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Family farming workshops set for March, April
ENID, Okla. – Farm families contemplating the transfer of assets and management from one generation to the next should register now to attend Keeping the Family Farming workshops scheduled for March and April.
The workshop series is intended for Oklahoma and Kansas farm families, and will take place March 23-24 and April 27-28 at the Garfield County Extension Office in Enid, located at 316 Oxford St. Sessions begin at 1 p.m. on Friday and conclude at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The workshops are sponsored by Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension and Kansas State University Research and Extension.
“To experience the full benefit of the program, participants should attend both workshops as a family to learn and work through the many dimensions of such a serious decision,” said Damona Doye, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service farm management specialist.
Workshop sessions will help participants understand the potential tax repercussions and legal issues involved with selling and transferring assets, compare business entity options, estimate financial needs in retirement, evaluate alternative strategies for transferring the family farm, determine the family’s current financial position and identify productive ways of resolving potential conflicts.
A registration fee of $200 per family of four participants is required, and will cover the cost of two workshop notebooks, meals and refreshment breaks. Additional participants are $100 each. The registration is non-refundable.
To register, send a check with your name, address, phone, e-mail and the names of family members who will attend to the Garfield County Extension Office, 316 Oxford, Enid, OK 73701. Make checks payable to Garfield County Extension.
“Participants must register no later than March 9,” Doye said. “Participants are responsible for their own lodging arrangements.”
For more information about the workshops, contact Doye by e-mail at damona.doye@okstate.edu or by telephone at 405-744-9813; Rodney Jones, KSU agricultural economist, by e-mail at jonesrd@agecon.ksu.edu or by telephone at 785-532-1957; or Cooperative Extension county offices in Oklahoma and Kansas.
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