Positioning Your Farm Business for Successful Transition Workshop

Speaker: Dick Wittman is the owner of Wittman Consulting. He is a former manager of a 20,000-acre crop, cattle and timber family farm in Idaho. Through his consulting business, he offers seminars, workshops and private consulting services to farmers and agribusinesses. His specialties are financial and family business management, transition planning, process improvement, consultant training and conflict management.

Workshop description: Sponsored by the Young Farmers, this pre-convention workshop will be of interest to folks who are facing many different scenarios when it comes to farm transition. Some farmers hope to transition ownership and management to next-generation successors, while others don’t have heirs. How do owners get "out of the way" without “going away?"

Come prepared to look at transition strategies that can be adapted to a multitude of scenarios. A case study workshop will immerse participants in real-world transition scenarios that will provide take-home experiences and build confidence in moving forward.