The future of family farms : Practical Farmers' legacy letter project /
A monumental transfer of farmland is occurring in the United States. The average American farmer is fifty-eight years old, and the 40 percent of farmland owners who lease their land to others are even older: sixty-six on average. Five times as many farmers are over sixty-five as are under thirty-fiv...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
[2016]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Farmland transfer: what matters most?
- All the things I could tell you / Teresa Opheim
- How important is it for beginning farmers to own farmland? / Members of Practical Farmers of Iowa
- Farm dynasties / Helen D. Gunderson
- 2. Farmland transfer and why it's important
- Farm transfer planning: the soft issues are the hard issues / Kathryn Z. Ruhf
- Belonging / John Gilbert, Iowa Falls, Iowa
- 3. The ladder to farmland ownership / Michael Duffy and Teresa Opheim
- 4. Putting 'Map of my kingdom' on the map / Mary Swander
- 5. The bounty of the Lord / Tom and Irene Frantzen, New Hampton, Iowa
- 6. Why beat your neighbor by a bushel? / Jon Bakehouse, Hastings, Iowa
- 7. Constant miracles from tiny seeds / Angela Tedesco, Johnston, Iowa
- 8. The right family at the right price / Teresa Opheim
- 9. A more complete farm / Vic and Cindy Madsen, Audubon, Iowa
- 10. To keep family harmony / Barb Opheim, Mason City, Iowa
- 11. Soils as God intended / Del Ficke, Pleasant Dale, Nebraska
- 12. Adams County needs young farmers / Neil Hamilton, Waukee, Iowa
- 13. Checklist for resiliency / Margaret McQuown and Steve Turman, Red Oak, Iowa
- 14. Many moments of grace / Fred Kirschenmann, Medina, North Dakota
- 15. The importance of mentors / Jeff Klinge and Deb Tidwell, Farmersburg, Iowa
- 16. Make us an offer / Teresa Opheim
- 17. All who went before / Jim and Lisa French, Partridge, Kansas
- 18. A tribute to Dan Specht
- One man's meat / Teresa Opheim
- My responsibility now / Mary Damm
- My brother's hands / Phil Specht, McGregor, Iowa
- 19. Food and fun for years to come / Leon and Marilyn Isakson, Charles City, Iowa
- Appendix A: About Practical Farmers of Iowa
- Appendix B: What matters most for the future of your farmland?
- Appendix C: Write your own farm legacy letter.