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John Joyce: “But our future as an agricultural districts jeopardized by the fact that of the over 14,000 producers in my district…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2019
But our future as an agricultural districts jeopardized by the fact that of the over 14,000 producers in my district, not even 2,100 of them are under the age of 35.
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John Joyce
Republican · Pennsylvania

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John Joyce warns about the aging farmer population threatening agricultural sustainability.

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