Managing Conflict in a Family Business
Dr. Bernie Erven

• Learn how to manage conflict
• Five guidelines based on collaboration
• Take-home ideas you can use immediately

Investing: Smart Women Finish Rich ™
Stacy Hefty

• Importance and value of investing
• Developing the farm family plan
• Communications—to finish rich

Landscaping Around the Farm
Chuck Lehman

• Developing your plan
• Low maintenance you can do
• Making the farmstead attractive

Insurance for the Family Farm
Cheryl Easterday

• Controlling health insurance costs
• Affordable life insurance
• Using life and health insurance to protect the family farm

New Ventures: Value Added Agriculture
Jerry Nelson

• The potential that exists to expand your current business
• What it takes to begin a new Ag or food business
• Handling technology

Panel: Passing on the Family Farm
Scott Beck, Moderator

• Planning and communications
• Setting and making the plan
• Dealing with non-farm family members

Fast and Easy Answers to “What’s for Dinner?”
Trisha Hockemyer

• Healthful eating in a fast-paced world
• Making your kitchen work for you
• 35 recipes low in fat, sodium, and sugar

Pesticides: A Conversation with Farm Wives
Dr. Fred Whitford

• What can we do to better safeguard our families?
• Pesticides and family health on the farm
• Are pesticides harmful?

Tax Tips for Farming
Dr. George Patrick

• Depreciation versus expensing
• Tax management strategies
• Why you should work with a professional

Farm Marketing from Scratch
Jane Eckert

• Basics of marketing
• Strategizing farm marketing plans
• Stretching the marketing budget and increasing sales

Partnering with Purdue to
Build a Better Future for Rural Communities
President Martin Jischke, Purdue University

Kitchen Table Communications
Jane Eckert

• Running the operation—problems and family dynamics
• Making the kitchen table the scene for solutions and compromises
• Simple strategies and a commitment to communicate
• Making sure big problems don’t grow out of too little open discussion

Farming Together as a Family
Dr. Bernie Erven

• Farming together is both challenging and rewarding
• Guidelines for top managers and members in family businesses
• Success in farming together comes through dedication, hard work, and cooperation
• Practical take-home guidelines to help family members handle responsibility