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2012 Ag Census Up Close: Smart Farm Policies Essential To Young Farmers

Current Farm PolicyBy Farm Policy FactsSeptember 18, 2014Leave a comment

The number of young farmers is trending modestly upwards, according to 2012 Ag Census released earlier this year. Young, beginning principal operators who reported their primary occupation as farming increased 11.3 percent from 36,396 to 40,499 between 2007 and 2012.   This increase in new blood is a welcome sight for a sector that has…

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