FCC KNOWLEDGE PODCAST - TALKING FARM AND FOOD - Season 3: Episode 1: Is your farm transition-ready? How to plan and prepare

Introducing Season 3: Your Path to Farm Transition

Join FCC Business Advisors and transition experts for a special 9-part series on farm transition. Each episode will highlight a different step in the process.

Presented by AgExpert. Software designed for Canadian agriculture.

FCC KNOWLEDGE PODCAST - TALKING FARM AND FOOD - Season 3: Episode 1: Is your farm transition-ready? How to plan and prepare

Farm transition happens – are you prepared? In the first of a 9-part series on your path to farm transition, FCC Business Advisors Joel Bokenfohr and Annessa Good share how to gather the correct farm structure and estate documents and details, identify who needs to be involved and ensure they’re committed to the transition process.

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Episode Resources

• Your Path to Farm Transition
• Is your farm transition-ready? How to get into that planning headspace
• Three ways to assess that you're ready for farm transition

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Show Guest

Annessa Good
Farm Transition Advisor - Farm Credit Canada

 

Annessa comes to FCC from GRS Consulting Ltd. (GRS), her family’s succession planning consulting company. She attended Mount Royal University, specializing in supply chain management, giving her unique insight into operational functionality on family farms.

Annessa recently moved back to the family farm and is currently going through her own succession rollercoaster. This experience has given her personal insight that she applies to her consulting work.

The motto she shares with clients: “Succession is the transfer of a business, while estate planning is the transfer of assets. Transition is a combination of both and is proactive rather than reactive.”

Prior to FCC, I worked for GRS Consulting, which is a private consulting firm that focuses on financial management and succession planning for agricultural producers. GRS Consulting is a leading-edge Succession Planning consulting company servicing over 250 clients per year. It is here, that Annessa has found her niche, providing a voice for the Younger Generation at the Succession Planning Table. Whether it be writing articles, sitting in on Client meetings or co-presenting with her father Merle Good, Annessa’s focus and passion is to ensure that there are business opportunities and most importantly business clarity, for the younger generation.

Connect with Annessa Good - Facebook / Linkedin 

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Joel Bokenfohr
Farm Credit Canada - Ag Transition Specialist

Joel has worked in agriculture in many different capacities, advising farms, food processors and policy makers on issues affecting the industry. His true passion is helping primary producers and farm families with decisions on transition planning, farm management and business structures.

Joel holds a degree in commerce and management from MacEwan University, master’s in economics from the University of British Columbia and agri-business certificates from Texas A&M and the University of Sao Paulo. Joel continues to farm in Sturgeon County, Alberta, with his family.

Connect with Joel Bokenfohr - LinkedIn / Twitter / Website

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FCC Knowledge: Talking Farm and Food

Agriculture is not only a way of life, it’s a business. Talking Farm and Food is a monthly podcast that highlights the stories and experiences of farm business entrepreneurs and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.

Join us as we talk to Canadian producers about their lives, their businesses, and the farm management topics you care about. If you’re looking for advice on money and finance, transition, managing people, strategy, leadership and more, this is the podcast for you.

Presented by AgExpert. Software designed for Canadian agriculture.

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