Enterprising Rural Families offers a set of online courses and resource materials designed to help individuals involved in family businesses improve their own roles and their family’s role in the business. The material emphasizes the individual and family-aspect of the family business.
Nearly fifty estate planning publications developed by Montana State University’s Marsha A. Goetting – Extension Family Economics Specialist. The MontGuides have been reviewed by professionals from the appropriate organizations: Business, Estates, Trusts, Tax, and Real Property Law Section (State Bar of Montana); Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants, Office of Consumer Protection, and Alexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Montana.
Austin Family Business Program
Austin Family Business Program helps prepare family businesses to balance the well-being of the business, the family, and individuals, as they address the challenges and opportunities which inevitably arise, day to day an during succession.
Beginning Farmer Center develops, coordinates, and delivers targeted education to beginning and retiring farm families. In addition, it provides programs and services that develop skills and knowledge in financial management and planning, legal issues, tax laws, technical production and management, leadership, sustainable agriculture, human health, and the environment.
AgTransitions helps farmers and ranchers develop a plan to transition their businesses to the next generation. Materials at the site help individuals develop a personal transition plan, learn what a transition plan should include, and encourage multi-generational discussions for a successful transition.
AgPlan helps rural business owners develop a business plan. Everyone can use AgPlan to develop personal business plans, learn what a business plan should include, and view sample business plans.
Business Families Foundation provides a gateway to powerful educational experiences that help family enterprises address their unique challenges. Using a multi-faceted, collaborative approach, BFF connects business families with meaningful educational support.
Farm Management Canada began as the Canada Farm Business Management Council. It now focuses on development and delivery of business management resources and information to Canada’s farmers; connecting the industry and continuing to build a culture of business management and best practices at the farm level. Materials on this website provide a rich resource for succession planning and rural enterprise planning and management.
Transferring the Farm is a video series covering several issues surrounding succession planning, including: Farm Case Studies; Retirement and Estate Planning; Tools to Transfer the Farm and Business; The Business End of the Transfer; and The Family and Farm Transfer.
Rural Tax Education provides farmers and ranchers, other agricultural producers and Extension educators with a source for agriculturally related income and self-employment tax information that is both current and easy to understand.
The Wyoming Agricultural & Natural Resource Mediation Program offers a process to assist Wyoming citizens in resolving their disputes in a way that is voluntary, confidential, low-cost and time-saving. Mediation is a process that helps disputing parties come together and have an open, honest and confidential discussion about the issues. A trained mediator helps the parties explore options that are available to them and find an end to the conflict through mutually agreed upon solutions.
RightRisk is an innovative risk research and education effort to help you the farmer or rancher understand and explore risk management decisions and evaluate the effects of those decisions. Offering risk management tools, online courses, monthly newsletter, onsite programs, and much more. 
