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106 <br />Obstacles to Beginning <br />Farmers <br />• Lack of Experience <br />• Inaccessibility of capital resources <br />• Lack of adequate financing options <br />• Unavailability of land <br />Current Farmland Preservation <br />Programs <br />Voluntary Ag Districts <br />PDR, Conservation Easements <br />Do not address the issue of farmland <br />in transition <br />The "Land Link" Concept <br />• Basic concept - Link retiring farmers <br />with young and beginning farmers to <br />facilitate transition of farmland to next <br />generation <br />• About 20 states are currently served by a <br />Land Link Program <br />• Most programs are members of the <br />National Farmland Transition Network <br />2 <br />