Three ways to advance farm transition planning

Three ways to advance farm transition planning

‘Canada’s farm whisperer’ recommends key discussion topics for farm families

Farm family coach, author and speaker Elaine Froese has a clear message for farmers who are not actively working on transition planning. “Stop procrastinating and avoiding conflict,” she says. “To […] Read more

Farm family coach Elaine Froese says identifying values is a crucial exercise for young farmers and she encourages them to think about how to explain these to the older generation.

Top transition tips for young farmers

How the next generation can help farm transition be successful

Transitioning management and ownership of a farm business from one generation to the next can present many challenges. While there are numerous resources to support farm founders in assessing their […] Read more

Don’t assume that family members understand your wishes.

Introspective estate planning for your farm

Focus on the people involved in farm succession, not just assets

Estate planning means knowing where financial and material assets will go after you die, but according to veteran financial strategist Chris Delaney, forgetting to prepare people to receive those assets […] Read more

Karen Galbraith, left, and her husband Steve Dolson are in the process of transferring their farm ownership and management to 
Geoff and Sally McMullen, who they didn’t know before the transition process started.

Making non-family business transition work

These two families found a way to make a dairy farm transition succeed

Most farm transitions today happen through succession planning between families, but there are growing examples of how non-farmers are making it work with existing farmers and on their own. FarmSmart, […] Read more

Farm business transition columnist and facilitator Elaine Froese addressed a recent meeting of the Huron-Perth and Oxford County chapters of Women for the Support of Agriculture.

Rules of transition, and when to break them

Well-known coach and columnist addresses Women for the Support of Agriculture

Farmer and farm transition counsellor Elaine Froese has a list of truisms she shares in regularly published columns and at meetings with farm organizations. The expression, “where is it written […] Read more