Sandra Renner, project associate, sandrar@cfra.org, 402.687.2100 ext. 1009; or Rhea Landholm, brand marketing and communications manager, rheal@cfra.org, 402.687.2100 ext. 1025
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA – Who’s going to get the farm? And what are they going to do with it? Will your future plans for your land create harmony or strife for your family? Or have you even started to think that far ahead?
“Map of My Kingdom,” a play focusing on farmland transfer, will be presented on Saturday, March 2, at 7 p.m. at Brownville Village Theater, 222 Water St., Brownville, Nebraska. Admission is free, hosted by the Center for Rural Affairs.
The drama tackling land transition is by Mary Swander, and commissioned by Practical Farmers of Iowa. In the play, a lawyer and mediator share stories of how farmers and landowners approach land successions.
“We hope this play will inspire the hesitant and the fearful to start the conversation that cannot wait,” said Sandra Renner, project associate with the Center for Rural Affairs. “In the next 10 to 15 years, a tremendous amount of land transfer will take place as the average age of Nebraska farmers is around 55.7 years old.”
The featured actor is Lindsay Bauer, a theatre educator from northwest Iowa. An open discussion will follow the performance with Dave Goeller, retired deputy director of North Central Risk Management Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Additional “Map of My Kingdom” performances in Nebraska are set in Ord on Feb. 28, West Point on May 7, and Norfolk on May 9. Iowa performances, co-hosted by the Practical Farmers of Iowa, are scheduled in Fairfield on March 1, Iowa City on March 8, Jefferson on March 9, Ames on March 10, Milford on April 11, and Waterloo on April 13.
