Substack Post | Why 70% of Farm Transitions Fail
- Jul 23
- 1 min read

Only 30% of farms make it to the second generation, and Tanner Winterhof argues the ones that don't fail over conversations that never happened, not tax bills. In this post he lays out the eight principles behind successful farm transitions and the pitfalls — like confusing fairness with equality — that sink the rest.