In addition, a growing world population that some experts predict will require 70% more food production by 2050, she said.

　　“I truly believe we're

　　at a golden age of agriculture. Global demand is at an all­time record high, and global supplies are at all­time record lows，” said Matt Rush, director of the Texas Farm Bureau. “Production costs are going to be valuable enough that younger people are going to have the opportunity to be involved in agriculture.”

　　The Department of Agriculture has programs aimed at developing more farmers and at increasing interest in locally grown food. The National Young Farmers' Coalition has also been pushing for state and federal policy changes to make it easier for new farmers.

　　Ryan Best, president of Future Farmers of America, has been living out of a suitcase, traveling the country and visiting with high school students about careers in agriculture. The 21­year­old Best hopes his message—that this is a new time in agriculture—will motivate the next generation to_turn_around_the_statistics.“Never before have we had the innovations (创新) in technology which have led to agriculture in this country being the most efficient it has ever been，”he said.“There's really a place for everybody to fit in.”

　　[语篇解读]　本文是一篇说明文。本文介绍了美国面临农业方面的新挑战：在美国，从事农业的人不但年龄越来越大，而且越来越少。分析了从事农业的好处并且鼓励更多的年轻人从事农业。

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