SC Ag Commissioner Hugh Weathers on Aging Farmers
South Carolina's Ag Commissioner is aware of the aging of farmers….SC's average age of a farmer is more than 60 years now. Fueled by Deputy Ag Secretary Kathleen Merrigan's mission, fuelded by a blog posting that put agriculture at Number 1 on a list of 'useless' college degrees. Truth is there isn't enough people graduating from universities to fill open ag positions across the country.
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