America’s farmers are getting older, and young people aren’t rushing to join them

Authors

David R. Buys, Mississippi State University
John J. Green, Mississippi State University
Mary Nelson Robertson, Mississippi State University

ORCID

Buys: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8547-056X

MSU Affiliation

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion; Southern Rural Development Center

Creation Date

2026-01-29

Abstract

Hardworking American farmers keep the world fed and clothed. But the farming labor force has a problem: It’s aging rapidly.

Publication Date

10-10-2023

Publication Title

The Conversation

Publisher

The Conversation

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Buys, D., Green, J., Robertson, M., Greco, E., & Walsh, T. (2023, October 10). America’s farmers are getting older, and young people aren’t rushing to join them. https://doi.org/10.64628/AAI.qtxw6tyxn