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1 online resource 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-five. What will happen to this land? Who will own it? What if one child wants to farm but can't afford to buy out the nonfarming siblings? What if keeping the farm in the family means foregoing the significant profits that could be earned from selling it? These sometimes painful and divisive questions confront many farmers and farmland owners today. How they answer them will shape their families and the land for generations to come. The Farm Legacy Letters project, developed by the member-driven nonprofit Practical Farmers of Iowa, is designed to help farmers and farmland owners think about their farm's future and talk about it with their families. An essential complement to handbooks on business succession, this book gathers the letters and stories of midwestern families about the land they cherish--how they acquired it, what they treasure most about it, and their hopes f

Author

Teresa Opheim

Publisher

University Of Iowa Press; University of Iowa Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781609384548

Subjects

Political Science, Agriculture, Economics

Rating

4 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13