Luckily for my family, we get along. So when it came to deciding what to do with our farm, we agreed to form a trust to keep the land together.
Right now, we rent most of our land to neighbors, who use it to grow crops. But our neighbors, like most farmers, are getting on in years, which raises questions about whether this relationship can continue long-term.
The U.S. Census of Agriculture, taken every five years, found that the average farmer was 57.5 years old in 2017, up from 56.3 years in 2012. (Numbers from 2022 are not available but will likely continue this trend.)
