Recently, the Michigan Farm Bureau surveyed young farmers ages 18 – 35 who cited availability of land as their greatest occupational challenge. Many farmers lease their land when they are beginning of they cannot afford to buy the land or they lease for a time as their operation expands before they take on the added expense of a purchase.
These results mirror the findings in a similar survey conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation. This is the first time in seven years the profitability was not cited as the greatest challenge facing young farmers.
This may mean one of two things:
Perhaps consumer awareness of buying locally and the partnership between consumers and farmers is paying off.
Or urban sprawl is taking over more farmland.
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