Good News For Future Farmers 

Our lead story in this week's "Super Six" news in the agriculture, forestry and construction industries is encouraging for anyone worried about the graying of America's farmers.

• According to NPR, there's a trend afoot of 20- and 30-somethings getting into the farming business and taking great pride in their work. We've also been encouraged by the many young people we've met through the FFA and 4-H organizations. The future of American farming is in good hands!
  
  
• Speaking of the future of farming, Time reports that the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration has issued its first-ever drone permits for the ag sector, as well as real estate.
  
  
• Continuing with the future farming theme, hemp farming is making a comeback in America with 18 states removing barriers and production already underway in Colorado, Kentucky and Vermont, according to the Hemp Industries Association as reported by the Associated Press.
  
  
• Encouraging news for anyone who supplies the West Coast port industry -- Just-Style reports federal mediation intervention in the ongoing labor dispute that has really slowed things down at 29 West Coast ports.
  
  
• Stable, frozen ground has long been recognized as a logger's friend, capable of supporting equipment and trucks in marshy or soggy forests. ScienceDaily reports that a comprehensive look at weather from 1948 forward shows that the logger's friend is melting. Purpose-built flotation tires such as the Primex Logstomper Super Flotation HF-4 can provide a huge benefit in these conditions.
  
  
• World food prices tracked by the United Nations slid to a four-year low last month as costs fell for foodstuffs from sugar to milk, according to AgWeb.com.

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