Average age of U.S. farmer climbs to 57.5 years
Story Date: 4/15/2019

 

Source:  FARM PROGRESS, 4/11/19


Farmers are getting older and middle-sized farms are getting squeezed, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, released today (April 11). The 2017 Census of Agriculture spans some 6.4 million new points of information about America’s farms and ranches and those who operate them, including new data about on-farm decision making, down to the county level.

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