We call this great news, and a MUST READ! It’s also a big change in attitude for USDA. We quote from author Jerry Hagstrom who spells out where agriculture is today, “American agriculture has responded to that call for greater productivity, but the trade-off has been ever-larger farms, fewer farmers, and, according to a USDA study, a reliance on off-farm second jobs, spousal wages, and retirement benefits, even when farm income overall is at record levels.”