Bfc land access panel 1
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Kentucky 2013 Beginning Farmers Conference Saturday, October 5, 2013 Panel: Innovative Paths to Land Access 11:20am - 12:05 Presenters: Description Panel discussion about the challenges and solutions to accessing land for beginning farmers Topic Items The Landscape: Framing The Conversation: Martin - 5 minutes Current land issues: land prices, corn and soybeans, “land investors” The legacy that tobacco /cow-calf has left o Mid scale Ag o Mentorship void o Market security o Off-farm income, health insurance The looming land ownership turnover Eastern KY Where does urban Ag fit in? De facto incubators Issues The Perspective Of A Beginning Farmer: Todd Howard and Walker Hancock (10 min. each) o Gaining experience o Family farm transition o Models from other states Incubator farms: Mike Bomford on Interval Land lease arrangements: David (Iroquois Valley)
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Kentucky 2013 Beginning Farmers ConferenceSaturday, October 5, 2013Panel: Innovative Paths to Land Access11:20am - 12:05 Presenters:
DescriptionPanel discussion about the challenges and solutions to accessing land for beginning farmers
Topic ItemsThe Landscape: Framing The Conversation:
Martin - 5 minutes Current land issues: land prices, corn and soybeans, “land investors” The legacy that tobacco /cow-calf has left
o Mid scale Ago Mentorship voido Market securityo Off-farm income, health insurance
The looming land ownership turnover Eastern KY Where does urban Ag fit in? De facto incubators
IssuesThe Perspective Of A Beginning Farmer: Todd Howard and Walker Hancock (10 min. each)
o Gaining experienceo Family farm transition o
Models from other states Incubator farms: Mike Bomford on Interval Land lease arrangements: David (Iroquois Valley)
