It's a fact in the ag industry that noone can deny - there's a major generation gap in farmers today. The average age of a farmer in Missouri is 60... that's right, 60. So, most of these farmers will be looking to retire or get out of farming sooner rather than later. And this means a big lag in the number of farmers we have.
So, legislation is addressing the issue. It's called the Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Act. Basically, it would encourage anyone getting out of farming, to sell their assets to someone wanting to buy it for agricultural purposes (specifically land). I talked to both a young farmer that's fresh out of college and the Missouri Farm Bureau to get their take on the issue.
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