WASHINGTON — Securing adequate land to grow crops and raise livestock was the top challenge identified in the latest survey of participants in the American Farm Bureau Federation's Young Farmers & Ranchers program. That challenge was identified by 20 percent of respondents, followed by burdensome government regulations and "red tape," which was identified by15 percent of the young farmers and ranchers responding.
"Access to adequate land to begin farming or expand an established operation is a major concern for today's young farmers," said Zach Hunnicutt, AFBF's national YF&R Committee chairman and a crop farmer from Nebraska. . .
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