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The American farmer is getting older. Census data shows the average age is 57, a number likely to climb even higher when a new census comes out in鈥�

While the farming community continues to age fewer young people are filling the ranks, prompting the question: Do young people even want to farm鈥�

It鈥檚 hard not to use the phrase 鈥渜uintessential small town鈥� when you describe Pittsfield, Ill. The western Illinois community of 4,500 people has a鈥�

It鈥檚 not just lifelong farmers who feel the pull of the land as they get older. For some Americans, retirement is an opportunity to begin the farming鈥�

Retirement can be a dirty word for farmers; but aging means they inevitably can do less on their land. Sometimes families anticipate the coming changes鈥�

Working beyond retirement is a fairly common refrain these days. In 2012, 5 percent of the U.S. workforce was beyond retirement age. But farmers seem to鈥�