The future of family farms: Practical Farmers' legacy letter project
1. Farmland transfer: what matters most? --All the things I could tell you /Teresa Opheim --How important is it for beginning farmers to own farmland? /Members of Practical Farmers of Iowa --Farm dynasties /Helen D. Gunderson --2. Farmland transfer and why it's important --Farm transfer planning: the soft issues are the hard issues /Kathryn Z. Ruhf --Belonging /John Gilbert, Iowa Falls, Iowa --3. The ladder to farmland ownership /Michael Duffy and Teresa Opheim --4. Putting 'Map of my kingdom' on the map /Mary Swander --5. The bounty of the Lord /Tom and Irene Frantzen, New Hampton, Iowa --6. Why beat your neighbor by a bushel? /Jon Bakehouse, Hastings, Iowa --7. Constant miracles from tiny seeds /Angela Tedesco, Johnston, Iowa --8. The right family at the right price /Teresa Opheim --9. A more complete farm /Vic and Cindy Madsen, Audubon, Iowa --10. To keep family harmony /Barb Opheim, Mason City, Iowa --11. Soils as God intended /Del Ficke, Pleasant Dale, Nebraska --12. Adams County needs young farmers /Neil Hamilton, Waukee, Iowa --13. Checklist for resiliency /Margaret McQuown and Steve Turman, Red Oak, Iowa --14. Many moments of grace /Fred Kirschenmann, Medina, North Dakota --15. The importance of mentors /Jeff Klinge and Deb Tidwell, Farmersburg, Iowa --16. Make us an offer /Teresa Opheim --17. All who went before /Jim and Lisa French, Partridge, Kansas --18. A tribute to Dan Specht --One man's meat /Teresa Opheim --My responsibility now /Mary Damm --My brother's hands /Phil Specht, McGregor, Iowa --19. Food and fun for years to come /Leon and Marilyn Isakson, Charles City, Iowa --Appendix A: About Practical Farmers of Iowa --Appendix B: What matters most for the future of your farmland? --Appendix C: Write your own farm legacy letter.