Creating a transition plan to make sure a farm continues as a productive business can be challenging. Farm women can learn how to plan a successful farm transition in a five-session course offered by Nebraska Extension in Holt County. The “Managing for Today and Tomorrow: Farm Transition Planning” program, a new Annie’s Project course, has been scheduled for this fall in O’Neill, NE on Monday evenings; October 19 – November 16.
The cost is $75 per person, which includes a 300-page workbook with fact sheets, hands-on activities, and presentations. A light supper will be served before each class at 6:30 p.m. Course size is limited, so please register soon.
Farm women will learn about business, estate, retirement and succession planning from Nebraska Extension specialists and area professionals. In addition to brief presentations, there will be discussions based on participant questions and follow-up activities for family members to complete at home.
“We’re happy to be a partner in bringing this valuable program to Holt County,” said Amy Timmerman, Holt and Boyd County Extension Educator, “This farm transition course is an opportunity for farm women to meet with others who share similar issues and concerns. We limit the size of the class to make it comfortable for everyone to speak up and get questions answered.”
Annie’s Project, an agricultural risk management education program for women, has successfully reached more than 9,000 farm and ranch women in 30 states. “This new Farm Transition program emphasizes the role women play in helping transfer farms from one generation to the next,” said Cheryl Griffith, Nebraska Extension Annie’s Project Coordinator. Managing for Today and Tomorrow: Farm Transition Planning is designed to empower women to take ownership of the future of their farms.
For more information or register contact Amy Timmerman at the Holt County Extension Office at 402-336-2760.
Managing for Today and Tomorrow is supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA, Grant # 2011-49400-30584. More information can be found on the Annie’s Project website at www.AnniesProject.org.
