Enrollees finish that up the second year and do an enterprise analysis on their own operation, sharpening up family records, farm goals and objectives. In the third year, all is combined and sharpened up on spread sheets. A unit on estate planning is included, since no one can afford to buy a farm or ranch. They must marry or inherit it, but that alone isn't enough either. Classes aren't just a course in business.
Students support each other.
Speakers are invited in each semester, helping enrollees become more politically astute. Attrition is high. Wells averages 16 students in his first year's classes, and usually has only eight left when it's time to start the third year. Farmers are an emotional group. They make decisions with their feelings.