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What's making it harder for American family farms to survive

These days, farmers are struggling with sharply higher costs and crushing debt on top of the same economic pressures the rest of the country feels. Judy Woodruff reports on what it takes to keep a farm going and who will carry on the tradition.

What's making it harder for American family farms to survive

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These days, farmers are struggling with sharply higher costs and crushing debt on top of the same economic pressures the rest of the country feels.

Judy Woodruff reports on what it takes to keep a farm going and who will carry on the tradition.

For generations, the family farm has been central to the American story.

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These days, farmers are struggling with sharply higher costs and crushing debt on top of the same economic pressures the rest of the country feels. Judy Woodruff reports on what it takes to keep a farm going and who will carry on the tradition. For generations, the family farm has been central to the American story.

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For generations, the family farm has been central to the American story.

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