The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. With over 328.9 million population, fewer young people going into agriculture, many industry watchers are concerned about the future of American farming. With fewer young people going into agriculture, many industry watchers are concerned about the future of American farming.
Rapidly falling farm numbers during the earlier period reflected growing productivity in agriculture and increased nonfarm employment opportunities.
Farm Labor Shortages have also been observed In recent years, the number of new immigrants arriving in the country to work in agriculture has fallen by 75 percent. Rising wages indicate this has led to a major labor shortage on U.S. farms—making it difficult for many growers to stay in business or expand their operations.
Reasons for the scarcity of young farmers are easy to guess: high farm profits have kept some older farmers working longer, say, analysts, creating a slower turnover to a younger group. USDA expects fewer commercial farm and ranch operators to be in existence by 2015 than there are now — and a majority of jobs will be along the lines of agriculture specialists and crop management consultants. One more reason keeping the younger generation at bay is the price of doing business.