Existing Businesses

Doing Business Together?

Business agreements can be complicated, but they don’t have to be. This workbook will walk you through the business agreement process step-by-step at your own pace.

Junior Generation Business Transfer

Often, farm transfer decisions can be complicated, but they don’t have to be. This workbook takes you through the farm transfer process step-by-step at your own pace.

Senior Generation Business Transfer

Whether you’re transferring ownership of business assets, transferring management decision making or transferring control of business assets, this workbook takes you through the farm transfer process step-by-step at your own pace.

Using Farm Assets for Retirement

Farm retirement decisions can be complicated, but they don’t have to be. This workbook takes you through some options, step-by-step, at your own pace, or with the help of a trained business consultant.

Estate Planning

Estate planning is planning for what happens if somebody dies. The estate plan is not for the benefit of the deceased. Instead, it is for the benefit of those left behind. A well-planned estate can encourage family harmony and the continuation of the family business.

HOW WE HELP

We provide technical assistance to cooperatives, mutually-owned businesses, and other small business within multiple industries, but with a strong focus on agricultural businesses.

Attendees of the Acre Program receive training in marketing, financial planning, value-added processes, legal requirements, state and federal grant opportunities, and more.

Feeding Innovation is designed to support entrepreneurs interested in developing or expanding healthy food businesses in food deserts or underserved areas of the state.

This Program helps our state’s new farmers development of their farm businesses by providing innovative research-based agribusiness education, administering technical assistance, and more.