Delaware’s farmers face many challenges as they work to serve society by producing food while earning a secure and profitable living for their family. These challenges include the unprecedented increase in land prices, the rapid expansion of land development for housing and other uses, increasing regulatory pressures and expense, higher input costs, volatile markets, climate change impacts and determining the true value and benefit of carbon credit programs.

Three Delaware farmers, each with different backgrounds and farm enterprises, will share their perspectives on the current health of Delaware agriculture and the outlook for the future. Their insights will inform the audience of their needs to better compete in a changing world and the role of the University and its College of Agriculture and Natural Resources must play in providing the tools to enhance the profitability and sustainability of our state's family farm system.

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Event Sponsored by UD Cooperative Extension