Finding the next generation of NC farmers becoming more difficult
Story Date: 7/22/2019

 

Source: Russ Bowen, CBS17, 7/20/19

 
Agriculture may be a $76 billion industry in North Carolina, but finding people to man farms is becoming more challenging. Carrying on the family farm is a commitment the next generation may be reluctant to take on. On a day that was already sweltering by mid-morning, Tim Kuhls was unloading 400 bushes of barley that weighs about 48 pounds a bushel. That barley is going to make a lot of beer.

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