Young farmers are needed but they lack land. ... "It is the No. 1 challenge for current farmers and ranchers. It's the top reason that young people report having left agriculture.

Young Farmers Break The Bank Before They Get To The ... "There's no way they can pay the student loan and pay a land payment and still have enough money left over to live on," says Kraig ...

Eliza Milio at Front Porch Farm in Healdsburg, Calif., on April 25, 2020. Credit - Courtesy Eliza Milio. I n 2023, Scott Chang-Fleeman—a young farmer like me—put down his shovel. A post on his ...

Talk to young farmers and one verb comes up repeatedly. Pivot. They have all had to pivot and then do it again as the coronavirus pandemic has decimated their customer bases and traditional supply ...

What isn’t discussed directly in the film is how instrumental university farms could be in closing another critical gap: America’s young farmer shortage. According to the USDA Census of Agriculture, ...

According to the survey, 59% of young farmers named finding affordable land to buy as very or extremely challenging, ... It's the top reason that young people report having left agriculture.

Charlie Pendorf, left, looks on as his daughter Alaina, 8, holds a Kunekune piglet at their small family farm in Churchville. Oct. 12, 2022. “Our daughters name the animals, so every one must ...

5 Farmers Share Advice to Their Younger Selves Plenty of farmers started young, worked hard and found a path forward. Along the way, they learned from mistakes and celebrated successes.

Young farmer left with brain injury after shotgun explodes in his face. By Laurissa Smith. ABC Rural. Topic: Rice Growing. Fri 30 Oct 2015 Friday 30 October 2015 Fri 30 Oct 2015 at 3:27am.

After 70 years on the farm, Jimmy Drake retired from the cotton business. With no family stepping up to take over the farm, he turned to a young neighbor. Tanner Heffington, left, talks to Jimmy ...

Young Farmers underscores the importance of the appropriations process, which is when program areas that are authorized in the farm bill are allocated funding. Eliza Milio at Front Porch Farm in ...