Land Transfer and Farmland Succession
Public Works | Natural Resources Division
Your Farm's Future
As an owner of Skagit farmland, you care about your property and what happens to it. You might need help with its transition to future farming owners. Could you use help knowing where to start, or figuring out your next step?
Skagit County Farmland Legacy Program offers resources, networking, and workshops in support of strengthening the viability and continuity of farm operations in Skagit County. Protecting farmland isn’t only making sure that prime ground remains farmable. It also means making sure our next generation is able to continue farming and can access land.
The sooner you start, the more options you have—for you and for the next farming generation.
Succession Planning Resources
Connect with a Land Transfer Specialist.
Explore land transfer & succession planning resources (pdf).
Connect with Skagit County Farmland Legacy staff.
Farm succession planning is complex. Much of it is technical. Much of it is tender, with complex family issues and examining your life’s legacy. Few farmers can do it on their own.
No one service provider has all the expertise.
Don’t go it alone.
Succession Planning Process
Farm succession planning is the process of determining how a farm is passed on to the next generation or unrelated operator. Farm succession often:
- Involves a business
- Involves the land the operation sits on
- Requires transfer of income, assets, management
- May take a decade or more
Secure your farm’s future and move your personal succession process forward with practical tools, resources, and one-on-one conversations.
