Commentary.
Many state commodity organizations and other agricultural membership groups are heading to Washington, D.C. in coming weeks to meet with the lawmakers that represent them there. The importance of these visits and of a united voice for agriculture reaching U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators is more important than ever!
It was no big surprise that the 2022 Census of Agriculture reported a loss of family farms. The data released by USDA earlier this month shows 141,733 fewer farms in 2022 than in 2017.
