Upcoming Workshops
The Take Root program consists of two 3-hour workshops set up to accommodate busy farm schedules.
Workshop 1
Strengthen and Secure Your Farm's Future
Topics include
- Getting the conversation started
- Family communication and business issues
- Fair vs. equal among heirs
- Generational differences and needs
- Goal-setting
- Preparing for and conducting family meetings to discuss farm succession
- Tools and strategies for transferring wealth and assets, while minimizing the estate and income tax impact
- Estate Planning concepts
- Organizing and inventorying farm and estate assets
- 24/7 online resources for creating your very own succession plan
Workshop 2
Build Your Farm Succession Advisory Team
Topics include
- Representing your vision with farm advisors
- Asking the right questions to get valuable information
- Interact with a panel of Farm Business Advisors in a dialogue for issues including estate, tax and financial planning, leases and tenant qualities, and beginning farmer opportunities
2023 Workshop Schedule
Jackson County
June 22 & June 29 @ 6:00 PM
The Timber Center - 1005 East Platt Street, Maquoketa, IA 52060
- Workshop 1: Strengthen and Secure Your Farm's Future
- Workshop 2: Build Your Farm Succession Advisory Team
To register, call the Jackson County Farm Bureau at 1(563)652-2456
Virtual Webinar
August 21 & August 28 @ 1:00 PM
Online Webinar
- Workshop 1: Strengthen and Secure Your Farm's Future
- Workshop 2: Build Your Farm Succession Advisory Team
To register, click here.
TBD
TBD
- Workshop 1: Strengthen and Secure Your Farm's Future
- Workshop 2: Build Your Farm Succession Advisory Team
To register, call the TBD County Farm Bureau at TBD
Cost
The program is FREE to all Iowa Farm Bureau members. The fee for non-members is $55 per couple/family.