Formalize The Family Farm With Shareholder Agreements

Formalize The Family Farm With Shareholder Agreements

A version of this article originally appeared in the February issue of Country Guide.   What if everyone in the farm business could lay out their expectations and at the same time determine what is expected of each to make the business work? And what if you could also design a roadmap for how each person exits the operation or buys out other parties?   It might not sound simple, but there is a way.   A shareholder’s agreement is an important doc…