ELKMONT YOUNG FARMER

The Decatur Daily has a great article about how the USDA is trying to encourage young adults to make agriculture their life's work.  The young farmer featured in this article is Elkmont's Stan Usery; lots of interesting quotes.  He grows 700 acres of row crops, soybeans, corn and wheat, and operates 9 chicken houses.  Stan is a spring chicken of 32 and much younger than the national average age of 58.   The USDA wants to add 100,000 young farmers within the next few years to replace the typical aging farmer of 68.  The article is long and you can read the entire article at Decatur Daily or pick up a copy today.