Agriculture is a building block of nations. The United States Department of Agriculture reports 22.1 million full-and part-time jobs were related to the agricultural and food sectors in 2022, representing 10.4 percent of total U.S. employment.
Statistics Canada reports agriculture in Canada employed around 280,000 people as of 2023.
Today’s farmers face a convergence of environmental, social and economic pressures. Each of these pressures has the potential to threaten the stability of the global food supply. The following are five notable challenges facing modern farmers.
1. Extreme weather: C…
