# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Farm Succession Planning Strategies and Resources for Illinois Farm Families
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Succession planning is an important task that farm operators and their families should discuss regularly, but it is often overlooked or ignored. This presentation will discuss why succession planning is important, how to build a succession plan, and how to begin the conversation.

Hands-on activities  will be part of the event and include:
What happens with no succession plan? - participants will group together and consider a scenario of a farm operation with no succession plan. 
Identifying tensions - participants will individually write down people who have a stake in their operation and then identify the biggest tension with that person. 
One year later, participants will write down one succession planning goal they will accomplish in the next year.

This workshop will be led by Reagen Tibbs, Commercial Agriculture Educator, University of Illinois Extension.

April 7 from 6:30–8:00 p.m. at the Lena Community Center, 497 Lions Dr., Lena, IL 61048. Registration is $5.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lena/farm-succession-planning-strategies-and-resources-for-illinois-farm-families/200029650641941
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness, nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Lena
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Lena Community Center
- **lat**: 42.385197424484
- **long**: -89.826870293825
- **full address**: Lena Community Center, 497 Lions Dr, Lena, IL 61048-8500, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Farm Succession Planning Strategies and Resources for Illinois Farm Families being held?
  - **A:** Farm Succession Planning Strategies and Resources for Illinois Farm Families takes place on Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Lena Community Center, 497 Lions Dr, Lena, IL 61048-8500, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Farm Succession Planning Strategies and Resources for Illinois Farm Families?
  - **A:** Farm Succession Planning Strategies and Resources for Illinois Farm Families is organized by University of Illinois Extension - Jo Daviess/Stephenson/Winnebago County.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Farm Succession Planning Strategies and Resources for Illinois Farm Families is ideal for learners, working professionals, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Lena, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Farm Succession Planning Strategies and Resources for Illinois Farm Families sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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