Register now for January 2020 workshops
Having intentional conversations around farm succession and developing future plans for the farm provides a better chance of transition success. Cultivating Your Farm’s Future helps farm business members and families through farm succession planning. Even if the owner generation is planning to be a part of the management for 10+ years from now, starting early can help the process go more smoothly. It provides the succession generation time to develop their management skills and provides the farm time to build or increase its financial stability to include another generation.
Overview of workshops
9:30 a.m. Coffee, refreshments, check-in
10 a.m. Resource Presentations (20 minutes each)
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- Tax implications around farm succession
- Retirement resources
- USDA Farm Service Agency loan programs
- Business plans
- Estate planning tools – wills and trusts
- Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysis
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12:30 p.m. Lunch
1 p.m. Q&A with all Resource Speakers (questions submitted on index cards over lunch)
1:30 pm Individual meetings with Resource Professionals (10 -15 minutes with each professional)
2:30 pm Evaluations/Adjourn
Follow up meetings will be offered in the host counties and will be based on feedback from the workshops’ participants. Farms can also request individual meetings with Extension educators and/or specialists or WDATCP’s Farm Center staff.
Registration is $20 per person and includes lunch, refreshments, speakers and workshop materials. Access Disability Accommodations
| Date | Location | Registration/Information Contact |
| Jan. 21, 2020 | Walworth County Government Center 100 W. Walworth St., Elkhorn, WI |
Extension Walworth County: Jim Versweyveld, Extension agriculture educator jim.versweyveld@wisc.edu or 262-741-4951 |
| Jan. 27, 2020 | Iowa County Health and Human Services Building 303 W. Chapel St., Dodgeville, WI |
Extension Green County: Jackie McCarville, Extension agriculture educator jackie.mccarville@wisc.edu or 608-328-9440 |
| Feb. 25, 2020 | Marshfield Ag Research Station 2611 Yellowstone Dr., Marshfield, WI |
Extension Marathon County: Heather Schlesser, Extension agriculture educator heather.schlesser@wisc.edu or 715-261-1230 |
| Jan. 29, 2020 | Dunn County Community Services Building 3001 US Hwy 12 East, Menomonie, WI |
Extension Dunn County: Katie Wantoch, Extension agriculture educator katie.wantoch@wisc.edu or 715-232-1636 |
| Jan. 29, 2020 | St. Joseph’s Ridge Greenfield Town Hall N1800 Town Hall Road, La Crosse, WI |
Extension La Crosse County: Kaitlyn Lance, Extension agriculture educator kaitlyn.lance@wisc.edu or 608-785-9593 |
| Feb. 11, 2020 |
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Extension Ozaukee and Washington Counties: Stephanie Plaster, Extension agriculture educator stephanie.plaster@wisc.edu or 262-284-8288 (Ozaukee County) or 262-335-4477 (Washington County) |
| Feb. 26, 2020 | Lawrence Town Hall 2400 Shady Ct., DePere, WI |
Extension Brown County: Liz Binversie, Extension agriculture educator eybinversie@wisc.edu or 920-391-4612 |
