South Dakota program offers aspiring farmers a rare path into agriculture
Cody Kafka sits at his work desk in Mitchell with his new land purchase displayed on his computer screen Sept. 4. Reporter & Farmer | Joshua Haiar for South Dakota Searchlight
MITCHELL – Cody Kafka had dreamed of farming his own land since he began working on a farm in his teens, but that seemed unlikely without land to inherit. So it felt good when he finally walked across his own acres for the first time this year.
“It was one of the most freeing feelings I’ve ever really felt,” Kafka said.
He owed the feeling to a little-known program administered by the state.
