Brent, is the bigger problem that start-up farmers in your area (a) cannot source suitable farmland for rent for their goals or (b) that they don’t have enough of the upfront investment required to get in?
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Access to resources is a concern for beginning farmers
Chairman of the Illinois Farm Bureau State Young Leader Committee, Brent Pollard, serves as a representative to young Farm Bureau members. He tells Brownfield Ag News about the farming and planting conditions that he has seen over the past few months and the difficulties he sees for beginning farmers.
AUDIO: Brent Pollard, Chairman of Illinois Farm Bureau State Young Leader Committee (4:30)
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