as they pass down the farm (7/25/2009)
- Leave A Legacy Column: I Want To Be A Rancher
I am almost 12, and I want to be a rancher. How do I ask Dad and Grandpa what happens next? (5/15/2009)
- Pass On Your Values
Identify what you want your family to know as well as have
(4/2/2009)
- Leave A Legacy Column: An Inactive’s Perspective
A question from an inactive party (3/28/2009)
- Leave A Legacy Column: Qualities of Leadership
All farmers desiring to guide the family farm in the months and years ahead should possess these characteristics (3/14/2009)
- Time for Action
Our survey showcases the need to make legacy planning a reality (3/14/2009)
- Leave A Legacy Column: The Miracle of Commitment
It''s always easier to talk about doing something, but action takes commitment. (2/14/2009)
- Leave A Legacy Column: Our No. 1 Goal
No matter how much we love something, there is no way to force another person to feel the same. (1/31/2009)
- Eye on the Future
Few things are more important to Tom Farms than leaving a legacy (1/15/2009)
- Take the Farm Journal Legacy Project Survey
What do you need to write your success story, and how can Farm Journal help? Help us help you pass down the family farm. Take the survey now! (1/14/2009)
- For the Next 100 Years
My husband’s parents are octogenarians (a fancy word that means people who are 80 years old). (1/14/2009)
- Protect Your Family Farm Investment
A family farm is an investment of time, love, money and labor. (1/14/2009)
- Leave A Legacy Column: Ready or Not for Succession
Planning for succession is a big step toward multigenerational success. (12/13/2008)
- The Legacy Survey
What do you need to write your success story, and how can we help? This is the purpose and the promise of the Farm Journal Legacy Project. (11/2/2008)
- Leave A Legacy Column: OK, Now What?
Two questions and two answers to succession planning questions. (8/27/2008)
- Leave A Legacy Column: A Lesson from the Golden Eggs
Remember the story “The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs?” The four-sentence parable by Aesop, a slave in Ancient Greece during the sixth century BC, provides answers to many of life’s questions. (3/14/2008)
- Leave A Legacy Column: Success is a Choice
A family farm, the classic business structure, can be a tinderbox of volatile emotions. (2/15/2008)
- Leave A Legacy Column: A Springboard for the Future
A Springboard for the Future (2/2/2008)
- Leave A Legacy Column: A Call to Action
Learn how to successfully involve your children in succession planning. (1/11/2008)
- Leave A Legacy Column: Don't Put It Off
The decision to plan is smart business. For a farmer, planning for succession is a clear statement that the long-term success of the family operation is important. (12/17/2007)
- Leave A Legacy Column: Back to the Farm
During a recent visit to my college alma mater, a professor asked me to speak to his class and answer a few questions. The students were attentive and inquisitive. Succession planning is a multigenerational puzzle. (11/2/2007)
- Leave A Legacy Column: At Square One
We’re planning a family conference. Our intention is to discuss succession planning with the entire family. Our concerns about the future continue to grow as the grandkids get older. We feel like it’s time to get a handle on the situation. (8/31/2007)
- Leave A Legacy Column: The Value of a Plan
Q: If none of my children are interested in continuing the farm operation, is a succession plan beneficial as I contemplate retirement? (7/27/2007)
- Leave A Legacy Column: In an Effort to Change the World
I recently told a group of Farm Bureau delegates that I wanted to change the world. (3/30/2007)
- Leave A Legacy Column: Is That a Good Idea?
Q: Do I need a succession plan now? (3/17/2007)
- Leave A Legacy Column: Create Lasting Success
Is a succession plan the same as an exit strategy? (2/16/2007)
- Leave A Legacy Column: Take Time to Talk
Communication between parents and children is the biggest challenge families face as they consider farm succession. (2/2/2007)
- Leave A Legacy Column: Teeter-Totter Dilemma
Q: At 67 years old I think it’s time to consider retirement, but I’m not sure my sons are ready. (1/12/2007)
- Leave A Legacy Column: An Answer Clearinghouse
Read about the blunders I consistently see as I counsel families on succession planning. (12/8/2006)
- Leave A Legacy Column: When Legacy Matters
He asked with sincerity, “Can the family farm be saved?” (11/3/2006)
