Keeping it in the Family

Matt Lobley is Assistant Director at the Centre for Rural Policy Research at the University of Exeter, UK, John Baker, Iowa State University, Iowa, USA and Ian Whitehead, Associate Professor in Rural Property Management at the University of Plymouth, UK

• Chapter 1 Succession and Retirement in Family Farm Businesses, MattLobley, John R.Baker; Chapter 2 Australian Farmers’ Attitudes Toward Succession and Inheritance, ElaineBarclay, IanReeve, RoslynFoskey; Chapter 3 New Patterns of Succession in the Australian Wool Industry, RogerWilkinson; Chapter 4 Intergenerational Farm Business Succession in Japan, TomohiroUchiyama, IanWhitehead; Chapter 5 Farm Succession in Switzerland, RuthRossier; Chapter 6 ‘Keeping the Name on the Land’, LindaPrice, RachelConn; Chapter 7 Non-successional Entry into UK Farming, BrianIlbery, JulieIngram, JamesKirwan, DamianMaye, NickPrince; Chapter 8 So What?, John R.Baker; Chapter 9 Facilitating Succession and Retirement in US Agriculture, DaveGoeller; Chapter 10 Retired Farmer – An Elusive Concept, JoyKirkpatrick; Chapter 11 Business Continuance and Succession Planning, MandiMcLeod; Chapter 12 Succession Planning in Family Businesses, Peter C.Leach; Chapter 13 From Generation to Generation, IanWhitehead, MattLobley, John R.Baker;

'... a well-researched book that has been thoughtfully edited, with chapters 1 and 13 respectively providing an overview and discussion which draws together the main themes. For anyone with a personal or professional interest in farmer retirement and succession, this will provide considerable insight...' International Journal of Agricultural Management