266.39E - BEGINNING FARMER CENTER.
266.39E BEGINNING FARMER CENTER.
1. A beginning farmer center is established as a part of the Iowa
cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics at
Iowa state university of science and technology to assist individuals
beginning farming operations. The center shall also assist in
facilitating the transition of farming operations from established
farmers to beginning farmers, including by matching purchasers and
sellers of agricultural land, creating and maintaining an information
base inventorying land and facilities available for acquisition, and
developing models to increase the number of family farming operations
in this state. The objectives of the beginning farmer center shall
include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. To provide the coordination of education programs and
services for beginning farmer efforts statewide.
b. To assess needs of beginning farmers and retiring farmers
in order to identify program and service opportunities.
c. To develop, coordinate, and deliver statewide through the
Iowa cooperative extension service in agriculture and home economics,
and other entities as appropriate, targeted education to beginning
farmers and retiring farm families.
2. Programs and services provided by the beginning farmer center
shall include, but are not limited to, the development of skills and
knowledge in financial management and planning, legal issues, tax
laws, technical production and management, leadership, sustainable
agriculture, human health, the environment, and leadership.
3. The beginning farmer center shall submit to the general
assembly, annually on or before January 15, a report that includes
but is not limited to recommendations for methods by which more
individuals may be encouraged to enter agriculture. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1193, §22