Encouraging the Next Farming Generation

PNC Bank Agriculture

Good young hands are crucial to the farming industry, yet they are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Young job seekers often look elsewhere: Due in large part to consolidation and automation, agriculture employment has dropped from 41% of the U.S. workforce at the start of 20th century to less than 2% at the start of the 21st, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report. Yet the USDA estimates that more than 20,000 agriculture jobs go unfilled each year. This podcast offers tactics to help you attract the best and brightest.