Phillips-Rooks Extension District to host Farm Succession Planning Series
Leaving a Lasting Legacy for Midwestern Farm Women: A Succession Planning Series
This four-part farm succession planning workshop series is produced through a partnership by extension professionals at Kansas State University, the University of Nebraska- Lincoln, and Purdue University.
Each session will be held at in-person sites across Kansas, Nebraska, and Indiana. The program will feature a livestreamed keynote presentation and local hands-on activity to motivate participants to create farm succession plans and facilitate family and business conversations around this vital topic. Sixty-two in-person sites are available across these three states, as well as a fully-online version of the program.
Network with other women in agriculture and develop strategies to evaluate and improve your estate and transition plans.
• Asset Transfer
• Family Communication
• Legal Issues
• What to Include How to Build Your Team
Registration fee $60.00*
A fully online option is available for $75.00 for family members that may live out of state or people that cannot participate in an in-person site.
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All Sessions begin with dinner at 5:00 pm and conclude by 8:30 pm. **Note that times listed are in Central Time Zone. For the Syracuse & Goodland locations, all sessions will start at 4:30 pm Mountain Time*** The program schedule is as follows:
• January 21, 2025:
Motivation for Succession Planning - A Personal Story
• January 28, 2025:
Family Communication around Estate and Transition Planning - Ashlee Westerhold and LaVell Winsor, K-State Ag Economics
• February 4, 2025:
Financial Aspects of Estate and Transition Plans - Jessica Groskopf, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension
• February 11, 2025:
Legal Aspects of Putting Your Plan into Place Holly Dobbs, Esq., Dobbs & Folz, LLC *The registration fee for in-person attendance is $60.00 before January 12th, 2025, which includes all four nights meals and educational materials. The fee increases to $75.00 after Jan. 12th, 2025, and a workbook is not guaranteed. For in-person registration, the fee will be collected at the local site the first night of the program. In-person participation is HIGHLY encouraged, if at all possible.
