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The Kentucky Farmland Transition Initiative is a strategic project focused on helping farm families find ways to keep their acreage in active agricultural production as they consider the future of that land.

American Farm Bureau Federation Senior Director of Governmental Relations David Salmonsen discussed the situation in an interview with Kentucky Farm Bureau News.

Kentucky Farm Bureau is announcing the creation of the Kentucky Farmland Transition Initiative which will help get us on a sustainable path to ensure our farmland remains in agricultural production.

When farmland goes out of production, it just doesn’t come back. Or if farmland is bought by investors outside of the rural community of which it is a part, the farmers, who have lived there, are no longer around to be a vital part of that community.

Keeping a newer generation involved in some aspect of agriculture will ensure our food supply in the future.

Estill County student plans to continue a family farming legacy that includes the KFB Beef Expo.