Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke to the 84th National FFA Convention about the critical need to recruit and support the nation's next generation of farmers and ranchers.Vilsack stated that, "America's producers are the most productive and successful in the world - with a willingness to embrace change, new science and innovative technologies to fulfill the noble task of feeding a nation. To continue that success, we need organization like FFA working creatively to build policies, structures and institutions that will ensure the next generation can continue to feed and fuel the world."
Vilsack also highlighted USDA programs that are committed to investing more resources and energy to recruit the next generation of farmers and to finding strategies to make these beginning farmers successful.
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Posted 10/24/2011
