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Bill H.386 would create a state agricultural land transfer assistance program, sponsors say
Summary
Representative Supernath introduced H.386 to establish an agricultural land transfer and assistance program within the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets to connect retiring owners with prospective farmers, create a toolkit and navigators, host an online portal, form a five‑member succession board, and request a report on tax incentives; the
Representative Supernath introduced H.386 to the House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry, proposing an Agricultural Land Transfer Assistance Program at the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets to help keep farmland in production as owners age or exit farming.
"This bill proposes to marry those two concerns in a way that collaboratively moves forward our vision to keep ag lands in farming," Representative Supernath said, summarizing the bill’s purpose to link sellers, buyers, technical assistance and potential financing.
Under the bill as described by Representative Supernath and by Michael Grady of Legislative Counsel, the program would direct the secretary of agriculture to create a succession‑planning toolkit (legal templates, lists of…
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