"With financing from Farm
Credit, beginning farmers Shawn and Shane Tiffany run a 15,000 head feed lot,
farm 2,500 acres and run 2,500 head of yearlings."

Beginning Farmers Discuss Challenges and Recommendations at
Farm Credit Panel
At
a recent panel discussion at the Senate Hart Office Building arranged by Farm
Credit, four beginning farmers discussed the unique risks and challenges they
face, and shared recommendations to help other beginning farmers successfully
establish their own operations. After opening remarks by Sen. Pat Roberts (KS),
Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (MI),
Ranking Member Senate Agriculture Committee, moderator Peyton Fair, Growing
Forward Specialist with Farm Credit Mid-America, led a lively conversation
among the four panelists: Adam Ingrao, an Army veteran, urban farmer and
Executive Director, Farmer Veteran Coalition of Michigan; Odessa Oldham, a
Wyoming...




Farm Credit Council
7951 E Maplewood Ave, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Beginning Farmers Discuss Challenges and Recommendations at
Farm Credit Panel
Farm Credit Council
7951 E Maplewood Ave, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
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Association
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Washington, DC 20004
Office: (202) 628-8833
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