Regulations that affect Kansas’ agriculture producers and the quality of life in rural communities are under review at the federal level. President Trump created a task force to identify policy changes that would help boost economic growth. More than 20 cabinet-level and senior members of government agencies are on the Task Force On Agriculture and Rural Prosperity. One area they’re studying is how the estate tax affects the perseveration of family farms and other agribusiness operations. Ryan Flickner, senior director of public policy at the Kansas Farm Bureau, says most farms in the state are passed from one generation to the next. "Over 95% of the farms in Kansas are family farms—they are not corporate," Flickner says. "It is very much a way of life and quite frankly, when it comes to the estate tax and many of these different issues, it will take an act of Congress to pass." The agriculture task force will also look into policies on public lands for cattle grazing and water rights
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