None of us wanted to do that, but we weren’t sure what else we could do.” Duckett’s hope was to continue his family’s farming legacy, and to one day pass the farm down to his daughter.

The decline ... family disagreements that came with trying to balance health precautions with being able to go on with life and keep our livelihood. But this kind of COVID blew past debate and ...

According to the United States Department of Agriculture ... In Missouri, more than 7,400 farms were lost between 2017 and 2022, equaling a 7.8 percent decline. “When we conducted our annual ...