Young farmers struggle to get ‘foot in the door’, but old hand says future still bright – ABC News

Caitlin Radford feels something special whenever she walks through a certain eight-hectare crop of wheat on her family’s farm.
Key points:

• The price of land is just one of the challenges aspiring young farmers face
• The median age of farmers and farm managers is 54
• Share farming is one option to help the next crop break into agriculture, but it can be difficult to broker a deal

She’s no stranger to the art of growing grain she’s been helping out on the property for years but there is something undeniably…

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