Of all the challenges facing farm families, succession planning may be the most universal.

Illinois farmers Chase Brown and Chad Rupert know firsthand the difficulty of such conversations. Each come from multigenerational farm families and are fighting to make sure there is a next generation.

In this episode of Taking Stalk, Brown and Rupert join host Rita Frazer for a discussion on what it takes to keep a family farm going — and why succession planning so often ends up becoming "the monster under the bed."