Young Farmers Take on Debt, Uncertainty to Focus on Family

Young Pennsylvania residents are getting into the farming business, but it’s not because they expect to make a lot of money. “It’s not the most profitable industry around,” said Charlene Berg, Farm Service Agency loan officer. “It’s a lifestyle choice. It’s debt management.” For Paul Critchlow, Jr., the last dairy farmer between Pittsburgh and Erie, the decision to take over a farm was not an economic one. It was where he and his wife wanted to raise their children. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Read more.