Leave a Legacy

• 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)

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• OK, Now What?
  Two questions and two answers to succession planning questions. (8/27/2008)

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• Succession Solutions: 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)

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• Succession Solutions: Success is a Choice
  A family farm, the classic business structure, can be a tinderbox of volatile emotions. (2/15/2008)

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• Succession Solutions: A Springboard for the Future
  A Springboard for the Future (2/2/2008)

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• Succession Solutions: A Call to Action
  Learn how to successfully involve your children in succession planning. (1/11/2008)

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• Succession Solutions: 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)

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• Succession Solutions: 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)

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• Succession Solutions: 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)

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• Succession Solutions: 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)

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• Succession Solutions: In an Effort to Change the World
  I recently told a group of Farm Bureau delegates that I wanted to change the world. The proclamation was punctuated with light laughter, the type of chuckle that masks thoughts like, “is he crazy, or did I misunderstand what he just said?” (3/30/2007)

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• Succession Solutions: Is That a Good Idea?
  Q: Do I need a succession plan now? (3/17/2007)

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• Succession Solutions: Create Lasting Success
  Is a succession plan the same as an exit strategy?  (2/16/2007)

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• Succession Solutions: Take Time to Talk
  Communication between parents and children is the biggest challenge families face as they consider farm succession. (2/2/2007)

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• Succession Solutions: Teeter-Totter Dilemma
  You mentioned “a person must balance the counter-intuitive burdens of human emotion, familial demands and business objectives to successfully manage a business and potentially create a lasting legacy.” What does this mean? Can you be more specific? (1/12/2007)

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• Succession Solutions: An Answer Clearinghouse
  We have all sat through an informative presentation patiently waiting for the presenter to wind down and ask for questions. Just as you raise your hand, a guy in the front row says, “After my uncle’s fourth marriage, in which he remarried his first wife for the second time, he tried to…” (12/8/2006)

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• Succession Solutions: When Legacy Matters
  He asked with sincerity, “Can the family farm be saved?” Agricultural economics was never my favorite class, but this professor had just challenged the core of my ideals with that question. (11/3/2006)

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