LETTING GO
If you asked the junior
generation of a multifamily farm
operation what was the most im
portant question they had in a
farm transfer, nine times out of
10 they would respond, “When
will I be able to take over?”
why pay?
..for hauling grain to the mill?
...for storage at the mill?
...for shrinkage at the mill?
...for hauling the grain back to your
farm as feed?
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Ask the senior generation and
they might say, “Do I have
enough money to take care of
myself until I die?”
Add dealing with the nonfarm
children, an inability to let go of
the control of the checkbook or
the decision-making on a busi-
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ness they built, and you have
genuine reasons why the junior
generation is left wondering.
As difficult as these decisions
are to address, avoiding or delay
ing the process only compounds
the problems. Passing on the
business means an ending and a
beginning. With this change
there is a sense of loss, an end to
old ways, patterns, and ideas.
The next generation will want to
do things their way.
Letting go will be difficult
after all, this has been your life’s
work. The easier way out is to
just wait around and let someone
else decide.
Being reluctant to step down
and turn the business that has
been your life’s work over to
someone else, even your own chil
dren, is understandable. How
ever, failing to make a plan for
succession can have dire con
sequences on the family and
the farm.
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) Lancaster Chamber
of Commerce and Industry’s
Agriculture Industry Ban
quet is scheduled Monday,
Nov. 24 at Willow Valley Re
sort and Conference Center
at 5 p.ni. Tickets for the
event are available.
The theme, “Embracing
Change,” captures the rapid
changes in today’s agricul
ture industry and the need
for professionals in this in
dustry to embrace change to
ensure continued success.
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Letting go is not only restricted
to the senior generation, the jun
ior generation has issues, too.
So who needs to let go of what
and how do we let go?
• Children need to let go of
being taken care of and being
children. When you are an adult,
it’s time to behave as one.
• Children need to let go of
the idea that their parents can,
should, or will treat them equally.
Assisting one child in the farm
business does not imply or mean
that you love that child more,
only that a way was found to
continue with the farm operation.
• Parents need to let go of the
idea that their children will run
the operation just like they did.
Change is inevitable, even
healthy.
• Parents need to let go of the
idea that they can protect their
children from the uncertainty,
stress, and pain in starting-their
own farm business.
Popular speaker, author, and
media personality Jolene Brown
will address attendees’ concerns
regarding how to balance tradi
tional and modern attitudes, per
spectives, methods, and market
places in today’s fast-paced
agriculture industry during her
keynote presentation, “Normal
Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.”
The event will include recogni
tion of the outstanding accom
plishments of our local agricul
ture community. The Chamber
will honor the recipient of the
George C. Delp Award, recogniz-
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• Everyone needs to accept
each other for who they are and
stop trying to change each other.
• Everyone needs to let go of
trying to control the other and
doing things their way.
• Everyone needs to let go of
always being right.
• Families need to trust each
other to deal with life the best
way they know how.
Letting go can also have its re
wards. You have opened the door
for renewal and, we hope, viabili
ty of the farm business for the
new generation. What better leg
acy can you leave behind?
To learn more about farm
transfers, plan to attend one or
more of Pennsylvania Farm
Link’s “Passing on the Farm”
workshops scheduled this fall
and winter: Nov. 18 in Meadville,
Nov 20 in Shelocta, Dec. 16 in
Chambersburg, Jan. 20 in Lees
port, Jan. 27 in Troy, and some
time in February in the Lancaster
area.
ing an individual who has made
an outstanding contribution to
Lancaster County agriculture,
and the recipients of the Century
Farm Award, recognizing fami
lies who have continuously oper
ated their family farm for a hun
dred years or more.
Tickets for the banquet are $4O
each for members ($55 for non
members) and include a pre-din
ner reception. To register, visit
www.lancasterchamber.com/ag
or contact June Mengel, agricul
ture services manager, at (717)
397-3531 ext. 134 or ag@lcci.com.
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Hearing
HARRISBURG
(Dauphin Co.) The
Pennsylvania Milk Mar
keting Board will con
duct a public hearing
for Milk Marketing
Areas 1,2, 3,4, 5, and 6,
on Dec. 3. The purpose
of the hearing is to re
ceive testimony and ex
hibits concerning the
continuation of the
Class I over-order pre
mium scheduled to ex
pire Dec. 31, and wheth
er an adjustment should
be made to the level of
the over-order premium.
The hearing will
begin at 9 a.m. in Room
202 of the Agriculture
Building, 2301 North
Cameron Street, Harris
burg.
Dealers
Wanted
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