A great advantage of being around a long time, is that you get to see how things have worked out over the long haul for the people you worked with over the years.

I reviewed the case notes of those farm families who were the most successful at making their transition from one generation to the next, looking for common threads.

What I found was that those situations that had worked out for the best each contained three elements. While this is not scientific evidence, these folks were from across North America, did not know each other, were operators of very different types and sizes of farms, and were spread out over a twenty year period.

In each case there was a willingness to talk to one another about what was important to them, each family member was committed to cooperating (negotiating) with one another, and they had excellent advisors who were willing to think outside the box.

Based on this, along with the comments of audience members and newsletter subscribers from 1997 to 2007, I created a step by step process people like you are using to move from their first serious meeting as a family to their final appointment with their professional advisors and beyond.

You'll be able to make the important decisions about your future as a family, before putting your advisors on the payroll.

What's Important To You, Your Family, And Your Farm?
How You Can Put Someone You Trust In Charge, w/o Losing Control
The Process For Prioritizing Your Family's Wishes For The Future
Priority One! Address The Issues of The Senior Generation First
Handle The “Fair vs. Equal” Quandary Once And For All
Are The Successors Ready To Run The Place Today? Will They Be Tomorrow?
Why Can't We All Just Get Along? How To Successfully Manage Your Differences
Long Term Success Demands Excellent Leaders. Here's How To Develop Them.
Become More Savvy Consumers of Professional Advice. A Better Bang For Your $
Your Never-Ending Process Is Now On Autopilot!

While moving through the materials you'll become a better consumer of the important professional services you'll need to put it all in place. And when you've completed it you and your family will be well prepared for the final steps, the estate planning actions that will convert your objectives from dreams into certainty.

Every one of us is where we are right now, in our business and in our life - as a direct result of the decisions we've made in the past. Likewise our futures will be determined by the choices we make today.

If passing down the farm is important to you, if you want to be in 100% control of the process, if you want to get the very best from your professional advisors and if you believe that you are the one who will be held accountable for the results - as defined by the success of your farm's transition, isn't it time for you to take action?

The Internet makes it possible for me to offer this interactive (you can add your comments and questions and get feedback in real time) process for the exact same price as "Passing Down the Farm, The OTHER Farm Crisis" when it was published in 1986.

Wayne Messick,
Family Business Consultant & Publisher