The Future of Family Farms : Practical Farmers' Legacy Letters 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Opheim, Teresa, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Farm ownership.
Family farms.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Propriete agricole.
Exploitations agricoles familiales.
Electronic books.
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.

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