The following are interesting articles and statistics pertaining to opportunities for students to become involved in agricultural production:
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/sustainability/old-old-old-macdonald-had-farm
This article sums up the issue quite well and addresses some of the challenges and opportunities for students.
http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Highlights/Farm_Demographics/
This census gives demographics concerning the average age of farmers
http://ncta.unl.edu/specialty-programs#heifer
The University of Nebraska has a couple of interesting programs including a heifer program and 100 Beef Cow Ownership Program
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/bfc/publications-and-webinars
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/bfc/
Iowa State has a Beginning Farmer Program that offers some enterprise options to supplement or get started in ag production.
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~peters/HTML/issues/career-materials.html
This website gives a list of links of additional resources which may be helpful in investigating this issue.
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