With the average age of the U.S. farmer approaching 6- years old, new bipartisan legislation aims to help bring the next generation into family farming.
The USDA is bolstering their outreach and education programs for farmers and ranchers. $10 million has been set aside for agriculture-oriented taxpayer education and $4.5 million in outreach for the Conservation Reserve Program’s Transition Incentives Program.
Tapping into trends, we took on two topics that dominated the nation’s cultural psyche: the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means to be Black in America.
NIFA announced grant investments of more than $53 million across three programs for farmers, ranchers, and military veterans to support agriculture.
Farming is the best career in the world. Ask any farmer. Just don’t forget to brace yourself for the ugly, especially when you start a farm.
It can be a bit difficult for young farmers to uncover resources to start a serious for-profit part- or full-time agribusiness.
The most recent Census of Agriculture reports that in 2017, there were 674,940 principal beginning farmers and 908,274 new farmers.
Cook says one of the most important things a young farmer or rancher need to think about is the use of debt.
Beginning farmers are getting a boost thanks to $17.7 million in funding from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
Last week, the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act was introduced in Congress by Reps. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE).