After the dust settles from Max’s departure from radio, he wants to put up a map with pins of the farms and ranches he has visited over the years. Max is amazed at the entrepreneurial spirit and compassion of farmers, and the conditions they work in, as well as the risks they take. He appreciates their spirit of helping others, and hopes the younger generation of farmers continues that quality. Max tells young farmers they can learn from parents and grandparents and the lessons they’ve endured.

Max Armstrong's Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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