{"id":4652,"date":"2026-05-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/?p=4652"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T21:13:14","slug":"why-dont-family-businesses-plan-for-succession-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/2026\/05\/19\/why-dont-family-businesses-plan-for-succession-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Don\u2019t Family Businesses Plan For Succession?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-194 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2024_04_30_WhyNoPlanForSuccession_main_FCBK.png\" alt=\"Graphic of AG LEGACY Media Post\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" \/><br \/>\n#AGLEGACY #FarmSuccession #EstatePlanning<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nAre there control issues, fears of giving  up,  an inability to choose, emotional attachments, other issues?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nTo learn more see AGLEGACY.org<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><\/p>\n<li>Are there control issues, fears of giving something up, or an inability to choose?<\/li>\n<li>Are there emotional attachments, no plans for retirement, or farming lifestyle issues?<\/li>\n<li>Does the founding generation have a proprietor, conductor, or technician perspective on the business?<\/li>\n<li>What are the relationships of the next generation with the founders? Are they sons, daughters, in-laws, or non-family members?<\/li>\n<li>Are there other business issues or succession planning issues that must be addressed to allow the planning process to proceed?<\/li>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#AGLEGACY #FarmSuccession #EstatePlanning Are there control issues, fears of giving up, an inability to choose, emotional attachments, other issues?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4654,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652\/revisions\/4654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwagec.org\/aglegacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}