Landowner conference to help with challenges of Kansas land ownership

Number of absentee owners rising in the state, say K-State agricultural economists

MANHATTAN, Kan. – In less than a decade, there has been a shift in land ownership trends in Kansas.

“There is a growing demographic of landowners in Kansas that are becoming more geographically and generationally removed from agriculture,” said Robin Reid, an agricultural economist at Kansas State University.

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