Kentucky Farmland Transition Initiative
Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) has announced the launch of its new Kentucky Farmland Transition Initiative (KFTI). The KFTI 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.
The need for efforts like the KFTI increases each year, but that importance was highlighted when the recently released 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture revealed that Kentucky lost 17,000 farms and 1.4 million acres of farmland over the last 20 years.
KFB has also created an online resource through the KFTI to help farm families navigate the land ownership transition process. The new website – kyfarmlandtransition.com – will connect farmers to a variety of resources and assistance providers who make the transition more understandable and achievable.