Jun 16, 2026 · 32 min · 7 segments
🚜 **Not sure where to start with farm succession planning? You're not alone.** Many farm families know they need a succession plan, but the process can feel overwhelming, emotional, and difficult to…
Lance WoodburyGuestDavid JonesHostIn this and the previous episode, we're talking with Lance about how, when, where, and with whom to get started with what is clearly one of the most difficult conversations a
And even as, you know, more an observer of agriculture than as a participant, we hear this idea that my dad never wants to retire.
How do you even start to navigate a situation where the dad or the mom just does not want to let go?
I would say a couple of things about that because I run into that a fair amount.
That metaphor of the mountain I used before where they climbed the top of that mountain and they're on it and they're in charge of things.
They have to understand the consequences of choosing not to get off the mountain.
One of those consequences is that the next generation may choose to go somewhere else.
In other words, if the senior generation isn't going to let go, if they're going to stay in the middle of things.
I mean, years ago, I met with a family and the son-in-laws were in their mid-50s.
And in Interviews with them, they told me if we had known that this is how it was going to turn out, we wouldn't have signed up for this.
So as a senior generation, if you are on top of that mountain and you haven't...
yet let go, you have to ask yourself, how long will the younger generation stay in the saddle while I do that? So that's one of the ways, that sort of self-reflection.
In this and the previous episode, we're talking with Lance about how, when, where, and with whom to get started with what is clearly one of the most difficult conversations a
And even as, you know, more an observer of agriculture than as a participant, we hear this idea that my dad never wants to retire.
How do you even start to navigate a situation where the dad or the mom just does not want to let go?
I would say a couple of things about that because I run into that a fair amount.
That metaphor of the mountain I used before where they climbed the top of that mountain and they're on it and they're in charge of things.
They have to understand the consequences of choosing not to get off the mountain.
One of those consequences is that the next generation may choose to go somewhere else.
In other words, if the senior generation isn't going to let go, if they're going to stay in the middle of things.
I mean, years ago, I met with a family and the son-in-laws were in their mid-50s.
And in Interviews with them, they told me if we had known that this is how it was going to turn out, we wouldn't have signed up for this.
So as a senior generation, if you are on top of that mountain and you haven't...
yet let go, you have to ask yourself, how long will the younger generation stay in the saddle while I do that? So that's one of the ways, that sort of self-reflection.
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