NY FarmNet Farm Business Transfer Conference: Who Will Manage Your Farm Tomorrow

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 8:15 AM - 3:00 PM

Choosing and developing future farm managers is the focus of, “Who Will Manage Your Farm Tomorrow,” slated for January 13th-14th at the DoubleTree Hotel in East Syracuse. This conference provides farm families and their advisors with critical information for helping the next generation find success on the farm and identifies effective management transfer strategies to implement.

Danny Klinefelter, Ph.D is the conference key note speaker. In 2013, Top Producer magazine named him one of 30 innovators who have had the biggest impact on agriculture during the past three decades. Dr. Klinefelter is a Professor and Extension Economist with Texas AgriLife Extension and Texas A&M University and founder and former director of The Executive Program for Agricultural Producers (TEPAP). In addition, Klinefelter is co-director of the Texas A&M Family and Owner-Managed Business Program and serves as executive secretary for the Association of Agricultural Production Executives (AAPEX).

At dinner on January 13th, author and consultant Mark Andrew (Andy) Junkin will lead a discussion based on his book, “Farming with Family Ain’t Always Easy”. Based in Canada, Junkin is passionate about evangelizing the need for farmers to rethink how they make decisions together in the context of operating and managing a family business.

“Farmers need to have in place a plan for their farm business that will ensure a successful transition of management and ownership to the next generation,” said Ed Staehr, executive director of NY FarmNet and a senior extension associate with the Dyson School at Cornell University.

NY FarmNet provides free and confidential technical assistance in farm management and family relationships. NY FarmNet is an extension and outreach program of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.

The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Crop Insurance Education Program; and Farm Credit East are platinum-level sponsors of this meeting. Program sponsorships are still available.

Registration, including all meals and materials is $85. To register, http://nyfarmnet.org/conference/farmTransfer2015#

2015JanuaryTransferConference_Agenda.pdf