Economists Challenge Demographic Crisis
Economists at the Ohio State University are challenging the idea that the farm sector is facing a looming demographic crisis, one that could cripple production and destabilize the entire industry.…
USDA Announces New Farmer Outreach Program
The US Department of Agriculture recently announced the membership of their new Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Committee, an organization designed to coordinate federal efforts to entice young people to enter…
Kentucky Pushes for Youth Farming
Farm officials in Louisville, Kentucky are working to increase the number of young farmers in the industry, hopefully countering the overall graying of the farm industry and the looming demographic…
Land Grant Colleges Crucial to Agriculture
In an era of economic austerity, farmers and farm advocacy organizations are attempting to remind Congress of the importance of land grant universities to the overall success of the farm…
New York Representatives Push for Farm Aid
A group of New York representatives is pushing the House of Representatives to do more to help beginning farmers. For the past several years, farmers and ranchers have faced a…
Young Farmers Reviving Maine Agriculture
Young famers are reinvigorating Maine agriculture, offering farmers in the Pine Tree State hope for the future. For the past few decades, farmers in the U.S. have been struggling against…
USDA Offers Support to Young Farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering young farmers more than $18 million in grants and funding, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced at this year’s Farm Progress Show in…
College Grad Takes Over North Carolina Farm
A staple of North Carolina’s agricultural industry, Red Beard farm has been a part of New Hannover County’s agricultural history for generations. Today the farm is still growing fresh fruits…