Fny Dreibus armers in the U.S. are getting older between 2012 and 2017 despite a number of younger producers entering the industry in the boom years of 2012 and 2013. The number of women and minorities who own their own farms increases, according to the Census of Agriculture.The average age for principal producers in 2017 is 58.6 years old, the government says in the census. Not a huge surprise, analysts say, as the average age has risen in each census since 1982.
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