Young Producers Slowly Taking Over Ag Industry

The trend of older farmers retiring from the farm with no younger farmers to replace them is becoming a thing of the past. Younger, inexperienced producers with a passion for agriculture are jumping into farming with little experience but a desire to learn. With an increase in beginning farmer loans, enrollment in agricultural high school and college programs going up and farm savings accounts and mentor programs becoming more popular, a new generation of farmers is slowly taking over the industry. Read more (San Francisco Chronicle).