When planning your family vacation, you make sure you have every detail ready before traveling. You have the car’s oil checked and tank filled, make sure your hotel room is confirmed, you have your credit cards and that you have your GPS so you don’t get lost. Well, shouldn’t you do the same when it comes to protecting your family farm? 

ASA and eLegacyConnect have teamed up and are conducting two additional Succession Planning Workshops to provide you a roadmap to protecting your family farm. The Succession Planning Workshops titled “Five Keys to Effective Succession Planning,” will give you the directions you need to begin preparing your future to preserving the farm and passing a successful operation to a well-prepared next generation. The Succession Planning Workshops are sponsored by Farm Credit and AGCO, Illinois Soybean Association, Michigan Soybean Association and Ohio Soybean Association.

The workshop dates cities and locations are:

• Dec. 4, 2014 in Moline, Ill. at Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center
• Jan. 15, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio at Renaissance Columbus Downtown

The workshops are open to all soybean producers and for ASA members, will have a registration fee of $50 for the first person in a family and $30 for each additional family member. For non ASA members, the registration fee for the first person in a family is $90 and a $70 fee charged for each additional person. To register, click here and choose which city and session you want to attend. 

The workshops are taught by Kevin Spafford, founder of Legacy by Design. Legacy by Design is a firm dedicated to succession planning for farm families and agribusiness owners. Over the last 10 years, he’s spearheaded initiatives to improve the way farmers, ranchers and agribusiness owners engage in the succession planning process.

For more information about these workshops visit the ASA website www.soygrowers.com. For more information about eLegacyConnect, click here.