Changing Lands Changing Hands

The American farmer is getting older. Census data shows the average age is 57, a number likely to climb even higher when a new census comes out in…

While the farming community continues to age fewer young people are filling the ranks, prompting the question: Do young people even want to farm…

It’s hard not to use the phrase “quintessential small town” when you describe Pittsfield, Ill. The western Illinois community of 4,500 people has a…

It’s not just lifelong farmers who feel the pull of the land as they get older. For some Americans, retirement is an opportunity to begin the farming…

Retirement can be a dirty word for farmers; but aging means they inevitably can do less on their land. Sometimes families anticipate the coming changes…

Working beyond retirement is a fairly common refrain these days. In 2012, 5 percent of the U.S. workforce was beyond retirement age. But farmers seem to…