Max Armstrong shares the results of the National Ag Day Essay Contest – Jaxon Rauber from High Point, N.C., is the national winner. Rauber's essay shares the advances agriculture as made, and how consumer habits are changing food demand. And Rauber notes that "Health eating habits are dependent upon the ability to access a wide variety of nutritious food, solidifying that agriculture is essential to our health and well-being." You can check out the complete essay online.

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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