As aging farmers retire, lawmakers explore how to boost beginning producers
More than half of American farmers will reach retirement age in the next 10 years
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More than half of American farmers will reach retirement age in the next 10 years
More than half of American farmers will reach retirement age in the next 10 years, but the steep price of entry to start a farm, along with rising input costs and volatile markets, make it tough for young and beginning farmers to take their places.
Most American farmers will retire in10 years, but the price to start a farm make it tough for beginning farmers to take their places.
As aging farmers retire, lawmakers explore how to boost beginning producers: agriculture; changing demograhics
A House panel heard testimony about the conditions that make it tough for young and beginning farmers to take their places.