Finding the Passion ; Farm Kids Not Following in Their Parents' Footsteps
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL › March 06, 2007
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LeROY - Jim O'Brien's interest in farming goes back as far as he can remember.
"I grew up on the farm. I think you're kind of born and raised with it. It's just in your blood," O'Brien said. "It goes back to childhood. When the school bus dropped us off, the first thing I wanted was to see what was going on in the field."See the full content of this document
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Finding the Passion ; Farm Kids Not Following in Their Parents' Footsteps
But O'Brien is an anomaly. The 33-year-old farmer is a youngster in an aging profession.
The average age of an Illinois farmer in 2002 was more than 55 years old, according to the federal 2002 Census of Agriculture. That's up from about 51 years old in 1974.Today, some farm kids never fin...See the full content of this document
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