According to the latest census results, the average age of a Montana farmer is 58.2 years old, up 1.2 years from the 2012 census. Moreover, the number of farms in Montana has been steadily declining over the past 20 years. There are a plethora of factors that play into those humbling statistics with the bottom line simply being, not enough young people are returning back to the family operation.
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Montana offers farmer student loan assistance program
Montana’s unique Agriculture Student Loan Assistance Program was created to help encourage beginning producers to return to their rural communities and family operations.
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