It’s important to recognize that succession planning is really people planning. So, start there. People bring motivations, ...

University of Delaware Cooperative Extension has recently taken an alternative approach to offering farm succession planning workshops. In cooperation with the University of Maryland Agriculture Law ...

2025 | Document prepared by: Kelly Nuckolls, Extension Legal Specialist, Agriculture Law Education Initiative, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension & Department of Agricultural & Resource ...

Farm Journal is celebrating the next generation of American agriculture. Our goal is to encourage you to plan for the future and cultivate multigenerational success through the transfer of skills and ...

Are you ready to design your small farm right from the beginning? Sure, you've been planning it in your head for years. Now you're ready - you have the time and energy, and you've possibly even bought ...

Farm operations encounter many more challenges than other businesses. Considerations like production risk, weather challenges and livestock demands can quickly become a detriment to an unplanned and ...

Booker T. Whatley at his home in Montgomery. You might say that the problems facing America’s small farms are like the weather: Everybody talks about them, but nobody does anything about them. After ...

Farm transition planning is often the elephant in the room during holidays and family gatherings. The conundrum of how to effectively pass a legacy on to the next generation is one that every ...

Environmental scientists and water resource managers need precise, high-resolution maps to reveal areas that farmers should avoid when planting crops, to limit polluting waters with phosphorus from ...

A business plan for your farm has a lot of functions. You need it to get financing at the bank, and it comes in handy when hiring an accountant or working with produce brokers, trucking companies, ...