Candidate Forums have been a feature at FARMFEST in every even numbered year for two decades, and 2010 will be no exception, according to Kent Thiesse, FARMFEST Forum Coordinator. Thiesse said that FARMFEST has hosted Candidate Forums for every statewide.

USDA’s Economic Research Service released two reports Monday that point out that 98 percent of U.S. farms in 2007 were family operations, including even the largest farms. The first report, Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms: Family Farm...