NCFTN, in partnership with the USDA's National Agricultural Statistical Service and Iowa State University, has conducted a survey of North Carolina farm operators to assess the level of succession planning that has taken place among this population.   Highlights from this survey will be published soon.

Farm Transition Stories

(by Chris Street, NCFB)

Virginia Couple Negotiates for Some Ground in Sperryville, Virginia (from NewFarm.org)

Transferring the Family Farm:  What Worked and What Didn't for 10 New Jersey Families (New Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee, Farm Link Program)

Farm Transition Research

"Who Will Fill the New Boots?  Examining the Use of Succession Planning in Farm Businesses" by Brittany F. Whitmire (Popular Government,  Vol. 72, No. 2, Winter 2007)

"How Do U.S. Farmers Plan for Retirement?" by Ashok K. Mishra, Ron L. Durst, and Hisham S. El-Osta. (USDA Economic Research Service, April 2005)

"The Graying Farm Sector:  The Legacy of Off Farm Migration" by Fred Gale (USDA Economic Research Service, Fall 2002)

"Farm Succession in Iowa" by Michael D. Duffy, John R. Baker and Adrienne Lamberti (Iowa State University)

"Retirement and Succession Planning of Farm Households:  Results from a National Survey" by Ashok K. Mishra, James D. Johnson, and Mitchell J. Morehart (Paper for Presentation at National Public Policy Education Committee, Salt Lake City, UT, September 21-23, 2003)

Understanding U.S. Farm Exits by Robert Hoppe & Penni Korb.  (USDA Economic Research Report, June 2006).