September 2007 the current farm bill expires. There have been many omnibus farm bills over the years. The first one was in 1933 to help the nation work through the "Great Depression." Over the years, each bill has tried to deal with past problems while trying to be proactive.

As a Young Farmer and rancher, I am worried about the decline in the number of family farms. We as farmers make up less than 2 percent of the population, yet we provide food and fiber used in the US and throughout the World. My concern is that the current and possibly upcoming farm bill does not do enough to protect vulnerable young farmers and ranchers. Getting started in farming and ranching without a leg up is almost impossible. I guess you could relate it to being a little fish in a big pond. If there are not enough little fish in the pond, the pond dies. Where is the next generation of farmers and ranchers going to come from? I hope my boys can farm, I hope I can continue to farm in a very hostile environment.