Category: US farmers

IN-DEPTH: Future of American Farms Uncertain as Aging Farmers Retire Without Successors

April 26, 2023
farmlandland ownersRegional & State NewsUSUS farmersUS Features
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It’s no secret that America’s hardworking farmers are looking to hang up their hats. However, the price of land has left many producers struggling to find successors willing or able to follow in their footsteps. Research shows 62 percent of U.S. farmers were older than 55 as of 2017. That means more than half of…

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Congressman: GOP to Rein in War on Farmers, a ‘Formula for Famine’

November 7, 2022
Big Tech, Censorship, and SocialismDefending AmericaDemocratsExecutive BranchFeatured Topicsfood securityNational SecurityPolicies & ImpactsPoliticsRepublicansUSUS farmersUS News
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News Analysis If Republicans take back Congress after the midterm elections, lawmakers intend to “aggressively” probe and rein in the federal regulatory “overreach” targeting farmers and ranchers in the United States, according to farmer and U.S. Congressman John Rose (R-Tenn.). Blasting controversial federal policies aimed at the agriculture community and similar programs around the world…

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Spiking Fertilizer Costs Squeeze Midwest Farmers

May 30, 2022
Business & Economyeconomic policieseconomyfertilizersinflationUS farmers
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Things are getting tougher for the nation’s breadbasket, a predicament that will likely ripple through the nation’s economy. In addition to 40-year-high inflation and new records set nearly every day at the gasoline pump the past two weeks, the price of some agricultural fertilizers has skyrocketed as much as 60 percent over last year’s prices….

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A Heritage Farm

December 7, 2021
AmericanAmerican EssenceBusinessdairy farmfarmfarmhousefarmlandHome & GardeninghomesteadInspiredLife & TraditionLifestyleRadiant LifesettlersU.S. farmersUS farmers
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Imagine a company that has been around for as long as the U.S. Capitol, is as old as West Point Academy, and is still family-owned and -operated today. There’s such a farm in Spencerport, New York, conducting business 219 years after its founding. In the beginning, it was a small family farm started by several…

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American Essence: A Heritage Farm

December 7, 2021
AmericanAmerican EssenceBusinessdairy farmfarmfarmhousefarmlandHome & GardeninghomesteadInspiredLife & TraditionLifestyleRadiant LifesettlersU.S. farmersUS farmers
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Imagine a company that has been around for as long as the U.S. Capitol, is as old as West Point Academy, and is still family-owned and -operated today. There’s such a farm in Spencerport, New York, conducting business 219 years after its founding. In the beginning, it was a small family farm started by several…

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