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Financing young and beginning farmers
Attracting and retaining the next generation of farm operators has been a persistent struggle in U.S. agriculture. Over the past century, productivity gains in U.S. agriculture have led to the consolidation of farm enterprises into larger operations, limiting opportunities for farm ownership and triggering an exodus of young farmers from the industry. Although the recent surge in farm prosperity has rekindled interest in U.S. agricultural production, the increasing age of farmers and rising costs of farming have generated concerns about the ability of the next generation to enter the farm ...
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Will high farmland values hold?
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Will farm finances stay healthy in 2002?
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Will rains and a national recovery spur a rural rebound?
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Katrina and Rita : lingering effects on agriculture
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Will farm profits shift in 2013?
Despite a severe drought, profits in the U.S. farm sector soared in 2012. Beginning in late June, U.S. crops and pastures wilted under one of the worst droughts in history. Although total farm incomes remained high, the drought exacerbated a widening gulf in profitability between the crop and livestock sectors.
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An economy of regions
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Will the rebound in farm financial conditions continue?
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The 2005 rural economy at a glance
2005 Annual report, Center for the Study of Rural America