Predetermined transition – by Terry Betker
Predetermined transition Discussion centered around transition tends to focus quite a bit on the generation that is exiting. Thinking about that causes me to wonder how could we determine when someone actually ‘started’ farming in the first place? We could say it was...
What are you managing towards? – by Terry Betker
What are you managing towards? Here’s an interesting question. What is your vision for management on your farm? There is certainly value to be gleaned from having a farm’s vision written down and shared within the ownership and management group. A strong statement of...
A role for the retiring farmer? – by Terry Betker
A role for the retiring farmer? Here is a rhetorical but really important question. How do we take the wisdom and experience from the retiring generation and pass it on successfully to the younger, or incoming, generation? The wisdom and experience that comes from...
Transition planning forward – by Terry Betker
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Or so the saying goes. There will be a great many of us that prefer the status quo. Change typically brings with it the unknown. We’ve not done that before. Or the other way of saying it … this is the way we’ve...