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Debt, slim margins stretch Thomas Jefferson's goals for U.S. farms
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September 28, 2026
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The family farm has been central to the American story for generations. At the nation's founding, nine in 10 Americans were farmers. But today, fewer than 2% are farmers, and they are struggling with higher costs and crushing debt. Kansas farmer Cole Carpenter knows about that
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