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National Extension Risk Management Education Conference Phoenix, AZ April 17-18, 2007 Mary Sobba and Parman Green Ag Business Specialists, University of Missouri Extension. Project began…. 2004. Something more than just estate planning Something more than retirement planning
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National Extension Risk Management Education Conference Phoenix, AZ April 17-18, 2007 Mary Sobba and Parman Green Ag Business Specialists, University of Missouri Extension
Project began…. 2004 • Something more than just estate planning • Something more than retirement planning • More than just passing the farm to the next generation • Realistically, many farmers continue farming past 65, so what can be included for those farmers • Something that can be shared via Web
Curriculum includes • Estate Planning • Retirement Issues • Transition Planning • To Be Continued ……. Adapting for the proud, the few, the stubborn farmer
Estate Planning • Identify & Prioritize Goals & Objectives • Identify Tools & Provisions for Meeting Goals • Compile a Balance Sheet • Complete an SOS “Special Organized Stuff” … for Heirs • Estimate Potential Estate Tax and Settlement Costs
Retirement Issues • Written retirement goals • Completed timeline analysis • Review of retirement trends • Analyze health care and advanced directives, long term care, health insurance • Written action plans
Transition Planning • Identify strengths & weaknesses of the operation that will affect succession of the farm • Identify what you hope to accomplish through Succession Planning • Outline a Succession Plan • Understand differences in business organizational entities
To Be Continued . . . Adapting for the proud, the few, the stubborn farmer • Learn safe techniques for farm tasks • Learn how to do a hazard assessment • Identify resources for assistance • Identify the essential elements of a basic lease agreement
Class details • Based on 12 hours of instruction (usually 4 sessions) • Can be taught via interactive tv, but important to have specialists/educators at each site for discussion and to answer questions
Class details • Market classes early through media and local agribusinesses • Opportunity to partner with Extension Human Environmental Sciences Financial Specialists, and local professionals • Fee - $60 per person or $75 per farm
Curriculum • Program is online at http://agebb.missouri.edu/goldenage/ • Instructor and student manuals are online and password protected, but readily available to extension instructors. Just contact the presenters
Curriculum • Evaluation / Impact • All Extension specialists/educators are being highly encouraged to show impact and results of their teaching. This curriculum has built in evaluation tools.
Future • The curriculum is online and we continue to make updates (that are dated) and plan to keep the site going for at least the next three years, then it will be reevaluated.
Mary Sobba sobbam@missouri.edu (573) 581-3231 Parman Green greenp@missouri.edu (660) 542-1792