Interest in agriculture is growing — but equipment and land costs make becoming a farmer hard

Student membership in the agriculture organization FFA is at an all-time high, yet the average age of farmers is rising and there are fewer farms in the U.S. than ever before. What do these shifting populations say about the future of agriculture?

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